A little boy!

He wants to play and play and play and play....... for once we might think what will the little boy be without cricket, but it will be other way round "what will cricket be without a little boy"? I think, I THINK – God was in extremely gracious mood when the little boy was sent to earth, the boy has been blessed with every possible fortune and yet grounded to the roots forever!

It was around 5:30 when Kantu ;) called me and told me about the world record which was made, the previous record of 194 was broken! then Rushe my brother pinged up and constantly gave me updates it was at 5:54 PM when the little boy made the history - became first person under the sun to make double century in one day cricket!!!

For once when I was checking live score (thanks to my interest from work which is fading up day by day) I was hoping guy who was at striker's end to take a single and and refrain from big hits!

Today, the little boy derailed railway budget, compliments were flowing from all corners, be it Indian cricket fans, celebrities, x-players or custurd (actually bast'd ;) politician, all were sending msg's be it through the news or on twitter... yet one compliment which struck me, was from little boys idol (Gavaskar)- the original little master himself said - "Would like to touch his feet" - its a rarest thing to ever hear from any individuals idol, (the other side is it takes special efforts and consistency in commitment to reach at this level)

I wonder what his coach the veteran Achrekar would be thinking?

It's just that few things which I would like to see..... Honestly I am not concerned about winning - in a game anyways someone will win and some will loose but everytime when this little boy goes out, I wish

http://siddharthpendse.blogspot.com/2010/01/ise-bacche-pee-allah-ke-den-hai.html

Thanks for giving me and billions of middle class indians, yet another reason to smile :)

The impact..

After long time I had seen excitement in his eyes, and why not? he was about to get married. Before then he had some on and off relations but most of the time it was one sided affair or was rejected by the opposite, A average person in terms of looks, grasping, and earning was only looking for one thing – one steady relation! The only thing which bothered him was loneliness but then how on the earth any beauty was going to accept this avg and that too for a marriage?

Things changed and his prayers were answered, finally two of them zeroed on one thing "YES". The guy who once called me every night for a glass of beer, understandably ignored me :) guy who once stayed at office till mid-night was leaving as early as he could, he was becoming more serious about his own future. He was determined on having a good life with his better half too.

He had put in extra efforts at work, the work he did was on application and one error was to cost the entire department a slap on face – never he committed any slightest error – yet the self proclaimed brilliants in org gave him worst rating, no increment leave aside promotion! He still didn’t loose hope all he kept saying was one thing, it will change! And it will…. because of her presence!

The marriage date was of today! But then the the great almighty the - Karta - Karvita had some other plans, yesterday the bugger was admitted to the hospital as he witnessed chest pain, hole in the heart, clubbed with pressure of uncertain tomorrow did the trick... marriage is now postponed the date is not fixed either, all his dreams, happiness of his parents are put on hold. the big Q which lies is will he be rejected yet another time? At prima-facie "I HOPE NOT"

All these years he held-off for one thing and the moment it arrived he is about two witness moments of truth!

The heart and brain functions in there own way, heart doesn’t have its own brain and brain can’t think from heart! (blessed are those who can balance it and fortunate are those who find better half with same inclination)

I hope he gets well and gets married soon, it will take split second for a person to change mind and the impact of rejection will leave permanent scars on brain and heart which eventually will lead to yet another infinite combat!!

Whatever the outcome, let the potential couple come out together with winning smile!

Amen!

Siddharth

My favourate...

He is one of the most fascinating

Below are some lines, "which I got" from a friend on my favourate character... "KARANA" The one who had ability, an art to defeat all of his contemporaries! Had he not been cursed by Parshurama and finally misled by Bramaha...


Born with a shining Armour
Result of someone's untimely prayers
Left alone in the big world to fight
Raised by someone who did what he thought was right
Asked the little child to God…. Why Me?

Raised in a poor yet loving family
Little did he knew about the reality
Always getting the shorter end of the stick
Life was making him more determined and stiff
Again he asked to God. ..Why Me ?

Taking life the way it came
Along the way ignoring the shame that came
His heart was full of grudges and angst
And that was the biggest source of his strength
Again the young man asked to God
Why Me.?

Life has got no retakes
He did went through his share of mistakes
But the last thing on his mind was regret
But never did he tried to forget
The not so rosy past
And time just went ticking so fast

Along came curses that did come true
Along came friendship that indeed was true
Along came name, fame and glory
But also came with it an unforgettable rivalry

For opponents he was always the wall
Between defeat and victory
Little did he knew that he will forever become immortal
In the pages of History

Ultimately like every human his time did came
The way he died none would have wanted to be part of same
Finally for the one last time asked he
Why Me...?

