Common less wealth games 2010

Last few days have been very dramatic. I have done so many things nonsense, seen few good results in dalal street and on personal front these days; I am fighting lesser with my wife, my daughter is out everyday with few innovative dialogues every now and then like “ Papa has prepared hen this dinner, son shouting from 4^th  floor every day shouting to streetwalkers with a monologue “Aie jee” etc.

            Besides al these things, I have been talkative on some other fronts which have not been my cup of tea. Take the example of Common wealth games which, in my opinion are left with only “Common game”; wealth has already been taken care of you know.

            So when the article about these games published in Times of India, I as an Indian citizen, could not stop me from preying my nose (I feel it as of now!) and ended up with the comment on this negatively, I am being bullied by few of NRI’s and  thank god there are few of the people who are defending me vigorously.

            It was about the level of corruption in the organizing committee of these games. Frankly I am hurt to know that money has been blown to organize these games and in return what we achieved was shame and an outlook defeated and unable to organize such the events. As in the case of Comonwealth games, items have been procured or are taken on rent at the cost those could have been purchased. Prices are at the funniest level and infrastructure has it’s own story to tell.

            I just wished, had those culprit been little sensitive to corrupt the games to some extend, we could have digested as we know our Indian way of life. Sadly corruption has become the non detachable part of India and we have to live up with it. But if you are trying out to fool around the system, it is simple irritating. And the frustration within backfired in the comment in that article.

            Anyway, I thought of myself how much I am being affected by the corruption in my day to day life I figured out like this:

1.         In the early morning, I see a newspaper which I never wished at my doorstep or someday it too found missing, when I asked the paperwala he tells me that the specific paper I am subscribe to did not reach in time.

2.         I wanted mother dairy milk but here it is some brand I never heard of. Next day before I say anything he is here with mother dairy again.

3.         Proceed to office where in way, I found the policeman milking some defaulter.

4.         Office is the best place you yourself can see how things are adjusted at their best.

5.         In lunch hour you see a new scam on TV by some Kalmadis,  Rajas, Sorens, Lalus, Mayawatis. Jayalalitas, Reddys, raths, huddas, every now and then.

6.         In evening the auto charges on the basic of chart which authenticity has always been suspicious.

7.         The panwala keeps those 50 paisa and forces you take one moth freshner you wish or not.

8.         The cable connection is missing, when contacted cablewala suggests me to buy his set top.

9.         As per ‘Transparency International’ we stand pathetic 85^th on corruption free states.

            Now if I wrote on the article that we Indians are corrupt in general; what is wrong with it?

Vamos Rafa!

      Don't know how long back I wrote and conducted one poll on one of the forum in orkut about the weakest link of overall game of Rafael Nadal; found it was his serve. And I was not the only fellow who thought this.

      Overwhelmingly 86% people agreed. Now when Rafa won US Open it must be a special grand slam for him because more than anything else he has won here because of his serve. Remember he had eight aces to Djokovic mere five! I never saw Nadal reaching finals without dropping sets earlier. Honestly so far Rafa was at the top because of his talent and his overall minus service game which despite his weak serve never let his opponents overpower him.

May be, he was knowing it. Had been a simple situation; he would have rectified it back when he turned professional. It was time when he started his career in our own Goldflake Open, Channai. But the biggest problem I thought in this journey was that he is by nature a right hand player. (Though I am not sure). His personal life reflects as if he does his most of the jobs with righthand. It is really very difficult to generate the power in your hand which you use rarely. In my case it happens for I too am a southpaw but due to Indian traditions I was forced to do most of the tasks with my right hand except one. All my life I have found my right hand weak than my left. Anyway, presently he is serving like Djokovic and Federer if not Andy Roddick or John Isner.

      Now the time has come that his game can be personified as a complete package which includes power, technique, and mental toughness on a platform of talent.

      He is playing extremely good these days. He will have to maintain his peak level of health and free from injuries. Keeping the service at the same pace he kept in US open is going to make the path more difficult for his rest of opponents as Novak said in final that with passage of time, Rafa is getting better and better.

     So road must be easy ahead as finally he is out from the shadows of Federer. Getting rid of the tag of "Only Clay court " must have also been very relieving.

      Despite all this we the Nadal fans, know that it is not just power we love in his game. More than anything else it is the talent in him which makes it joyful watching him hurling down those impossible shots which the player at the receiving end watches in disbelief…………………including us.