Transformation

Every night before going to bed, I plan that I will get up early next morning and will start exercising but every morning, when clock alarms, I switch it off and continue my lovely sleep. There was a time, when I used to be a fit and muscular man, when I used to wear tight fit T-shirts and never used to hesitate in flaunting my good physique. Now, everything has been changed with time. After having stopped exercising for around 1 year, I can’t even imagine myself wearing those T-shirts. A small bulge has appeared at the end of my stomach and I really have to struggle a lot to wear my recent bought pants too, just forget about my older outfits. My waist has increased from 29 inches to 33 inches in 1 year and if this trend continues then I would soon resemble an elephant, if not then at least, Adnan Sami.

The credit goes to my sedative lifestyle. I barely do any kind of physical work nowadays. I wake up late every morning, keep sticking to my office chair all the day, eat minimum three times in a day and as night falls, again I start planning to get up early in the next morning and next morning, the loop continues. I think, many young lads working in IT industry must be entwined in this same loop. Oh God, please give us strenght to break this loop and reverse this ongoing transformation. Amen!

Sachin Tendulkar : A great comeback

The Bombay Bomber has done it again. Coming in the ground after more than six months and hitting a massive century can only be done by Sachin Tendulkar. He never had many critics but those who cropped up in the last few months and started saying that he is at the dusk of his career, must be hiding in their hankies. He has shut their mouths up with his 40th ton in one-day international cricket and this is how he has always replied to his critics.

He came to open the innings with Rahul Dravid, Indian skipper in a match against West Indies in ongoing DLF Cup tri-series in Kuala Lumpur and went not out after scoring 141 runs with 18 boundaries and 5 sixes. After dropped on just 5 runs by WI wicketkeeper, he didn’t look back and made the most out of second life. This was the second time when he returned not out after starting the inning and it was simply stunning for all the cricket lovers around the world.

Although India lost the match on the grounds of Duckworth/Lewis method but Sachin still managed to receive the Man of the Match title and why not? It was one of the greatest innings in One Day International Cricket and jury panel could not find anyone from the winning team (West Indies) appropriate for the title.

I, like millions of Sachin’s admirers, have always liked his presence in the team, not only because he is a great cricketer but because he is a consistent all-round performer, a reliable player and a true gentleman. Having made maximum number of centuries in ODIs and test cricket and holding many world records, he is still down to the earth. He is a man of few words, who, unlike others, never speaks outside of the field about his greatness; instead, his bat speaks about his genius and keenest knowledge of cricket. No one has ever reigned over cricket for such a long time and I wish he continues to entertain all of his fans. All the best Sachin!!

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'93 Mumbai blasts: Verdict

It is one of the longest trials in Indian judicial history. Thirteen years, yes, thirteen years after a series of bomb blasts rocked the Mumbai city on 12th Mar 1993; a special TADA court has delivered its first batch of verdict on 12th Sep 2006 since judge has conveyed that he would give the verdict in batches. Court has convicted four Tiger Memon’s family’s members, who were charged with conspiracy, plotting the blasts, abetting etc. The fate of these convicts will be decided on Thursday, 14th Sep 2006. Tiger Memon, who is purported as one of the masterminds behind these blasts and a close ally of Dawood Ibrahim, is absconding along with Dawood since after the blasts.

The sentence for the guilty could be between five years in prison and a life term, which is nothing in front of the agony and the trauma faced by the victims of those blasts. Thousands of lives changed within few hours on that Friday, Mar 12, 1993, which is now termed as Black Friday. Hundreds of innocent people died and thousands got severely injured who are still trying to recuperate from that trauma; who still skip their heartbeats for a while when they hear that a bomb timed off in Mumbai. Mumbai, being the financial capital of India, is still a tempting target for terrorists and Mumbai-ites are no longer unknown and unfamiliar with these dreadful acts. Many times after Mar 12th, 1993, this city has bore the same kind of violence and terror attacks, which have caused unprecedented loss of lives and property. Innocent people are victimized every time and the perpetrators, if they are caught, are sentenced to five years or to a life term. Is this punishment sufficient for such heinous act? I don’t think so. Even the severest punishment is not enough. Already, the verdict has got delayed by years and now, such meager sentence will only hurt the sentiments of the victims of those blasts, who have been waiting for this day. What was the fault of a 12 year old kid who lost his mother, the lone earner of the family. What was the fault of a man who lost his eyes and still trying to get out of that trauma. If you ask these persons and many more like them, they would only suggest the severest of punishments to all of those who were involved. Court should think about all those victims. Having waited for 13 years, some of them have already lost the hopes of getting justice and some of them have already become cynical about this whole process. Now, it's court's turn to show with its stern judgment that justice can only be delayed but never be denied.