RETURN OF THE ICON

He is a legend, an icon, a sportsman par excellance, yes he is SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR,he has been criticised, he has been written off many a times but everytime he bounces back with greater venegence as if to prove something to his critics.

Sachin Tendulkar has come a long way since he took guard as a 16-year-old against the fiery pace attack of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in the Karachi Test in 1989.

Having been bowled by fellow-debutant Younis for 15 in the first innings and not given a chance to bat a second time in the drawn Test, Tendulkar feared he may never play Test cricket again.

Not only did Tendulkar continue playing, but he also emerged as one of the finest batsmen to grace the game and was regarded by the great Don Bradman as his modern reincarnation. Greg Chappell too is impressed with Sachin. The Australian believes the hype and expectations on Sachin is greater than even Bradman faced in his day.

The Indian coach said: Sachin carries a weight of collective expectation to the crease that few can comprehend. Bradman would not have had the weight of expectation that Sachin has on him every time he went out to bat."

He had a shoulder operation just a few months ago and people said Tendulkar is past his prime, he is not what he used to be, but he came back with a bang in Malaysia scoring his 75th International hundred, that was 40th in ODI's.

This is what Mcgrath said about his knock:

"He came out yesterday with 140 odd, he worked the ball around to get himself in, I mean class player, and I have to get it on the right area for him. I'm looking forward to the challenge."

He hit 5 massive Sixes and 13 fours and no signs of any dis comfort any where.

His popularity cuts across religion, caste and creed. Statistics tell only half the story about the genius. The way he plays shots like the off drive, flick, paddle sweep and cut, is fascinating. Sachin Tendulkar would have smashed many more records had not the injuries come in his way.

The original little master, Sunil Gavaskar, had said that the champion cricketer was an example of the perfect batsman. Gavaskar praised Tendulkar for the stillness of his head, his straight back-lift, the ease with which he played his shots and their wide range.

The batting maestro is expected to play a decent knock in every match, especially in the crucial ones. One hopes that he will continue to make his country proud with his valuable contributions to every match he plays.

What makes Tendulkar the 'Cricketing God' is his down-to-earth demeanour through the highs and lows of his career.

DEPARTING OF THE ICONS

One burnt rubber on the race tracks and the other broke tennis rackets in anger, but no matter what they did would always remain etched in our memories forever...

Yes i am talking about Andre Kirk Agassi and Michael Schumacher...

I still remember the rivalry between Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher and how my sunday's were spent watching these two battling it out... and rest as they say is history.

When not watching Grand Prix my attention wavered towards tennis and the famous american trio of Pete Sampras, Andra Agassi and Jim Courier ruled the hearts, Jim courier retired, pete sampras went his own way but one man who continued his tryst with destiny was Andre Agassi.As one watched the veteran war-horse grittily combat to extend his last hurrah, I was reminded of Seabiscuit, the classic true story of the legendry horse whose daring feat despite damaging injuries lifted American spirits in the time of the Great Depression of the 1930s.


Agassi has won a staggering eight Grand Slam titles, conquering several Everest's in his dramatic career, including the enviable feat of being in a select coterie of just five Grand Slam winners who have won on all playing surfaces, a feat which Pete Sampras and Bjorn Borg could not match, and will remain unparalleled in the near future, unless Roger Federer decides to tame a certain irrepressible clay-court force called Rafael Nadal in Paris.

Agassi despite a wildly turbulent private life in his early days reminiscent of Rudolph Valentino letting his hair down (where his private jet was once famous for his romantic rendezvous), has settled into blissful domesticity. He is arguably the perfect role model husband, who acknowledges the immense contribution made by his better half, none other than the inimitable Steffi Graf; collector of 21 Grand Slam singles titles herself. Sachin, has been an ideal family man too, low-key and very private and both Andre and he have a son and daughter.

