Archive for March, 2007

India’s World Cup: Wrong Decisions and an Uncertain Future

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

My reaction to India’s exit from the World Cup. Written for Desicritics.org, cross posted here.

It has been a tough time for Indian Cricket. The last 24 hours or so have showed that how the mighty fall.

Defeat becomes less bitter when you try everything that you can to avoid it. Things would have been less worse […]

The Dilemma

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

I arrive at the local shopping complex, like I do every evening. A huge chunk of my time here will be spent on deciding what to have for dinner. The usual choices — North Indian, South Indian, Pasta, Soup and bun with cheese, Chinese and what not. The everyday riddle. I have to ponder on […]

Goodbye, Bob

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Bob Woolmer 1948-2007

You will be missed.

A funny game

Monday, March 19th, 2007

… And for all the wrong reasons. Well at least in the context of this blog post.

During the course of the India-Bangladesh world cup tie, a friend messaged me on my mobile, already in sorrow of what was to follow — an Indian defeat. An Indian defeat alright, but one against Bangladesh? Those minnows? That […]

Cricket Boredcasting!

Friday, March 16th, 2007

From what I have seen so far, Set Max’s coverage of the Cricket World cup has been trashy. I am surprised by the lowly standards touched by this channel.

There is nothing wrong in starting the “coverage” of the match, a couple of hours before the game actually starts and they have tried to rope in […]

Best of Minesweeper!

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

For the intermediate level of Minesweeper — 20 Seconds, beating my previous record of 24 seconds — that too while talking on the phone! I am amazing! Certainly in the top-10 of all time according to the unofficial records for this level!!