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INFINITY

This is Infinity Towers in Saltlake Kolkata.This building symbolises the growth of Software Industry in Kolkata.This is one of the first few buildings that came up in sec-v to kickstart the stagnant economic state of the city.

DAKSHINESWAR

This place is on the other side of river Ganga from my house.Built by Rani Rashmoni for allowing Sri RamaKrishna to practice his devotion for goddess Kali.

VIVEKANANDA BRIDGE

This is a night shot of the Vivekananda Setu.The New bridge parallel to the old one is under construction.Once its completed next year the two bridges with symbolise the evolution of industrial development in the State.

World Cup quarter finals..

8 teams among them 6 former champions, now that’s what u might call the ‘Clash of the Titans’. I am talking about the Quarter Finals of the World Cup 2006. Most of the teams with high hopes have made it to the last 8. The likes of Ukraine and Portugal might appear to be minnows there, but they are teams who can upset any other team on their day. After all the passion and drama of the group stages it’s now the final stages of the knockout round. The interesting thing is that still world football is dominated by Europe with Latin America still holding onto their fort. Africa, Asia, Australasia, North America still struggling to establish themselves in this game which is often dubbed as a global sports.
Ideally I would like to see an Argentina Brazil final. And I will support Argentina for sure. But with France and Germany improving with every match it’s difficult to predict who will go to the next round. All I would like, is to see is some engrossing games of FootBall.

HELIX

My last visit to Hyderabad was way back in march (For details of that trip read this).My whole point for writing today is ‘HELIX’. ‘HELIX’ was one of the few things I took back with me from that trip. Even today when I was thinking about it in my leisure the thing that arose in my mind is the kind of platform ‘HELIX’ provides to the guys out there. I had myself being through my college life wondering how to brush up my interview skills, elocution skills, socialize with seniors and share my experiences with peers. Apart from a casual banter in my University Campus there had been nothing that productive. It was my own interest that I had kept these things flowing a bit. ‘HELIX’ I guess is a good platform for channeling the energy of the youth in right direction. One can learn to speak fearlessly on any topic in front of the crowd, one can learn leadership skills, one gets to know about books and experiences of others and one can learn team spirits through various games played with snacks and tea. ‘HELIX’ was kind of an eye opener for me.
Coming back here I realized that the ‘ADDA’ sessions which we have in weekends can be channelized to generate the same kind of impact that ‘HELIX’ provides. Infact these ‘ADDA’ sessions are a sort of group discussions that ranges from politics, sports, films, gossips to science and arts. But it is so much unorganized that there is hardly anything to take back from it. It fact at times it becomes chaotic. The problem that I noticed was that these guys are very good with the knowledge on the topics that are discussed but the moment you tell them to say it in English with the whole crowd watching them, invariable they fumble and falter. That’s where it looses to ‘HELIX’. I had talked with them regarding ‘HELIX’ and how much an organized discussion can benefit us. But I guess streamlining their casual fun is not what they intend to do. I had even talked to some of my college juniors about ‘HELIX’ and have encouraged them to streamline their ‘ADDA’s’ into something that will benefit them in the long run, even they hadn’t responded too enthusiastically.
Those few hours with ‘HELIX’ were really wonderful. I remember speaking about my J&K, Punjab trip and giving an impromptu speech on the color ‘Green’ . Where inadvertently Subir brought up ‘Communism’ and ‘Gym’ from nowhere. I still remember Anand speaking on ‘Black’ and Subir justifying his fascination for ‘Blue’. He also gave a book review of the book ‘Hang by my Family tree’. I still remember Anand and Subir trying to set up ‘HELIX’ in their Bangalore office after returning from Hyderabad. I do believe the message of ‘HELIX’ should be spread..whether its accepted by others or not is a different story all together!

To Err is to Human to Forgive is to Divine

Fifa 2006 is perhaps witnessing the worst ever collection of match officials. ‘Match Official’ is perhaps the technical term used to call the Refrees. This is what happens when you work in this industry for a long time all you do is use technical term so that only a blessed few can understand it. Coming back to the World Cup; this years World Cup has seen quiet a few refreeing blunder. The most recent ones being yesterday’s decision in the Italy-Australia match. Italians won the match on a penalty in the 90th minute thanks to play-acting by Totti. I guess like cricket it’s high time that football takes the help of a 2nd refree who would give the decision with aid from the media. This will no doubt slow the game but will produce fare result. I really feel sorry for the fighting Aussies.
The day before this match another electrifying drama was staged in the match between Netherland-Portugal. 12 yellow and 4 red cards were shown. The second half turned out to be more of wrestling than of soccer. If the refree would have been tough things would have been under control. To add fuel to the fire some of the decisions made by the linesmen were so ridiculous that one would doubt the very eyesight of these men. Football is by far one of the most pulsating game. I think its high time that technology should be used to minimize human errors so that one expects free and fare result.

BLOGSPOT TIME

Migration from TBLOG to BLOGSPOT was easy. Well I guess change is the only permanent thing on this earth. It’s the time for me to change. I have been in TBLOG for almost a year now. I have seen all its features. They are good but it was becoming boring with the passage of time. Moreover I did find out that the comment section had word masking code that literally curtails the freedom of expression. So now its BLOGSPOT time folks !!!

The Begining...

I write all i feel.I write my opinions.I write about myself.