The crowds at New York this year were understandably sentimental about a man who had played such memorable tennis under September floodlights at Queen's over several years. It made every next encounter as epoch-like as ever, even forcing Raf Nadal to climb into the stadium to watch Andre play his last career game. It was nostalgic. Emotional. A slice of a generation. A moment of history. Not surprisingly, the locker room at Flushing Meadows had an unusual sight; past battles were forgotten, bitter line disputes consigned to history, as Andre's fellow players gave the grand hero a standing ovation. Andre deserved it.

After the Belgian GP 1998
Coulthard had slowed on the racing line, during severe rain and poor visibility conditions, resulting in Schumacher impacting heavily with his car ripping a wheel and suspension off. Once back at the pits Schumacher ran to the McLaren garage and confronted Coulthard...

Schumacher: Are you trying to f****** kill me?

He courted controversy on the track but won a million hearts, he lived life in the fast lane, he was ferrari's most successfull driver ever.

Michael Schumacher started out his racing career in the same way as all the great drivers, in karting. At four years old his father built him a kart and soon after enrolled him in the local kart club Kerpen Horrom.

In 1989 Michael signed with Willi Weber, whose team WTS he would drive for during 1989 and 1990 in the Formula 3 Championship. Weber paid the costs for both seasons (approximately 1 million DM). In the 1989 season Karl Wendlinger was champion, with Michael finishing 3rd behind Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

During 1990 and 1991 Schumacher moved into sports car racing, instead of the more usual step up to Formula 3000. Many managers believed this would block his progression to Formula 1, but Weber believed that exposure to professional press conferences and dealing with the cars of 700bhp would be beneficial.


The Belgian Grand Prix of 1991 at Spa was Michael's debut in the world's top racing series. His lucky break came as a result of Bertrand Gachot being imprisoned for spraying CS gas into a London taxi driver's face. Qualifying 7th, he unfortunately retired on the first lap from this race with clutch failure of his Jordan-Ford. Although Eddie Jordan wished to sign Michael to the team, Schumacher was advised by Weber to act cautiously, as Jordan was to use factory Yamaha power the following year.In the 1994 season with an under powered Ford Zetec V8 he took his first Driver's Championship, after the death of Ayrton Senna at Imola. It came after a season of several run-ins with the FIA and he was disqualified from the British and Belgian Grands Prix. Michael was also put under a two race ban during the Italian and Portuguese GP that year.

The 1995 season was just as successful. Schumacher now had Renault power, to match the Williams and he dominated the season. It was marred however by several collisions between himself and Hill.

AND THEY SAY REST IS HISTORY...

And we can all stand and clap, and watch a generation pass by.
And two legends as they say Good Bye.

TRIM 1 and FOUNDATION GRADES - BACK TO THE GRIND

The foundation exams grades are out and guess what i did not get any D's,My grades were

Micro Economics- B
Communication skills - A-
Quant - C
Fianacial Accounting - B


The subjects that we have to endure in Trim One are

Macro Eco
ITB - Infomaton Tech in Business(God Save US)
Marketing
MadMap
Finance Management
Operations Managemet
Quant
Communiacation skills
Oganisational Behviour

Well i am sitting in class write now and am feeling very very sleepy and there is a test in the afternoon.

The best classes we have are of ITB how good they are well its something more than GAs its METHANE(CH4) we die when we smell it have a look at this pic..............





I had gone to Delhi for one day for Rakhi and it was a rejuvenating experience,

Also i submitted Taj Resignation Letter , am here to do MBA now.

Will write gaina and also i have become a poet now so wastch out. :-)

ME @ POET

I hope you guys do not stop reading my blog after looking at this post,
Yes i am writing and here are some of my literary master pieces, so please read them and post your comments------



Sunehere Lamhe!!!

