I just can't beleive what has transpired during the past week since i wrote about that blog on world-cup
so much has happened that anything more unexpected would not cause any surprises
pakistan out in the first round with India following the suit(i pray not at all) , bob woolmer's death or murder followed it up....
they called that this was a game of un-certainities but please don't throw us uncertainities that are hard to digest.
today would be a path breaking game for Indian team and more so for the followers of Indian team's fortunes.
It can take them through to super 8's with all the ooze and confidence or it can bring them down and make them bite the dust...
all the hard-work of months, all those experiments, chopping & changing , a place in the semi's and from there on it can be anyone's game are a thing of the past and look so trivial as compared to the magnitude of task on hand
all of India waits with bated-breath for the match to start and no-matter how much we boast of our abilties and capabilities or the strength of the opponent team there would be a prayer on every fan's lips and aspiration in his eyes.
We shouldn’t be surprised if India were to make an early exit out of the tournament, which would mean so many things in many ways:
All the sponsors and broadcasters millions going down the drain.
Anguish among the nation about the performance
Media bashing of the team
Well these are the apparent things which strike everyone’s notice. But if we think deep inside that it is none other than us the followers and fans of the games that have created all the hype and hoopla surrounding our teams world cup campaign. Sure we love the game but if we put ourselves into the shoes of the players then we would be able to think how much they also would suffer. I am sure if there was no monetary benefit involved in the game then also the players would have loved to play and represent their countries. Just think of it if we lose today all the 35000+ runs of Sachin, Rahul and sourav would be a waste but do you think they would also do that. They are also humans after all and like everyone of us would try to excel. Accepted that they didn’t performed to their abilities against b’desh but now is the time of reckoning.
I am sure they would stand up and be counted for as their no other better time and place to do that except now. A total 100% effort from each individual is reqd and the rest as they – you do the hardwork and the results will take care of themselves.
If India lose today I would be a dejected man but we should lose with dignity.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Short Snippets
there are many days when life comes in front of you as a quiz master and puts forth some tough questions
qustions that are made by you and you can only answer...
questions that are so simple to ask and simple to think
the answers to them lie within your sub-conscious and inner-self
the hard part is to answer them as the answers may well change the course of your life
but why to answer them? or why to put the questions at all?
1. you can't run away from them.
2. you can't ignore them.
3. they are the questions of your life
but above all they hold a significance in your life as to why they have come up else they would have been long thrown in the dustbin just like the other crap!
so why to write all this now! here ! and why! because to escape them again but no matter what i say or what i do there are some answers still unanswered.
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more to be written....
qustions that are made by you and you can only answer...
questions that are so simple to ask and simple to think
the answers to them lie within your sub-conscious and inner-self
the hard part is to answer them as the answers may well change the course of your life
but why to answer them? or why to put the questions at all?
1. you can't run away from them.
2. you can't ignore them.
3. they are the questions of your life
but above all they hold a significance in your life as to why they have come up else they would have been long thrown in the dustbin just like the other crap!
so why to write all this now! here ! and why! because to escape them again but no matter what i say or what i do there are some answers still unanswered.
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more to be written....
Friday, March 16, 2007
World Cup is here again!
So here we are again! At this time of the year where the mood is all about one thing? No its not something else that you might tempt to think but cricket. Yes its that time of the year that everything stops and just one thing runs and that’s cricket! In our veins and in our blood… well not fast as it used to some years back due to some non cricketing fraternity that I’ve get to deal with when I go back home.
But as it would be I thought of just taking a twist from my usual self describing and lets be a bit interactive and chatty.. so here I am presenting to you all the judges in this court of bat and ball the cases of different teams:
We would start alphabetically so that there is no partiality:
Australia- with 2 back to back world cup wins under their belt they seem destined to win this one also only to put some doubt in to our minds with their 5 losses in last 7 games. Well this doesn’t happen any time so easily with aussies so it is a matter to look out by other teams. With such an inspirational and free scoring captain and player in their ranks ricky ponting or the punter they look as the most serious contenders to win this world cup. I am surely tempted enough like anyone to put their money on them to play safe but the gut feel says that something is about to happen this time. The player to watch out from them is Hussey and tait may be the surprise package. Don’t ever rule out gilly or gilchrist my favorite player both in test and ODI just the way he plays and conducts himself.
