The Master is Back!!!

The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar blasted his way to his 40th one day century in the comback game and once again proved that he is truly a master. The way he hit those cover drives and pull shots made his critics run for cover. However it was tough luck that Windies were awarded the game according to Duckworth-Lewis method inspite of the fact that the game could have gone anywhere in the next 30 overs.

Tendulkar began his innings in a not so great manner with a few nicks and edges. That was understandable because he is back from an injury and also that the pitch favoured low bounce. But once he got his eye in, he showed to us why he is Tendulkar. He increased his strike rate as the innings progressed and ended up scoring 142 off just 148 balls with 13 fours and 5 sixes. The 3 cover drive sixes were just examples of his genius. It is worthy mentioning that he batted through the entire 50 overs without any big strain. That he is able to bat through 50 overs comfortably shows that he has completely recovered from the injury.

Long live Tendulkar!!!Long live thy cricketing career!!! Long Live thy centuries!!!

(Looking forward to writing another blog on his 41st ODI century in the next match against the Aussies)

BLOGS BLOCKED

I am here to express my anger at the Dept. of Telecommunications(DoT) since they have blocked most of the blogsites including blogspot which most of us use. They claim that thay have blocked the blog sites because terrorists apparently used some of these blog sites. So what! If some terroroists use an e-mail client, will they ban those sites too. If some terrorists eat 5-Star will they ban 5-Starts altogether? Those in charge of this should bring in some rational thinking rather than taking illogical idiotic decisions. I am now viewing my own blog through proxy servers. The DoT should rather try to improve their infrastructure than acting as a censor board. I hope I made myself clear. Looking forward to some better decisions from the DoT.

Zizou - Your Head-Butt rocks

This may be a belated blog on this topic. Better late than never. I am one of the very few people who support the Head - Butt of Zidane. Who will not do it if his/her Mother and sister were insulted by a stupid opponent in a soccer game? I feel that Materazzi should also have been given a red card for provoking Zidane to do what he did. But looking at the result, had Zidane controlled his emotions, he could have taken his team to glory. He could have signed off in style. He could have taken the World cup to his country with his final game. That would have been a fitting finale for this great footballer. Who can forget the way he played against Brazil and his penalty kicks against Portugal and Italy. He has to be appreciated for the fact that he took his team to the final which was not even expected to go to the second round. "The Golden Ball" is a fitting consolation for what happened to him. We should only pity him and not say that he is arrogant . This is an example of what will happen to even the best of players if they dont control their emotions even for valid reasons. So keep your cool guys and never ever lose your temper. I guess I am giving a lot of advice and I will stop it. So bye now, will try to get back to blogging as soon as possible.

INDEX OF SITES THAT I RECOMMEND

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VOTE PEOPLE VOTE

This is my second blog after the first one I wrote about 2 months ago. I never found time to sit and write my second blog and at last here it is. I was contemplating on to which should be my blog about, whether the death of the great charismatic leader Mr.Pramod Mahajan (or) the brutal murder of Engineer Suryanarayana by the Taliban (or) the Vadodhara riots where a person was burnt alive inside his car (or) the ever soaring Indian stock market which is surpassing all its records and closing at all-time highs daily. But finally, Tamilnadu Politics gets the priority and everything else takes a back seat.

This is the first ever election in the history of the state (as far as i know) in which the two opponents DMK (along with Congress, PMK, CPI, CPI (M) and Muslim League) and AIADMK are equally likely to form the government. This is the election which has seen the entry of "Captain" Vijayakanth into an already confused State politics. This election has most freebies from all the ends (DMK-Colour TVs and 2 Acres land, ADMK-10 Kg Rice, gold for mangalyam and Vijayakanth-door delivery of 15Kg of rice and 500 for provisions.).

The DPA(Hereafter referred to as DMK+) has definitely lost some of its support which it had during the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections the chief reason being the lessons learnt by the ruling AIADMK after its poll debacle in 2004. The Vaiko factor is also going to haunt the DMK+ as it was not able to hold on to its wining ally. The AIADMK has definitely gained a lot in the past 2 years by reverting on its policies like Anti Conversion Law and Softening its stand towards the Government employees. Captain Vijayakanth is definitely making a difference this time even if not in terms of the no. of seats his party wins but his sheer potential to change the winner in closely fought constituencies. This election has also seen the entry of "LOK Parithran"(LP), a party formed by a group of IIT-ians who have left their million dollar jobs to fight for good governance. First of all I would like to congratulate them for their bold initiative to bring in young, educated, saner brains into Indian politics. And Actor Karthick is also trying his luck this time by joining the All India forward Block and is expected to hamper ADMK more than DMK.

Crucial aspects of this election:

1. The Vijayakanth Factor:

Nobody knows what his exact vote bank is, but his party is expected to garner a handful of votes enough to spoil DMK's chances in areas like Madurai and Theni. His voters are expected to be more of previous DMK voters than previous ADMK voters. According to opinion polls he is expected to get 5% of the votes but my gut feel tells it will be more than that. This might become a blessing in disguise for ADMK. He might also get votes from people who are pissed off with both DMK and ADMK.

2. Change in stance of Jayalalithaa regarding Rice:
Jayalalithaa strongly opposed DMK's 1 Kg Rice for Rs.2 by saying that it is not feasible. But she quickly changed her stance @ Andipatti promising 10 Kg Free rice for every home. This might bring down her credibility and can even help Vijayakanth or the DMK.

Effects of the Result:

1. On the DMK:
Winning the Assembly Elections will help DMK establish itself better @ the Centre. Whereas losing this election will make DMK lose some of its importance @ the Centre.

2. On the ADMK:
If Jayalalithaa manages to win this election she will be next to only MGR to have successfully defended the post. Losing this will be a big blow because the party has the support of Maximum Film stars, has managed to bring in Vaiko and has also improved its Chemistry with the people.

3. On Vijayakanth (DMDK):
This is the debut elections for our Captain. Even if he manages to capture very few seats this time, it is a laudable effort considering the fact that he floated his party hardly a year ago. He has a long way to go unless and until his party loses in all the constituencies.

4. On MDMK:
If AIADMK loses this election, then the decision to leave the DPA would have backfired for the MDMK. It will lose its credibility with ADMK and its vote bank also will start diminishing. So this election holds the future of MDMK in a big way.

5. On Lok Parithran:
It will be good for the country if at least one of these candidates win. Getting back their deposits should enable them to come back strongly next time (May be Lok Sabha) by contesting in more seats.

6. On the People:
This election will showcase how many people from Tamilnadu want freebies and how many want good governance.

This is a once in a 5-year chance to give the mandate. So people even if u don't want to vote for anybody in your constituency, choose the "None of the Above" option, which will reflect people's dissatisfaction in the past governments.