Zindagi ki Daud main kabhi kabhi humare saath aise haadse ho jaate hain

Jinhe hum chaah kar bhi nahi bhula paate hain

Kuch aise dost ban jate hain jinke saath hum dagmagate hain aur sambhal jaate hain

Yeh haadse aur yeh dost fir humaari yaadon ke sabse sunahere lamhe ban jate hain

Jinhe hum bhulana chahe bhi toh bhula nahi paate hain………………………………



LIFE @ CLOCK

Tic Tok Tik Tok
Life is like a clock
Throughout you fight your battles
But not always you stand like a rock
In dark times you will feel smaller
This is when you draw strengths from the shallows
Then your friends will make you stand taller
Just don’t cave into pressure
Because there is always something better

SWEET MEMORIES

Lonavala PICS

LONAVALA PICS - ACTION AS IT UNFOLDED

AATI KYA LONAVALA

Hum chale hum chale PG lab pe, finally the end terms are over and we are on our way to lonaval for three days, I am in bus number three (68- 91), am sitting with my very good friends subu and Jay, we chat about mumbai on our way, saw sachin’s house and all the suburbs an our way, passed through navi mumbai on our way to Mumbai pune express way, man it’s a beautiful road u can compare it to Nevada Valley and it wont disappoint u in any way.

We reach Munshi Dam and there are thousands of people over there so we decided to trek our way through the waters up the to the source of the waterfall and believe you me it was an enchanting experience.we are soaked in rain and feeling cold and slipping our way on the hill when we fianaally spot a chai wala and yes our life is made.

We have fun and finally reach Shahani Lodge, I am in room number 222 with Laga Laga laghate and battu and gaurav, other members of the dudez wing jyoti, anubhav shreyas and menon are in room number 227, we are tired an d feeling sleepy, we get up and our called for our first activity at 1800 hrs and we find that our teachers are already there and so we start.

ICE BREAKING- Jyoti, Me and Vinay form a group and we talk about our lifes uptill now childhood and stuff like that, Vinay Bhatt rocks and so does jyoti.

We combine with another group and we are 6 in number now and then in another and so on we become 30 in number and all of us know each other and then our group is named as THE PUFFINS and Adithya is our leader, other groups are Chords and Gladiators.


Assault Trek - A great team building exercise, we had

Cob Web
River
Plank Race
Market

Our subgroup was named as MAVERICK and Had Gaurav, Pahuna, Jyoti, shreyas,Myself and Jha Babu.

Treasure Hunt – Treasure hunt in the afternoon and pahuna saw a snake after every 5 minutes and the clues were as it is very tough so we had a hard time finding them and the rain was hard and we were all drenched to death, it reminded me of QUIDITCH games played at HOGWARTS, we found all the clues opened the locked box found the treasure which was a packet full of Lonalaval Chiki.

Yes we made great friends during these two exercises as all of us came together and came to know each other better.

Puffins comprised of Praveen, Ankita, Nittin, Mayank, Adithya, Meenakshy, Deepti, Pahuna,Keya,vinay, gaurav, jyoti, abhishek, anjali, menon, laghate, myself, jay, anu, karthik, jha, saminathan, Deepak, sunrita, battu, amit and 4 more guys.

Next day we went for trekking and the place was soooo beautiful, it cannot be described we slipped we fell we tumbled but it was all worth it.
Jyoti was put in a water pond and was drenched, we came to know wat an excellent singer ankita is and how good our batch as a whole is,

HIGH FIVE FOR THE TEAM OF HIGH PLACES.

We had cultural nights, lateral dancing and a competition of preparing a half an hour show putting us in the place of a tv channel and attracting itc as an advertiser for our channel.

We had a skit Murarilal Ki Kahani, a dance and competition CROSSROADS and a news item POTPOURRI giving snippets about finance, fashion and Travel and sports news.

Well PG LAB ROCKED, THANK YOU SPJIMR

HAVE A LOOK AT THE PICS AND ENJOY

Foundation Exams

Foundation Exams

Yes the foundation end term is here and suddenly it seems that the whole hostel is alive and kicking at night, the night canteen wala is thanking is stars and praying that these guys may have end terms through out the year but plz spare a thought for us, hum sara trim toh padhte nahi hain aur end main hi padhna padta hain toh plz pray for us,

The schedule

Friday – Micro Eco – Morning
- Accounts - Evening

Saturday – Quantitative Methods

Yes ye log BACHE KI JAAN LENGE KYA

Well the exams were good, exams are always good only the result is good or bad,

Seriously next time pura trim padhne ka hai sala akhri moment pe pdhai nahi hoti isliye next time I will study hard.

