Sunday, January 21
snooker masters - update 4
ronnie misses, ding back in - can he clear up..he is 13 behind with brown, blue, pink and black on their spots. difficult shot coming up . perfect shot on the brown..to get position on the blue. pink is missed...is ding losing his nerves.
snooker masters - update 3
its 4-2 ronnie. but ding has just played an incredible shot to open the reds. thuoght he was going to win the frame, but a costly miss and ronnie is favourite now. Damn damn Damn!
C'mon DING - lets get some focus back.
C'mon DING - lets get some focus back.
snooker masters - update 2
3-2 ronnie. And the match is becoming a one-miss match. First to make a mistake loses the frame. Incredible. I havent seen so many century breaks in a match from both players.
snooker masters
its 2 -2 at the mid session interval and ronnie seems to be in form. Frame 5 and ronnie is off to to flier - great pot to start the frame and has a great chance to finish the frame from here. great shot with left hand and now is definitely favourite for the frame.
C'mon DING!!!
C'mon DING!!!
I remember Kargil
I remember Kargil- thinking of war. I remember being in my second year, still in A block room 3 and this feeling of patriotism running through the hostel. We had a TV but rarely watched the news - it was left to the TOI to supply me with information. Some of use were desperate to go out and help, shd we have enlisted? Perhaps not, considering that I might have been more useful as a medic than a soldier. I promised myself that if the opportunity arose again, I would have served as a doctor on the frontline. Was I being stupid? Isn't war a waste and honour after death an illusion?
We are all going to die, what differentiates us is the manner of our death. So,isn't it just easier to die in an honourable cause rather than from Cancer or malaria or Diabetes - either that or die after you have done something famous. If not, just die in a war - you might be remembered otherwise join the rest of faceless humanity in making fossil fuel for our children.
I wish I was at Kargil- somehow dealing with death everyday makes you believe in your own immortality. Thats what keeps doctors alive for so long - every germ has invaded,exhausted by belief not the immune system.
We are all going to die, what differentiates us is the manner of our death. So,isn't it just easier to die in an honourable cause rather than from Cancer or malaria or Diabetes - either that or die after you have done something famous. If not, just die in a war - you might be remembered otherwise join the rest of faceless humanity in making fossil fuel for our children.
I wish I was at Kargil- somehow dealing with death everyday makes you believe in your own immortality. Thats what keeps doctors alive for so long - every germ has invaded,exhausted by belief not the immune system.
What an interesting year its going to be
1. If either Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama becomes the presidential nominee for the DEmocrats, they will make history. Will the US public reinforce stereotype and not vote for a black/woman or will America make my dreams and my choice to live there easier? Will USA get a woman president? It will be interesting to see whether they will get the nomination? I suspect there isn't a option to these two and Clinton should make win inside the party - but to win the presidential election might be another thing.
2. Will Federer win the Grand Slam? Quite possible except for the French? Considering he reached the finals last year, whats to stop him winning?Nadal - I think he has Nadal's number this year? My suscipicions are that Federer has worked him out and I think this year, Federer will face scares from lesser opponents who have tried to work him out.
3. Will India win the World Cup? No!
4. Will I finish my Ph.D? Yes
2. Will Federer win the Grand Slam? Quite possible except for the French? Considering he reached the finals last year, whats to stop him winning?Nadal - I think he has Nadal's number this year? My suscipicions are that Federer has worked him out and I think this year, Federer will face scares from lesser opponents who have tried to work him out.
3. Will India win the World Cup? No!
4. Will I finish my Ph.D? Yes
Saturday, January 20
101 Poems against war
I bought this book - 101 Poems against war. Its not as good or as bad as I thought it might be when I bought it(amazon.co.uk).Its got poems by Emily Dickinson (one of my favourite pieces), Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Rudyard Kipling. For all I dont like about Kipling and all I like about him, there are these lovely epitaphs he wrote during the War:
" If any questions why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied"
A SON:
"My son was killed while laughing at some jest,I would
I knew
What it was, and it might serve me in time when jests
are few."
The ones I like the best though are some of the non- English poets. One I like the best is this poem about the 2nd world war by Bertolt Brecht titled "War Has Been Given A Bad Name". Its a lovely ironic poem about how the 2nd world war is viewed as more immoral than the first. Its ten lines detailing the Nazis and how professional, industry, academics allegedly protested against the Nazis and therefore deplored the Nazi actions but not the war. It ends by implying that germans think the war was not immoral, just the Nazis were. Incredible! There is another French poem about parents continuing their pastoral life while their son lies in the graveyard and their routine doesn't change except for daily trips to the graveyard.
There are lots of poems about the futility of war and death of young men. I love poetry only because its far more poignant, musical and often mystical. I spend lots of time trying to read the poem correctly - find its metre and rhythm. I invariably find that I ponder, dream and muse more after reading poetry rather than prose.
Talking about war - I remember my outrage and frustration at the Lebanese war six months ago by Israel under some really obscure excuse - I was even angrier than when the US and UK invaded Iraq. Is that because Saddam was being evicted in Iraq? Wouldn't it be great if the whole world could be like BIG BROTHER and we could evict dictators and leaders across the world by a ballot! Call into the UN security Council for your vote - calls cost ISD 60Rupees - some networks may charge extra for the calls.
Talking about poetry - Newsweek yesterday was discussing Daljit Nagra, an British asian poet writing about his life as an Indian immigrant in the UK ina funny, humorous way. I havent read the poems but might buy his book to be released in Feb.
WORLD BIG BROTHER!! What do you think? Will we get racist remarks in that house? Let me imagine Bush, Hugo Chavez, Chirac and Ahmadinejad - Shilpa and Jane Goody pale in comparison compared to these guys!
" If any questions why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied"
A SON:
"My son was killed while laughing at some jest,I would
I knew
What it was, and it might serve me in time when jests
are few."
The ones I like the best though are some of the non- English poets. One I like the best is this poem about the 2nd world war by Bertolt Brecht titled "War Has Been Given A Bad Name". Its a lovely ironic poem about how the 2nd world war is viewed as more immoral than the first. Its ten lines detailing the Nazis and how professional, industry, academics allegedly protested against the Nazis and therefore deplored the Nazi actions but not the war. It ends by implying that germans think the war was not immoral, just the Nazis were. Incredible! There is another French poem about parents continuing their pastoral life while their son lies in the graveyard and their routine doesn't change except for daily trips to the graveyard.
There are lots of poems about the futility of war and death of young men. I love poetry only because its far more poignant, musical and often mystical. I spend lots of time trying to read the poem correctly - find its metre and rhythm. I invariably find that I ponder, dream and muse more after reading poetry rather than prose.
Talking about war - I remember my outrage and frustration at the Lebanese war six months ago by Israel under some really obscure excuse - I was even angrier than when the US and UK invaded Iraq. Is that because Saddam was being evicted in Iraq? Wouldn't it be great if the whole world could be like BIG BROTHER and we could evict dictators and leaders across the world by a ballot! Call into the UN security Council for your vote - calls cost ISD 60Rupees - some networks may charge extra for the calls.
Talking about poetry - Newsweek yesterday was discussing Daljit Nagra, an British asian poet writing about his life as an Indian immigrant in the UK ina funny, humorous way. I havent read the poems but might buy his book to be released in Feb.
WORLD BIG BROTHER!! What do you think? Will we get racist remarks in that house? Let me imagine Bush, Hugo Chavez, Chirac and Ahmadinejad - Shilpa and Jane Goody pale in comparison compared to these guys!
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