यारों के नाम..

फिर वही समां है, हम भी वहीँ हैं

तू साथ नहीं है, बस इसी की कमी है

"आज" से खफा सा है ये, गुम ये "कल" में कहीं है, 

जिद्दी बहुत है ये दिल, मेरी सुनता ही नहीं है

समझाया तो बहुत इसे, की तू और कहीं है

नादां कैसा है ये देखो, जो ये मानता ही नहीं है 

कुछ तो बात थी तुझमे, जो तुम नहीं हो यहाँ फिर भी

ढूंढ़ता रात दिन तुमको, ये "सोलह" में कहीं है....

It's time to go..

When is the best time to go?

Rather, when is the time to go?

And, how do you go?

Difficult questions to answer. Isn't it?

It's said the first impression is the last impression.

But I also believe that last impression can also be the 'last' impression.

There could be situations when no one remembers how you entered, or when you entered; but everyone will remember how and when you exited.

Not yet getting my point?

I am talking about drama.

I am talking about politics.

I am talking about sports.

I am talking about life.

Patience in short supply

I don't have any empirical evidence, i.e. factual proof to back the claim I am going to make; but I still consider it worthwhile to make it nonetheless. Here is my hypothesis, i.e. the claim:

Patience is in shorty supply today. In other words, people today seem to be more impatient than they were in the past.

Well, you may be thinking what prompted me to form a hypothesis like this. Let me give some examples to illustrate my hypothesis.

Example 1: Person X has just finished his college and has got into his first job with salary expectations Rs Y. He expects his salary to increase like a geometric progression and he is not going to wait for it. If it does not happen as per his wish, he starts getting impatient. This impatience can then manifest in the shape of his frustration, or can see him losing temper frequently, or can even see him leave his job.

Bored of Cricket Control in India (BCCI)

Question of the week: What does the term BCCI mean?

a) Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry?

b) Botswana Cement & Clinkers Industry?

c) Board of Control for Cricket in India? or

d) Bored of Cricket Control in India?

Clue: It is the body which said in a court some time back that the Indian cricket team represent BCCI and not India !
Another clue: It is the same body which does not know itself why actually it is opposed to DRS (Decision Review System) !


Well, the answer can be found at the bottom of the post, but let's start with what one Mr N Srinivasan had to say.
Question to Mr. N Srinivasan: What is your reaction after Indian cricket team's defeat in Australia?


Mr N Srinivasan: Nothing unusual. Nothing to worry about. They were playing in home condition, so they were expected to win. When they come to India, we will beat them and then we will be happy. IPL will start in April and then we will forget it.

The IPL Team of 2011: ZooZooZ Continued

The third edition of IPL is back (the first edition, the second edition) ! There was not much of a selection headache for the selection panel as most of the 'star performers' of the year merited selection based on their performances. So, without consuming more words, let's introduce the team.

The IPL Team of 2011.

1) Mayawati: Julian Assange might not know who is a 'dalit'. But, Mayawati knows that Julian Assange is "anti-dalit". Wondering what the matter is? Early last year, when Wikileaks 'leaked' some classified and official documents, some of them had references to Mayawati as 'dictator' and treating government servants as servants !. How did Mayawati respond? "Wikileaks and Julian Assange are anti-dalit". Now, Julian Assange was on backfoot. Imagine, how will bowlers feel if Mayawati is at the crease? Mayawati as the aggressive opener.

Confused Janta Party (CJP)

How would you react if things you planned to do or would have done, given a chance, is done by someone else?

?

And what if, that 'someone else' is someone you label as your 'adversary'?

Would you be angry?

Flummoxed?

Surprised?

or Confused?

123 Nuclear Deal with the US, Oil prices deregulation, FDI in Retail, &...

Something striking?

Keeping it Simple

We love Simple things.

Don't we?

Simple answers.

Simple reasons.

Simple explanations.

Simple exams.

Simple life.

Simple food.

Simple life-partners (seedhi-saadi/seedha-saada)

Simplicity.

etc. etc....

No matter how 'complex' world we may find ourselves in, we tend to crave for simple things.