Well I spent two good evenings with my dad, yes it was great, we had a great dinner all my friends Jyoti, Anubhav, Shreyas, Menon and my dad at Salt and Pepper and the time we spent was great, I did some shopping also.

Well I am going to lonavala tomorrow for the pg lab and seniors are saying that it wud be the best toime you would spend at SPJIMR, so wait for my next literary piece for all the details.

LET US ALL PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS

I was in hostel when i heard of the blast and was shocked my immidiate reaction was to first inquire where my dad was because he was in mumbai the same day and was coming to meet me, i was standing on the gate of my hostel and was waiting for my dad to come, he had called up and told that he would reach in 15 minutes, but it had already been 30 minutes i was worried and the networks were as usual down be it any cellular service provider even mtnl phones were down there was panic everywhere, i was recieving calls from home in Delhi and from pune but only sms wwas being sent no calls, and then i see my dad coming in the car and he had no idea about the blasts, well we had dinner together and then he had to go back and i was back in my hostel preparing for the foundation exams. but read on

Yes the day was 7/11/2006 the fatefull tuesday evening when mumbai was rocked with the 7 blasts, yes people welcome to the BLAST CAPITAL OF OUR COUNTRY, why can't these people leave us alone, humne kya bigada hai inka, hats of to MUMBAI ki JUNTA, man these people are great they know how to look in the face of adversity, whole of our nations hearts go out to the victims who suffered due to these blasts.

It required courage to travel through the same trains the next day and the people of Mumbai dissappointed none it was a good reply.

There was a two minute silence observed in the memory of all the victims who suffered and INDIA was one again, SAARE JAHAN SE ACHA HINDUSTAN HUMARA,

A news item from REDIFF



A day after a series of bomb blasts rocked the city, Mumbai is back to normal. Trains on the Central line, Western line, Harbour line were on time. People are all set to go to office and resumed work as if nothing happened.

The Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who visited the Mumbai blast sites and some hospitals, said that the Mumbai police is investigating Tuesday’s attacks but have found no clues so far. He also said that 183 persons lost their lives in these blasts and 714 were injured.
Out of 183 dead, 123 have already been identified and 72 have been handed over to their relatives for conducting last rites, he said.

“The railway ministry has decided to give Rs 5 lakh to the families of the victims and a suitable job to one person in the family. All the treatment expenses would be met by the railway ministry even in cases of private hospitals. Most of the injured will also be compensated. The state government has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each to the family of the victim,” he said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the nation at 8 pm in the wake of serial blasts set off by terrorists in Mumbai on Tuesday.He is also likely to visit Mumbai later this week, the sources said.

Courtesy: Rediff



MUMBAI KI JUNTA ZINDABAD, MUMBAI ZINDABAD, HINDUSTAN ZINDABAD


ANOTHER THING I GOT SBU MARKETING AS MY ADMAP COMMITTEE

RAINS @ SPJIMR @ MUMBAI - IT POURED AGAIN

YES IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WE WERE IN THE EYE OF THE STORM,
HAVE A LOOK

RESULT IS OUT ; CALLS FOR TREATS

My Final year results are, and guess what i scored 951 marks out, i am all india rank three, and all india rank two in my course in all the three years, well when my flatmates came to know about this there calls for a big treat, i was already looking at the depression the treat would make in my economic situation.

Well it was decided that we would go to pizza hhut in lokhandwala, and there were 14 of us and the mumbai roads were as usual clogged with water due to heavy rainfall over the past two days and water was knee height, yes and i forgot to mention that the food in the mess is excellant and economical, otherwise there is Vrindavan and Guptaji near by who provide good food, and yes we continued our sojourn to pizza hut in lokhandwala and yes there was confussion as half the people reached some place else and half of them reached some place else.But finally we all reahed pizza hut and had a gala time over there, there was a cake which my friends had brought for me and there were congratulations and accolades being given.

