I got a tweet from Shashi Tharoor that Congress is working The Silent Transparency. When I disagreed with the fact @rachitseth asked me to tell him what is true. So it is my duty to respond him and tell what the truth is.
1) RIght to Information:
Congress claims to inventor of RTI and claims credit of it. Has UPA got the RTI? It is done upon Supreme court. UPA delayed it a few months and could have delayed a little more. On a NEWSHOUR debate when Swamy said RTI is because court insisted it, no congress member or Sanjay Jha from hamara congress opposed it. The fact is RTI was enforced in 9 states before India. Not all of them were ruled by Congress. So it was just a matter of time to pass RTI. UPA was in power when court directed government to do it.
2) Black money:
Congress claim to have a white paper on black money and did a lot on black money. It is an open secret that congress did little on black money. Everybody knows Ram Jethamilini is behind the petition on Supreme court. BJP has put bringing back to India where as UPA is never serious about it. We know how government killed poor lady Rajuvala for supporting Ramdev who was fasting to get black money back.
3) Corruption GOVERNMENT's YES counts:
UPA II is the most corrupt government since independence. 2G to coalgate, rail gate to Vodra case. Congress was pissed up with Khemka who wanted to get details of Vadra deal. If Vadra has not done anything wrong, why was Mr Khemka transferred though he has not completed two years in his current term. Worse he was transferred from his new job within 6 months. So it is well known fact that Congress or at least Hariyana Government didn't want corruption to go away, but wanted corruption to stay.
4) Lokpal bill or Jokpal bill?
Everybody knows Anna Hazzare and his supporters wanted lokpal bill. UPA government initially arrested them. UPA released them and agreed for lokpal because Anna's arrest angered public. Post that UPA ministers had meeting with Anna's team and it was recorded We the Indians deserve to know what happened in the meeting and whether congress was serious in those meeting and whether Anna was serious in those meeting or just wanted to grab headline. But it was never made public.
Now why is the lokpal bill not passed? The VP even did not allow to vote the bill in upper house and declared sine die. If the congress was serious about Lokpal, it could have been brought in 2012 or 2013. But congress never brought Lokpal bill again. Probable congress wants Lokpal bill to go to cold storage.
5) Foreign Bribery Bill
Walmart disclosed that it used 25 million in lobby in India India did not find anything wrong. Please tell me whether our law is not enough or we are not capable enough to stop foreign bribery?
This is a snap of things that happened during UPA.
Monday, 20 May 2013
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Is cricket unfair to Bowler?
I heard the discussion how cricket is unfair to the bowler. How a bowler can bowl a specific number of overs, where as a batsman does not have any restriction. How umpires give benefit of doubt to the batsman to fielding restriction and free hit all of the new laws favoring the batsman.
The above statements are true but are part of the half of the story. There is another half of the story where batsman does not have the advantages like a bowler
1) A batsman can only commit a mistake once. Say a bowler bowled a bad ball or no ball. He can be hit for a 6. But he will be given chance to correct his mistake and come back. But a batsman gets out with a wrong shot, he won't get any chance in the match again.
2)Bowling captain has the choice. Let us say we have 11 batsman bt1 to bt11 where as you have 11 bowlers bw1 to bw11. Bating side captain has to send batsman and let the fielding side know who is batting. Fielding side captain makes the choice of field positions and bowler knowing who is batting. How about turning this around and say, hey fielding side, you can make any bowler bowl for any length, but we will decide who will bat you for this over based on your bowler and field placement.
3) No bowler gets punished for obstructing the field. Hey a batsman can get out for obstructing the field, but bowler gets unpunished. Nobody says a player can't bowl further in the match (eqv to getting out by batsman) because he was obstructing the field. At best it bowler goes away with some runs or warning from umpire)
4) Run out is against batsman. I hate the run out where bowler has done nothing significant than touching the ball directly hit by the batsman and the ball removing the stumps and getting batsman out. Commentators call it unfortunate, but I call it criminal and law against batsman.
