Sunday, November 24, 2013

Anand: A forgotten hero

"for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour " 

- This is how the government of the day defines India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna.

At last , the hype surrounding Sachin's retirement has come to an end. The government, just like any tv channel trying to improve its TRP ratings, has tried to improve its ratings by awarding Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar,

The major question that comes to our minds is why Vishwanathan Anand was not awarded Bharat Ratna prior to Sachin.If the award has to be given to sports field, then why it has to be Sachin instead of Anand.


Anand break into international Chess arena when Chess was not even considered as a sport in India.Chess was completely dominated by Russians .Such was the Soviet dominance in Chess that they held the Championship title from 1975 to 2000. He was the lone indian Chess player for years.

He was India's first Grand Master. Thanks to him ,India has close to 40 grandmasters today.
He was the first recipient of India's highest Sporting honour - Rajiv Khel Ratna in 1991 . On a lighter tone, Sachin has not even scored an ODI century by then. Anand got India's second highest civilian honour - Padma Vibhushan in 2007 . Sachin got in 2008.

Anand remained in top 3 rankings for 12 continuous years from 1996-2008. Sachin was number 1 in cricket for years  but there were contenders for him at one point or another . 


Anand may have lost the championship now,but he was a record 5-time champion. Both Sachin and Anand share clean image , gen-next inspirational icon and they are the undisputed heroes of their games. But India has a cricket base when sachin started and Sachin built on it and took Indian cricket to next level(along with some outstanding cricketers).
But for Anand, he built the base for Chess by himself and remains its only icon to this date.






Saturday, November 16, 2013

Sach(in) a Hero!

"A monster in the making"  - This was the first article on Sachin which appeared in 1988. The article was penned by Harsha Bhogle. 24 years later, the monster has retired. The monster has retired today.

Innumerable articles have been written in each and every magazine , identifying each and every one as the next Sachin tendulkar.However, after 24 years, Only one Sachin tendulkar remains.

Rarely does a sporstman become bigger than the sport. Rarely does that sportsman remains a clean icon all his sporting career. Rarely does that sportsman doesn't endorse any liquor or tobacco brands. Rarely does all these things happen in the world's most chaotic democracy .Rarely Ever!

The BCCI in one way or other owes its present riches to him. He is to be credited for bringing Indian cricket out of the match-fixing fiasco along with Ganguly & co.

He has scored 18k ODI runs, an almost impossible feat and we can be pretty sure it will never be broken.
But what about his test record of 16k runs?
It surely is under threat. To surpass 16k runs, you need to play close to 200 tests at an average of around 53. Playing 200 tests requires minimum 15 years of international cricket . No indian cricketer of current generation can come across this record. 
The only person who can come close to this feat is Alastair Cook. He has already played 97 tests scoring 7801 runs- almost an exact half of Sachin's test runs.
Cricket may get another star but in a way, Sachin is a clean hero and true inspiration for the current generation. Somehow, the Kohli's and the Dhoni's of the world doesn't even come close to the image of a clean hero.

