Saturday, December 5, 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

SEHWAG.......MY TAKE ON THE DASHER

THE MARAUDER WAS DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST....PULVERISE THE OPPOSITION INTO SUBMISSION.THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE PLUNDERING SPREES THIS SILENT SLAYER OFTEN EXECUTES. HE OF THE MULTAN MASSACRE AND THE CHENNAI CARNAGE.....THE ADELAIDE AUDACITY AND THE BLOEMFONTEIN BRUTALITY.AND THE JAT JAGGEDNESS.

AND IT IS THIS JAGGEDNESS THAT PROVIDES THE CEREAL FOR THE BREAKFAST OF HIS CRITICS.ELSE THEY WOULD BE STARVED TO DEATH.A MIND UNCLUTTERED FROM ANY OF THOSE SELF-AFFLICTING DOUBTS,WITH A THOUGHT PROCESS AS STRAIGHT AS YOU GET....................THATS SEHWAG FOR YOU.VIRENDRA SEHWAG.SAIIIWAG...AS THEY CALL HIM.

THE FACT IS THAT HE BELONGS TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE ..THE JATS......WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR SIMPLE THOUGHT PROCESS AND AN ALMOST VISCERAL LIKING FOR A FIGHT, AND A CHARACTERISTIC AGGRESSIVENESS HANDED DOWN BY GENERATIONS OF BRAVEHEARTS.YET THEY ARE EASY TO BEFRIEND AND ONCE THEY GEL WITH YOU LIFE SEEMS MUCH EASIER.THEY SAY WE JATS ARE LIKE A COCONUT...THE HARD COVER ENSURES ANY MONSTER WITH SINISTER INTENTIONS MEETS HIS FATE....BUT THE CORE IS SOFT...ALMOST.ITS NO SECRET THAT A JAT WILL HAVE NO MERCY WHEN HIS "OH SO FAMOUS" TEMPER RUNS RIOT.

BUT IT IS HERE THAT SEHWAG TAKES A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PATH....YOU NEVER SEE HIM LOSE HIS TEMPER.HE IS UBER COOL ....ALMOST STOICALLY INDIFFERENT TO PROVOCATIONS.THATS EXACTLY WHY HE SEEMS ALWAYS AT EASE WITH HIMSELF.ITS EVERY JAT'S DREAM TO HAVE A CONTROL ON HIS TEMPER...MINE TOO....AND IT REMAINS A DREAM FOR MOST OF US.WE ARE NOT CUT OUT FOR A LEVEL HEADEDNESS.THAT IS WHAT ULTIMATELY BECOMES OUR NEMESIS.
NOT IN SEHWAG'S CASE THOUGH.

AND THEN THAT ULTIMATE MARK OF A JAT...INSTINCTIVENESS.PERSONALLY,THIS IS WHAT DEFINES SEHWAG FOR ME.I ONCE THOUGHT I WAS THE MOST INSTINCTIVE PERSON AROUND...HAVING THRIVED WELL ON MY INSTINCTS....N THEN I SAW THIS GUY BAT...................I WAS FLOORED.HOW COULD HE BE SO VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO!!!!!!!THIS GUY STANDS AT THE CREASE AND DISPATCHES EVEN THE BEST OF BALLS WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST OF REGARDS.IT WAS NOT HUMANELY POSSIBLE TO POSSESS SUCH AUDACITY.AND YET THIS GUY HAD IT ALL IN HIM.I WAS MESMERIZED.WHEN HE TAKES THAT FRONT FOOT OUT OF THE WAY TO HAMMER IT OVER THE ROPES....YOU JUST CANT RESIST BEING A LITTLE NARROW MINDED AND FEEL A "RAJ THACKREY-ESQE" ELATION AT BEING A JAT.....IT JUST PUMPS ME UP.WHEN HE UNLEASHES THAT POWER LADEN FIERCE SQUARECUT...EVEN IN FRONT OF THE IDIOT BOX PEOPLE FEEL THE IMPACT.IT IS JUST SO CRUEL,SO BRUTAL.
A FUNNY IDIOT ON CRICINFO SAYS ""THIS GUY EATS MAN-EATING LIONS"".I DOUBT HIS BEING AN IDIOT....WHAT HE SAID IS WORTH A MILLION BUCKS.IF NOT MORE.

IT'S NO SURPRISE YOU FIND SEHWAG FRUSTRATING YOU TO YOUR WITS END WHEN HE GETS OUT AT 293.....BUT THATS THE ESSENCE OF HIS APPROACH...3 OR 9 OR 93 OR 193 OR 293......THEY ARE MERE NUMBERS...N FOR HIM NUMBERS DONT SPEAK.HIS BAT DOES.

ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE,I TAKE THIS GUY AS AN ALTER-EGO......OR TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE......MY APPROACH TO LIFE RUNS PARALLEL TO HIS.......THE ONLY THING I LACK IS HIS CONTROL OF TEMPER.........N I KNOW I WILL NEVER MATCH HIM IN THAT RESPECT.SO I GOT TO EAT THE HUMBLE PIE.SEHWAG IS IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE ALTOGETHER.


AND BY THE WAY SEHWAG DOES NOT EAT "MAN EATING LIONS""!!!!!!WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SECRET HIS ANSWER WAS---ITS BECAUSE OF THE QUANTITY OF MILK I DRANK WHEN I WAS PREPARING FOR MY CAREER IN CRICKET.

HAIL SEHWAG!!!!!!HAIL THE JAT COMMUNITY!!!!!HAIL INDIA!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009


tough times bring d best out of a man...its testing waters for me..a test of character, of will power....n i m gonna sail through.amen.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

ITS JUST A JOB.......

ITS JUST A JOB.GRASS GROWS.BIRDS FLY.WAVES POUND THE SAND.I BEAT UP PEOPLE.
--MUHAMMAD ALI

THAT SOUNDS A BIT TOO NARCISSIST BUT IT HIDES A SECRET THAT ALL OF US OUGHT TO TRY AND DIG OUT.IT ALMOST BEGS YOU TO BE INDIFFERENT OR RATHER FRIGID TO THE EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE THAT DRAGS A PERSON BACKWARDS.AT THE SAME TIME IT DEMANDS OF US TO HAVE AN UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE JOB AT HAND.AN UNFLICHING DEDICATION.

WORK IS NOT ONLY WORSHIP.IT IS THE MOST IRRITATING THING TO THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE LIFE AT LEISURE WHILE BEING THE ULTIMATE ADDICTION TO THOSE VERY FEW WHO AIM BIG IN LIFE.IT IS A WILD BOAR THAT NEEDS TO BE DOMESTICATED,ELSE IT WILL TROUBLE YOU.OF COURSE,NOT FATALLY.BUT THE TRAUMA AND PAIN WILL BE SEVERE.WORK IS A VERY HARD TASKMASTER.ONE HAS TO BE ON HIS HEELS TO KEEP PACE WITH ITS HECTIC REGIMEN.THATS WHAT I AM TRYING TO GET USED TO.I FIND IT TOUGH THOUGH.BUT I WILL DO IT I AM SURE.ITS ALL IN THE MIND.

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO SHUNNING ALL DELIGHTS AND CONCENTRATING ON ""JUST THE JOB"".BUT THATS AN IDEAL CONDITION.OUR ENDEAVOUR MUST BE TO CLOSE IN ON THAT IDEALITY.THE EFFORT ITSELF IS QUITE PAYING.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

INDIA FALLING LIKE A PACK OF CARDS HERE.......ITS FRUSTRATING.

ITS THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT THAT MATTERS

Another typical indian capitulation.And what theatrics to decorate it with.All along i swam with the tide of hope that as long as the little master is at the helm of the proceedings,victory is a given.But yes,there was an element of doubt that the castle the little master was building may not stand the test of that so prominent aussie die hard spirit and dogged determination.
And the castle did not.It just could not.It did not when it could not.Doing something when you cannot do it is sweet.Not only sweet,its gratifying.But it takes a hell lot of character and even more of stubborn persistence to do it when you cannot.And India just didnt have either of them in ample measure.In fact history stands testimony to the fact that we never had them in ample measure.Thats exactly why we have always capitulated to foreign intruders...be it the british or the mughals.On this thursday it was the aussies who did us in.

History does not repeat itself,it at best imitates.But in our case,it imitates itself with an alarmingly high frequency.We stand united but then somehow cave in.Without fail.With consistency.

Lets work for a change.Lets work on ourselves.Let us try to do it when we cannot.At least give it a "try" and a "few hours of sweat".Lets make this a habit.One day the habit will get rooted in our genes.And then we will.BECAUSE ITS NOT THE SIZE OF THE MAN THAT MATTERS,ITS THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT IN THE MAN THAT MATTERS.

I AM STARTING THE CHANGE WITH MYSELF.FOR ME ITS A COMPULSION BECAUSE I SEE THESE WEAKNESSES IN ME FIRST OF ALL.FOR YOU ITS A MATTER OF CHOICE.


huh so finally me too here.hey world was up guys........a big hello to all of you.