Sunday, March 11, 2012
My Hero calls it a day
Rahul Dravid, my long-time hero and idol as a cricketer and a person, has retired from test cricket. The fact that I am blogging about it almost two days late, calls for some deep introspection.
Numerous articles have been written about the diligent, the hardworking, the gentleman, the true ambassador of the game, the quintessential wall. He knew what he was born for and he carried that duty to perfection. I remember reading this article about him, which compared the two geniuses: Sachin and Rahul. While Sachin was a gifted genius, Rahul was a self-made one. You could not become a Sachin, but you could aspire to become a Rahul, but it's extremely difficult for the same reason.
I was lucky to have seen him on couple of occasions. The class in his batting and his demeanor, can never be forgotten. In those early years, his batting caught my attention and I soon became his admirer and fan. I think it was not just his batting, but the way he performed on/off the field that drew me towards him. I have not been following cricket too-closely for quite some time, but if ever there was a desire to watch a match it was primarily to see him bat.
The fact that "The Hindu" carried a front-page section for his retirement speaks of his greatness. The title is 'Standing tall, ‘The Wall' bows out'.
Here's his retirement press conference : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qteHves1MYQ
Anybody who had contributed so much to cricket would have loved to have a farewell on the field, but he chose it inappropriate to do that considering that this decision was after the completion of a series and hanging in there for one last test for just this reason would be selfish. That's the person he is. I wish I will continue to hear of him from the press. I hope he would write an auto-biography one day so that I could peek into his life, but I am sure he will not do that. He's too modest to do something like that. Some people want to be nice, and some people are just nice.
Amul...too has reserved a billboard for this moment:-
http://www.amul.com/m/amul-hits?s=2012
Numerous articles have been written about the diligent, the hardworking, the gentleman, the true ambassador of the game, the quintessential wall. He knew what he was born for and he carried that duty to perfection. I remember reading this article about him, which compared the two geniuses: Sachin and Rahul. While Sachin was a gifted genius, Rahul was a self-made one. You could not become a Sachin, but you could aspire to become a Rahul, but it's extremely difficult for the same reason.
I was lucky to have seen him on couple of occasions. The class in his batting and his demeanor, can never be forgotten. In those early years, his batting caught my attention and I soon became his admirer and fan. I think it was not just his batting, but the way he performed on/off the field that drew me towards him. I have not been following cricket too-closely for quite some time, but if ever there was a desire to watch a match it was primarily to see him bat.
The fact that "The Hindu" carried a front-page section for his retirement speaks of his greatness. The title is 'Standing tall, ‘The Wall' bows out'.
Here's his retirement press conference : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qteHves1MYQ
Anybody who had contributed so much to cricket would have loved to have a farewell on the field, but he chose it inappropriate to do that considering that this decision was after the completion of a series and hanging in there for one last test for just this reason would be selfish. That's the person he is. I wish I will continue to hear of him from the press. I hope he would write an auto-biography one day so that I could peek into his life, but I am sure he will not do that. He's too modest to do something like that. Some people want to be nice, and some people are just nice.
Amul...too has reserved a billboard for this moment:-
http://www.amul.com/m/amul-hits?s=2012
Labels: rahul
Thursday, July 07, 2011
An example of "Vision"
Around 5 yrs back I posted on my blog about the MMTS service that was started in hyderabad around the year 2003. Here's the link for the post:-
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The service then was not a big hit and was criticized for the low occupancy. Fast forward it to now...8 yrs later...today during the peak hours it's full to the brim, offers a cheap, fast, green alternative to other modes of transport. Considering the growing demand, additional trains and coaches were introduced couple of days back. My wife and I are both using this service to commute to work and cant stop praising/thanking it everyday. This is a true example of a vision. The vision of Mr. Chandrababu Naidu (and his team). Kudos to them. We need leaders like him.
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Excellent Post on Time Management
Java Anti Patterns
Came across this nice articles which enumerates some quite basic and common mistakes done by Java programmes. Definitely worth a read.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Another Brick in the wall
It's very easy to give up...
Extremely difficult to stand up and fight.
If you think giving up/detachment is a virtue... then you are wrong... the separation is thin. Detachment is the state in which you didn't have a yearning for it, but you give up something, to which you were attached some point of time. You gave up not because you wanted to be detached...rather you accepted the defeat and were forced to forfeit and be detached.
Dont give up... be detached !!! pun....it's a big pun
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Cycling in hyderabad
After a long time did a long ride along with Anitha. She on her Merida and I on my Specialized. Got up early and started at 6.15 am from our house in srinagar colony and went all the way to Gandipet lake (a.k.a Osman Sagar Lake). It's around 28km one way. It was a little cold on the way and roads were empty and the road through Artillery center was very good. It was a pleasant ride to Gandipet. It got hotter on the way back though and the traffic at Mehdipatnam was a spoiler. Were back at our home by 9.45 am. Here's the Google pedometer map of the route : http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4329901 . Good to be back on the bike after quite some time. Both of us enjoyed it.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Cricket Grounds in Hyderabad
It's quite difficult to find a proper cricket ground in hyderabad. Some of them that I am aware of :-
- HCA Gymkhana ground, SD Road, Paradise. This is a beautiful ground and many Ranji matches are played here. Turf and grass all along the ground. Contact Dutta (9885830200)
- Sanatnagar Welfare Center Cricket Ground, Sanatnagar. Mat, no grass on the ground. Contact Dhanraj Babu (9394556356). More details over here:- http://www.sudeep.me/2008/01/cricket-grounds-in-hyderabad.html
- Sarojini Cricket & Fitness Academy, Bagh Lingampally. Very small ground, but there's good amount of grass. Played on mat. More details here
- MCH ground, opposite Shenoy Nursing home, Marredpally. Small ground. No grass, played on mat.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Participating in AIDS Lifecycle 8
It's been a long time since I posted anything. I am doing the AIDS Lifecycle ride
this year too. Look over here:-
http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/dhiraj
And this is the video I created in preparation for the ride:-
Prepared it using Microsoft Photo Story 3. Used the pictures that we took on the previous years ride and some others from www.jeffbrockstudio.com.
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this year too. Look over here:-
http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/dhiraj
And this is the video I created in preparation for the ride:-
Prepared it using Microsoft Photo Story 3. Used the pictures that we took on the previous years ride and some others from www.jeffbrockstudio.com.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Tour oF Nilgiris
I am happy to see that organized long-distance cycling events are starting to take place in India. Stumbled upon the link to "Tour of Nilgiris", 7 day 919 km cycling event from Bangalore to Mysore. The culture of cycling is spreading to India...one good effects of globalization ;-)
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