December 28, 2008 • 10:37 am 0
I am proud to be a part of this institution. Weighing all the pro’s and cons, NITC is synonymous with Democracy. It gave me everything i could ask for; academics,Co-curricular, extra-curricular and besides that a bunch of great folks.
Alma mater. 
P.S. There are things which can get better, but its time to appreciate the good.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Calicut, Mechanical Engineering, NITC
December 21, 2008 • 2:24 pm 3
My first run with the Chennai Runners group. Margazhi Music Month is the best time to run. Had to conserve my energy for a little bit of badminton. This was my first run in the city which went like this
C.P.Ramaswamy Road –> Poes Garden –> Cathedral road –> (R) Gandhi Statue –> Mylapore –> Thiruvanmiyur –> IIT –>CPRIt is great to see your beautiful city early in the morning. A fantastic experience. I paced myself with Mr. Ramesh who was entirely responsible for my completion of the race. Met a few folks who had registered for Berlin.
Running has been a great idea. I have run in various cities in India and there is nothing like discovering a city early in morning. I have learnt so much from running and parallels that it shares with life are quite extraordinary.
My learnings:
1.Run those miles early every morning.
2. Schedule them, plan them but also have fun.
3.Equip yourself with good shoes, not necessarily the split-time RADO on your wrist and Music-MP3 shades.
4. The crucial first 20 minutes.
5. Don’t just keep thinking 42.195, think about next step.
6. RUN YOUR RACE against your last race; don’t go after that Kenyan runner.
7. Talk to people as you go, make friends with the peleton, for when you fall back, they’ll give you strength.
8. Give it your best shot on the race-day.
9. Know your limits. Push for a 30 when you’ve done a 25. Don’t push for 41 when you’ve done 7.
10.Walk when you can only stand, jog when you can only walk, Run when you can only jog, Sprint when you can only run…and I’ve seen old runners, physically challenged runners. At the end of the day, you run with yourheart, mind and your body.
11. After you finish the run, party hard and sleep like you’ve never slept before and then get up start jogging next morning.
12. Don’t keep doing the same thing; you’ll get the same results. Stick to basics, like timing, training but keep trying new places to run, new people to run.
13. Apply Vaseline. It sounds really trivial, but at 32 Kms your nipples and crotch will be really sore
14. Don’t litter the path with paper cups and plastic bottles. Most runs are so much with mother nature, in green places.
These are concepts which i would want to carry it over to my personal life.
The Calicut dream run (CREC–>Kozhikode city–>CREC) on Jan 11th and the Auroville Marathon on February 8th.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Auroville, Calicut Dream Run, Chennai, Marathon, NITC, runners
December 16, 2008 • 6:22 pm 2
I was told that God would answer me in times of need.
I was told that God was mighty and he would vanquish thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy his brothers.
I was told the God worked in mysterious ways.
I was told that God was not human. But, beyond.
I was told that God will give something to everyone.
I was told that God is respected by everyone.
I was told to be God-fearing
I was told that He is one.
I was told I should chant his name when I need strength and courage.
Sachin…Sachin….Sachin….Sachin….
What drives him to go out everyday and play that magnificent cover drive?Nets, ball, bat, fielding, bowling, change-rooms, media, wickets…everyday since he was 17 years old. Pick any record like ‘who scored maximum runs againts left-arm spinners on the 3rd day of all the test matches conducted in the south-eastern hemisphere’..it would be his. What motivates him to go out there and give it his best? He has seen every stroke, every country, every player, every wicket..in the last 18 years. What makes him to go out for a match with that unforgiving bat of his and play like it was the first day of a new life?
Success, Happiness, Money, Smiles….I can’t put my finger on any. It is something beyond.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Cricket, God, Sachin
December 1, 2008 • 6:25 pm 2
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I love Bombay. I love it more than Chennai. These attacks have disturbed me more than the others ones. Why? This attack was on the very symbols that were sacred to me. Many lives, yes. But the ideals that were struck made Mumbai bleed.
This is a city which has made men out of boys. Corporate czars, Bollywood actors, Lawyers, Writers, Painters, Doctors, Criminals, Daabawallahs…so many people owe their lives to this city. Go back to the 60’s when Adi Godrej was picking locks by the pavement. Not many places in the world, work is guarantee for success not a bank. It quotes a price, you pay it and it gives you a life. Mumbai is honest. Ashok Kapur and Sabina Sehgal would have agreed with that.
People know their job and they expect you to know yours’. It’s the world which Adam Smith was talking about, where the produce is earned by sweat of the brow. Mumbai is efficient. Karkare,Salaskar and Kamte would have agreed with that.
The VT, the Taj, Nariman Point, Gateway of India…these monuments are all testament to its strength. They are icons of a spectacular city. It’s a thing of beauty every morning and evening. They are buildings which smile at you even when you are in the worst of your moods. Leopold’s Café. Will I ever get it anywhere else in India? Impossible. Mumbai is beautiful. All 193 people would have agreed with that.
Rich and the poor. For a city that sees Dharavi and Cuffe parade, Mumbai is extremely peaceful. Co-existence defines Bombay. People take everything in their stride. Mumbai is hospitable.
Maybe, it should not be anymore. It should keep the best and kick the rest. When you see the best businessmen, actors, painters, musicians, writers, Doctors, lawyer, crooks…why should it have the worst politicians presiding over them? Mumbai needs better. This city has given a lot to the world.
Now, Mumbai is bleeding. It is a question you have to ask yourself. A ‘someone’ takes care of you, gives you food for the mouth and the mind, gives you hope for the future, gives you ethics for your business, and gives you opportunities to achieve and more. ‘Motherland’, that’s what they call that ‘someone’. This time that oft used bad hindi word was spoken with a meaning and direction. How would you want to react?
An excerpt from a brilliant tamil movie ‘Kannathil MuthamiIttal’. A little girl asks at the end of the movie.
‘Eppo pa por Mudiyum, sollu? Eppo pa…’
(‘When will the war get over..when will it get over?’)
I have no hope, none whatsoever that it ever will. I believe in the upper-hand.
Suketu Mehta’s Op-Ed piece in the New York Times.
Dilip D’souza, writes about the scene around him in the Washinton Post.
Naresh Fernandes in The New Republic . (See also his piece on Jews in Bombay)
And these pieces, on their blogs, by Amit Varma, Sonia Faleiro and Rahul Bhatia.
And these three by Prem Panicker: Respiro Ergo Sum, An Officer and a Gentleman and a Moron, The End Game. (the latter two link to some excellent stuff as well)
And this, by Ingrid Srinath . Gnani’s piece
Filed under: Uncategorized , 29/11, attack, Blasts, CST, Mumbai, Nariman, Oberoi, TAJ, Terror
