India - Pak Thriller on Monday

If the 6 in a row by Yuvraj Singh and the nail biting thriller at Kingsmead today against Australia were not enough to get Indians stick their hearts out on the edge, then wait till the final showdown of the 20-20 International Cricket World Cup on Monday, September 24th.

After the miserable return in the World Cup this past year, Team India has found a renewed energy and the young guns of India have maintained their nerves throughout. I was especially impressed listening to our captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the match today. The guy is only 26 but speaks like a captain - like the captain of an international professional team. His spirit is unstoppable. I had missed out on watching a lot of cricket all my years in college, but now I am back on the scene and boy, its looking good! Sure, there were times in these matches where India looked like it was pushing its luck, but the boys maintained their strength and now are into the final.

Its after many years that India and Pakistan will play in a World Cup Final. What more could cricket fans across the globe ask for? Rise back from the ashes for both teams, the underdogs now the favourites in this 20-20, and a rivalry almost unmatched. Monday is sure going to be a thriller final for the first 20-20 World Cup.

Speaking of the 20 overs, I am quite liking them. I wonder if 20 over one-days are now going to be the trend? They are fast paced thrillers and are packed with a punch. Short and sweet! Not so great for the slow batsman who picks up after a few overs on the pitch but if we are getting chakke pe chakka then I am not complaining. Also, one slogan that has been popping up everywhere all across India, in all the matches is Chak De! India. If movies and sports are what it takes to bring the nation together and forget all their communal woes then yes, Chak De! India!

Unfortunately, I will be at work on Monday but sure will be following the match online. We used to always say, world cup naa jeete to chalega, but Pakistan ke aage to jeetna hi hai! And when world cup and win against Pakistan mean the same thing, then let the match begin!

P.S: found this hilarious piece about the Flintoff-Yuvraj tussle.

Posted by kaush on Sep 22nd 2007 | Filed in India Talk, Sports | Comments (0)

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All I have to say is

Chak De! Kya band bajaaya hai angrezo kaa!


Update coming soon.

Posted by kaush on Sep 19th 2007 | Filed in Sports | Comments (2)

Happy Independence Day and Chak De! India

Happy Independence my beloved country and to all Indians across the world! I might not have hoisted a flag high up in the air like I wanted to, I might not have joined in the local independence day parade like I wanted to, and I might not have worn a shirt that adorned the Indian flag but I had in me the joy, the pride, and the spirit of a nation called India!

Did I mention I also watched a movie that is very much like our country. Not completely flawless, or nothing really extraordinary, and yet you can’t help but love it and root for it. Continue Reading »

Posted by kaush on Aug 15th 2007 | Filed in Movies and Music, India Talk | Comments (12)

Decisional Snafu

Sometimes I wish I could move back to India, but then what would I do there? I would have to start everything over. Memories of India bring back days full of fun and bliss. I was much younger (yes yes even younger than I already am) then, and everything revolved around making it to the sports meet, dance club, elocution, TV, movies, friends, and maybe a little bit around grades. And maybe thats why I sometimes wish I could move back because I associate India with a sheltered life full of fun and merry and no vicious circles of life to get caught in. Now that it wouldn’t be just all that anymore, my heart strings still stretch out and tug at me with every thought of moving to India. Actually not just back to India but away, away to anywhere! I am just craving change, anywhere!

Its some sort of an identity crisis, where I have no idea where I am going. I recently talked to a friend, lets call him N. Continue Reading »

Posted by kaush on Aug 14th 2007 | Filed in Inane Utterances | Comments (5)

Ways to Procrastinate

Shamelessly picked out from various sources. (Google Zindabad!)

1. Clean your hard drive to make more space.

2. Clean out the Internet history and cookies folders in the windows directory. Do it one file at a time with an Internet connection open so you can see where each goes and make sure you don’t delete any shortcuts you might want to use again.

3. Erase the passwords you stored in the logon preferences in your Outlook software. Don’t give up until you remember the password without calling customer support.

4. Clean out the windows directory temp file one file at a time. Open them all in notepad to be sure there’s nothing you want to save.

5. Install a hard drive.

6. Install a printer and try to get it to print envelopes and labels correctly.

7. Install a network.

8. Help your best friend fix her word processing program so it will print envelopes and labels correctly just like you made yours do (after 10 hours of trial and error).

9. Call customer support (any big company) for help on any matter.

10. Try to untangle the phone cords for your computer, telephone and answering machine and fax and then make all devices work again.

11. Clean off your desk (so you can find the floppy disk you need).

12. Clean out your filing cabinets in preparation for cleaning off your desk.

13. Clean out your CD ROM and floppy disk storage drawers.

14. Look for the manual that came with your computer.

15. Call customer support to find out IF a manual came with your computer.

16. Get and read your email.

17. Read JesseBerst. Follow all the links in all the side stories… then try to find your way back to the first page.

18. Check your favorite message board.

19. Create a home page.

20. Make changes in your web site.

21. Call your grandfather and try to explain what a home page is. Get in the car and run over to his house for help after he tells you about his new business venture: designing web sites for business.

22. Search the web for anything that comes to mind.

23. Shop for airline tickets online.

24. Compare the features of the new computer you bought two weeks ago to the new, improved model touted in the computer catalog that arrived yesterday.

25. Try to find a single file on your backup tape.

26. Completely back up your 10 gigabyte hard drive - onto zip disks or floppy disks.

27. Clean out the gook that’s accumulated between the keys on the keyboard.

28. Start working on the novel you always wanted to write.

29. Start working on that big project for work you’ve been putting off.

30. Set up Quicken or Quickbooks and add a year’s worth of accounting data.

31. Read your email again. There’s likely to be more mail.

32. Google something

33. Poke somebody on Facebook

34. Post something on a blog (like right here )

35. Read somebody else’s blog

36. Starbucks just feels absolutely inviting and you HAVE to have that tall Caramel Frappaccino

37. Decide the laundry just can’t wait.

38. Laugh at the computer screen in the library and then stealthily check to see if anyone is watching you amused.

39. Look at your vacation planner

40. Go out shopping, only to remember you have no money ..

41. Google “Ways to Procrastinate” and compile a list on your blog just so you could be productive.

Okay thats it. Stop with the eye rolling, tsk tsking. Back to being productive now. Really ;)

Posted by kaush on Jul 8th 2007 | Filed in Laugh Away, Funtastic | Comments (18)

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