Other related post - here

Friday, November 8, 2013

An open letter to an unknown friend

My Friend, I hope I can call you as my friend. I may have not met you before or I might have. I am quite sure that you might not recognize me. I do not stand out from the crowd. I was not born in royalty nor do I have any special quality to stand apart as one in a hundred men. But I see you every day; I can sense your presence. I might have walked past you in a busy market. I might have gotten down from the same bus that you boarded at the next stop. In spite of my quaint anonymity, my “average-ness” of mundane existence, I sense your presence. I feel it when you fight the same wars as I did. I sense your agony and frustration when no one listens to you. I sense your disappointment when you are deprived of things you think you deserve. I have been there, fought that.
My Friend, Let me tell you a secret. A secret that would bring more joy, than all the victories of yours combined. A secret which would make you feel victorious even though you have lost everything. Before I reveal the secret, take a good look at yourself. I can understand why you are frustrated. You see your friends climbing the ladder faster than you, travelling, earning more, settled down and romancing life. You feel lost when you know you are better than them but you have not seen the brighter side of life. You prepare to fight for what you think is your right. You fight, you spill blood, you fall and you stand up. The cycle goes on forever. There is no end to this.
I am not asking you to stop fighting. Before you got your war tomorrow whatever it might be for, work, love or money. Ask yourself, are you fighting for the right reason? Are you fighting the right war? Are you fighting the right way?
You cannot win a war because you feel entitled to win. You cannot become rich just because you need money. You cannot become a CEO because you worked in a company for 25 years. That’s the war children fight, they want something that they feel entitled to and cry until they get it. That war is not for brave men, that’s how kids fight. It’s not fight in any sense, there is no bravery, and there is just desperation and beggary involved in such an achievement. Shame on those, who fight like that!
Stand up my Friend, fight like a samurai, fight with a sense of dignity and self respect. Go to your war, swing your sword harder, perfect your poise, control your breath, and increase your awareness. When you fight, don’t expect the enemy to fall, don’t expect money to come to you, don’t expect people to hand you victories. They are fighting for themselves as well. Don’t worry if you lose few battles, learn from your mistakes and never beg for victory.
Stand up for your rights but before that, understand whether it is actually your right or it’s your want. What are you fighting for? Look around you and see there are million men fighting for the same thing. Ask now are you better than others? Are you good enough to win amongst these million men? If so why and how do you prove that? The general who commands has more scars than the foot soldier. If you aspire to be the general, get the scars first. Rise every morning with a sense of duty, a sense to perfect your skill and with complete devotion to your art. Earn your scars and earn your crown.
Remember my Friend; the sense of entitlement is the lazy man’s path. He is no better than the gold fish which waits for food in a bowl. Such a fish will not survive in an ocean. The world out there is ruthless, it’s painful and it’s not going to feed you daily. You will have to fight for your food, your want and your ambitions. In this incessant carnage of day to day battle, do not lose your self-respect. Keep fighting but never beg. Keep pushing hard but never crib that you did not win. Kings come and go, but warriors live forever. Be a samurai, fight with grace, like poetry in motion, like a simple folk song with charm. You will fall one day like every other soldier and when you do, even your enemy would stop for a moment to pay respects. Earn that respect from those who defeat you.
Tomorrow I go for my war and you go to yours. Here is the secret “Victory is not permanent, Honor is”
(The above article featured in another site. You can go to the original site by clicking here )

Saturday, November 2, 2013

aaRAMBAM REVIEW







First of all, Happy diwali folks! 

рооொрод்родроо் 30 рокேро░ு ,роТро░ு ticketku 100 ро░ூрокாроп்ройு ,3000 ро░ூрокாроп் роТро░ு рооாроЪроо் рооро│ிроХை роЪெро▓ро╡ுроХ்роХாрой рокрогроо் роХро░ி роЖрой роХродை родрой் роЗродு. роТро░ு ро╡ро┤ிропா collega роХроЯ் роЕроЯிроЪ்роЪு theatre роЙроЯ்роХாрои்родோроо் .роЪுрод்родி роЕроЬிрод் ро░роЪிроХро░்роХро│் .роЕродுро▓ роТро░ுрод்родрой் steven speilberg kum christopher nolanum роЪேро░்рои்родா роХூроЯ роЗрок்рокிроЯி роТро░ு роХро▓ைроХ்роХாро╡ிропрод்род роХுроЯுроХ்роХ рооுроЯிропாродுройு роЪொрой்ройாрой். роЗрой்ройொро░்родрой் рооாрок்ро│ рокроЯроо் родாро▒ு рооாро▒ு родроХ்роХாро│ி роЪோро▒ு,родுрок்рокாроХ்роХி ро╡ோроЯ роиூро░ு роороЯроЩ்роХா роЗро░ுроХро░்родா dubaiро▓ே рокாро░்род்род рооாрооா роЪொрой்ройродா роЪொрой்ройேрой்.

роЗрои்род роХொроЯுрооைропро▓ாроо் роХேроЯ்роХ рооுроЯிропாроо роХроЯро╡ுро│் рокுрог்рогிропрод்родுро▓ show роЕрооро░்роХро│рооா роЖро░роо்рокроо் роЖроЪ்роЪு.роТро░ு роЪрои்родோро╖рооாрой ро╡ிро╖ропроо் роироо்роо рооுроХேро╖் роЕрог்рогрой் ро╕்роХ்ро░ீрой் ро▓ே ро╡ро░ро▓ .рокேро░ு рокோроЯ்роЯ рокிро▒роХு родро▓ ро╡рои்родாро░ு, 1.5 ро╡ро░ுро╖роо் роХро┤ிроЪ்роЪு родро▓ைроп рокாро░்род்родродுройாро▓ sema роХрод்родро▓்.


intro роЕро╡ро░ рооாродிро░ி ро░ொроо்рок роОро│ிрооைропா роЗро░ுрои்родுроЪ்роЪு .policekku рокோрой் рокрог்рогி bomb ро╡ெроЪ்роЪрод роЪொро▓்ро▒ாро░ு , роЕрок்рокро▒роо் роОрой்ройройு роЙроЩ்роХро│ுроХ்роХே родெро░ிропுроо் ро╣ீро░ோ ро╡ெроЪ்роЪродாро▓ bomb ро╡ெроЯிроХ்роХுродு роПрой் роОродுроХ்роХுройுродெро░ிропாроо рокாроЯ்роЯு ро╡рои்родுроЪ்роЪு.