England- don’t want to discuss much about them and don’t read much into their wins in the CB series recently against the Aussies because they are not a confident unit all the time. If they can get some of their confidence back they can play well. A semis place would be a good achievement for them as far as I think. Players to watch out – Kevin Peterson. He can really infuse some enthusiasm in them by his displays.
India- Our home team our mother land. Well heart beats for them to win but there is always that element of doubt that keeps them always striving for something extra. May be this in the syche of every Indian that makes him feel like that on a big stage. Tagged as one of the hot favorites to win the tournament along with Aussies and s.africa. The slow and low pitches should suit them as everyone keeps saying but what happened in the last year’s series against the West Indies. Nothing can be said according to that and also nothing should be over hyped or over expected out of the experience and the talent that the team posses. It is the performance of the 11 on the field on that day how well they play and support each other that matters the most. They have the ammunition to knock the winds out of any one but be wary of the Australians, they have tend to develop some mental block in recent time that they are not able to win against them give any where and any condition some sort of team phobia that they had against the pak some years back which they have overcome. I feel an inspirational performance from some one (any one ) can break this jinx which should take them all the way through. Though I don’t undermine other teams but I believe this team has the potential to reach the finals and win it also provided they don’t feel the pressure of their own expectations. Players to watch out – Rahul Dravid the back bone of the team, his performance in the middle order would guide the teams total after a good/poor start. Exciting talent of Uthappa should help us win at least one match. Bowlers to watch out – Agarkar and Sachin. Apart from this Sachin would want to leave a lasting impression on the sands of time and Caribbean. Go for it and give it your best shot.
New Zealand – The team as has shown to the whole world have risen up to the challenge and have given all the contenders a head ache. They are a team of some pretty mid-talented but very hard working, some good and a couple of class players in their ranks. They are blessed with some pretty good all-rounders. With their current performances against the aussies some serious chinks in austrailia’s armour have been surfaced which can work to the advantage of other teams. Players to watch out – Ross Taylor their up coming one of the most promising young talent all of 22yrs in age. Star perfomers over the time – Stephen fleming again the most talented and respected leader of packs around the world, and bond – shane bond the fiery cop from the kiwi land. Looking pretty to make the semi finals.
Pakistan – Your guess is as good as mine. As everyone has said about them – they are brilliant one day but opposite the other. Unfortunately the latter comes true for them more often as compared to the previous one. They have in their team inzi, 2 Y’s- Younis and Yousuf who form the bulk of batting. Opening is in shambles and their seems no quick fix solution as for some time to come. The bowling without Akhtar and Asif can be a blessing in dis-guise more so considering the case of akhtar as he himself reflects the true nature of their cricket – brilliant at times and fickle at other. Asif surely would be missed and without razzaq surely it has depleted further but they still seem pretty good bowling outfit with an Umar gul and kaneria provided they rise up to the occasion and be counted for. Afridi lends a doubt in the team with his batting showing more of a fluke rather than pure character. All said and done you cant count them out as they showed in 1992 with that 1 point that they got against English which helped them qualify for semi finals and eventually winning finals. Players to watch – kaneria and aloo.
S Africa – I think it is pretty unfair to say that they are the great chokers of world cricket. Well I don’t agree with the genuine-ness of the statement. It is agreed that they did choked at crucial junctures but it is not a universal fact that they have done it every other time. In ’92 the rain rule did them in. In ’96 lara’s brilliance robbed a place in the last 8 for them. In ’99 which was widely discussed for the two matches this team played against Australia. The first one was the last super six match in which the famous ball dropping incident of gibbs happened. Well that was sheer bad-luck by gibbs who dropped it. In the semi-final they required 9 of the last over to win the match and klusener hits 2 powerful boundaries of the first 2 balls of Damien fleming’s over so scroes tied. Now in the next ball he takes off for a single and unfortunately gets Donald run out the non-striker at other end. Did they choked I don’t think so. I still remember the frustration on the faces of the Australians when klusener was hitting those boundaries they looked so desperate and helpless against the assault by him. No one remembers that the innings he played under pressure hitting two fours in the last over and only last wicket left and that too in a world cup semi final. Well that was sheer brilliance and proper stupidity rather than choking to get out at that stage. The Australians were having the luck on their side else we would have some other winner. But that’s one great aspect of Australians or you call anything that they have got themselves out of such situations in more than 1 occasion. In 2003 the miscalculation got the better of them. The only incidents that I can recall seeing them choke is in the hero cup, titan cup, and a couple of more tournaments. But they have improved in that aspect also else how can they chase down 434 against the mighty Australians. Shouldn’t we now say Australians choked? Players to watch – Pollock he’s revived himself like anything, Justin kemp and boucher.