5) Run outs where the batsman has made the run. It can be the run outs where the batsman has made the run dived and give his best effort. But third umpires check whether his bat is in air or touching the ground when the stumps are taken away. So it is not a comparison between who has made it sooner. Whether the batsman reached first or bowler/wicket keeper removed stumps first. But what happened at the moment when the stumps are removed
6) Again run out: What about run outs where batsman was made the run but pushed by fielding side unintentionally. I don't want to punish the bowler/wicket keeper who was trying to get the ball and pushed the batsman. But why will batsman be given out for some mistake that is not his own? Why should it be left to captain and spirit of play instead of bring it to the law?
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Why do we have a separate Guru Divas?
I came to know about Guru Divas or teacher's day since I was in standard one. Being a student I was happy to honour our teachers. I am happy that we remember our teachers at least once in every year. I came to know we celebrate it on the birthday of the second president of India Dr Radhakrishnan.
I asked myself why were we late in celebrating for our teachers? We call our teachers as Guru. Our puranas places teachers above gods. What was stopping us celebrating teachers day till 1962?
Later I came to know my question was wrong. Indians did give respect to teachers much before 1962.India the hub of knowledge gave respect to teachers and have dedicated a day for them much before 1962. We do guru Pooja on the eve of the birthday of Vedavyasa on Guru Purnima.
I have the next set of questions, why don't we celebrate Guru Divas on Guru Poornima but look at sep 5? I have great respect for Dr Radhakrishnan. And I have more respect for Veda Vyasa. Is it because we are more accotomed with Gergorian calender than Indian lunar one? Or it is because Vyasa is a figure in Hindu mythology and Dr Radhakrishnan is a public figure in independent India?
On one hand I am delighted that we are celebrating for our Gurus. On the other hand I am concerned that Guru poornima has lost its lusture in 1962. Will teachers' day loose its lusture after some time? Will the respect to teacher move away from our blood?
I asked myself why were we late in celebrating for our teachers? We call our teachers as Guru. Our puranas places teachers above gods. What was stopping us celebrating teachers day till 1962?
Later I came to know my question was wrong. Indians did give respect to teachers much before 1962.India the hub of knowledge gave respect to teachers and have dedicated a day for them much before 1962. We do guru Pooja on the eve of the birthday of Vedavyasa on Guru Purnima.
I have the next set of questions, why don't we celebrate Guru Divas on Guru Poornima but look at sep 5? I have great respect for Dr Radhakrishnan. And I have more respect for Veda Vyasa. Is it because we are more accotomed with Gergorian calender than Indian lunar one? Or it is because Vyasa is a figure in Hindu mythology and Dr Radhakrishnan is a public figure in independent India?
On one hand I am delighted that we are celebrating for our Gurus. On the other hand I am concerned that Guru poornima has lost its lusture in 1962. Will teachers' day loose its lusture after some time? Will the respect to teacher move away from our blood?
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Astrology and match prediction
I have seen an astrological prediction of Ind vs WI 1st ODI. It is from the biggest astrological house of India http://www.ganeshaspeaks.com/blog_West_Indies_vs_India_ODI_Series_1st_ODI_Predictions_3241.jsp
Being a student of astrology, I do not know how to predict the result of a match. So I was curious to know the methodology in stead of the end result. The blog does not describe why it thinks so. The site does not own the result, rather it is the view of the individual astrologer. The prediction has three parts.
1) Key players: I do not understand what Ganesha speaks means by key players. Does it mean they are the players who will play a key role in the said match, or Ganesha speaks took the key player's horoscope to predict the match. So I reserve my view on the prediction.
2) TOSS PREDICTION: Any random guess will make it 50 percent correct. Prediction less than than is not acceptable.I have not seen enough prediction from Ganesha speaks on toss to validate the claim. However WI won the toss and the prediction went wrong.
3) Match Prediction: This can be better than 50 percent. WI team without Gayle is most probable going to loose the match. India will win the series 3-2/4-1/5-0. So India's win has a success rate of 60 to 100 percent. Astrologer have not given India will win by wickets or runs. If so what is the margin. How the match will shape up? When will team loose wicket etc. I understand it is more difficult to give the minor details than to predict who is going to win. But minor details can make your prediction credible. Anybody with a fair interest in cricket can predict the match with more than 60 percent probability.
So I would request the following from the Ganesha speaks team if the want to predict any further match.