роЗрок்роЯி 10 роиிро╖роо் роЪீро░ிропро╕் роЖрой роХாрооெроЯி роЗро░ுрои்родுроЪ்роЪு .роЕроЯுрод்родு 20 роиிрооிро╖роо் роХாрооெроЯிройு роЪொро▓்ро▓рокроЯுро▒ serious роХроЯ்роЪி роЗро░ுрои்родுроЪ்роЪு .


роЖро░்ропா рокாро░்род்родா роЪிро░ிрок்рокு ро╡ро░рогுроо்(роХродை рокроЯி) роЖройா ро╡ெро▒ுрок்рокு родாрой் ро╡рои்родுроЪ்роЪு.роОрой் рокроХ்роХродுро▓ роЗро░ுрои்родро╡рой் родро▓ роЗрок்рокோ роЕро╡ро░ோроЯ massa роХроЯ்роЯுро╡ாро░ுройு роЪொрой்ройேрой் .рооாрок்ро│ 5 роиிрооிро╖роо் ро╡ெро│ிроп рокொроп் родроо் роЕроЯிроХ்роХро▓ாроо்ройு роЗрой்ройொро░ுрод்родрой் роЪொрой்ройாрой் роЕро╡ройுроХ்роХு роПрод்род рооாродிро░ி en fuse pochunu рокாроЯ்роЯு ро╡рои்родுроЪ்роЪு ,роОрой் mind voice la роОрой் рокрогроо் рокோроЪ்роЪுрой்ройு роУроЯிроЯ்роЯு роЗро░ுрои்родுроЪ்роЪு.роЕродுроХ்роХு рокிро▒роХு рокроЯроо் jet ро╡ேроХрод்ро▓ рокோроЪ்роЪு sword fish ро╡ோроЯ родாроХ்роХроо் (copy ) роЗро░ுрои்родுроЪ்роЪு .sword fish рокாро░்роХродро╡роЩ்роХро│ுроХ்роХு рокிроЯிроХ்роХுроо்.роЖройா роЗрои்род рокроЯு рокாро╡ி рокாро░்род்родுродொро▓ைроЮ்роЪுроЯ்роЯேрой்.роЕродுройாро▓ роЪுро╡ாро░ро╕்ропроо் роОройроХ்роХு роХроо்рооிроп роЗро░ுродுроЮ்роЪு.

Ajith aaryava рооிро░роЯ்роЯி роТро░ு роЯிро╡ி роУроЯ networka 10 роиிрооிро╖род்родுро▓ hack рокрог்ро▒ாро░் .роОрок்роЯி роороЯ்роЯுроо் роХேроЯ்роХродேроЩ்роХ swordfishро▓ рокாро░்роХ்роХுроо் рокொродு роироо்рокிроиேроЩ்роХро▓ роЗрок்рокрооுроо் роЕрок்роЯிропே рокрог்рогுроЩ்роХ. Taapsee роп ро╡ேро▒ роХроЯрод்родிройродாро▓ рокோроЪுроХ்роХுройு роХோрокрок்рокроЯ்роЯு роЖро░்ропா родро▓ роп police ро▓ рокோроЯ்роЯுродро▒ாро░். Police ро▓ே роЕроЬிрод்,роЖро░்ропா рооாроЯ்роЯிроХро░роЩ்роХ.роироо்роо роОродிро░்рокро░்роХро░்род்родு рокோро▓ interval .роЕрок்рокோ роЙрогро░்роЪ்роЪி рокோроЩ்роХ dialogue рокேроЪுро╡ாроЩ்роХ ро░ெрог்роЯுрокேро░ுроо் .

