IPL Unleashed

Finally... The most awaited cricket tournament started today. And it is already a big hit. The amount of money that has gone into it is paying off well. Actually its a very good idea. In a cricket
crazy nation like ours, who won't want 3 hours of entertainment after work. So much glamour, pure fun.

I think its just another way to bring people closer... people from different countries, different cultures. Such amazing sight to see Ricky Ponting konjifying Ishant Sharma after he bowled Dravid out, especially what happened in the last season in Australia. I guess people are just trying to look at the broader picture, have increased respect for each other and they are not afraid to show it (May be they are faking it, I don't know. At least it is looking good)

As far as I am concerned, I don't have any favorites as yet. Its a bunch of cricketers I like, scattered across different teams. Really difficult to choose one. I am not sure how much of it I will actually get to see, but so far so good. Its almost impossible to predict a winner after looking at the line up, may the best men win!

In your face monkey!

Bravo team India. The desire to win makes you fight till the very end. But sometimes I just wonder... Is this karma that people talk about????

News at their best

The awesome news channels that we have in India, the little we talk about them, more it is!
Here are the glimpses of hilariousness of the news.

This is when it had got really cold in mumbai around last week.

Then there are random news like
The ones that I have personally seen go with the caption Tharra pita bandar, chudail se aakhmicholi aadhi raat mein and some equally crazy shit.
I will keep adding to this list. Its damn funny.

Mercury Dipping

I never thought I will get to experience this in Mumbai. Temperature of 8.5 C. No, I am not talking about some hill station here. This is our very own so called "hot" Mumbai. After a warm Christmas, I had started thinking that we are baring the brunt of global warming. The end of Jan though, gave different connotations. As Feb approached, the winter started buzzing and out came the pull overs locked in the cupboard.

People have always said that buying woolens for Mumbai winter is not worth it. Mumbaikars actually get embarrassed when caught in sweaters. But what I saw yesterday, was totally contradicting the popular belief. When I left from office, the security guards were dressed like Eskimos on a mission. Is it global cooling that we are facing???

Whatever it is, I am thoroughly enjoying the chill. Dressing up like a bunny rabbit and snuggling up in bed on a weekend, nothing like it! While the breaking news on Aaj Tak saying "Amitabh Bacchan ko thand lagi" is creating roars of laughter.

GM to Microsoft

Now this is really amusing....

At COMDEX recently, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive, but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again, because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. Oh yeah, and last but not least . . . you'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off!

Prime and Subprime

I can clearly remember, there was a point of time, when in order to convert dollar to rupees, you used to straightaway multiply by 50. But guess what, now it is down by almost 20%, 39.6 as of today. Well... there are a number of factors contributing for this.

1) Baby boomer - The products of baby boomer after world war 2 have now gone past their past retirement age. Somehow I am kind of bamboozled over the concept of baby boomer. May be, after the world war was over, all the soldiers started for their homes and fucked all the women they could find on their way back. Thats the only reason I can think of. Anyways. So, these so called products of baby boomer didn't really added to the population because "staying single" was in air at that point of time. So effectively, now as these guys are dying/on the verge of dying, there is no one to take over. You might say there are Indians and Chinese to work there. But come on, most of us are there in reputed jobs, and even if we are providing some of the labor/cleaning work, we are not good enough for the whole of USA. And we have this policy of "sending money back to home". So knowingly or unknowingly, we do end up helping our economy and screwing their economy by a bit.
According to the policy in US, government takes care of the old/retired people, with the money they make from taxes. But no people to do job, no money to tax. So we have a lose lose situation there.

2) Subprime - Subprime is basically a low value asset in which you end up investing in the hope of getting good returns. As it has been rightly proven now, its only a short term profit plan and might just slit your throat in long term scenarios.
For instance, during the property boom era, the banks ended up giving humongous loans to individuals with no net worth. They did charge higher interest rates, but they ended up giving benefits like no principal payments. When these individuals found themselves incapable of paying back, the banks had to acquire the property they had invested in. By this time, the property bust balloon had burst and it was more cumbersome for banks to get rid of it. So finally, it was the bank who has to incur the loss.
Isn't it really shitty way to make profit.. Only American idiots can do this. Somehow I love to see them making fools of themselves. May be that is why I enjoy watching Family Guy so much.

Its a well known truth that when something matures to a level that it cannot go ahead, it breaks silently and just fades away. Well... I am not saying their economy is screwed and they will vanish sometime soon. But they are surely falling behind in the rat race of BRICs. Who knows, someday in near future, we might end up getting cheap labor from the US of A...

India Shining

They have indeed made a dent in the universe. Who had imagined in their wildest dreams that after humiliation in ODI world cup, India will be able to pull off such a stunner. I feel lucky that I was able to witness the history as it was being made.

These Indian young guns literally pulled off victory from the jaws of defeat against biggies like Australia and South Africa and the final knock out punch was saved for none other than Pakistan. There was a luck factor, yes, but luck will favor you only when you work hard enough. The nerves, the tension, the excitement... man... what a match!

Hats off to Team India!

Longest match in Wimbledon

After 102 games, 4 days, 5 hours and 58 mins,
Marcelo Melo/Andre Sa bt Paul Hanley/Kevin Ulleytte 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 28-26
Unbelievable!!
I think all four are winners, but sadly, only two qualify for the next round.

This isn't Indian culture Mr. Gere

Arrest warrant out for Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty

Aren't we proving that we are morons of international level????