1) Let the Ganesha speaks own the result predicted by their team member. The site and its owners do not undertake any responsibility for the correctness or accuracy of the same. How do the common people believe on the team and their correctness. Let us be honest and accept you are not able to give 100 percent correct result.
2) Give a brief analysis on how you concluded the results. Probable you are not interested in that as you are not here to teach astrology but to do business. Your explanation will give you more business as it gives reason behind your claim. It is not like you are making some claim which has a probability of more than 50 percent.
3) Let you predict toss for lots of match and publish it at a specific place. So one can see how many toss prediction has gone right. A single toss prediction right or wrong does not yield any value.
4) Be more clear on key player.
5) Give more detailed analysis. India will win the match is of little credibility where as WI will score something between 200 to 230. India will win it by 4-5 wickets. 3rd and 5th wicket stand will be crucial. There will be 2 half centuries. If team can give those predictions, the prediction is more credible and will sell to the people.
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Being a student of astrology, I do not know how to predict the result of a match. So I was curious to know the methodology in stead of the end result. The blog does not describe why it thinks so. The site does not own the result, rather it is the view of the individual astrologer. The prediction has three parts.
1) Key players: I do not understand what Ganesha speaks means by key players. Does it mean they are the players who will play a key role in the said match, or Ganesha speaks took the key player's horoscope to predict the match. So I reserve my view on the prediction.
2) TOSS PREDICTION: Any random guess will make it 50 percent correct. Prediction less than than is not acceptable.I have not seen enough prediction from Ganesha speaks on toss to validate the claim. However WI won the toss and the prediction went wrong.
3) Match Prediction: This can be better than 50 percent. WI team without Gayle is most probable going to loose the match. India will win the series 3-2/4-1/5-0. So India's win has a success rate of 60 to 100 percent. Astrologer have not given India will win by wickets or runs. If so what is the margin. How the match will shape up? When will team loose wicket etc. I understand it is more difficult to give the minor details than to predict who is going to win. But minor details can make your prediction credible. Anybody with a fair interest in cricket can predict the match with more than 60 percent probability.
So I would request the following from the Ganesha speaks team if the want to predict any further match.
1) Let the Ganesha speaks own the result predicted by their team member. The site and its owners do not undertake any responsibility for the correctness or accuracy of the same. How do the common people believe on the team and their correctness. Let us be honest and accept you are not able to give 100 percent correct result.
2) Give a brief analysis on how you concluded the results. Probable you are not interested in that as you are not here to teach astrology but to do business. Your explanation will give you more business as it gives reason behind your claim. It is not like you are making some claim which has a probability of more than 50 percent.
3) Let you predict toss for lots of match and publish it at a specific place. So one can see how many toss prediction has gone right. A single toss prediction right or wrong does not yield any value.
4) Be more clear on key player.
5) Give more detailed analysis. India will win the match is of little credibility where as WI will score something between 200 to 230. India will win it by 4-5 wickets. 3rd and 5th wicket stand will be crucial. There will be 2 half centuries. If team can give those predictions, the prediction is more credible and will sell to the people.
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Monday, 23 May 2011
Dream IPL team 2011
We are at the end of the group stages of the IPL 2011. Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore has progressed to the play off. This is my dream team based on performance on the IPL.
Openers
Picks: Chris Gayle, Virender Sehwag
Gayle is an automatic selection with orange cap and 5 MOM award, His strike rate is around 200 percent and my choice for the Man of the series award.The other opener has to be one among Paul Valthaty, Sachin Tendulkar, Michael Hussey, Virendra Shewag, breadan macculam and Adam Gilchrist. Being a die hard Tendulkar fan, my heart is for Tendulkar who had Orange cap for almost half the tournament. But Shewag overshadows tendulkar by the sheer impact. Shewag's innings against DC is the innings of the tournament and is a treat to watch.
Middle Order
Picks: Shane Marsh, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Both Marsh and Kohli has batted at 1st down. But we know Kohli can be a good second down player as well. He played second down in world cup and performed well. Dhoni is an automatic choice as keeper as none of the foreign keepers have done well to be among the 4 foreign players. Rayudu would be unlucky to miss it to Dhoni. Dhoni had a poor tournament at the beginning. Off late he had made it off. He would be the captain of the team. The unlucky batsmen who miss out are Rohit Sharma, Subramaniam Badrinath, Suresh Raina, Kumara Sangakkara, Rayudu, and Manoj Tiwary.
