Kiwi Land

Well, Dhoni and his band of conquerors are in NZ and Indian cricket fans are holding their collective breath.
We haven't really covered ourselves in glory out their on the edge of the world. I wonder what will happen tomorrow? I just wish that the team plays to potential. The world is watching, at least the cricketing one that is. Australia and SA are watching this series closely for sure.

Dhoni baiters will also be looking for the first real slip up in his short but spectacular tenure in the Indian team. Hope Gary and Dhoni have something up their sleeves....

Can't wait for tomorrow. Bring it on, I say.

V Day or D Day?

Feb 14th is round the corner and lovers around the country are on edge. Why that should be the case in a 21st century democracy, I have no idea.

Women are up in arms and intend to send the SRS 'pink chaddi's. I wonder what Mr. Muthalik thinks of all this? I shudder to think what the scene is likely to be in Bangalore on the 14th. These last few days, I have caught myself thinking about things that could happen to me if I did decide to take my wife out for a Valentine's day dinner this year.

Why should I be worried? But that's what these people have forced normal people to do. We have to figure out a way to tackle this menace. If the people who are supposed to, don't do anything, someone else will and the consequences will not be pretty.

The amazing Rafa!

Last Sunday was the second time I sat through an entire tennis match in succession. A final at that with one of my favourites playing in it. It's rare. I missed the epic 5th set at Wimbledon last year cause I couldn't bear to watch Rafa lose or so I thought. I had decided to brave it out this time, whatever the outcome. I didn't think Rafa had another match in him after that amazing Semi against Verdasco. 

As it turns out, Rafa surprised everyone including a lot of Federer supporters. Almost everyone of the pundits picked Federer for an easy win. Like Vijay Amritraj said, a lot of humble pie is being eaten around the tennis world at the moment. 

It's about time the experts gave Rafa his due. He has improved every year till he is almost unbeatable while Federer has almost been stagnant. Rafa is the only guy who is not intimidated by the Federer aura and it shows in the results if you ask me. 13-6 is a phenomenal scoreline against supposedly the best player of all time. 

I just hope Rafa slows down a bit and plays for a few more years. He will end up with all the records. However, if he doesn't have Federer to push him, will he be as motivated?