Srilanka – The team from the emerald islands, they have been on a roll for sometime till their juggernaut was stopped by the Indians in the last series. They should do well and get their place booked in the semis. They have in them some of the best exponents of slow bowling that they can use in these sort of pitches. Murali and the marauder from marata jayasuriya who has gained his vintage self. They are a good enough team to outplay anyone on their day as shown by them in the last years CB series in Australia where they nearly toppled their apple car. They can go a long way, the only thing missing from their ranks is some one as solid as desilva who was a rock in the middle ordrer. The likes of attapattu and jayawardene are good but not great like a deSilva. Players to watch out for – jayasuriya, tharanga and murali.
West Indies – They are the host and its been a record that none of the hosts have lifted the cup so can it be them? Only time will tell but I can tell according to my gut feeling they don’t have in them what it takes to become a champion. Though they are the dark horses but their race can only go as far as semi final. Though lara & co. can defy me and them but it is yet to be done which I don’t believe they can. They play well as a unit on a day but can fall apart amazingly the other day like nine-pins. They played some good cricket in the last season reaching the finals of champions trophy and in Malaysia only to loose to Australia. They also won against India but then lost in the return series. They also lack something which is the last killer punch or the final nail in the coffin and they have missed those close encounters time and again that they don’t enthuse any confidence anymore that they can eventually finish till the end. Players to watch out – Lara may play a swansong before he bows out, Bravo – has one of the deadliest of slower balls in the game.
Well with all these descriptions I leave you all to think and pass your judgments through the comments section.May the best team wins and it is INDIA!!!!
But as it would be I thought of just taking a twist from my usual self describing and lets be a bit interactive and chatty.. so here I am presenting to you all the judges in this court of bat and ball the cases of different teams:
We would start alphabetically so that there is no partiality:
Australia- with 2 back to back world cup wins under their belt they seem destined to win this one also only to put some doubt in to our minds with their 5 losses in last 7 games. Well this doesn’t happen any time so easily with aussies so it is a matter to look out by other teams. With such an inspirational and free scoring captain and player in their ranks ricky ponting or the punter they look as the most serious contenders to win this world cup. I am surely tempted enough like anyone to put their money on them to play safe but the gut feel says that something is about to happen this time. The player to watch out from them is Hussey and tait may be the surprise package. Don’t ever rule out gilly or gilchrist my favorite player both in test and ODI just the way he plays and conducts himself.
England- don’t want to discuss much about them and don’t read much into their wins in the CB series recently against the Aussies because they are not a confident unit all the time. If they can get some of their confidence back they can play well. A semis place would be a good achievement for them as far as I think. Players to watch out – Kevin Peterson. He can really infuse some enthusiasm in them by his displays.
India- Our home team our mother land. Well heart beats for them to win but there is always that element of doubt that keeps them always striving for something extra. May be this in the syche of every Indian that makes him feel like that on a big stage. Tagged as one of the hot favorites to win the tournament along with Aussies and s.africa. The slow and low pitches should suit them as everyone keeps saying but what happened in the last year’s series against the West Indies. Nothing can be said according to that and also nothing should be over hyped or over expected out of the experience and the talent that the team posses. It is the performance of the 11 on the field on that day how well they play and support each other that matters the most. They have the ammunition to knock the winds out of any one but be wary of the Australians, they have tend to develop some mental block in recent time that they are not able to win against them give any where and any condition some sort of team phobia that they had against the pak some years back which they have overcome. I feel an inspirational performance from some one (any one ) can break this jinx which should take them all the way through. Though I don’t undermine other teams but I believe this team has the potential to reach the finals and win it also provided they don’t feel the pressure of their own expectations. Players to watch out – Rahul Dravid the back bone of the team, his performance in the middle order would guide the teams total after a good/poor start. Exciting talent of Uthappa should help us win at least one match. Bowlers to watch out – Agarkar and Sachin. Apart from this Sachin would want to leave a lasting impression on the sands of time and Caribbean. Go for it and give it your best shot.
