WR Plays A Spoiler

So what really lead the Western Railway motor-men to call on a strike? They want the Government to fulfil their demands, but what demands are these really that never get fulfilled and always end up without a proper solution, time and time again, these motor-men have disrupted the day-to-day journey of the commuters.
But what really lead to this sudden strike, at such a time when people are making or are about to make their way back home, no doubt dirty politics is being played, but at what cost?
Almost 180 motormen of Mumbai's Western Railways struck work demanding better facilities. Their wants included assistant motormen, increase in wages and better mechanism of leaves.
The drivers also protested over the way the management unfairly blamed them for railway accidents. They believed these mishaps took place due to faulty machinery rather than laxity on their part.
All this has happened before, the government had back then sorted out on a few issues, but still nothing has really been done. But those who suffer will always be the citizens who strive to get back home on time just to spend some quality time with their families.

Sachin Tendulkar 100*

The word is out, dieheart fans now have tears of joy, finally, Sachin aala re... Congratulations to the God of Indian Cricket. Now all nonsense talks would be silenced, for our God has risen.
Wondering, was this destined? His 100th Ton, 49th in ODIs, first against Bangladesh, the only Test playing Nation he did not score a century against in ODIs. Now he has a century against all test playing Nations. This was his 34th inning since his last hundred, remember between May 2007 and January 2008 Tendulkar had played 34 innings without a hundred. Just wondering, was this destined?

But sadly, the Indian team does not respect him, so they lost the match. Sadly I don't think Indian Cricket has ever given him any respect, really, what has he got? Except for a World Cup winning moment? He has done so much for his team in his span of 22 years, the question to be asked here is, what has the Indian Cricket Team ever given ti him?
Today, I salute Sachin Tendulkar, but not Team India, as they have never learnt to respect a true Legend!

Been Long

So, it's been long, really long since I last wrote a post here, this is my first publish in 2012, but I'm still out of thoughts. So I just decided today to put an end to this blank gap and write somethings that happened in my last over a last few months.

Well, to start on with, we finally shifted to our new renovated house on 3rd of December, 2011, had a small get-together, blessed the new home and got a lot of good wishes from everyone around. Really felt a complete unknown feeling of accomplishment that day, it was something I never had ever felt before.

Then Christmas and New Year just came and went with nothing really special, well, in fact, my brother gifted me a Xperia Ray, was overjoyed with that, so much so that I lost my old SE610i that made me sad :(, but anyways got a new phone, yeah!

And trouble times are always there to haunt, and it goes on and on, but still managing now to stay afloat, and life, well it just goes on, sailing me through places.

26/11 Three Years On

On the 26th of November 2008, Mumbai, India and so did the world all over saw one of the worse terrorist attacks in the city (of Mumbai). Perhaps all of this could have been stopped, perhaps, lesser lives would have been affected, cannot really say but these terror attacks just refreshed some old wounds, and then again there was no really support from our government.  But tributes were paid to the 26/11 martyrs on the third anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks on Saturday.

Many different kinds of homage are being paid to all the lives lost on that day, but is really worth the sacrifices? Mr. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive is still enjoying a five-star treatment under a high-security Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.  Whereas residents of continue to say that the city is still unsafe because of the poor level of security.
But in all of this the common man is suffering, but he is not giving up, he is trying to fight, may it be through violent or un-violent means.  Today the real Indian common man is becoming less tolerant and loosing his cool to this ever sleeping and bother-less, government of ours.

The Writings On The Wall: Rahul Dravid Bids Goodbye To ODI cricket

343 matches, an aggregate of 10,820 runs at a strike-rate of 71.16, with 12 centuries and 82 half- centuries to his credit, he also has 196 catches and 14 stumpings, Rahul Sharad Dravid, the Wall of Indian Cricket, bids adieu to ODI cricket. Having announced his retirement from the 50-over format following his surprise inclusion into the team for the ongoing disaster tour of England after a hiatus of nearly four years, 'The Wall' decided to end his ODI career after the England series.

Also known as 'Mr. Dependable', Rahul Dravid is surely one of the fines to have played the game. He was born on the 11th of January, 1973, made his debut on April 3, 1996, against Sri Lanka during the Singer Cup in Singapore; he captained the India side in 2005 to 2007. His wicket-keeping skills allowed the team to accommodate an additional batsman during the 2003 World Cup which saw the side finish runners-up.

In a career spanning over 15 years, Rahul Dravid has been a liability in the one-day arena, a true selfless player, Dravid retooled his game over the years to become an adept middle-order finisher, a high coming in during the 1999 World Cup in England where he finished as the top run-getter with an aggregate of 461 runs. During the tournament Dravid also etched his name into the record books becoming the only Indian to have scored back to back centuries during the World Cup. Dravid, who became a synonymous to consistency in Indian cricket, has often been forced to live under the shadow of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. As skipper, he had to see the humiliation of India being knocked out of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. Though he gave up his captaincy, he never lost his dignity.