Famous 3

Last year for the first time in history of world cricket India reached to No 1 spot in world test cricket, thanks to famous 3 who have undoubtedly been on mission to rescue India and have snatched victories / leveled serious from the jaws of defeat! (Tendulkar, Dravid and Very Very Special Lakshaman :) and cricket crazy fans aren't complaining. isn’t it?

Irony is we are competing against 7 / 8 teams who actually have test standing! Yet we are happy about our achievements!
To compare with worlds sovereign states only 0.039% of nations play test cricket! Our arch - somehow don’t qualify to call themselves sovereign state is a different story!

Coming back to the point - Today was no different. The first test against Proteas started couple of days back and on day 3, in 30 years for the first time India are on brink of loosing by an inning, on Indian soil. Injuries kept Dravid and VVS out of team and new boys were expected to fill-in there shoes!

Tomorrow we might face an innings defeat, followed with possible series loss and with that no 1 spot! But big Q is "Can we keep number 1spot without our heroes?"

2010 for all good reason will be a good year - yet our heroes, who once brought smile on our face, tears in our eyes are slowly but surely walking towards end of there career!

Will India ever get to see blend of aggression, defense and timing in form of famous 3?

Can the mind be changed?

He has always been consistent in making resolutions at start of the year... then it went to 1st of every month, then to a week - Monday and finally ceased on tomorrow...

I don’t remember how many time he promised me, of not drinking from tomorrow? The determination started when the sun god showed up, and faded with his exit! Well gone are those good old days, one day he finally came to term, liquor was passing affair and he was seeing refuge!

All I thought everyday - was there any need for him to drink every night? and honestly then and even today he says NO!
Was he ashamed of sin? On asking him he always said No. He never felt bad about drinking?

The need wasn't for body but for mind... All it did was helped him forget bitter experience and forgive those who made it possible, it also gave him unmatched courage to avoid cowards and finally the bottle refrained him from potential relations which he could have had it with opposite. He drank and drank badly cause to avoid possible conflicts or at times relations.. (not that relations are bad) But he wasn't keen on having stop gap arrangements and was so self-centric that never wished to do anything in half hearted manner.

Drinking is not bad, for those who drink for pleasure, but can have devastating effects if one avails just to run away from reality. It simply takes the drunker on different plane where every thing around looks rosy, secured and by the moment one is out of hangovers, reality struck.... O no - REALITY HAUNTS!

Days went by and so were months,
Years came and were gone,
The guy who once had determination was showing up signs of vulnerability.. This was to end somewhere, but "how" was the "big Q"

Until one day he realized -

Today’s reality was to be tomorrow’s past,
Tomorrow was yet to come, what all mattered was today!

The problem was in his mind, as he contempleted on every word, action of others! Others who had, kind of dislike for him - for his attitude, but were unable to express there true opinion!

All it took him was to change his outlook; the mind finally persuaded to the very fact once which he conceived but had long forgotten!


Siddharth -
"You could fix your own problems and not someone else’s Problem"

Crossing!

I was part of a training program - "Customer relation" being in support function we have to deal with internal people - this is what most of people think, and as usual I was against it!

After introductory session, expected Q was out on table "who are our customer"? and in my head I zeroed on myself, I am my own customer! Sounds funny isn't it? but then fun lies in believing what others might feel strange.

Every individual who enters organization enters with some responsibilities / tasks which are assigned too... Organization pays us for work we do, appreciates our job by way of rewards / promotions... you dare carry your sorrows for number of hours / days at work place and its deliberately overlooked, you dare prolong it and get ready for downturn / worst for pink slip!

We are often judge by performance we show, which are part of "Key Results Areas" KRA's! Like us even our managers have their own KRA's, similarly Head of department, CEO and finally Owner!

Normally its said that people leave managers and not organization, but think the other way! We never work for organizations we work for our managers! Its portion of our managers KRA which we fulfill day in and out! But more important we fulfill our own needs by fulfilling our KRA's.

How many times in a day we dislike our job, the environment? If frustration levels are so high, then why? Why don't we resign then and there?

Cause it is our need for currency, need of being in power…

Then who is individuals real customer? :)



Siddharth