New Zealand – The team as has shown to the whole world have risen up to the challenge and have given all the contenders a head ache. They are a team of some pretty mid-talented but very hard working, some good and a couple of class players in their ranks. They are blessed with some pretty good all-rounders. With their current performances against the aussies some serious chinks in austrailia’s armour have been surfaced which can work to the advantage of other teams. Players to watch out – Ross Taylor their up coming one of the most promising young talent all of 22yrs in age. Star perfomers over the time – Stephen fleming again the most talented and respected leader of packs around the world, and bond – shane bond the fiery cop from the kiwi land. Looking pretty to make the semi finals.
Pakistan – Your guess is as good as mine. As everyone has said about them – they are brilliant one day but opposite the other. Unfortunately the latter comes true for them more often as compared to the previous one. They have in their team inzi, 2 Y’s- Younis and Yousuf who form the bulk of batting. Opening is in shambles and their seems no quick fix solution as for some time to come. The bowling without Akhtar and Asif can be a blessing in dis-guise more so considering the case of akhtar as he himself reflects the true nature of their cricket – brilliant at times and fickle at other. Asif surely would be missed and without razzaq surely it has depleted further but they still seem pretty good bowling outfit with an Umar gul and kaneria provided they rise up to the occasion and be counted for. Afridi lends a doubt in the team with his batting showing more of a fluke rather than pure character. All said and done you cant count them out as they showed in 1992 with that 1 point that they got against English which helped them qualify for semi finals and eventually winning finals. Players to watch – kaneria and aloo.
S Africa – I think it is pretty unfair to say that they are the great chokers of world cricket. Well I don’t agree with the genuine-ness of the statement. It is agreed that they did choked at crucial junctures but it is not a universal fact that they have done it every other time. In ’92 the rain rule did them in. In ’96 lara’s brilliance robbed a place in the last 8 for them. In ’99 which was widely discussed for the two matches this team played against Australia. The first one was the last super six match in which the famous ball dropping incident of gibbs happened. Well that was sheer bad-luck by gibbs who dropped it. In the semi-final they required 9 of the last over to win the match and klusener hits 2 powerful boundaries of the first 2 balls of Damien fleming’s over so scroes tied. Now in the next ball he takes off for a single and unfortunately gets Donald run out the non-striker at other end. Did they choked I don’t think so. I still remember the frustration on the faces of the Australians when klusener was hitting those boundaries they looked so desperate and helpless against the assault by him. No one remembers that the innings he played under pressure hitting two fours in the last over and only last wicket left and that too in a world cup semi final. Well that was sheer brilliance and proper stupidity rather than choking to get out at that stage. The Australians were having the luck on their side else we would have some other winner. But that’s one great aspect of Australians or you call anything that they have got themselves out of such situations in more than 1 occasion. In 2003 the miscalculation got the better of them. The only incidents that I can recall seeing them choke is in the hero cup, titan cup, and a couple of more tournaments. But they have improved in that aspect also else how can they chase down 434 against the mighty Australians. Shouldn’t we now say Australians choked? Players to watch – Pollock he’s revived himself like anything, Justin kemp and boucher.
Srilanka – The team from the emerald islands, they have been on a roll for sometime till their juggernaut was stopped by the Indians in the last series. They should do well and get their place booked in the semis. They have in them some of the best exponents of slow bowling that they can use in these sort of pitches. Murali and the marauder from marata jayasuriya who has gained his vintage self. They are a good enough team to outplay anyone on their day as shown by them in the last years CB series in Australia where they nearly toppled their apple car. They can go a long way, the only thing missing from their ranks is some one as solid as desilva who was a rock in the middle ordrer. The likes of attapattu and jayawardene are good but not great like a deSilva. Players to watch out for – jayasuriya, tharanga and murali.
West Indies – They are the host and its been a record that none of the hosts have lifted the cup so can it be them? Only time will tell but I can tell according to my gut feeling they don’t have in them what it takes to become a champion. Though they are the dark horses but their race can only go as far as semi final. Though lara & co. can defy me and them but it is yet to be done which I don’t believe they can. They play well as a unit on a day but can fall apart amazingly the other day like nine-pins. They played some good cricket in the last season reaching the finals of champions trophy and in Malaysia only to loose to Australia. They also won against India but then lost in the return series. They also lack something which is the last killer punch or the final nail in the coffin and they have missed those close encounters time and again that they don’t enthuse any confidence anymore that they can eventually finish till the end. Players to watch out – Lara may play a swansong before he bows out, Bravo – has one of the deadliest of slower balls in the game.