There is one catch however.

We confuse 'being simple' with 'being truth/correct', and here in lies the fallacy.

We tend to forget that what is simple might not always be correct.

Often we accept simple explanations, if it is what we 'want' to believe, or if it is what we 'feel' is correct.

It often limits our ability to question the explanation/reason/answer/etc.etc.

It limits our ability to question the assumptions beneath the Question.

26

Well, how important is 26?

Hmm?

Think.

Hint: It's not about people born on 26th of a month. Look at the colours in the above photograph

Got it?

Think again.

Another hint: Ask Peter or Nathan.

Got it now?

No?

Ok, one last hint: Ask any of Shane Watson, Philips Hughes, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, or Shaun Marsh. 

They will tell you how important 26 is.

NeMari TJ: New Virus Discovered

A new virus (NeMari TJ), claimed to be responsible for sudden and unprecedented illness of Indian politicians has been discovered recently.

A team of scientists, medical professionals, psychologists, social scientists, HR experts, legal experts, anthropologists, biologists, Facebookers, and housekeeping experts working non-stop for the last 3650 days has made this discovery.

Though no explanation has so far been given about keeping such a name for the virus, it is believed that NeMari  stands for Neta ki biMari (Illness of the Politician). TJ stands for Tihar & other Jails, though some may think that it stands for Tihar Jail. ( PS: The reason that Tihar Jail was chosen for the name was because most housekeeping experts came from Tihar Jail, where the effect of NeMari TJ is likely to be pronounced).

I Love Me

I am the Chief Minister of an Indian state.

The largest Indian state.

I have to 'make it large'.

I am the King of my state.

Oh, sorry !

Did I just say King?

Actually I am the Queen of my state.

Queen of the largest state in India.

I don't care if somebody loves me or not.

I love it

I love myself.

I love me.

Chicken:Egg :: Problem:Solution

What came first?

Chicken? or egg?

Well, the debate has been going on for ages and the verdict it still not yet out, unless one considers assertions made by some British Scientists last year, who believe that it was chicken which came out first.

Now whether it was chicken or egg, there is a very remote possibility that it is going to  affect anybody's life now.

But the same cannot be said in the case of problem and solution.

What comes first?

Or more importantly, what should come first?

Problem?

or Solution?

And should we be bothered which comes first?

Hazaron for Hazare

So much has already been (and is being) written/debated/discussed/shown about the topic this year, that I initially wondered whether to write something on it or not.

But, then I thought let me put my two cents on the topic.

I will try to keep it short, but I am not sure if I will indeed be successful in that.

In my opinion, there is not one, but multiple issues related to the current episode.

1) Whether the manner in which Anna Hazare was tackled a day after the Independence Day was correct or not?

2) Whether the points appearing in the Lokpal version of Hazare are justified/valid or not ?

3) Whether the Central Government has tackled this issue in the last couple of months in the way it ought to or not?

Love & Water

We don't value things which we get for free.

Do we?

Take the above statement the way you like.

Take it as a wild imagination.

or take it as a 'philosophical' utterance

or take it as an 'utter nonsense'.

Take it whichever way you like it, but you can't deny that there is a shred of truth in the statement.

Things which we get for free, we take them for granted and hardly ever take them the way we ought to.

India...Bhaरत... हिन्दुस्तान...

Strange title?

Isn't it?

Strange indeed.

To hear about the existence of three nations within a country is strange.

To observe it through your own eyes is stranger indeed !

I had read and heard about the existence of two extremities within our country, but never really 'experienced' it....
But on the basis of what I have observed and experienced in the past two months, I have now started believing that there are three, and not two, nations within this country.

India...

Bhaरत...and

हिन्दुस्तान...

180⁰ turn

Its very rare that you get a chance to witness a 'mathematical' event, or rather an event to which you can attach a mathematical connotation...

The Grand Old Party (GOP) of India has decided that enough is enough.

Now why do the citizens of India need to switch on the family dramas for the entertainment, when our own GOP has the expertise, the zeal, and the actors to provide it !