Why do we need an Enigma

This blog is in response to this article posted on crickinfo:

It is strange how Tendulkar is always under barrage whether he performs or not, I remember learning in my History lectures that Mahatma Gandhi was a great Enigma of the Independence struggle. People looked at him in admiration and drew their courage from him. There was a man afraid of nothing, a man with faith in others , a man so selfishly selfless. Its almost like Sachin has become the new enigma of cricket.

He is on print everyday, no matter what he does. If he doesn't score the press goes ballistic and questions his form and talent, the media pleads to remove him from the team. If he scores, like he did in Belfast, people keep on saying he is not the Tendulkar they saw, he has lost his charm, his form, and "age has taken its toll on Tendulkar".

Well, do these people really expect Sachin to play exactly like he used to when he was 18, I mean who does that? Does the writer run behind girls exactly like he used to when he was 18? Does he run uphill as fast as he could have when he was 18? Vigour and energy seem to pass as we grow older, but our experience and maturity grow.

I would call Tendulkar's inning on Monday a very matured and responsible innings of class. He knew he had to stay, he knew that Gambhir and Gangully had fallen short of their target. He defended 16 bolls to the dot because he wanted to absolutely make sure that he was going to be there and complement Dravid. He knew that this was not the time to play carelessly, he was on the 2 down spot, a spot where temperament serves you better than flamboyancy.

I though Sachin played a marvelous inning, I hope he keeps playing like that throughout this summer.

The monkey army is back at it again

With all these hopes about a deregularized, liberal India, I hear this...

http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/285

Shivsena is back to its monkeying around again. I am beginning to
despise shiv sena, it is exactly such egocentric, blocked,
underground, radical mentality that stands in India's progress. First
were the evening venues (Thousand oaks etc), then valentines day,
then the cricket matches, now it is the internet and the web cafe
owners. How are honest hardworking people supposed to make a decent
living when such radical people go barraging through their means of
livelihood. SHiv sena should be banned and out casted, it is nothing
but a perpetrator of organized religious radicalism. The word that comes to mind is the
religious mafia!

Who gave them the right to butt into people's lives and dictate what
they are thinking? Who are they to be the "self proclaimed moral police" if they cannot
even handle their own rage?

Procrastination

That's what I have been doing in the past few weeks. So many things have happened, I guess I should have at least said a word or two.

India has finally won the revenge series, proving once again our tigers roar really loudly at home. If nothing else, I would take the comeback of Sachin and Ganguly to be a good sign. Also that Jaffer and Karthink played is reassuring.

The markets have done the yoyo, but they seem pretty stable from this view right now. There has been a lot of talk about the consumer durables sector in India, and why it is not flourishing. Before putting the blame on marketing, I think quality, pricing and supply strategies should be properly analyzed. Durables like washing machine and dishwashers are competing in India with Kaam Waali bais, a human against a machine is tough competition. One way to overcome is to improve quality, or if that's not that easy then educate the bais in the use of washing machines, give them some free. Make them use it, and they will force their memsaabs to use it.

In the meanwhile, WALMART's entry is confirmed. FMCG sector should boom. Kingfisher buys Airdeccan stake. Airdeccan is a great company, they are taking risky risks in these turbulent times. You gotta give it to them. Partnering with Mallaya the king is definitely a win win situation for both of them.

I have been taking two very interesting math classes this summer. Hilbert spaces and analysis, but more on that on independent posts.