Well with all these descriptions I leave you all to think and pass your judgments through the comments section.May the best team wins and it is INDIA!!!!
Sunday, March 11, 2007
A Far Cry from the past(Just Like that)
This was something that I was telling anu & shrestha the other day.
I don't know why i said this bit it just strike me and I started this.
It was in the end of winter’s of 1999 guess it was Feb or March
India Vs Pakistan (1st test match- chennai)
India had to chase down somewhere in the vicinity of 260-270 odd runs...in the last innings after that fluke innings of sheer madness from the pathan of pak - shahid afridi....
India started badly losing its openers very cheap and then the loss of Dravid and Ganguly in a very strange manner in which the ball from saqlain ricocheted of his boots and into the close in catcher...
India bent and in pain similar to the paining back of one Sachin Tendulkar started the fight back along with good support from nayan mongia who has now lost in the dusty winds of match-fixing history in Indian Cricket....
As Sachin started hitting the ball from the middle and with more regularity the more it started to grapple the spectators and his back...
Soon he was taking India to a famous coming from the back victory not seen much in the history of Indian cricket.But then the fate eventually strikes- saqlain( then the best offie in th world) bowled his doosra and Sachin playing it not anticipating the doosra a shot towards deep mid-wicket but the ball ballooned in the opposite direction. And the man under it was none other than Pakistan's inspirational captain(then) wasim akram. Every one including him and Sachin had their hearts in their mouth as it was such a crucial incident in the match. I still feel had it been some one else in the field other than wasim the chances of dropping that catch (due to the pressure itself) would have gone up by 50%, but not wasim it was his day to be and he took the catch with comfortable ease.And as it turned out India after Sachin could muster only 6 more runs and lost by a narrow margin of 12 runs or so.
So much was I heart broken that I couldn’t imagine what has just happened. After putting in so much and still so far to go had been India’s and in particular that of some Sachin’s story that day. Every purist in the game blamed of sort to Sachin that he should have finished the business and should have seen his side home rather than bow out like that.
In the post match ceremony he was announced as man of the match and that too on being on the losing side, he wasn’t able to come out and take the prize himself as he was getting treated upon for back spasms. In the papers the next day full of stories from the match it was written that after Sachin got out and he went back to the pavilion he saw other players crumble under pressure there was only one thing he did and that was cry!!!
He cried and cried and cried. It is all but natural to feel like that after putting so much effort and against the odds.
At least he showed the courage unlike me to let the tears flow from his eyes where as I was just my numb self.
Thereafter I still feel that an effort to succeed also values just like achieving the success!
I don't know why i said this bit it just strike me and I started this.
It was in the end of winter’s of 1999 guess it was Feb or March
India Vs Pakistan (1st test match- chennai)
India had to chase down somewhere in the vicinity of 260-270 odd runs...in the last innings after that fluke innings of sheer madness from the pathan of pak - shahid afridi....
India started badly losing its openers very cheap and then the loss of Dravid and Ganguly in a very strange manner in which the ball from saqlain ricocheted of his boots and into the close in catcher...
India bent and in pain similar to the paining back of one Sachin Tendulkar started the fight back along with good support from nayan mongia who has now lost in the dusty winds of match-fixing history in Indian Cricket....
As Sachin started hitting the ball from the middle and with more regularity the more it started to grapple the spectators and his back...
Soon he was taking India to a famous coming from the back victory not seen much in the history of Indian cricket.But then the fate eventually strikes- saqlain( then the best offie in th world) bowled his doosra and Sachin playing it not anticipating the doosra a shot towards deep mid-wicket but the ball ballooned in the opposite direction. And the man under it was none other than Pakistan's inspirational captain(then) wasim akram. Every one including him and Sachin had their hearts in their mouth as it was such a crucial incident in the match. I still feel had it been some one else in the field other than wasim the chances of dropping that catch (due to the pressure itself) would have gone up by 50%, but not wasim it was his day to be and he took the catch with comfortable ease.And as it turned out India after Sachin could muster only 6 more runs and lost by a narrow margin of 12 runs or so.
So much was I heart broken that I couldn’t imagine what has just happened. After putting in so much and still so far to go had been India’s and in particular that of some Sachin’s story that day. Every purist in the game blamed of sort to Sachin that he should have finished the business and should have seen his side home rather than bow out like that.