All-rounders
Picks: Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf is an easy pick as he has owned more matches and bowled tightly. Yuvraj has done fair job as batsman and did well in the bowling towards the end.Shane Watson and Albie Morkel will miss the selection as there are already 4 foreign players. Else I would have picked either of them with toss of coin for Yuvraj.
Bowlers
Picks: Lasith Malinga, Doug Bollinger, Rahul Sharma, Amit Mishra
I went with two quicks and two spinners based on performances and ensuring balance in the bowling attack. Malinga is not as effective as he was in the initial games. If Gayle is the reason why Bangalore topped the group stage. Malinga is the reason why Mumbai remained in top for more than half the time though their not-so-attractive run rate. Doug Bollinger bowls at the death and brings in variety with some left-arm pace. Rahul Sharma has been outstanding with 16 wickets at just 5.46 runs per over, by far the best economy rate of the tournament. Amit Mishra is the only person to claim at-trick and a much improved player. Shane Warne has done reasonable well as a player and Warne is my favorite captain. But he missed out as there are already 4 foreign players and other spinners have done better than him. Ishant Sharma, R P Singh, Arvind and Praveen Kumar misses the tournament as spinners has done fairly well in the tournament and we can manage with only 2 pacers. Iqbal Abdulla and Ravichandran Ashwin are unfortunate to miss the 11.
Final 11:
Chris Gayle
Virender Sehwag
Shane Marsh
Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni + (C)
Yusuf Pathan
Amit Mishra
Rahul Sharma
Doug Bollinger
Lasith Malinga
Openers
Picks: Chris Gayle, Virender Sehwag
Gayle is an automatic selection with orange cap and 5 MOM award, His strike rate is around 200 percent and my choice for the Man of the series award.The other opener has to be one among Paul Valthaty, Sachin Tendulkar, Michael Hussey, Virendra Shewag, breadan macculam and Adam Gilchrist. Being a die hard Tendulkar fan, my heart is for Tendulkar who had Orange cap for almost half the tournament. But Shewag overshadows tendulkar by the sheer impact. Shewag's innings against DC is the innings of the tournament and is a treat to watch.
Middle Order
Picks: Shane Marsh, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Both Marsh and Kohli has batted at 1st down. But we know Kohli can be a good second down player as well. He played second down in world cup and performed well. Dhoni is an automatic choice as keeper as none of the foreign keepers have done well to be among the 4 foreign players. Rayudu would be unlucky to miss it to Dhoni. Dhoni had a poor tournament at the beginning. Off late he had made it off. He would be the captain of the team. The unlucky batsmen who miss out are Rohit Sharma, Subramaniam Badrinath, Suresh Raina, Kumara Sangakkara, Rayudu, and Manoj Tiwary.
All-rounders
Picks: Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf is an easy pick as he has owned more matches and bowled tightly. Yuvraj has done fair job as batsman and did well in the bowling towards the end.Shane Watson and Albie Morkel will miss the selection as there are already 4 foreign players. Else I would have picked either of them with toss of coin for Yuvraj.
Bowlers
Picks: Lasith Malinga, Doug Bollinger, Rahul Sharma, Amit Mishra
I went with two quicks and two spinners based on performances and ensuring balance in the bowling attack. Malinga is not as effective as he was in the initial games. If Gayle is the reason why Bangalore topped the group stage. Malinga is the reason why Mumbai remained in top for more than half the time though their not-so-attractive run rate. Doug Bollinger bowls at the death and brings in variety with some left-arm pace. Rahul Sharma has been outstanding with 16 wickets at just 5.46 runs per over, by far the best economy rate of the tournament. Amit Mishra is the only person to claim at-trick and a much improved player. Shane Warne has done reasonable well as a player and Warne is my favorite captain. But he missed out as there are already 4 foreign players and other spinners have done better than him. Ishant Sharma, R P Singh, Arvind and Praveen Kumar misses the tournament as spinners has done fairly well in the tournament and we can manage with only 2 pacers. Iqbal Abdulla and Ravichandran Ashwin are unfortunate to miss the 11.