Also during the past week i watched the most interesting movie of my life, i had the opportunity of watching Kubrick 2001: The Space Odyssey Explained,

I would soon be posting photographs of the event and photographs of Mumbai reeling under the Monsoon Rains.




ANY WEDDINGS IN MUMBAI AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, GROOM WOULD START ON TIME BUT WOULD REACH AT THE VENUE THE NEXT DAY.

TOTALLY AT SEA

The studies have started and i am totally at sea with what is happening,understanding economics is highly inelastic, the supply is in excess and the demand is not there at all, just joking our teachers here our excellant and now i know why SPJIMR is one of the best B- Schools in in India, stupid its because of its Teachers, they are the best man.

We have had two quizes in economics and my scores have not been as good as they should have been, but it will take time for me to adjust to the conditions and the subjects which are taught over here, so for me its bye bye to TAJ man, i would join the company some other day but i would for sure join the TATAS, they are icons man and joining a TATA entreprise would be a honour.

Dad left on 21st evening and i really felt alone, here i was alone in amchi mumbai on my own, with no one close to talk to, it really felt bad but slowly i will get used to the way of life here and will go through the motions as of now.

AFTER ALL I AM NOW IN THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY: AMCHI MUMBAI

Yes you donot know when it will rain here, the weather is highly unpredictible, so carry an umbrella whenever you come to mumbai and yes the roads get water logged even if you wash your clothes.

AND MY RESULT IS EXPECTED TO COME OUT SOON SO KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED.

MY FIRST DAY

DATE : 20th JUNE
DAY : TUESDAY
TIME : 09:00 Hours

I was ready and raring to go and not to mention excited, there i was in DOME-3 for registration and it was done, we were given a bag full of books which i thought would be enough for us to alst through out the year, but then came the shock these were the books for only the foundation course we were ready to slog hard.The bag would have weighed a ton and we were given a glimpse of things to come.

Then there was the pre foundation exam, no time to study so just trying my luck and guess what it did work.

Got through the pre foundation exam and was totally exhausted by the end of the day.

Went to dads room and had dinner there, and My brother staying in Pune was there to have dinner with us.

But the deadline to come back to the Hostel was 23:00 Hours and i did not want to late the first day.So i left my dinner in between and was headed back to the hostel.

On my day one I met alot people who were to become good friends over the next two years and form a strong bond of friendship.

FLAT NUMBER 402

OCCUPANTS:
1.Gaurav Bhargav(engnr)
2.Tushar Laghate(engnr)
3.Harish Battu(engnr)
4.Adithya Anand(CA)
5.Saminathan(engnr)
6.Gaurav Agarwal(engnr)
7.Abhishek Chauhan(engnr)
8.Anirudh Daga(B.com)
9.Souvik Das(engnr)
10.Murtuza Karachiwala (engnr)
11.Rohit Baheti (engnr)
12.Anubhav (engnr)
13.MANAV SAHNI (HOTEL MANAGEMENT)
14.Jyoti Prakash(engnr)
15.Shreyas Mehrotra(engnr)
16.Sandeep Menon (engnr)

We formed the occupants of the flat 402, all good in our fields yet so different coming from different backgrounds and staying together.

I AM HERE

Leaving Delhi and leaving my home for the first time was a hostile thought but i got over it and was able to control myself while leaving.My flight was scheduled to leave at 1300 Hhours but it was late by half an hour.

And then the flight landed at the Chatrapathi International Airport, and I was on my way to the place where i was to spend the next two years of my life, I was off to Bhavan's Campus, SPJIMR.The taxi wallah on his way to the campus very really banged the car into a an Autorickshaw, but God Saved us.

I went to the Hostel and my Roomie to be Anubhav was already there and unpacked,the only solace was that through all this time my Dad was there with me to support me.

Well finally the luggage was opened and set up and i realized that the room was really very small and we were given only half an Almirah.

