Ambimama - India

My comments first:

My only question is: Did Prasanna, Bedi and Chandrasekahar depend on any one’s advice and coach?

Did Kapil Dev and Irfan Pathan depend on anyone?

Just a few fitness programs, motivation and cheer among the players is enough to win (any country).

Sure like at IIM and IIT’s students putting regular plus extra effort is must.

And most important, knowing the opponent’s weakness! Maro Sala!! (Next World Cup me!)

Gavaskar made comments in The New India Express today:
Gavaskar’s comments are technical, correct and not insulting anyone like Ian, Boycott, though they may contain truth.

The news today is that Australian media claims that Greg Chappel is the new replacement for Tim Nielson.

Now comes the real fire with agonizing moment for Australian Cricket!
Gavaskar says:

If true (that Tom Nielson is replaced by Greg Chappel to coach Australians),

“THEN IT COULD BE THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE WORLD CRICKET. NOW EVEN IRELAND HAVE A CHANCE BEATING AUSTRALIA SOONER RATHER THAN LATER”

Greg is a great guy. In training and (de) motivating players of Indian class to make them lose in the first round!

Too much experiemt spoils the experiment itself. I am sure Greg beig the brother of Ian had a game plan to destory India!

As one would expect from a person of his judicial background, Rajindar Sachar made a dispassionate analysis of the problem of the OBC reservation issue (April 16, 2007).

However, not having direct experience of the education system, he cannot know the ground realities. Hence, his conclusions need some modifications.

Even though it is more than likely that the proportion of the OBC population is in excess of the 27 per cent quota proposed by the government, the court has decided to proceed with caution.

That caution is necessary on two grounds: One, it is important to decide who the OBCs are today and not who they were 75 years ago.

Two, it is necessary to check whether backwardness of OBCs in 2007 is the result of 5,000 years of tradition, or whether it is a creation of 50 years of education (mis)management?

The government’s own top policy body supports the view taken by the court for objective analysis and contradicts the stand taken by the HRD ministry.

Even where service providers exist, the quality of delivery is poor and those responsible for delivering the services cannot be held accountable.

Reacting to this statement, finance minister P Chidambaram has written:
“It can be argued that you do not repair a leaking water supply pipe by simultaneously stepping up the water pressure”.

Thus, at the highest levels of government there are deep concerns about accountability and about the acts of omission and commission of the HRD ministry that have led to the current poor performance of the education sector.

Inclusion is the fashionable expression these days; it has attained the status of moral imperative. Inclusion is the policy by which the HRD ministry swears by.

The actual ground situation is different.

Thus the poor quality education that the Approach Paper complains about is largely confined to government controlled schools; the better off sections have escaped the malaise by opting out of government and government-aided schools.

That enquiry is moot because most chief ministers and almost all education ministers are OBCs. Therefore, the ground situation is quite different from the caste divide painted by the HRD ministry.

Before Independence, in many parts of the country, OBCs controlled land and forward castes concentrated on educated employment.

Income from land has dwindled and the OBCs are seeking to take over the economic space that was occupied by forward castes.

In the case of higher education, the Approach Paper has set three
goals: expansion, inclusion and excellence.

It is politically fashionable these days to paint forward castes as amoral and anti-social. The Supreme Court may like to consider enquiring how far this allegation is true.

In the Mahabharata, Yudhishthira begs for five villages for himself and his brothers.

The Kauravas rejected even that modest request on legalist grounds.

Is not the current situation similar?

Is it not the fact that the political class is rejecting a modest request that at least a few IITs and IIMs be left free to pursue excellence, not exclusively for forward castes but for one and all and without caste bias?

Finally, which is the true divide: Forward-backward castes or is it politically over-privileged castes (POPs) and politically under-privileged castes (PUPs)?

P V Indiresan
The writer is former director, IIT Madras.

From their hearts the Captains, players, crowd, websites and magazines have paid so much tribute, I felt there is nothing to write about Brian Lara.

But then it is my love for him that instructed me to write about him.

All left handers’ batting looks stylish. But Lara is special.

He is calm, smiling and does not care who is the bowler or what kind of ball is being bowled. He selects his shot and just plays.

Though one should not compare Lara with anyone, I feel only Richards and Tendulkar has similar abilities. They destroy the morality of the bowler and he wonders where to bowl the next one.

Lara is not a cautious player but a masterful stroke player. He is not bothered about records which if he had wished would have created.

Like G.Viswanath of India and Gavaskar of old times. Gavaskar will stand at the crease and create records.

While the crowd delighter is Viswanath – his late cuts off square are very famous. Even if he gets out after few shots, the crowds keep on talking about his style.

Statistics is one thing. Delighting the crowd is different. Like Sreekanth, Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, Richards, Murali, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram.

Brian Lara is a Legend in The West or East.

It is long time since I wrote about Australians. I have never commented on their performance in cricket. Only about their arrogance and on-field behaviour and sledging.

They have stopped all that nonsense and started playing superbly.
And Ricky Ponting’s comments are positive and good for cricket.

Now comes the real test of their performance when they play against New Zealand. Let the best team win.

My choice as Winner of this World Cup is New Zealand. They have missed it many times. And sure they are a better team.

The word Uvacha means “He said thus”

Arjuna, Bhihma, Bhagwan Sri Krishna, Sanjay and other leading Maharathis (Great warriors. They all say something about Dharma and incidents, while the war is going on.

This makes the Bhagawad Geetha the Lord Krishna’s 700 couplets considered as the fifth Veda and is the essence of Vedas and Upanishads.

Which motivated Arjuna to battle against Adharma.

Milk is pure like Vedas. It is made into Curds for consumption.
When this is churned you get butter.

That is what Krishna gave to this world. CHURN Your Mind. The beautiful butter will come as Love Personified.

This is what Krishna chooses to steal from those who had no belief in God or Faith.

Sahasranama is nothing but Bhagawad Geetha told by Bhihma on his deathbed to Krishna and others. Krishna gave a second chance.
Nowhere in religion a second chance is given

So Sahasra Namam and Geetha are equal and par in excellence
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You need not understand Sanskrit. The words and sound have their effect.

LONG LIVE BHISHMSA –I need not tell that Bhihma is a chiranjeevi, like Sughar and Aswathama.

This article is not enough to explain the intricacies of the Universal Religion of Peace – “Sarwe Jana Sukhino Bhavanthu”

World needs peace inside and outside. The Virginia incident shock – what is the solution? Is it not worst than suicide bombers?