In the post match ceremony he was announced as man of the match and that too on being on the losing side, he wasn’t able to come out and take the prize himself as he was getting treated upon for back spasms. In the papers the next day full of stories from the match it was written that after Sachin got out and he went back to the pavilion he saw other players crumble under pressure there was only one thing he did and that was cry!!!
He cried and cried and cried. It is all but natural to feel like that after putting so much effort and against the odds.
At least he showed the courage unlike me to let the tears flow from his eyes where as I was just my numb self.
Thereafter I still feel that an effort to succeed also values just like achieving the success!
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Kahi Kho Gaya ....!
Well this happened sometime around month of April if i am correct in the year 2003! Yes the same year that i left VIT in the pursuit of WASE- Wipro Academy of Software Excellence. It's a unique and un-heard concept among the circles of IT companies but it is fast catching up due to the trend of changing jobs and high attrition rate in IT circles. The reasoning that the IT companies give behind this is to retain the talent pool that they have and in lieu provide them with roti, kapda aur makaan! Ohhh am sadly mistaken it's absolutely correct but it comes up as dhoti, padhnaa aur kaam.....
well enuff of this as I don’t want to get into a debate with regards to the same. It was our early days of induction as we were made to sit in these halls of Talent Transformation from morning to evening and learn all the stuff on our own. we were getting trained on java at that time and were told by our supervisor from TT that we wud be given 3 chances to clear the assessment exams and we need to come up with a score of >=80% in them else we would be chucked out of the organization. I missed by 1 question in the first two exams as i remember. I was scared as well as sab but as it turned out the last exam didnt happen at all. again diverted from the topic so back to the basics again as told in cricket so much.!!! At that point of time which seems so much distant now there was a cafeteria in Tower-4, 5th floor. There I used to have dinner at times and now lunch but it is now shifted down as it's a pain going up all the way to the 5th floor and come back again...
I guess I was having some snacks there and I met anu there in the cafeteria. She was about to leave and so was I, but I had forgotten something in the class room so I asked her to wait for me and I would get back with the stuff. But to my surprise when I returned she was no-where to be seen. I searched for her but not able to locate her I left from there.
As it was almost 7:30 so I rushed to the bus parking lot to catch the bus for BTM. As I got into the bus it was almost co-incidence or what I met anu again sitting somewhere in the back and that too with the next place vacant. I asked her about her whereabouts in the cafeteria, she told that she had waited for me but I guess I was late enough for her to leave for the bus. As the bus started its journey towards its destination so too our conversation started. Initially as told to me by anu she always tells me that I was pretty formal and no-nonsense person she thought of me. But it is in my nature that I cant just hit an instant cord with someone unless I know that person much. So our initial talks were all high level and in high angrezi language. As she was new to Bangalore and didn’t have much idea about the whereabouts of Bangalore I gave her a crash course of some of the landmarks and places. I also told her about where this bus would drop her and what all bus routes would suit her on the way to her house. I must say after all this she was pretty impressed with my knowledge about Bangalore’s geography. Some snippets of the conversation if I recall:
Anu: so where do you stay kapil?
Kapil: Well I stay in BTM, its very near to silk board. You know silk board naa?
K: what about you?
A: I stay in koramangala(the land of Bold and the Beautiful, Santa Barbara…). How many of you stay together?
K: We are 7 in all, actually we stay in two flats, 1 in the ground floor and 1 in first floor(telling as if it’s a mantra apartment or so…)
A: this bus will go to Kormangala how will you go to your place…?
K: Well I would just get down to BTM and then would walk all the way home…(in thoughts: how shall I tell her that all the BTM buses had left by the time I reached at the parking lot)
A: How much far away is it from your place?
K: well it is about 1.5 to 2 Kms away (and believe me sir it is approx that much far but no one believes me. don’t know why???)… I generally get down here and walk this much… (he he he laughs…)
A: ( In thoughts: gadhaa apne aap ko zyada shaana samajh raha hain) hmmm….
While all this conversation was taking place no-one took care to look out and think where we were exactly so Mr. Munish takes a peep outside the window and walla what do we have here..