2nd half роЖро░роо்рокிроЪ்роЪு роХொроЮ்роЪ роиேро░род்родுро▓ роиропрой்родாро░ா роироо்роо роиிройைроЪ்роЪродு рокோро▓ роЖро░்ропா роХிроЯ்роЯ роЕроЬிрод் роОро╡்ро│ோ роиро▓்ро▓ро╡ро░் ро╡ро▓்ро▓ро╡ро░்ройு роЪொро▓்ро░ாроЩ்роХ .рокроЯроо் рокாро░்род்родுроЯ்роЯு рокாро░்род்родு рооுроЯிроЪ்роЪு ро╡ெро│ிроп ро╡ро░ுроо் рокோродு роХродை роОрой்рой роЕрок்рокроЯிрой்ройு роХேроЯ்роЯா роОродாро╡ுродு роЪொро▓்ро▓ройுрооா роЗро▓்ро▓ைропா роЕродுроХ்роХாроХ роТро░ு рок்ро▓ро╖்рокроХ் роиропрой் роЪொро▓்ро▓ுро╡ாроЩ்роХ роЕродா роиீроЩ்роХ роироо்рокройுроо் .роЕродுроХ்роХு роЕрок்рокро▒роо் ро╡ро░ 5 роиிрооிро╖роо் роЙрог்рооைропாро╡ே роОро▓்ро▓ாрод்родைропுроо் ро╡ிроЪிро▓் роЕроЯிроХ்роХ ро╡ைроХ்роХுроо் . Multistarer роЪொро▓்ро▒родுройாро▓ роПрой் роОродுроХ்роХுройு родெро░ிропாроо ро░ொроо்рок рокேро░் ро╡ро░ுро╡ாроЩ்роХ.minister роУроЯ роЙро┤ро▓் роХாро░рогрооாроХ rana роЪாроХро░ро░்.роЕродுроХ்роХு роХாро░рогрооாрой роОро▓்ро▓ாро░ைропுроо் роОрок்роЯி роХொро▓ை роЪெроп்ропро▒ாро░் роЪொро▓்ро▒родு родாрой் рооீродி.роЗродு рооாродிро░ி mass рокроЯрод்родுро▓ ро╡ிро▓்ро▓рой рокாро░்роХ்роХுроо் рокோродு роироо்рооро│ுроХ்роХு роХோрокроо் ро╡рои்родு роХொро▓்ро▓ройுроо்ройு родுроЯிроХ்роХрогுроо் .роЕрои்род feeling ро░ொроо்рок miss aaguthu .роЗрои்род роЙрогро░்роЪ்роЪி рооிроХ்роХ роХродைроп роХேроЯ்роЯு ро░род்родроо் роХொродிроЪ்роЪு роЕроЬிрод்родுроХ்роХு роЙродро╡ி рокрог்ро▒ாро░் aarya .рооீродி роЪொро▓்ро▓ родேро╡ை роЗро▓்ро▓.роЕроЬிрод்роХ்роХு рокைроХ் роУроЯ்роЯ родெро░ிропுроо்ройு роЪொро▓்ро▒родுроХ்роХாроХ рокைроХ் роОродுроХ்роХுрой்ройு родெро░ிропாроо ducati роУроЯ்роЯро▒ роЪீрой் роЗро░ுроХ்роХு .climax ро▓ ро╡ிроЬропроХாрои்род் рокроЯроо் рокீро▓் ро╡ро░род родроЯுроХ்роХ рооுроЯிропро▓ .
рокроЯроо் рооுроЯிропுроо் рокோродு kishore salute роЕроЯிроХро▒ாро░ு роЕродு роироороХ்роХு родாрой் роЗро░ுроХ்роХройுроо் , роЙроХ்роХாро░்рои்родு рокроЯроо் рооுро┤ுроЪா рокாро░்родிро░ுроХ்роХோроо் ро▓ே роЕродுроХ்роХுродாрой்.


роЕроЬிрод் роЗрои்род рокроЯрод்род class cut роЕроЯிроЪ்роЪு рокாро░்роХро▒родுроХ்роХு роТро░ே роХாро░рогроо் роЗро╡ро░் родாрой் performance роЪெроо.
роТро░ே рооாродிро░ி -ve ро░ோро▓் рокрог்ро▒родாро▓ bore роЕроЯிроХ்роХுродு .роХро░்рогрой் роХро╡роЪрод்родோроЯ рокிро▒рои்родродு рокோро▓ cooling glass роУроЯро╡ே роЪுрод்родுро▒ாро░் .роЕродு роТро░ு роХроЯ்роЯрод்родுроХ்роХு роЕрок்рокро▒роо் рокோро░் роЕроЯிроХ்роХ роЖро░роо்рокிроХ்роХுродு









роЖро░்ропா-роЪுрооாро░்


родрок்ро╕ீ-родро▓ைро╡ро▓ி

роХродை -роХродை рокெро░ுроЪா роЗро▓்ро▓ாроЯ்роЯிропுроо் .роОроЯுрод்род concept-ku salute роЕроЯிроХ்роХрогுроо் .


