Cricket !!!

Cricket!!! Is it a shame or is it our pride? As the statistics go it looks like a humiliation. Greg Chappell, the new coach of our team does he know too much to cause this. Sometimes I feel too much of knowledge can even cause a problem. The coach’s (in) famous shuffling is with one goal: to figure out what the Indian team would be without players like Sachin, Dravid and Sourav. Indications so far are that he has identified Sehwag (opener), Kaif (the anchor) and Irfan Pathan (possible all-rounder) as the three who need to contribute at a more prominent level.

Playing too much with a situation or a team which precariously rests on a knife edge in all its games (especially finals) can cause the turbulent effect to shatter the fundamental players in the Indian team. I feel that is what is happening which is a direct effect of experimenting. With a vision of future the players are shuffled not sparing the captains too, how far does it affect the present moral or motivation of the players? The team finds its record in total doldrums.

The solution would be to play with a fixed few and play at their best position to deliver the good for the team and get a few knocks under their belt, and also a series win for the team at least and then possibly hobble the combination. Be it a firm decision needs to be taken at the earliest, before we find a team which were runners up in the World Cup lying lower than number 7.

An incident in my life

Life here in TCS is cool, starts in its own way and at its own speed. No one looks to be in a hurry in a research atmosphere. It is no wonder a typical R&D atmosphere is created with the office building too located in the outskirts of the city. I have failed to understand, why R&D people are kept in their own world away from the usual life. Is it so as these people like to go in some sort of hibernation and come with a solution after a year (Eureka!!!) or is it so as they are sidetracked by the organization? Anyway, whatever the reason may be it feels nice to work in Research environment surrounded by all the talent around you.

A prime incident happening in my life is much more exciting than my work. According to many it may not be a major one, but for me it is a challenge. A cat (many who know me know how much I hate them) has been successfully entering my residence and eating things. My dog too is helpless. He manages to chase them but that creature always manages to find a nice tree to hide. I am surely going to get rid of it soon before it starts up bringing its offspring around my house. Chinu I know how much you love these Machiavellian and dexterous animals but I have no affection for them. Previously there was a small chance, as I could at least tolerate them but now I cannot even think of it.