Wednesday, June 15, 2005

"Serenity"

The early morning sun, pristine as ever
Orange He is; majesty that fades never.
The dancing river; her ballet defines grace
The tireless journey; her equanimity I embrace.
The blooming flower; her petals rose and soft
Beauty that decays with time; the placard of life aloft.
The happy bird; her song mellifluous and divine
The cow chews and listens; lazily artistic and bovine.
The moon after the twilight glory; her feminine radiance makes beauty jealous
The Creator doth think of all this beauty frivolous
Coz He made my GIRLFRIEND.

Srivathsan

Monday, May 23, 2005

"Greg Chappel"

Nice to know that Greg has been chosen coach of the Indian team. I had some reservations as I mentioned earlier. If Chappel can make Saurav get back to form, he can be doing India a lot of service; Saurav is at his menacing-best as captain when he bats well, hope that happens sooner than later. Something to laugh; Jimmy Amarnath did not know to use a laptop; where the hell is he in the modern world and furthermore, how is he going to coach a modern professional team!!!!

Sunday, May 15, 2005

A coach for India

A lot has been said about John Wright's possible replacement and the contenders for the spot including Desse Haynes now, were all excellent cricketers in their times.But, lets ask ourselves, what kind of a coach do we want now. Do we want a player with impressive averages ( somehow this seems to determine who a match-winner is and many players are being credited with that tag which to me, is ludicrous) or do we want someone who understands our stars's strengths and weaknesses (which was John Wright's secret). Greg Chappel seems to be every elite cricket critic's choice, but I have some reservations about him. He may be a great cricket brain, but it is the playing captain who has to execute all plans and have a "plan B" when "A" goes wrong and et cetera. Will Greg fit into the fickle nature of (a) the team management (the board and other bureaucrats) and (b) the players themselves ! I don't have a definite answer, do you?
Tom Moody was another good cricketing brain, but I would like to know more about his coaching resume.
Mohinder Amarnath was courageous; but would he fall prey to regionalistic politics?
Desse Haynes again was a prolific run-scorer, but something inside tells me he wouldn't make a great coach for this current Indian team...
I would like to discuss on this issue if u guys are kind enough to send me some feed-back.

Monday, April 25, 2005

Hello

Hello all,
I created this blog to post my views (weird at times) and see if anyone(at all) subscribes to my views. My main interests are thamizh light music, cricket, computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer and thermodynamics, thamizh history.
srivathsan