Just heard the passing away of Martin McGuinness! His life a picture of violent beginning from IRA and embraced peace through First Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland!What a swift end,weeks back he was diagnosed a rare condition of Cancer of Vital Organs and game over Phew!!!!!
The man who was accused of blood in hand for the Brighton bombing,1984,(33 years,Man???)which almost knocked Maggie and the assassination of Lord Mountbatten 1979, few years earlier, embraced Peace and worked Good Friday Peace agreement with Tony Blair few decades later!! How much life changes??? hmmmmm!!!
Queen with Martin McGuinness, IRA was responsible for murdering her Cousin Lord Mountbatten!
His death has sparked mixed reactions as usual in Britain..... Love Britts to speak so frank!! I recollect celebrations when Maggie died!!Can't blame people for wearing heart at sleeve?? Can you????
One of those days where I woke up at 3am!! (I was Hungry perhaps!!) Wonder why!! So all things done, so time to post the blog Monday.. I stumbled on PERISCOPE a good Mobile tool to post live events. I need to have practised situations and go live in coming weeks.
I recommend my Twitter follower @karikadaiboyblog post for sports updates besides generic coverage like I do !! Guy does super dissection of events! This is power of SM! I interact with him! But no idea who he is what he does! (except he is in Madras in his 30s I assume, and hates Garlic as much I love love like Tons I can have in 1 sitting hahaahh)
During morning walk, I was listening to Stanford Lecture on +ve Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine and found very interesting on Saboteurs that hide within us for success. So I took my profile and no surprise at least at things that influence me!!! ahhahah! No wonder I can't put GOOJA Jaalraa!!!! Say F**K off easily like breathing!!! ahhahhhahh!!!!
Freaknomics discussions cover on headwinds tailwinds!! People always crib headwinds to failures, do they credit success to tailwinds? Also they are always ungrateful & unhappy?? I agree!! I consider luck plays a huge part as Tailwind and must be given credit. I was indicating the same to a client Saturday over lunch. My success 80% great leaders /organisations to nurture me,mold me to trajectory,18% my Prespiration, 2% luck to be at the right place at right time!! Gratitude takes you a lot further!!! May you appreciate the wind when it’s at your back – and when it’s not, deal with it a little less resentfully.”
I was astounded last night when I heard this! Wailing woman of Ireland! Similar to our ladies at TN!! ஒப்பாரி Amazing cultures are so similar so far far away!!!
And funny side to OPPARI!!!
I close with the Redmond Resurgence and finding path! Microsoft going ahead with open culture innovation, moving from Windows & Office to Cloud!! Would they go all the way! I would think so!! I always have soft corner for them ever since my visit to their facility in 2001 as well as Gate's gesture to give away wealth to charities and work on Malaria, drinking water etc!!! It is another matter, I post this blog from my MAC!! hahahahh!! Ok, Take care, stay safe, God bless!
I got an email link from an Indian American friend on Modi's performance!! It got me worked up!! hahahh! I share my thoughts. "Modi can do what he want!! As I wrote in my FB POST below, South India will not even allow 10% seats! Tamil Nadu and Kerala BJP cant even win deposit in 1 of 234 in TN and 130 in Kerala next 50 years let along win a seat! South more intelligent to "me my own" rather than allowing cultural invasion which is what they see in BJP of North and core Hindu values which well never sell. As famous national poet Subramanya Bharati wrote in 1900s, "There may be 1000 castes but who are outsiders to interfere!! Modi & cronies, would always be seen an outsiders here"
Modi a very good CM no doubt given limitation of Gujarat but as PM long long long way to go!! As Saying goes, "if the road to Delhi wont go through Madras, such journey would never succeed". Sad reality again! As we personally joke in family circles, if BJP and gang had got freedom for us in 1947,first thing they would have imbibed to us is dont eat through mouth (use other hole) and schools would have taught us drink urine! Chant god name 108 times when body temperature is 104F (Angels and Demons) !!! Such a nomadic thinking clan! Corrupt, they no less!!! What better example to see in our Karnatka, 3 Cheif Minister in 5 years!! hmmmmmm! I can go on and on! I would bet anything even with Majority in both houses, this government would go nowhere on reforms!! (Governance is a Trait)!!!
Modi may win elections again and again! But he can never win people hearts to be a national leader cherished by people like Mrs Gandhi who was the "Only Male in cabinet". (Only PM ever in Indian history to win a war) For that to happen, he need to let go fundamental elements, work a cabinet that is inclusive (Trump doing a great job) unfortunately his ego and stubborness and an absence of woman to guide him (What a curse, all 3 BJP PMs, all bachellor Bastards as I say!!) wont happen. As I type, I see a Hindu MONK made CM??? Can you Imagine???? hmmmmmm!!! Another sad aspect is the clapping going gagaa on these ass hole leaders would be done by those who never lived in India and faces day to day harassment, corruption, traffic like the Wharton & other by so so called Elites who wont know ground reality here! (Lalitha and I heard choicest abuse on MODI yesterday by an Auto Driver, Kannada Guy, who took us evening shopping!! he says If Modi is corrupt crony ok the diary entries not valid, but not Siddaramaiah name in diary makes him corrupt !! hahahhah!!!!
hahhahah! F**K Modi, Fu** politician Bastrodic Ass holes, Thats how I call all these Vermins!!! move on!!
