Wednesday, December 30, 2009

I can get away with shit cuz Im a fatass beaurocrat

Its taken 19 years and finally the finger is pointed at the right guy.
Lets rewind, thers a lunatic cop whose a pervert and he lays his hands on this girl, molests her and spoils her life.
If thats not bad enough, then he threatens her and she kills herself. And then he threatens her family.

So lets do the math, thats 3 offences for which he should atleast get a life term. Atleast. ATLEAST.

Now since hes a corrupt bitch of a beaurocrat hes got ppl who A**es hes kissed before to protect him.
So the guy runs and hides for 19 years and when hes finally busted........

6 months in jail and 1000 Rs fine.

Wow. I would like to kill both the guy who molested and the guy who wrote his sentence.

And probably, Ruchika has the support of over a billion Indians who would like this to happen.
Will justice prevail?? Lets hope so
REINVESTIGATE THE CASE FOR GODS SAKE!!!

Barge in at Hagen

It was in the front pages of major newspapers all over the world a week or so back.

The climate change summit at Copenhagen, Denmark.
I had been following the news leading up to Hagen and it was a frenzy.

Barack Obama after his to China seemed an equal to Wen Jibao. Its definitely been the decade of the dragon. The economic surge in the first half of the decade, the economic stablility when the rest of the world was in metldown and the Beijing Olympics all come to show that China is a force to deal with.

Our own Dr.Manmohan Singh flew to washington with the hope of getting a slice of the pie and maybe he did.

At Hagen it was more a 2 way battle, between the developed and the developing world. And stuck in between were the BASIC countries.

Personally, I felt the BASIC countries handled the summit extremely well. I mean they did have to bat for the developing nations but at the same time responsibilities were loaded on them by the west.

I think the US target of reducing carbon emissions by 4 % is a joke. Its hypocricy if you expect to lead the world and yourself are willing to do little.

One article I read in the papers spoke about how Barack Obama barged into the room where the BASIC countries were having thier discussions. An uninvited guest ...well is okay with us here in India considering we're pretty hospitable. Maybe its the same in China, Brazil and South Africa as well.

Either way, it turns out that this uninvited guest held his hosts at gunpoint in order to chalk out a deal. Not literally but yes thats what happened at Hagen. A barge in.

The deal questinable in itself has probably created a rift between the developed world and the developing world. Why should countries like Haiti allow the US to monitor thier climate policies when the US themselves are willing to only to buy the land(cuz they've got the money) and expect the others to do the farming??

At the end of the day, the big question is how are we going to achieve what we set out to do??
Reducing carbon emissions is a tall order in India since bulk of the nation still uses firewood and charcoal as thier major fuel. India is in one of those grey areas where the plan is set but how it is to be executed is still unknown.

Even if it is known, considering the execution of the Commonwealth games "plans", i think we're in for one rough ride

End of an era

Its been what 4 months since I last blogged. Feels good to be typing again. The last few months have just rolled on in fast forward. Crazy shits happened.

And crazy shits happened to Liverpool as well. Ever since the departure of a certain Xabi Alonso they've been sinking. Out of the champions league and fighting for a top 4 spot its been a bad season. Period.

By the looks of it they're gonna have to fight hard to qualify for next years champions league. If they dont, then it brings to the end an era.
Neutrals will always miss liverpool from the Champions league and for a reason too.
European club football history does not have a place for the likes of Arsenal or Chelsea because they have never been champions of Europe. And it will always remember John Terry walking through the Moscow rain and slipping to literally handing the trophy to United.

But European football history will always remember Bruce Grobelaar's dilly dallying to make 3 saves in a row to give Liverpool thier third European trophy in 5 years. It will remember the magical night of Istanbul May 2005 when Steven Gerrard led the Reds to a remarkable comeback.

Whether they are in it or not, Liverpool are right up there with Real Madrid and AC Milan as of the legendary teams of Europe and this spirit is felt to this day at the Kop end at Anfield.

Sceptics may say that its over for Liverpool but in doing so are they overlooking the fact that the Reds have set the bar so high, its gonna take a while before the other teams catch up.

They might say we live in history but thats what is remembered over the years and not when a team gets eliminated.

Or maybe after 2 wins in a row, are the comeback kings at it again??

Saturday, September 5, 2009

And we're back....

mighty long time since ive blogged ....
yea happens with EEE 3rd year ur freee time starts getting squeezed more n more.

It was a pretty eventful summer up north in chandigarh. Some good work worth publishing in an international journal(hopefully), a wild trip to manali and shimla and most importantly lots n lots n lots of bird watching :P . Chandigarh is an amazing place and 2 months there was awesome.

Back in goa its pissing down like its never rained before. Amidst all the gloomy weather,
lifes taken some unexpected turns. Acads are killing which is more or less what i expected. But Liverpool losing 2 outta thier opening 3 games in the EPL .. damn that wasnt supposed to happen. Some relationship issues got me to be single again and i think the safest thing to say would be things dint go according to plan.

I temporarily had awesome speakers in my room and listening to metal was never better .
Pretty boring ..yea thats what life has become. The next best thing to look forward to is WAVES winter in the first week of November. I hear people saying Amon Amarth , the swedish band is in the pipeline and if that happens .........kickass \m/ .

