Ambidextrous

Rahul Dravid - A Common Man

2011-06-22T23:14:00.000-07:00

Rahul Dravid, the batsman and a common man who works hard, struggles for his runs, but he never gives up. Every time he steps on the ground, he battles with himself more than opponent. From last 15 years, it has been pleasure to watch him in action on the cricket field. He has that serious, studious student look which gives clear impression about him that he is learner of this game for life.

I still remember his debut ODI match against Sri Lanka in Singapore when he walked into bat with that typical white hat which is rare these days. He struggled against Muralitharan and then walked back into pavilion after scoring 4 runs. That first impression of him gave me enough to say about him and I thought he is almost another Manjerkar , but he made it bigger than Manjerkar. It has been a constant argument back home with father and brother where I always favored Dravid more than Tendulkar and my father and brother are staunch Tendulkar fans. It has always been hard to convince them about Dravid. Well it doesn't end there, it has been the same case friends too. If Tendulkar fans are stubborn, then probably I have learned to remain as strong as WALL in supporting Dravid.

The question has always been asked to me , but I have never given any satisfactory answer to anyone or neither I feel like to give. Why am I so hard core Rahul Dravid fan? Probably here I will explain it better. Coming from a middle class family, I have always been taught to work hard and believe in simplicity of life. Probably that belief has led me to support Dravid strongly. On the other hand, Tendulkar is a genius, a rare breed. In this world, there are very few geniuses and Tendulkar is such a genius that it is hard for me to describe his talent. He has achieved everything in his life, that doesn't mean he hasn't worked hard or that also doesn't mean genius people don't work hard. Tendulkar might have worked harder than Dravid, but I feel he was bound to achieve what he has now. Life is no easy for anyone and it hasn't been for Tendulkar even, but when you see Tendulkar , you just realize how genius he is. We are lucky to witness him in our generation. So I can only dream of like Tendulkar, but it is not the same case with Dravid. Dravid is immensely talented, but he is not genius like Tendulkar. When I see Dravid, I see myself, a common man. Dravid is a common man who works hard, struggles for his dreams, but eventually achieves them. Dravid gives me that belief which I need to achieve greater things in life. Dravid has struggled, fought with his conditions, has made improvements in his game, played for the team eventually. Despite achieving so much success, still that man is away from limelight and still a common man.

15 years ago he made his debut against England in a test match and missed a century on debut. After 15 years he has remained center of Indian batting line up in test matches. That beautiful cover drive or that perfect straight drive makes wonder on everyone's eyes and make you fall in love with this beautiful game of cricket. His current inning of 112 against West Indies might not be fast paced, but he was never fast run scorer in test matches , but it has always a pleasure to watch his battle with opposing bowlers. He beats them first mentally and then physically. Technically he has remain as perfect as he can be, but the most important thing that he still considers himself student of this game and rates the game better than him. No game teaches you to be bigger than anything in life, it is you who have to keep the foot on ground.

Note - Picture has been taken from cricinfo.com.

YFormulator

2010-08-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

Few weeks back I released my first android application YFormulator. YFormulator is a productivity application for phones with android OS. Initially it was named Formulator, but due to some legal issues, I had to change it to YFormulator. YFormulator was a simple idea for different formulas personal as well as conversion. The idea behind this simple application came to me when I was thinking of creating an application for Electrical Engineers, but eventually I thought to create this for general public. Based on feedback, I will be releasing major update for this application. In this update, there will be some changes to UI and ads added to application .

Google TV

2010-05-24T22:35:00.000-07:00

Recently Google announced its entry into TV market. I was kind of expecting this considering Google's money making model of advertisements. Probably with that announcement, we will be able to see the web on TV and even browse. I have always been a fan of Google products, but recent failures of Buzz, Wave, I am getting a feeling that Google might be doing the same thing what Microsoft did a decade back. When we were introduced to computers in India, it was all about Microsoft products, starting from Windows, DOS, Office. Human psychology behind using graphical user interface than command line interface is always stronger. Somehow, most of us got trapped in using windows more often. Geeky linux guys kept themselves glued to linux for years and even now open source struggles to make its presence through linux. Despite Google's efforts to support open source, non-profit organizations and its products in energy economy(powermeter) , it might just monopolize the world where friends might turn into foes. Concept of TV is so strong and since there is slow innovation in that area, I am sure even Luddite will appreciate Google TV. Finally it's all entertainment business.