I have always had a Soft Corner for Non Western Cardinals who became Pope. Karol Jozef Wjotylafrom Krakow, (who our stupid Hindu Indians would blame as father of conversion of Hindus!!How stupid logic, u convert for your wants, needs and when denied self respect and dignity which Hindu Saffron Goonics never understood and blame an outsider!!) and Jorge Mario BergoglioNo wonder, the Italian / western cronies are fighting tooth and nail to the liberal order that Pope Francis is trying to bring in! Add the Notorious Steve Banon in to it!! haah!! Disaster on hand!! How many Saffron Scoundrels of saints would visit a high tech exhibiting to work the SM, tech update to religious aspects!! that triggered this peice!
It is sad state of affairs for our Indian Lorry Drivers who go length and breadth of this vast country and in these days of ever increasing costs and inflation, they have no other option but to cook their own food, live in shanty places in transit and paid meagre wages. I was thinking these must be condition only of Indian /Subcontinent folks, until I came across that most of Romanian/Eastern European drivers, who live in a similar harsh condition and go through a kind of hell!! What a sad way things are going downhill!
Remember my Post on Prof Kelly last week !! ahhahahhaha!!!! Going next step!! MARION FOR PRESIDENT!! heheheh!!! As a man who has strong opinion on Female leaders do a super job than dumb male idiots!! (Especially lousy bachelor bastards) ! why NOT???
Little star: Marion (centre) with her father Robert Kelly, mother Jung-a Kim and brother James
I had a busy day today on business travel so would post detailed blog Sunday! Last month, I purchased my medicines from Ganesh Medicals, they inadvertently billed me an excess amount of Rs. 600. It was never my habit to check bills /tally; just pay out! (Lalitha was away from Bangalore that time) She found that the excess amount when she checked the bill couple of days back. Today when we reached out during Shopping visit,we explained the situation. Raja,the owner of shop who just walked in, just didn't blink an eye and reimbursed the amount! Ofcourse,we have been buying medicines from the shop since 2009 every month,when we moved from Diamond District. It was not the amount that mattered, but his instant decision to trust our word made us feel so good!!!
Good folks do exist, good to see such act.
Ganesh Medicals! I got my monthly List of Medicines today (4/4/17) Update so took a picture!!
Karthik. PS: We didnt want the cash back,so picked Cadbury Silk!! hahah! Radhu loves it!!!
Tuesday night during walk, my mobile phone slipped from my hand and crashed on to concrete floor resulting in screen getting pulped and phone froze. So for 24 hours there was no phone and morning walk gave me plenty to ponder on test cricket. (Phone set right around 6pm Wed). 1) MY all time favourite XI. My selection considers players who stood and delivered and never failed when mattered unlike big names who are all gas !! 1) Roy Fredricks. 2) Dennis Amiss 3) Zaheer Abbas 4) Martin Crowe. 5) David Gower 6) Clive Lloyd (Captain) 7) Sir Ian Botham 8) Alan Knott (WK) 9) Joel Garner 10) Geoff Dymock 11) Erapalli Prasanna.
The place I stood and listened all 5 hrs at home BBC BUSH Baron Transistor 1984,!!
Hhahahh! Dad would scream!! Do you have no other work???? hahahahh! ( I was in final year Masters!!) Who cared study!? It would take care of itself! those were the days! Attend Professor classes, Drag on cigarettes night before exam all will be recollected and etched in brain to download on paper!! far different life then!!!! Take care, god bless! Good day Karthik 16/3/17 0910 Hrs.
140 years ago first test match played today at MCG!!! 2253 Tests later, Test Cricket health, is it good??? I wonder???
Except #ASHES, many rivalries have become stale or meaningless!! Tests going in to 5th day is now a rare event...
My first active test series followed was 1971 Tony Lewis tour of India. India won 2-1!! Spin magic, Tony Grieg cradling Vishy at Bombay!!
100 years on 1877, centenary test 1977 at MCG cracker, Rick McCosker Broken jaw Innings, Derek Randall played almost match winning 174!!! Same margin of loss 45 runs 100 years later!!
Test Cricket in my time not complete without mentioning Clive Lloyd the great leader!! Did they sledge, indulge in verbal duel etc? Just went on delivering results!!!! That's how the game is played!!
Test Cricket grace not complete without mentioning, David Gower, Lawrence Rowe, Kim Hughes, Martin Crowe!! What an entertainers!! Bowlers who terrorised batsman like, Holding, Croft, Lilee... Who can forget Imran, Kapil the fighters from ever underdogs of Asia. Also great commentators who described the game in Radio, Alan McGilvray, Tony Cozier, Jim Maxwell, CMJ, Johnners, Suresh Saraiya, V Ramamurthy IAS, etc!! It was a pleasure!!
I hope test cricket does turn around for good and health is better when 150 years of celebration is done! One thing I am sure even then is over hyped INDIA wouldn't have won a test series in Australia for sure (84 years and counting) and possibly not also in South Africa.