Final 11:
Chris Gayle
Virender Sehwag
Shane Marsh
Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni + (C)
Yusuf Pathan
Amit Mishra
Rahul Sharma
Doug Bollinger
Lasith Malinga
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Corruption in India and RTI
Anna Hazare has won his first battle against corruption. How effective will it be? When corruption is a way of life, how a bill will help us being honest? We are corrupt not because we do not have enough laws but because we choose to do so. Let me give you a few examples from my life.
We planned to go for India England match in 2011 world cup. The tickets were not available in the internet. One-day we heard all the tickets were sold. Police lathi charged at the venue where tickets were sold. Then my friends got a possible friend who can get tickets for us. He promised to try tickets of Rs 1000 for Rs 1500. All my friends were ready to pay extra 500 bucks for ticket. I said no to it. One of friend asked me whether I have never bribed anybody, and why I am saying no to it. Anyway we did not get the tickets for Rs 1500 and did not go for the cricket match.
Incident 2: My passport was expiring in Nov 2010. I went to renew it. All was well until I found I had adverse police report on my latest passport. Hyderabad police gave adverse report on my passport, and further details were not available at the passport seva kendra. Assistant passport officer asked me to go to the passport office in Kormangala. In passport office, they said they do not have the information and send a letter to Hyderabad to get the details.
I was in tension as I do not have a valid passport, and going to the government office is not an easy task. When I asked my friends for suggestion, some of them advised to apply a new passport in my native place where as others advised me to pay to some agent who knows whom to bribe and how much in stead of going from one office to another. I decided to do neither of them and asked a friend of mine in Hyderabad to expedite the process from passport office Hyderabad. He is unable to get any result.
I send RTI enquiry to passport office Bangalore, and asked about the activity details on my passport. RPO Bangalore replied in time saying it has received my application and sent for the status to RPO Hyderbad.
I send another RTI to RPO Hyderabad regarding the status of my passport. RPO hyderabad replied saying they got the fax on 4th of Feb (it has not mentioned when it received the original letter) and responded by 8th Feb. I got another mail from RTI officer saying my passport has been sent for police verification. I went to the police station for police verification.
When I went for police verification, my friends were telling different stories such as how police charges Rs 1500 onwards and if one does not pay she does not get the verification. I am able to recall the threat by Hyderabad police who came for verification of my wife. He asked me to pay Rs 500 else he will send a report saying she was not available. But I was determined not to bribe now, and use RTI instead. However police has not asked for any bribe.
Now my passport status is waiting to be delivered. Probable police has send the clearance to RPO. When we are in trouble people prefer to pay bribe and get easyway out. Whether it is RPO or traffic police or police verification or RTO. Corruption is a way of life for us. Anybody doing corruption is not looked down.
As long as we are interested to pay bribe to get work done, how can we fight corruption with a bill? Bill is definitely bring some changes. May be what T N seshan has brought to the election. Now election is not clean, still thugs win election. Money, muscle and liquor rules in election. But Seshan has changed the way we are looking at election. Similarly the Jan lokpal bill wont be able to eradicate corruption. We need to change our mindset and say no to corruption. But this bill may help to do something at the top.
We planned to go for India England match in 2011 world cup. The tickets were not available in the internet. One-day we heard all the tickets were sold. Police lathi charged at the venue where tickets were sold. Then my friends got a possible friend who can get tickets for us. He promised to try tickets of Rs 1000 for Rs 1500. All my friends were ready to pay extra 500 bucks for ticket. I said no to it. One of friend asked me whether I have never bribed anybody, and why I am saying no to it. Anyway we did not get the tickets for Rs 1500 and did not go for the cricket match.
Incident 2: My passport was expiring in Nov 2010. I went to renew it. All was well until I found I had adverse police report on my latest passport. Hyderabad police gave adverse report on my passport, and further details were not available at the passport seva kendra. Assistant passport officer asked me to go to the passport office in Kormangala. In passport office, they said they do not have the information and send a letter to Hyderabad to get the details.