4 Photos

2009-12-24T19:50:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I know it's been a long I posted anything here. You can say I have committed one of seven sins (sloth, just for clarity). No excuse for that. So much hooked to twitter , that I was just procrastinating to post anything, here. I know even right now I don't have much to share. But in mean time, Moi, being inspiration for photography , I have created a photoblog here. It is just amateur work , so expert comments are welcome.

IITs and Rat Race

2009-05-26T18:54:00.000-07:00

These are the established IITs : IIT Powai, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Chennai, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, IT BHU, ISM Dhanbad. The entrance exam for these IITs makes them prestigious colleges in India. Equation has changed from 2008. New IITs have been started at following places: IIT Punjab, IIT Patna, IIT Rajasthan, IIT Bhubaneshwar, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Hyderabad. In 2009, IIT Himachal and IIT Indore will be started. Beside these there are extended colleges , IIST, IISERs, RGIPT, IIMS. The rat race will continue with increasing number, but who is going to monitor the quality of education, specially in IITs here after. Instead of investing money in new IITs and their infrastructure, isn't it wise to convert existing some top quality colleges in IITs? When will Government learn this simple thing? May be my perspective is one sided and with no complete justification, but on first look , it does make sense.

Bottomline is We need quality of education and not quantity of education.

Indian Premier League

2009-05-08T18:35:00.000-07:00

Well, this has been a good season in south africa. I would have loved it if it would have been in India more. The most interesting thing happened to IPL this year is fake ipl player and his blog. I am a regular reader of his blog and laughs at every statement he has made about some inside scoop in KKR and IPL camps.

If you haven't read this blog, you are definitely missing something. Here is the link for his blog. I am sure you are going to get a good share of laugh . And if you don't understand the players he has mentioned , here is the list of players , he has mentioned.

Sticky something=Ricky Ponting

Bhookha naan=Buchanan

Appam Chutiya-Shreesant

Lordie=Sourav Ganguly

Dildo=SRK

Prince of Patiala=Yuvraaj Singh

Sandy Maddy Babe=Mandira Bedi

Bublee=Bret Lee

Babli=Preity Zinta

Stylebhai=Murali Karthik

Kishan Kanhaiya=Ravi Shastri

Buddhiman Baba=Wriddhiman Saha

Boy George=Joy Bhattacharya

Little John=Ishant Sharma

Meera Bhai=Harbhajan

Aaila=Tendulkar

Sheikh=Shane Warne

Big sis=Shilpa Shetty

Little sis=Shamitha Shetty

Big Brother=Raj Kundra

RDB=Ran Dev Bose

Mangal Pandey=Laxmiratan Shukla

Ganji Hanger=Sanjay Bangar

Shakespeare=Akash Chopra

Ghati Baba=Rohit Sharma

Big Mac=Mathew HAyden

VVS Ram=VVS Laxman

Calypso=Chris Gayle

Castro=Fidel Edwards

Skipper=McCullum

Pamela Indersingh=VRV Singh

Springbock=Rander Wyke

Bevdaa=Ryder

Batliwala=Mallya

Dewar=Rahul Dravid

Paedophile priest=Gilchrist

Lady Jaya=Jayawardene

Gilli Danda - Ashok Dinda

chikna pussy= David Hussey

Original Bevda = Jesse Ryder

Chinnu Popli = Sreevats Goswami

Chirkut Teli = Virat Kohli

P.S. - I may be wrong in identifying few players, but most of them are correct as per my logic.

Winner never quits

2009-04-18T16:50:00.000-07:00

Yes, those are the words for Rahul Dravid. This person leaves no stone unturned to appreciate his personality in every aspect. From being the most humble, calm and a true performer, he shows the world what the class means. I owe a lot to Dravid in his today's innings against Rajasthan Royals. The man was criticized so many times and he has always proved he is a team man and always ready to prove his mettle on any given test. Gosh!!! I literally got horripilation when I saw his innings and the way he played today just provided a tight SLAP on Vijay Mallaya's face.

