HARD TIMES NEVER GO AWAY....GOOD TIMES FOLLOW



I wish Hard times were as momentary
as the punch by Mohammad Ali in
this 1965 match

The times are really hard. Hard times it is. I dont mean to discuss Japan here. The Japanese tragedy is of least concern to me. And at most it is only a GK question that I could expect in a cheap exam paper. Then what is it??? Is it the corruption charges against the UPA which I voted for in power. Well, funnily it's not even that. But I would definitely be willing to write an article or few to shred the UPA to pieces.So, let's just say I am upset (sounds too girllly!!!!!!Let it be). The thing is I do a job that doesn't satisfy me physically, sociallyy, psychologically, economically, etc etc. Remember what we used to say when asked for the very first time in college, why Hotel Management? And 99 out of 100 times the first reply would be "coz i like meeting new people''. Well, given the kind of people I have met over the past few months I wish I had never said that. So finally you must be very aware of what I am talking about (unless you are as dumb as my gf).   

-Sunny Gusain

VVS Way of Life-No "Dur" in Durban

 

The drubbing at Centurion notwithstanding, Indian Cricket team did justice to their No.1 ranking in test matches by winning the second cricket test match at Durban by 87 runs. The uprising in the Indian Team was reminiscent of the fighting nature which India, as a nation, has become. After an innings loss at Centurion, not too many cricket experts were expecting such a big turnaround in the Indian fortunes especially after the Durban pitch was tailor made to suit the home side and its fearsome pace attack. Keeping the past haunting at bay, the Indian team showed a great test of character and won a very closely fought battle. The boxing day test might well prove to be the defining character of the Indian team for the rest of the tour.             

The test match began with the Indian team down 0-1, and having been put to bat first on a bouncy track chances looked bleak that anything miraculous will happen in the batting department. The Indians were bowled out for a meagre 205 with their nemesis Dale Steyn picking up 6 wickets in the 1st innings. It looked certain that the Indians were looking at yet another big score from the Proteas but the Indian bowling department, in the leadership of Zaheer, looked completely in control and bowled out the Proteas for 131. Thanks to the much needed confidence gained from a 74- run 1st innings lead, Indian batsmen looked more confident in the 2nd innings. Although confident, most of the famed Indian batting lineup couldn't convert their start into big scores and only one man, the very very special Laxman, stood up and took the challenge from the Proteas pace attack. The silken touch and an art of genius showed the other players from both the team that the pitch didn't have any demons in it and if the batsmen could apply themselves for a little longer they would see runs coming. VVS Laxman's 96 catapulted the tattering Indian target to a difficult to surmount target of 302. The target proved too much for the Proteas as they were beaten by 87 runs. The good thing was that all the bowlers contributed to some extent and the team work paid off in the end. At the end of it, a 1-1 scoreline reads good and now the battle is being taken to the final test at Cape Town. Let's hope for a 2-1 scoreline at the end of it, and, I forgot to mention, in India's favor. ;) :)

-Sunny Gusain

''I have come not to teach but to awaken''

Dear Baba

It's been a long time since I visited you. In fact, it's been over an year that I even thought about you. The only time I remembered you in the past year was when I was scared or I was in some preconceived danger. Why is it that I have become an atheist in spite of your presence all around me. Am I in some dark hole where no light boding knowledge can pass through that could illuminate me? Am I an atheist? The question arises each time I walk out in the night in the small field around my apartment. I look up in the sky and ask myself, "How the hell can such a huge Universe be made without some help from the divine?

The stars, the meteors, the comets, the dark holes, the planets,.......and endless other heavenly bodies scream to tell the story of its creation and to tell the glory of the Divine. I was watching ''Mission to Mars", the movie, yesterday, which as it was, an absolute masterpiece. It reminded me of the enormous possibilities that surround us. Huge possibilities and opportunities that we are yet to explore and the astronomical enigmas that we are yet to see. The movie was a foretelling of the inevitable truth that we will explore in the future. And when that is done and we do see life penetrating elsewhere other then earth, we will all become divine. It's will bring an end to the word ''Impossible'' and the tagline ''Impossible is Nothing" will become the order of the day. Till then we can only hope.

-Sunny Gusain