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Link via India Uncut.

I am so not doing it!!

From the fun guys at xkcd:

I swear I have done this at MGF Metropolitan Mall, much to the displeasure of the security staff present. But what the heck!!

Meanwhile check out their disclaimer (emphasis mine):

Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

ROTFL!!

Brian Charles Lara, played his last international yesterday. A sad day for all cricket lovers, and one hoped for a better departure than a run out despite his flawed leagcy.

Rahul Bhattacharya says:

This comes from Adam Gilchrist in The Australian a couple of seasons ago. “Mistake,” hissed Lara. Next ball Lara lofted to midwicket for six. Gilchrist taunted Lara to take on the two men behind point instead. Lara strung it between them for four. Next ball was straighter, Lara backed away and strung it through again. Best remain silent now, Gilchrist then decided. This was to demonstrate precision of his skill. But I particularly liked “mistake”. ‘You don’t know what I can do?’ was the strut. That is the Lara motif.

His lazy elegance and his ability to dominate anyone on any surface is stuff legends is made of. You just had to see him batting while the rest of the team was demolished by the brilliant Muralitharan in Sri Lanka in 2001. He made it seem so ridiculously easy that it seemed he was batting against a different bowling attack in a different place. Damn, he even cracked a century and a double in the same Test and still lost!!

Fare ye well mate - you will be missed..

A lot has happened over the last week or so, some happy, others sad.

I turned 24 last week and was promised a Digi SLR (Nikon D50 or Canon Digital Rebel XT) from my so generous bro Meanwhile, my blog has been getting quite a few hits for the lyrics of the song Kuch Is Tarah posted below. Thanks Atif.

Amongst other stuff, some crazy asshole killed 33 students at Virginia Tech. Suraj’s friend Ankit is studying there, and it was not before some anxious moments that it was confirmed that he is safe. However, Prof. Loganathan and Minal weren’t luck enough. May God bless their souls. George Bush (http://www.ericschwartz.com/ES_pages/clinton.html) still defended the right to bear arms under the Second Ammendment.

“Only the names change — And the numbers“, says Times of London while questioning why America still had archiac laws that allowed civilians to bear firearms.

With all due respects to the deceased Anna Nicole Smith, this one by Scott Adams is hilarious. He describes what Stern and Birkhead were talking outside the court after it was announced that Birkhead is the dad of Smith’s daughter.

Stern: You win, Larry. You have my full support.
Birkhead: Gosh, thanks. I didn’t expect a lawyer to be so nice.
Stern: And I’ll also help you and the kid win the legal battle with the old dead millionaire guy so your daughter will be rich.
Birkhead: I don’t know what to say.
Stern: Oh, and one more thing.
Birkhead: What?
Stern: When she turns 18, I’m going to shack up with her. This won’t be the last time she hears “Who’s your daddy?”
Birkhead: WHAT?
Stern: Let’s call today “round one.”

According to reports, SonyBMG in UK and Ireland “has made it obligatory for all senior staff at both Columbia Records and RCA Records to start blogging actively.” The company clarifies, “you won’t be sacked for failing to blog“, but added, rather ominously: “If you don’t blog, it’s going to be frowned upon. Ged has made it clear that staff are expected to blog and participate in the community. He sees it as part of people’s jobs.”

Though I think it is way overboard and forces people to do stuff they shouldn’t be forced to, it also reflects how seriously the corporate world takes blogging. I wish however, that they changed “has made it obligatory” with “will encourage”. Blogging as a part of job profile - interesting!!

Brilliant song.

कुछ इस तरह तेरी पलकें मेरी पलकों से मिला दे
आँसू तेरे सारे मेरी पलकों पे सज़ा दे

तू हर घड़ी हर वक़्त मेरे साथ रहा है
हाँ ये जिस्म कभी दूर कभी पास रहा है
जो भी ग़म हैं ये तेरे उन्हें तू मेरा पता दे

कुछ इस तरह तेरी पलकें मेरी पलकों से मिला दे
आँसू तेरे सारे मेरी पलकों पे सज़ा दे

मुझको तोह तेरे चेहरे पे एह ग़म नहीं जंचता
जायज़ नहीं लगता मुझे ग़म से तेरा रिश्ता
सुन मेरी गुज़ारिश इसे चेहरे से हटा से

कुछ इस तरह तेरी पलकें मेरी पलकों से मिला दे
आँसू तेरे सारे मेरी पलकों पे सज़ा दे

~ Kuch Is Tarah - Atif Aslam ~

You can also listen to the song here.

The newspaper has finally lost it, going wayyyyy overboard in its criticism of the Indian cricket team. As everybody else, I too am deeply aggrieved over the early exit of India from the WC2007. However, sad as it is, it does not call for total beration of the stars we all worshipped at some point of time. From their website:

Reputations aflame: Fans burn a poster of the self-styled (emphasis added) god of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulakr (sic!), following India’s loss to Bangladesh in the World Cup.

Does the reporter realise that more people in India love and till a certain extent even still worship this person, than those who know about Tehelka? And “self-styled”!! Please give him a break. He may not be the best in the world any more, but he is still good enough to be in the team. And for God’s sake, he never called himself the “god of Indian cricket”. It was us who gave him this status.