How do you feel when the world criticizes you and people around question your abilities and at the slightest chance you prove everyone what you are. Yes that is all about Rahul Dravid. He is the most genuine player who has proved again and again why cricket is called gentleman's game.

And he is the man who made me to write back on my blog. Hats off to Rahul Dravid.

**bows down for god in human form**

Windows 7

2009-01-08T19:50:00.000-08:00

Windows 7 beta is releasing tomorrow to download for general public, OFFICIALLY. No big hopes from Microsoft, but at least hoping that i will get rid of Windows Wastea(Vista) from my PC sooner. More news about this can be found here. Microsoft is getting inspired from Mac and Ubuntu finally.

I have become more regular at microblogging these days , no time for mega blogging.

Troubled Mumbai

2008-11-26T14:44:00.001-08:00

Mumbai is in trouble again...any help you can provide in mumbai, Please visit Mumbai Help .

Time to cooperate.

When you feel like crying, just urinate

2008-08-24T21:16:00.000-07:00

No..no this is not weird stuff...but a dialogue from movie "Mumbai Meri Jaan". Once in a time , there comes a movie which changes your perception about life, once in a time , there comes a movie which changes the way you live the life. Mumbai meri jaan is such a wonderfully directed movie , that I was almost crying. The finess of direction comes when you have five great people acting for you on the screen. Parel Rawal, Kay Kay, Irrfan Khan, Madhavan and Soha Ali Khan...well the star cast itself says something about this movie. This is a must watch movie and I am sure you will be moved at the end of this movie. Apart from direction and the reality shown from five different categories of society with poor(Irrfan Khan), lower middle class(Paresh Rawal), Hindu cynical extremist(Kay Kay), higher middle class patriotic software professional(Madhavan), a realistic journalist(Soha Ali Khan), the movie touches every body. In fact Irrfan Khan had silent role, but he outclasses everybody in the movie and set the bar of expectation high. Then , there are no words for Paresh Rawal who has grown into a veteran. And well , well .. director Nishikant Kamat , his first hindi movie , and he has proved his abilities , but I know his first marathi movie which was relased in 2005 "Dombivli Fast" which got lot of recognition. This man has seen mumbai more closely than anybody I guess. You can read about Dombivli fast here.

Finally GOLD

2008-08-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

This is the moment to cherish for life. Despite somebody else has achieved something, the feeling has not sunk in completely...Abhinav Bindra did the unimaginable at the summer olympics for which all cricket crazy people were waiting...finally for sometime cricket took back stage. This is the moment why I feel to be proud to be an Indian...this is the moment which binds every indian together..this is the moment I feel even God will feel envy of...this is the moment that will be cherished for years or days to come till we win another gold. I hope by 2020, we will be topping the Olympics gold medal tally...(just for the information, China won its first gold in 1984 ..source timesofindia.com ...today they are topping the tally)..So with that hope, I feel India won't be much behind sooner. We need more bindras and more gold medals...Yeh dil maange more....AB proved at last Singh is King.:-). In the picture , you can see Chinese shooter's Zhu Qinan's emotions, after losing the gold , he cried a lot and he had also topped the qualifiers .Well somebody has to win , but I sympathsize with him. Winning the gold is easy , but winning the silver or bronze is more tougher as everybody goes for gold,nobody goes for silver or bronze.....but let me cherish this moment .

photo source : Indiatimes

Into the wild

2008-06-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

Recently I watched the movie "Into the wild" , and even before reading its story and watching it, i knew i am going to like it just because of its nice poster. Listen to the beautiful song "No Ceiling" from the same..

Laziness

2008-06-15T18:30:00.001-07:00

The blog is not updated because of my shear laziness. I will be back soon.

Randy Pausch

2008-04-11T23:32:00.000-07:00

You can find all updates about Randy Pausch here

Virtual Reality

2008-03-23T07:15:00.000-07:00

Does it really exist? One of the best lectures I have ever seen...well the lecture is not about virtual reality, but this CMU professor is well known in this area. The lecture is a must watch , it reminds me of movie 'Anand', is there anything better than this in life? Initial few minutes of the lecture will give you an idea why I posted it here.

" Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted "

Thought for the day

2008-02-25T17:11:00.000-08:00

"Don't let school get in the way of your education."
- Mark Twain

Shattered

2008-02-13T13:11:00.000-08:00

As I write this post, I know the state of my mind. In few moments, all my dreams and aspirations have shattered. I just don't understand how to react to this situation. Life has come at a point where I feel everything is stopped for me. I just see a dark road ahead and no light to ensure me a safe way to finish my journey.Why the things happen this way?

Gilly calls it a day

2008-01-26T22:13:00.000-08:00

He will be missed on the cricket field

Victory was never so sweet

Googly

2007-11-14T10:54:00.000-08:00

This seems to be a clearly marriage season. Almost six of my batch mates are getting married in a span of next three to four months(including our dear 666 - sorry 666 for breaking your news). This recent news just confirms that how this season is auspicious for marriage. So now both of Google's founders will be married. Suppose they decide to arrange the marriage of Google...what will be the name of Google's wife?
Googly .........ROFL.
Suggest your choices for names in comments.

Gutsy Rocks

2007-10-27T09:28:00.001-07:00

So this is my recent customized Ubuntu Desktop...Well I clicked my desktop in my camera and without any drivers , just connected camera to laptop and downloaded all photos...this is the one reason why Ubuntu Gutsy Rocks..

This is too funny

2007-10-18T01:23:00.000-07:00

Read this , so this can happen to Bill Gates even. It seems Nigeria treats everybody equally. One of the comments to the article says , Nigeria government is unhappy with Bill Gates because they are pretty disappointed with Windows Vista as they are still struggling with Windows ME.ROFL. The same article says Nigeria government considered Bill Gates as the one who will mooch and hence denied the visa...haha..ROFL..this was the funniest part of article.

Taare Zameen Par

2007-10-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

This is the next Amir Khan movie and definitely looking forward to it. Just saw its trailor on Youtube....Do we need to say anything more that how versatile Amir Khan is ?. He is directing,producing and acting also...what you want more and more than that an awesome story....cool.

The Buddha Soliloques

2007-09-15T07:52:00.000-07:00

Suramya's Golden Buddha inspired me to write about the blog I was reading from quiet few days. Do read Meiyang Chang's blog. Who is this Meiyang Chang? Chang is Indian Idol -III contestant from Dhanbad. He is Chinese by origin , but Indian by birth and a dentist by Profession. Beside this, his achievement was that he was in Top 5 in Indian Idol. He does have very sweet voice. I guess he may be only Indian Idol contestant who is having blog.

Oh Captain! My Captain

2007-09-15T07:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks Moi for an eye opening blog.Exams were over two weeks ago already,but my laziness to write was making waves in the mind,so was unable to write. There can not be a better day to make Shree Ganesha of my blog once again. (Those who don't know, today is Ganesh Chaturthi).

Yesterday's news made me write something about the player whom I admired from day 1. In the March 1996, he walked on the ground to bat against Sri Lanka and made an impact on my mind. From that day,I supported Rahul "The Wall" Dravid every moment and even argued with my father and brother for his excellence compared to Sachin Tendulkar. He is the one player who kept calm on every occasion and showed his true introvert nature even during worst situations in Indian dressing room. Lots of people are not admiring his decision to step down as captain as they think he was doing the best job, but for me he did a good job by stepping down as captain because I always wanted him the best batsman. Many people complained that he was not aggressive , but how does one define aggressiveness? For me Dravid was always best batsman, best captain and he left captaincy at the right moment instead of dragging unnecessary controversies and then getting sacked from team. Hope to see some great batting days of Rahul Dravid ahead.

Best rock video - What I've done

2007-07-05T18:55:00.000-07:00

Here is the song from latest album "Minutes to Midnight" by Linkin Park..just loved it.I consider it as the best video of a rock song I have come across. Some of the scenes shown in the video are really touching.In one of the scenes , it has shown a man without food and in just next scene, a man eating vociferously.In next two scenes , an anorexic woman measuring size of her waist and situation in Africa because of starvation. Too touchy.