mere funde

I am back from the trip home. However, due to the work that has piled up, I haven’t had much time to post or do pretty much anything else. Plus we (Bansal and me) are shifting to a new flat over the coming weekend.

Good news is that the new place has broadband so the internet activity would hopefully see a surge. Also, I saw The Bucket List yesterday; will review once I am free.

.. SIliguri.

I am home for the entire next week. See you folks once I am back. Meanwhile, don’t forget to check out the F1 race in Australia this weekend.

From Rob Steen’s article on the loss of England to New Zealand last week.

Timidity. Mental cowardice. Unconfidence. Complacency. Ineffable bloody uselessness. And much, much worse.

I think I can use the same terms to describe India’s loss to England in hockey and hence missing the Olympics for first time in eighty years.

I still remember the Sydeny Olympics game against Poland and the last minute goal that killed India’s hopes. And after that heartache, I could not bear to see India compete again. And with the defeat against England, Indian Hockey has ensured that my interest in Olympics will be nil! Way to go guys.

And it is not because of cricket. It is because the guys lack the balls of steel required. I don’t remember many incidences where Indian hockey has come up good at important junctures. Instead, they have failed where victory was a formality. So unless that (and yeah KPS Gill) changes, hockey will remain to consigned to history books, a game whose last known face for India would be Pargat Singh and Dhanraj Pillay.

Got my Raghu Dixit CDs on Friday and have been listening to them ever since. Here is quick and dirty review. Overall, as a friend said, “They seem to be influenced a lot by Indian Ocean & Euphoria.”

1. Hey Bhagwan - Nice song. Already had it and love it.
2. Mysore se aayi - Feet tapping and fast paced song. Again I already had it and love it.
3. Gudgudiya Sedi Nodo - The best song of the CD!! The song is fast and the lyrics very nice
4. Ambar - I had first heard this song in Delhi, and the song has grown on me since.
5. Khidki - Not that great musically, but nice lyrics.
6. No man will ever love you like I do - Brilliant lyrics!
7. I am in Mumbai - Brilliant song - last heard it in Pilani.
8. Soruthudu Maniya Maligi - Slight blues effect on the song. Nice feel to it. Again, like Gudugudiya, attributed to Shishunala Sharif.

All in all, a very nice debut album. And a def must get considering it costs you only 180 bucks (including shipping).

However, I expected Har Saans Mein to be on the CD, and also it to focus slightly on other group members. I know Raghu is the man behind the band but they do deserve some space on the CD.

PS: Read the comment by Gaurav Vaz, bassist RDP, on the focus bit above in the comments section below. Also, check out his photoblog for some pretty cool snaps.

… the God is back where he belongs!

…thou shalt be missed.

Of the current crop of Aussies, Gilly and Lee are the only two I like and while I rejoiced today for India, a part of me was sad that this brilliant cricketer shall not play again. To me he remains the best all-rounder I have ever seen. I still remember the Mumbai test where he and Hayden clobbered the Indian attack mercilessly, to take it away from India’s grip after India was totally in command.

Goodbye Mate. You were one of the best that ever wielded the willow!