Dream

A small gal without noticing the huge goods carrying lorry crosses the road, which has no medians. It all happens so fast that, the heavy vehicle’s front wheels cross the gal in such a way that she is exactly beneath the vehicle but safe, walking in between two wheels, i.e., along the center breadth wise. I along with many people who are invisible, shout at the driver, ”hey stop, hey, hey”, but the driver takes this as the opportunity to show his precision of driving by slowly moving the lorry with few twists and turns such that the gal is always walking parallel to the wheels.

At one stage when the gal is close to the viewable left side wheel I yell desperately for stopping the lorry, holding another kid, the cute brother of the gal on risk walk. The vehicle halts and the mother of the two kids comes and feels the anguish that she was not aware of the happenings. She wants to say something …

and after this I am sorry not able to remember what happened thereafter, I woke up, the dream ended.

Indian Money wasted - Musharraff visits India

Indian Money wasted - Musharraff visits India,
originally uploaded by samdequest.

In spite of any kind of humanity / hostility shown to him, a ruthless martinet like Musharraff is never going to change his attitude. He is going to make his Pakistani people fight against India till he dies or gets dethroned. IMO, its sheer waste of money and time to invite that hoodlum to India.

Hope most of us remember the amount of money spent and luxuries done for him during his last visit in 2001, I consider that as a blunder(just to gain political advantage) by Vajpayee the prime minister then, the India -€“ Pak summit went useless. It was only advantage for Musharraff to visit historical places in India at free of cost.

The cunning fellow will be in India today to watch the Sunday match between India and Pakistan. Who on earth is bothered if he is not watching the match? Even though he had shown his interest in the match he should have been denied the VISA to enter India as US did for Modi, the Gujarat Chief Minister.

It'€™s a mockery that cricket will serve to create peace between the two countries. Every time India plays Pakistan people here see that as a war and never assume that as a game.

Poor form for Ganguly continues !

The News

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Ganguly by this time should have been wondering what’s that, that makes me fail? This is the same way I used to play before; I was praised as a sweet timer of the ball, exquisite offside player, but what has changed all of sudden?

He needs to get out of this awkward situation; the media, experts, cricket followers everyone now are supporting to dethrone saurav ganguly and want “The Wall”, Dravid to take charge of the captaincy.

Yes I agree Ganguly is mentally strong and capable of striking back, but a break is of more important to him now.

Rest a bit, watch the happenings as an outsider, you might think differently then, maybe after a couple of months you may see yourself in your original form.

Sachin proves the point !

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originally uploaded by samdequest.

Sachin's recent century proves to be an ominous sign for the Pakistanis!

The Legend formulated the lost arrogance in the game yesterday with his lusty blows - down the track, reverse sweeps, slog sweeps, its was pretty much evident that he wanted to dominate every Pakistani bowler and eventually succeeded in that and his innings was a treat to watch.

He went on to score 124; his consistency was tested a bit in few of the matches, and went without a century for the last 16 matches, which is very uncommon in Sachin's career. It was a delight to watch Sachin back to his normal dominating cricket attacking the bowlers from very first delivery and the missing arrogance was pretty showed by him in this innings. I think its high time he getting back to his groove.

Fastest Indian in the current world !

Fastest Indian in the current world !,
originally uploaded by samdequest.

India's Narain Karthikeyan is the first driver from the sub-continent to secure a drive in the Formula One - the pinnacle of motorsport.

The Madras-born Karthikeyan, 28, dubbed the "Fastest Indian in the World," was offered a place in the Jordan team for the 2005 season.

His official website seems to be Narainracing.com

Dare to face experiments ?

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originally uploaded by samdequest.

Its psychology time, many interesting things relating to perception has been dealt here, would recommend this site when you find time . . .

http://perception.st-and.ac.uk/

You must try this one out: Face Transformer.

The toon i have posted here is a great piece got out of this transformation

More experiments here . . .

India Pakistan Bus

India Pakistan Bus,
originally uploaded by samdequest.

The Historic India Pakistan Bus trip started service yesterday !

"This is the day we have long been waiting for," Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at a Thursday morning ceremony before two buses left Srinagar. Passengers hugged the Indian leader, who told them they were part of "a caravan of peace."

Few of the emotions / gestures captured in the pic below . . .



