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"It is an inherent property of intelligence that it can jump out of the task which it is performing, and survey what it has done; it is always looking for, and often finding, patterns... there are cases where only a rare individual will have the vision to perceive a system which governs many peoples' lives, a system which had never before even been recognized as a system; then such people often devote their lives to convincing other people that the system is really there, and that it ought to be exited from!"

---- GEB An Eternal Golden Braid

Friend: Congratulations!
(One second pause from me owing to confusion about the context.)
Me: Thanks! (hopefully without betraying the confusion) :)

Have said this before and will say it again, "You meet the best people when you least expect them."

Malayali by birth, my first time on earth,
Maharashtrian by residence, my school time and friends,
Marathi by marriage, my in-laws and carriage,
Indian all the way, my life, limb and sway.

love this one!

teri kali ankhiyo se
jind meri jaage
dhadkan se tej daudun
sapno se aage

ab jaan lut jaaye
ye jahaan chhut jaaye
sang pyaar rahe
main rahun na rahun

sajda.. tera sajda
din raen karun
nahi chaen karun

Badminton GC saga 2012-13

Returned from my wedding leave on Jan 20 and learnt that we had the badminton GC coming up. So, began practice in earnest but most of our practice was with plastic shuttle-cocks. Little did we realize at the time that this could potentially cost us greatly during the tournament.

During the GC match, I was the one playing the first singles. Rashmi wanted me to play the first singles instead of her. I was afraid that history (from last year) would be repeating itself, but still it was up to me to face the first match of the GC. We began with practice tossing and I felt that my shots were not strong enough; they weren't reaching the baseline.

However, once the GC match began, it was an entirely different ballgame. We were given a brand new Skylark shuttle-cock that was simply rushing off my racket and straight outside the court! I was losing multiple points on completely unforced errors with the shuttle-cock falling long outside the baseline on the other side!

On hindsight, I feel I could have done much better. The score was around 21-19, 21-19 and the picture would have been much different had I made just a couple of errors lesser in each game. My opponent had to practically do nothing to defeat me. I did it all on my own :-|

What could I have done better? Well, I should have controlled my baseline shots. I should have tried more drops once I realized that the shuttle-cock was racing too fast. Perhaps, I can learn from this and do better the next time I am in a similar situation. All the best!