The fast & Bouncy Perth Picth Got The Old & Aging Dancing !!!

India's challenge in Perth has almost succumbed to the pace and bounce of the Perth pitch and its hard to believe that its only the 2nd day of the test match that has ended today.

This just sums up the tour for India and is a mighty disappointment for the India fans to have their team on the verge of yet another lose on foreign soil and that too only on the second day of a test match.

No doubt that Australia have been the stronger side through out the series but I think its time now for a few of the Indian greats to give way. The immediate change that I see is Sehwag being replaced by Rahane and Laxman being replaced by Rohit Sharma.

Both these players have just not got going and and it seems that age has finally got the better of them. I personally wish that I am wrong and these guys bounce back but in reality I don't see that happening.

The tour has been bitterly disappointing not only for the Indians but for the entire cricketing world as this was one of the much awaited tours.

Looking forward though, Dhoni hinting about his retirement is a bit of a worry but keeping my fingers crossed on that I would like to say that I really like the looks of Umesh Yadav and we all know that Virat Kohli is a class act. I am waiting to see how Rohit Sharma and Rahane shape up and hopefully in the next match we get to see them.

All in all the present tour is has been a flop show for the Indians but its not the end of the world. The test team needs to go through the reconstruction phase and lets hope for better performances in future.

Its gonna be mighty difficult for the selectors though !! Good luck to them !!

I am Anna !! But am I right ?

Not very long ago India has noticed one of the biggest protest against the government after the Independence. And again its an old man with his hunger strike bringing men and women together to raise their voices against corruption in the country.

Here we have a 75 year old man, who now has become the face of the nation and amazingly has become an idol for the youth of the nation.

"I am Anna" says the Gandhi caps that the youth of India have sitting on their heads while the country puts together an anti corruption protest.

Looks like the Jan Lokpal is here to stay, but the question is will it really be the magic wand that all of us are expecting it to be ?

The effectiveness of the bill can be ignored here as it is better to try out something rather than sitting and hoping for things to improve, and this is my reason to support Jan Lokpal, but the methods are still something I am not sure of.

How correct is it to force the government to pass a bill in the way its been forced upon them ? Does this movement open up an opportunity for the corrupt and the evil to make use of public support to do bad to the country ?

Although team Anna here are pretty reliable in terms of their work and intentions, some questions on the methodology behind the movement can be raised.

Its great to have such large number of people ready to fight it out for the betterment of the country but it is also very very important to respect the constitution that is in place and keep our support only after we have thought of the positives and negatives alike.

All said, the movement did indicate that we as Indians still are ready to strive hard to make our country a better place to live in and the peace full nature of the movement indicated that there is a deep thought behind every person joining the movement, this makes me feel that we as Indians are wide awake to whats happening in the country and our steps are well thought of.

A big JAI HO !! to Anna and team and to the masses who have supported them.
I am not sure how far this will go in terms of making India a corruption free country but the efforts are valiant and deserve a JAI HO !! for all of us.

The Day Of Independence : Tryst With Destiny

"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance."

-- Pandit Jawaharlaal Nehru

64 years after Pandit Jawaharlaal Nehru gave the very famous nerve shivering speech titled "The Tryst With Destiny", the day of our Independence is here today for us to celebrate. He rightly said that the moment of Independence rarely comes as even though we celebrate this day every year throughout the country, that very stroke of midnight, 15th August 1947 is just unmatched.

Although we hoist our national flag every year, year after year, with the national anthem in the background, do we really feel the burst of patriotism that those people who witnessed 15th August 1947 must have felt.

For us its really just a burst of patriotism that sneaks in on two national holidays only, is there a true feeling of nationalism  and patriotism that is substantial ? this is the question to be asked by every individual to himself.

Patriotism is not something that is bound to a certain day that is historical but its something that should be with us for ever in our hearts with every step we take on our mother land, only then will our country be free in real terms, only then will India truly  awake to life and freedom.

Lets refer to all those great men who fought for the country and  gave us our Independence. Lets not just cleberate the freedom that we already have, its time to remember the loses as the Independence did  not come cheaply. Lets crave that much harder to make our country a much better place where no old man like Anna Hazare needs to starve to fight against corruption.

Jai Ho !!! For the day in history that allows us to live the way we live today.
Happy Independence Day