Well after a little time i went back to dads room had dinner and was back to my room for the first time to sleep, well that was what i thought would be but some other people had some other ideas......................... it was the H

LIFE AFTER THREE YEARS AT COLLEGE & BEFORE GOING TO SPJIMR

I am back from Vaishno Devi, It is really great, when you start your trek it seems as if u won't be able to make it, but MATARANI shakti deti hai and the mere thought of standing in the Durbar makes u go up it makes u strive harder.

The trek is a cool 14 km long and the views are breathtaking, and now u find Cafe Coffee Day and Haldirams, and Nescafe all the way through the trek. There are electric auto vehicles available to take the people to the Bhavan from half way through, but they are meant only for people who are above 40 years of age or are medically unfit to trek.

Ek baar upar pahunch kar, mata ke darshan karke saari thakavat dur ho jati hai, it’s really enlightening to go there. On my way back I went to Mansa Devi and spent a night at my Nanajis place in Panchkula, I managed to watch Da Vinci Code, and it’s a really faithful to the book written by Dan Brown so all those people who enjoyed the book would love the Movie.

The Supreme Court has intervened and The Striking Doctors are back on there jobs, Great Work guys, you all deserve pat on the back, and Kudos to Supreme Court, it underlines the importance of our judicial system

India did a bad job in West Indies, and it did hurt all of us.

Yes I finally managed to open my pre foundation material and it was “Shock and Awe”, I really don’t know what to do, so class please help.

And yes I finally read Snapshots from Hell, it’s an incredible book, great work Peter Robinson, and I am a lot like the poets in Robinson’s class.

My results are expected to be out on 24th June, oh yes I will be in Mumbai then, and this time results are available on bet.

www.indiaresults.com

So crossing my fingers, till then

Let the Force Be With You

Yes another thing I got the classic star wars DVD’s trilogy I for long cherished.

20 Days before I Leave Delhi and Head for Mumbai.

Jai Mata di

Hello Friends

A very Good Morning to all, i am writting after a long time, today is 1st june and alot has transpired since my last post here.

The Pre foundation study material arrived the same day as was my last practical exam, great timming isn't it.On 20th of may my mother organised a SunderKand Ka PAATH and i am going to Vaishno Devi and will be back on 28th.

I met Abhishek, a batchmate of mine from SPJIMR class of 2008 on 19th may, it was a pleasure meeting him, he is great guy and we really hit off from the moement we met, allthough we knew each other since the mock intrvws of CL we attended together but it turned out that we shared alot of commomn interests, we had a nice long chat at cafe coffee day at pvr saket, and talked abt all the things from world cup in germany to the pre foundation study material that is yet to be unpacked.

We really had a gala time together and look forward to spend two quality two years at spjimr. here is a pic of abhishek and me(wearing argentina jersey)




yes abhishek spjimr delhi rocks.

My Exams were good
(exams are always good only the result is bad....LOL)

Here are my exam details:

First was Advanced Food Production, it was good but lengthy,
i made a blunder wrote about portugeese breakfast items in
Italian lunch menu,rest was good,next was advanced food and
beverage service(my favourite subject) the questions varried
from planning a barto marketing a restaurant to listing some
cocktail recipes.Front Office paper was the fatta maro paper
and accommodation operations was a sweet heart and Facility
planning was a nightmare, i had to ask the invigilator if he
had given me tha correct paper............lol.

All others were good.

Now i am waiting for the foundation course material to
arrive from SPJIMR so that i can start scratching my
head again, till then its party time and time to prepare
journals before the practicals.

My practicals are from 9th to 17th may.

Till then adios, i will keep you all posted for any
further developments.

AND PLZ PRAY FOR MR. PRAMOD MAHAJAN,
NOT COZ U SUPPORT BJP OR ANY OTHER PARTY
BUT AS A HUMAN WUD DO FOR ANOTHER HUMAN.

GUD NITE.

welcome

There is a good news, i have made it to SPJIMR.
I have to go and join in Mumbai on June 20th 2006, as of now i am busy with my final exams and once i join there i am going to right all the happenings that take place in my life at the premier B-school.Till then just be tuned.

and I will be back.