With the Formula 1 Season kickstarted in Australia last week and the Malaysia race today, it seems to be even so far between Mc"Laren and Ferrari (Hamilton & Kimi) with one win each. Where is ALONSO ???

How abt Force India ???

First Diastema Closure @ Ragas

Post-Treatment

Pre-Treatment

Yeh dil maange More Young India... Rock On !!!

Sing is King... India Rules Under Young Blazing Guns !!!!

India lost two of their first three games in the series, including one against Sri Lanka, who lost last April's World Cup final to Australia.
But the team battled back to pip Sri Lanka for a place in the best-of-three finals series, going on to beat Australia 2-0.
India last won an important limited overs series in Australia 23 years ago.

Triumph Against All Oz, headlined the Hindustan Times newspaper on Monday.
"The Men in Blue overcame insult and injury, hostility on and off the field from players, spectators and media, on the world's toughest tour against the world's best side," the paper said.
"Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted India outplayed them in the one-day finals. A more graceful captain would also have admitted that India had out-behaved Australia all summer."
Controversy
A race row and umpiring controversy had earlier threatened to disrupt the cricket tour.
The controversial Sydney Test was blighted by contentious catches, a series of poor umpiring decisions and over-zealous appealing.
Hours after it finished, Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was banned for three matches for an alleged racist remark against Andrew Symonds
Singh had denied the charge and the Indians threatened to abandon the tour.

The charge of racially abusing Symonds was later downgraded to abusive language by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The ICC also accepted India's demand that West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor be removed for the rest of the series after the umpiring fiasco in Sydney.

We Are The Champs, headlined The Times Of India.
"MS Dhoni (India captain) and his men have probably accomplished even more. They may have signalled an impending change in the world cricketing order, while wrecking the aura of Australian invincibility," the paper said.
"India has long had the financial clout. But now, with cricketing muscle lending that support, the power equations in the game seem to be shifting."
They bury the biggest ghost, headlined The Indian Express.
"For Indian cricket this is a red letter day. This young side has done what no other Indian team has done before - a series victory against Australia."
Cricket website Cricinfo said: "India irritate Australia's senior men in a way no other team can manage and the uneasy relationship adds to the home side's confusion."
Indian PM Manmohan Singh complimented the team on its victory.

"It is a fabulous victory. This is victory based on teamwork and strong determination," he said.
The Indian cricket board has announced cash awards to the members of the winning team.

Source: BBC (South Asia Edition)

Jeeyo haazon saalo Under 19's !!!!

The India Under-19 team enjoy themselves during the parade to the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, March 4, 2008

Champagne moment: The Indian team celebrate, Australia v India, CB Series, 2nd final, Brisbane, March 4, 2008

Wah India Wah !!!!

Boring sunday....

Indian team.... yeh kya kiya ??
After bowling out the Aussie for 200 odd, we had a great chance to go up in the series and book our berth for the final.. But seems like our batsmen have other plans. Chasing 200, and after loosing an early wicket taht of Sachin.. I have no idea as to why does capt Dhoni insist on sendin Pathan. Complete mess we made of a match that we should have won with ten overs to spare, if not more !

Another week coming up.. and that too one which is full of work and patients. As mentioned before, its getting hotter ! I was watching a prog on the IPL. Seems like the BCCI has pocketed 7200 Crores from this deal and this is just the begining. Looks like its going to be an intriguing 44 days of 20-20 cricket.
I ' sign off... the good news before i Bid adieu... Reliance power is giving its investors free Bonus shares.

Cheers !

One month to go for F1...