Letz hope for peace in the sub-continent !

Euthanasia

Euthanasia,
originally uploaded by samdequest.

Terri Schiavo's family misery become a national spectacle near the end of October 2003 when the Supreme court ordered to reinsert the feeding tube against the wishes of her husband.

There were many reports about the million-dollar malpractice settlement done by Schiavo's husband and also in another angle against Schiavo's parents who wanted Schiavo to live so that they get the money . . . well the truth, GOD only knows . . . its horrible and quite devasting for any family to bear such a situation.

The judicial and legislative battles to disconnect her feeding tube generated tremendous media coverage during the last two weeks of her life, Euthanasia, Bioethics, legal guardianship, federalism, civil rights, etc., were on hot and fierce debate then.

Considering the case, i would say its a 50 / 50 chance. Though doctors ruled out any possibility of Sciavo returning back to normal life, miracles do happen. CNN.com reports of a Baby born while mother was in coma, now a normal toddler.

But with the technological advancements there is every chance for the doctors to predict the exact happening.

Though its not morally correct to take away someone's life, while reading the book "Doctors" by Erich Segal, you would definetly appreciate how Euthanasia would be the best bet at times. Seth Lazarus was supposed to be, GOD for many downed souls whose beloved were caught in between life and death.

I wish this kinda thing never happens to someone else in the future !

PS:

On March 31, 2005 at approximately 9.05am, Terri Schindler-Schiavo lost her nearly 14 day struggle against starvation and dehydration and died at the Hospice Woodside in Pinellas Park, Florida.

A beauty from Balaji !

Do they call this as a perfect Outswinger ?

Fine weather continues . . .

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originally uploaded by samdequest.

It has been raining most of the time yesterday and i assume chennai has cooled a lot after this rain, and WeatherCast in my system shows thunderstorms till Saturday, wish the predictions become true . . . i had the chance of trenching myself in the rain, (looked awkward when i went totally wet to the office) but managed to have a t shirt with me as i was keen getting into the rain, after all we get this rare opportunity once in a while in summer !

Saurav at his best !

Saurav Ganguly at his best !,
originally uploaded by samdequest.

contd . . . Fed Up ? Saurav please . . .


Mails were flowing then about Ganguly's performance, I have included the good ones here.

Best Seller by Ganguly: Back to the Pavillion in 2 minutes

- Shoiab Akhtar admits Ganguly is faster and quicker than him. "I haven't seen any one get out so fast. Man, I envy his speed. I am quick but he is quickest.", he says. "I think I should now cut my run up short when I bowl to him. Or else, he might be gone when I am half way thru my run up."

- Narain Karthikeyan to get some tips on Speed from Ganguly. His sponsors have asked him to talk to the Prince of Kolkotta. They are also planning to endorse Ganguly.

- Dinesh Karthick confesses that his skills in getting ready and padded have improved a lot. As soon as Ganguly goes to bat, I know there is very little time in getting ready. "I must have broken world records a few times in this series" , says the Indian dimunitive wicketkeeper.

- Q: Any Guesses which is Ganguly's favorite movie?
A:Gone in 60 seconds.

- Railways keen on Ganguly: Atleast we'll be having someone who comes (back) before time. This will help them improve the image with the Indian public.

- Q: Which was the hottest place in B'lore Chinnaswami Stadium for the past few days?
A: The seat Ganguly was sitting in while in the Pavillion.

- Ganguly to donate all his bats to charity. "I don't require a bat nowadays", said the Indian southpaw.

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21, 12, 12, 1, 2, ...

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Only Ganguly knows it. Because these are his scores in the Test series

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Maggi Noodles Recipe:

Step 1: boil one cup of water
Step 2: as soon as ganguly goes for batting, put the noodles in the boiled water and put the tastemaker.
Step 3: stir till ganguly is onfield.
Step 4: As soon as ganguly is back in pavilion, your noodles r ready to eat.

Rain !!!

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originally uploaded by samdequest.

Rain is always a beauty, particularly in our tropical areas, its the most welcomed . . .

it actually rained today evening, and yes it was a surpise rain as it rained even after our meteorological department said there will be rainfall in the next 24 hrs.

Finepick

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Yet another online classified !!!

Finepick.com is cool and colorful . . .