Soon I realized that there is a junction ahead and it is silk board junction, so I took her leave, wished her and started walking towards the front door. As I approached it I could make out that it was my mistake to think of bomanhalli junction as silk board junction. I looked towards anu and she was laughing in a way which was conveying a bye kind of gesture. Well all this for showing my prowess in Bangalore roads knowledge would have been a damp squib had I gone back. Stupidly I asked the driver to stop the bus and got down there only to realize that silk board itself was more than 2kms away from the place. Wipro bus seemed a nice option but it would have been so embarrassing having got down from the bus and become the laughing stock.
So I decided otherwise and waited for the bus to fled away as it was still stuck in the jam. Then caught a BMTC bus but that too only was till silk board so ultimately it turned out that I had to walk back from there to my dream house. Wow what a painful walk it was…
well enuff of this as I don’t want to get into a debate with regards to the same. It was our early days of induction as we were made to sit in these halls of Talent Transformation from morning to evening and learn all the stuff on our own. we were getting trained on java at that time and were told by our supervisor from TT that we wud be given 3 chances to clear the assessment exams and we need to come up with a score of >=80% in them else we would be chucked out of the organization. I missed by 1 question in the first two exams as i remember. I was scared as well as sab but as it turned out the last exam didnt happen at all. again diverted from the topic so back to the basics again as told in cricket so much.!!! At that point of time which seems so much distant now there was a cafeteria in Tower-4, 5th floor. There I used to have dinner at times and now lunch but it is now shifted down as it's a pain going up all the way to the 5th floor and come back again...
I guess I was having some snacks there and I met anu there in the cafeteria. She was about to leave and so was I, but I had forgotten something in the class room so I asked her to wait for me and I would get back with the stuff. But to my surprise when I returned she was no-where to be seen. I searched for her but not able to locate her I left from there.
As it was almost 7:30 so I rushed to the bus parking lot to catch the bus for BTM. As I got into the bus it was almost co-incidence or what I met anu again sitting somewhere in the back and that too with the next place vacant. I asked her about her whereabouts in the cafeteria, she told that she had waited for me but I guess I was late enough for her to leave for the bus. As the bus started its journey towards its destination so too our conversation started. Initially as told to me by anu she always tells me that I was pretty formal and no-nonsense person she thought of me. But it is in my nature that I cant just hit an instant cord with someone unless I know that person much. So our initial talks were all high level and in high angrezi language. As she was new to Bangalore and didn’t have much idea about the whereabouts of Bangalore I gave her a crash course of some of the landmarks and places. I also told her about where this bus would drop her and what all bus routes would suit her on the way to her house. I must say after all this she was pretty impressed with my knowledge about Bangalore’s geography. Some snippets of the conversation if I recall:
Anu: so where do you stay kapil?
Kapil: Well I stay in BTM, its very near to silk board. You know silk board naa?
K: what about you?
A: I stay in koramangala(the land of Bold and the Beautiful, Santa Barbara…). How many of you stay together?
K: We are 7 in all, actually we stay in two flats, 1 in the ground floor and 1 in first floor(telling as if it’s a mantra apartment or so…)
A: this bus will go to Kormangala how will you go to your place…?
K: Well I would just get down to BTM and then would walk all the way home…(in thoughts: how shall I tell her that all the BTM buses had left by the time I reached at the parking lot)
A: How much far away is it from your place?
K: well it is about 1.5 to 2 Kms away (and believe me sir it is approx that much far but no one believes me. don’t know why???)… I generally get down here and walk this much… (he he he laughs…)
A: ( In thoughts: gadhaa apne aap ko zyada shaana samajh raha hain) hmmm….
While all this conversation was taking place no-one took care to look out and think where we were exactly so Mr. Munish takes a peep outside the window and walla what do we have here..
Soon I realized that there is a junction ahead and it is silk board junction, so I took her leave, wished her and started walking towards the front door. As I approached it I could make out that it was my mistake to think of bomanhalli junction as silk board junction. I looked towards anu and she was laughing in a way which was conveying a bye kind of gesture. Well all this for showing my prowess in Bangalore roads knowledge would have been a damp squib had I gone back. Stupidly I asked the driver to stop the bus and got down there only to realize that silk board itself was more than 2kms away from the place. Wipro bus seemed a nice option but it would have been so embarrassing having got down from the bus and become the laughing stock.
So I decided otherwise and waited for the bus to fled away as it was still stuck in the jam. Then caught a BMTC bus but that too only was till silk board so ultimately it turned out that I had to walk back from there to my dream house. Wow what a painful walk it was…
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