01 2008 FORMULA 1 ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 14 - 16 Mar
02 2008 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 21 - 23 Mar
03 2008 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Bahrain) 04 - 06 Apr
04 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2008 (Catalunya) 25 - 27 Apr
05 2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul) 09 - 11 May
06 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008 (Monte Carlo) 22 - 25 May
07 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008 (Montreal) 06 - 08 Jun
08 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE 2008 (Magny-Cours) 20 - 22 Jun
09 2008 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 04 - 06 Jul
10 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2008 (Hockenheim)
18 - 20 Jul
11 FORMULA 1 ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2008 (Budapest) 01 - 03 Aug
12 2008 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) 22 - 24 Aug
13 2008 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 05 - 07 Sep
14 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2008 (Monza) - 12 - 14 Sep
15 2008 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) - 26 - 28 Sep
16 2008 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Fuji Speedway) - 10 - 12 Oct
17 2008 FORMULA 1 SINOPEC CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) - 17 - 19 Oct
18 FORMULA 1 GRANDE PREMIO DO BRASIL 2008 (Sao Paulo) - 31 Oct - 02 Nov

Apni Dilli...

Sorry Reuters for stealing this pic off yr website... But than I had to show my pals what's our capital really made up !!!

Can u spot an ambulance somewhere ??

Long time... again !!! :(

Friends...

Another long gap.. nearly ten days ! Well, u cant really blame me as there has been lots happening all this while. I celebrtaed my birthday on d 5th and it was a great evening with Supriya. And then I had my seminar and that too on a crazy topic called "Stress Analysis". Truly, more than being a crap topic it was a huge source of stress for me !

India played well against the Aussies @ d MCG, but again went back to loosing ways against SL. Lets wait n watch as to how the series shapes up! And can somebody tell me what d hell is happening in Mumbai ?? I mean whats all this North Indian v/s Marathi thingy ?? I thought we were a free country and had the right to live where we wished to. But I guess not ...

Finally spoke to Abhishek & Nisha ! Oh yeah.. one more big news... Nawani & Jaya have got engaged and r getting hitched in June or July.. Congratulations to u guys !!

Its getting hot in Chennai and work load in d dept is on d rise...

More later...

:)

The Newly Weds !!!

Its been 2 days since they got married and I'm yet to speak to the newly weds. Everytime I call them, he cuts the phone and texts me back saying "I'm busy... will call u back" !

Whatever...

Abhishek & Nisha... U guys look awesome together and our best wishes and "Blessings" are with you both forever.

Nisha... take care of my best friend !

Love...

20-20 Booooooooo..........

I was waiting for this one off game in Melbourne with great anticipation.. where by the T-20 champions would take on the One day champions in their den.. But it seemed like the Aussies had different plans altogether.

I dont think i ve seen such a dull one sided T-20 game ever. India were not only outplayed but blasted away ! If they have to do anything worthwhile in the upcoming Tri-nation one day tournament, India would have to play out of their skin. After all their opponents are the world champions and the runners up of the 2007 world cup.

Good Luck India...

We plan for Goa !

The endo boys @ Ragas started the planning for the Goa Convention...

One sec.. dont get me wrong... we r not selecting what paper we r going to present or what the colour of the poster will be. Our planning encompasses - what beach resort to book ?? looking out for all the hideouts in goa... and planning to have a blast...

Rock on gentlemen !!!

Cheers !!!

(A very drunk me...)

Absolut... U RoCk !!!

Abhishek weds Nisha

31st of January 2008 is a red letter day in the life of my best friend... Abhishek ! Today Abhi will tie the knot to Nisha... and both Supriya and I wish both of them the very best in life !!

Today for the first time, being in south india has really pinched me.. I am unable to attend his their wedding. All my pals from Subharti will be there and I m gonna be missing all the fun. Well.. as said above our best wishes will always be with the lovely couple..

Rock on guys...

Love to Abhi & Nisha !!!

After a long time...

HI ! I created this blog nealy a year back before Supriya & I were about to tie the knot in March'07. However, I was unable to maintain it and dint do any justice to my blog. At the begining of 2008, when most people make resolutions to give up smoking, or try to shed those extra kilos, I made up my mind to try and blog more often !

So here I am trying to BLOG !!!

The journey from March 2007 to date has been very eventful and exciting.. Lots of good things have happened over the past few months. However joy without grief is incomplete and I too have had my share in 2007 ... but as they say - " The Show must go on..."

Looking foward to a peaceful 2008 !

Cheers!