World's Better Half

Popular umpire David Shepherd, renowned for his sound judgement and idiosyncracy, died of cancer last night at the age of 68. Shepherd is survived by his wife Jenny, whom he married last year. One of the most affable umpires of his era, 'Shep' had officiated with distinction in 92 Test matches and 172 One-Day Internationals, including three World Cup finals. "I feel very saddened this has happened," a grief-stricken Dicky Bird told of his umpiring colleague. "He was a fine umpire, we spent many happy hours together. He was a great man and a tremendous man to umpire with. He was a good bloke, he'll be sadly missed and he was a great friend," Bird told Sky Sports. Shepherd played county cricket for Gloucestershire, making his first-class debut in 1965. After dropping curtains on his playing career in 1979, Shepherd made his international umpiring debut in the 1983 World Cup and stood in three successive World Cup finals in 1996, 1999 and 200...

Its been quite some time, ive been pondering over it ... Some times i get convinced out of impulse , just go for it ... Most of the time rationality takes over, how much benefit at what cost ... But then technology is an innocent indulgence until you spent the bucks .. It takes me to pages, Sony, Kodak, Canon, Nikon, and what not  Tools are a constraint, but its constraints that shapes works of art or architecture ... To extract sensation, sentiment, passion and life from the inanimate is a dare ... The aura of the Taj, permeate its cold elements ... Had the walls of Taj been drawn, with painting of men or animate For then it would'nt be Taj but something else ... Like aroma of Nasheed, kept pure, away from strings ... Let it be that way, let it be constrained, let me just strive to bring out a picture ... For not just the aim but the means do stand to testify ... What I have that gives me a portrait is good enough, for creation is HIS job i just need to convey  ...

 Don't talk to me about Muhammed by Dawud Wharnsby, a Canadian by birth.

These are a collection of top ten songs in English and Arabic.The songs are themselves so musical that they don't require additional music. Top ten nasheed collection, will add more to it insha allah. The ranking is the compilors own choice and has nothing to do with the excellence of the nasheed. I like them all, without any order, but farshi turab(10) and the 1st one are awesome !!!

Details of the Trip Day 1  :- Arrival in Port Blair , transfer to resort , make yourself comfortable after that city tour of Port Blair starts , it includes trip to Chatham Saw Mill, Forest Museum , Fisheries Museum ,Anthropological Museum , Cellular Jail , Carbyn's cove Beach & evening light & sound show at Cellular jail. Day 2  :- Trip to havelock Islands in Speed Boat , visit to Radha Nagar Beach & kalapathar Beach . Night stay in Havelock. Day 3 :- Return from Havelock and after that trip to Wandoor Marine National park & Mawa Dera , glass bottom boat ride & snorkeling at Mawa dera , Evening free for shopping. Day 4 :-Trip to Baratang Islands, visit to Mud Volcano; Lime stone caves on the way see the Jarawas' ( the Original Natives of these Islands). Day 5 :- Drop to Airport, fly back with ever lasting memories of these emerald Islands.   The total trip cost 17K per couple, there is direct flight from Bangalore but halts a...

Rahul K Sharma asked me to do an SOA session in Kolkata for management students. Then i had to re affirm my YES when the request was followed up by Nitin calling me up to get a confirmation. How ever they missed out to inform that the session would happen at a distance of about 3 hours drive from Kolkata. The venue was NSHM Durgapur, around 3 hours drive from Kolkata. Very serene campus, amidst the greenery has a good ambiance to it too. The audience were MBA students, which was followed up by Rahuls technical session for the BCA students. We were joined by Mr Majumdar and Debasis, the long drive took us through discussions covering art, literature, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Tata Nano, Singur plant, Sales, technology, plight of the many displaced homeless poor in the name of development. What works in business and what does not work, what works in IT and what does not work. Mr Majumdar is 30 years into IT industry i learned a few quotes from him. "Power leads to corruption, abso...

The BSA Hercules Cyclothon 09 Bangaluru was an awesome success !!! the participation shows it !!! Total rough estimate of participants is 7 to 8 thousand (optimistic) and 6000+ ( for sure). Corporate Participation was from 300 to 400 riders Accenture / Infosys had a group close to 100 IBM had a group of 15 of which 3 were girls, the over all estimated percentage of female participation is being put at about 5%. The arrangements were better than expected, the way they rented out bicycles was also impressive given the challenges of renting out bicycles for around 6k of people. The event re-affirms my belief that going green is a worthy cause to take up not just to keep our self healthy but also to contribute to the healthy living in general and most importantly to build a better tomorrow where coming generations would have a greener and healthier environment. Authorities please take a note, we need bicycle lanes in bangalore.