Well haven't got time to write bout the entire manali trip but it'll be out sometime, and yeah what an crazy trip that was.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

All in the width of a Post

Man Utd hav won the premier league title for the record 18th time. Credit to them well done.
But then thers all this talk about them knocking Liverpool off thier perch of 18 league titles.

Whats all the bullshit about?
Man Utd have knocked no1 off any perch. They jsut achieved what Liverpool achieved 20 years ago. As far as logic sees it both the clubs have equal number of league titles and Liverpool have won more European titles than Utd.

Well I don want any Utd fan to think that im being biased here but Im sure even they will admit that Liverpool pushed Utd all the way to the title. Yes end of the day all that matters is who has more points but its certainly a thin margin.

Utd have won the league by 4 points playing an almost full strength squad throughout the season. Liverpool on the other hand have been plagued by injuries to the 2 most influential players Gerrard and Torres. What might have been if those 2 had played more of this season??

Looking back I can recall Sami Hyypia hitting the post against Hull City when the score was 2-2.
I remember Steven Gerrard Hitting the post twice against stoke City and the game finished 0-0.
I remember Yossi Benayoun hitting the post against West Ham which finished 0-0.

If any of those had gone in it might have been a totally different story today. But thats football for you sometimes the ball goes in sometimes it doesnt.

Im not taking anything away from Utd or thier fans who read this. Hats off to them for equalling Liverpool's record.

But my gut feeling says that next season we'll be back stronger and more determined and its gonna be a whole new ball game.

Friday, April 24, 2009

What a Game

Liverpool vs Arsenal at Anfield......What a game

Last year when the two sides met in the Champions league quarterfinals it was a thriller with the game swingin one way and then the other. Liverpool finally won 4-2 sending them into the semis.

With this in mind I sat down to watch the game hoping I don't get the adrenaline rush watching the game last year and the week before when Liverpool drew 4-4 with Chelsea another heart stopper.

The game began and Liverpool were brilliant and created wonderful chances and i was thinkin in my head its only gonna be a matter of time before they score.

Then came the first rush of blood to the head. Some stupid defending and Arshavin scored for Arsenal. At halftime I was still positive that the reds could nick this one.

After halftime Torres and Benayoun scored right away and I was rejoicing. Then came the second rush of blood to the head. Some more sloppy defending and Arshavin scored a beauty.
2-2 and I was still hopeful while all the Manu fans round me were over the moon.

It got worse when some more horrid defending gave ARshavin his Hatrick. Liverpool were trailing 2-3 and the title was slipping away.

Hope. Torres with another beauty made it 3-3. The mood in the room was filled with tension. All the United fans hoping that Arsenal score again and the liverpool fans hoping that we score again.

90 minutes were up and it was still 3-3. From a Liverpool corner Theo Walcott picked up the ball and started sprinting his ass off. Frankie next to me immediately says this is gonna be a goal.

I couldnt believe my eyes as Arshavin scored his fourth of the night. The Manu fans were jumping in joy and I was in depair with hands over my head.

But knowing Liverpool they're fighters and back they came with another goal.
4-4. Incredible.

Thats the way it finished and Although Utd fans were smiling at the end of it. That yet could prove to be a decisive point.

Im sure all the neutrals would have enjoyed it.
YNWA

Thursday, April 16, 2009

The comeback kings

April 14 2009
Venue: Stamford Bridge London

The eve of the 20th anniversary of the hillsborough tragedy where 96 fans went to support their favourite football team Liverpool FC and never returned home.

The stage was set for the quarterfinal of the UEFA champions league quarter finals. Liverpool and Chelsea having met each other 5 succesive seasons in the competetion played out one of the most fantastic football matches ever witnessed.

Liverpool had been bbeaten at Anfield and had conceded 3 away goals and they needed to score 3 to stay in the competetion.

Stamford Bridge has been Chelsea's fortress where no team has ever scored 3 on a European night. The odds were against Liverpool.

Surprse surprise within 30 mins Liverpool were 0-2 up and they looked set for another improbable astonishing comebacks.

Liverpool arent called the comeback kings for nothing. They fight till the very death and never believe its over until its over.

Proof well.......

Anfield 1994-Liverpool vs Manchester Utd- Utd were 3-0 up within 20 mins but the reds fought back to draw level 3-3

Basel 2001- Basel were 3-0 at halftime and things looked bleak for Liverpool until they fought back again to make it 3-3.

Istanbul 2005- Hailed as the greatest comeback ever, Liverpool 3-0 down in the final of the champions league final against a Milan side who were playing football out f this world, came back to draw 3-3 and eventually won the Champions league.

City of Manchester Stadium 2008- Man City were 2-0 to the good at the break before they felt a resurgent Liverpool who came back to win it 2-3.

So things looked as though Liverpool were going to produce one of thier remarkable comebacks ever. However Chelsea came back strongly after the break and scored thrice in succesion.

Things looked over for the Reds but they fought thier way back again to make it 4-3.

The game ended 4-4 and Chelsea credit to them are through to the semi finals but every Liverpool fan including myself can hold our heads high for we support a team which never ceases to believe and never gives up.

We'll definitely never walk alone.....