ро╡роЪройроо் рокроЯрод்родோроЯ рооுродுроХு роОро▓роо்рокு роЗродு родாрой் .роЖройா make it simple роЪொро▓்ро▒родு ро░ொроо்рок родроЯро╡ ро╡ро░ுроо் роХைродроЯ்роЯро▓ுроХ்роХு рокродிро▓ா роХொроЯ்роЯாроп் родрой ро╡ро░ுродு

ропுро╡рой் роЗро╡ро░ுроХ்роХாроХ ро╡ே роироо்роо рокро▓ рокроЯроЩ்роХро│் рокாрод்родிро░ுроХ்роХோроо் роЖройா роЗродு роЕрои்род ро▓ிро╕்роЯ் ро▓ே роЗро▓்ро▓ை роОрой்ройрооோ родெро░ிропро▓ை рокроЯрод்родுро▓ ропுро╡рой் touch рооிро╕் роЖроХுродு
роХроЯைроЪிропா роЗрод родрой் роЪொро▓்ро▓рогுроо் рокிро▓்ро▓ா 2 ро╡ிроЯ рооேро▓் роороЩ்роХродாро╡роХ்роХு ро░ொроо்рок роХீро┤் .
review роиெроХроЯிро╡் роЖро╣் роЗро░ுроХ்роХுро░родро▓ே роиாрой் ро╡ிроЬроп் ро░роЪிроХрой் роиு роиீроЩ்роХро│ா рооுроЯிро╡ு рокрог்рогி роЗро░ுрок்рокிроЩ்роХ роЖройா роиாрой் роЪрод்родிропрооா neutral роЖро╣் родрой் роОро┤ுродிро░ுроХ்роХேрой் роЙроЩ்роХро│ роЕроЯுрод்родு рокாрог்роЯிропроиாроЯு ро░ெро╡ிроОро╡் ро▓ே роЪрои்родிроХ்роХிро▒ேрой்

(The above review appeared in blog here)

Friday, November 1, 2013

The battalion on Mount Road - Part II

You can read the first part here

Caste is a parcel of daily life in southern districts. There was widespread violence in 1996-98 period because the government had renamed a state transport corporation after Dalit leader. Schools would remain closed for atleast one week a year because of this violence.

Atlast, the government decided to remove all leaders name from state transport corporations .Kamaraj district was renamed as Virudhunagar district and V.O.C district was renamed Tuticorin district.
When i was in my teens, i heard a dialogue from my friend's grandpa which resonates in my ear to this date.

роПро▓ே! роЗрои்род роиாроЯрой்(ро░்) роЗро░ுроХ்роХாрой் рокாрод்родிропா ,роЕро╡рой் рокேроЪிроЯ்роЯு родாрой் ро╡ெроЯ்роЯுро╡ாрой். роЖройா родேро╡рой் ро╡ெроЯ்роЯிроЯ்роЯு родாрой்ро▓ே рокேроЪுро╡ாрой்
(a guy belonging to nadar caste will talk and then kill. But a thevar will kill and then only talk)

You can trace why tamil movies still needs punch dialogues! 

There is an interesting but sad phenomenon that happens in Paramakudi district. The ruling classes and the labour classes work together all days in a year but takes leave on 2 days. These 2 days are the birthday functions of leaders from both the castes.
For their functions, the government specifically gives them the routes through which they should go and pay the respects. 
But some people specifically violate them and try to go through other caste's dominant area, thereby making problems and resulting in killings. They even have a count of people they killed last year and this year.

When the one guy is celebrating the function, the other caste guys gather together in a marriage hall and try to be in safe mode. Obviously, hate speeches and tasmac liqor are a must. Once the functions are over, the next day , both the parties return to work as usual!

These things still happen but they may not continue for ever. Guess what is the reason? No enlightenment or law enforcement,the reason is our beloved IT companies. The guys -whose fathers and relatives participate in the procession and gather in marriage halls- are writing java scripts in Singara chennai and san francisco offices.


Till that time arrives, you have to face that traffic on mount road and i have to hear the thevan magan song (рокோро▒்ро▒ிрок் рокாроЯроЯி рокொрой்ройே.. ) again and again in mike sets outside my house