I was in tension as I do not have a valid passport, and going to the government office is not an easy task. When I asked my friends for suggestion, some of them advised to apply a new passport in my native place where as others advised me to pay to some agent who knows whom to bribe and how much in stead of going from one office to another. I decided to do neither of them and asked a friend of mine in Hyderabad to expedite the process from passport office Hyderabad. He is unable to get any result.
I send RTI enquiry to passport office Bangalore, and asked about the activity details on my passport. RPO Bangalore replied in time saying it has received my application and sent for the status to RPO Hyderbad.
I send another RTI to RPO Hyderabad regarding the status of my passport. RPO hyderabad replied saying they got the fax on 4th of Feb (it has not mentioned when it received the original letter) and responded by 8th Feb. I got another mail from RTI officer saying my passport has been sent for police verification. I went to the police station for police verification.
When I went for police verification, my friends were telling different stories such as how police charges Rs 1500 onwards and if one does not pay she does not get the verification. I am able to recall the threat by Hyderabad police who came for verification of my wife. He asked me to pay Rs 500 else he will send a report saying she was not available. But I was determined not to bribe now, and use RTI instead. However police has not asked for any bribe.
Now my passport status is waiting to be delivered. Probable police has send the clearance to RPO. When we are in trouble people prefer to pay bribe and get easyway out. Whether it is RPO or traffic police or police verification or RTO. Corruption is a way of life for us. Anybody doing corruption is not looked down.
As long as we are interested to pay bribe to get work done, how can we fight corruption with a bill? Bill is definitely bring some changes. May be what T N seshan has brought to the election. Now election is not clean, still thugs win election. Money, muscle and liquor rules in election. But Seshan has changed the way we are looking at election. Similarly the Jan lokpal bill wont be able to eradicate corruption. We need to change our mindset and say no to corruption. But this bill may help to do something at the top.
Saturday, 9 April 2011
World cup win by India
India won cricket world cup 2011. I am happy like many others. Then many of the state government started showering gifts to the cricket players. Media started writing how India conquered the world.
Did India conquer the world by winning the world cup? I do not know how. We have not so exciting record in the athletics. With more than a billion people we are not the top 2 or 3 medal takers. We are good in science and technology, but our institutes are not the best. We look at Europe or US for high tech products. Is the world cup cricket win take us closer to that? It won't, so how do we conquer the world by winning the world cup? We were at the same place where we were 2 months ago.
Now cricketers are hero in people's mind, and government is giving gifts cash and real estate to the cricketers. None of the government has surplus money. All the government is running in deficit. How do they arrange the gift money? Worst KA government never gave any plot to the local heros who did well in Olympics. Most of the government diverted money that needs to be spent for the welfare of the people and gave cash prize or otherwise. Are cricketers poor people who need support from the government? My answer is no. They earn in crores from the ad of cola, junk food, liquor etc. Some people may say we need to support the sports person as they are national icons. Then why only cricketers? Why not the people who own medals in Olympic?
Did India conquer the world by winning the world cup? I do not know how. We have not so exciting record in the athletics. With more than a billion people we are not the top 2 or 3 medal takers. We are good in science and technology, but our institutes are not the best. We look at Europe or US for high tech products. Is the world cup cricket win take us closer to that? It won't, so how do we conquer the world by winning the world cup? We were at the same place where we were 2 months ago.
Now cricketers are hero in people's mind, and government is giving gifts cash and real estate to the cricketers. None of the government has surplus money. All the government is running in deficit. How do they arrange the gift money? Worst KA government never gave any plot to the local heros who did well in Olympics. Most of the government diverted money that needs to be spent for the welfare of the people and gave cash prize or otherwise. Are cricketers poor people who need support from the government? My answer is no. They earn in crores from the ad of cola, junk food, liquor etc. Some people may say we need to support the sports person as they are national icons. Then why only cricketers? Why not the people who own medals in Olympic?
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
A battle that is less discussed
Currently India is playing Pakistan in semifinal. It is much hyped and much discussed. All the media and pundit were discussing about the Indian batting versus Pakistan bowling. How Indian batting is strong and whether Pakistani bowlers can rip through it?
At the end of the first innings Pakistani bowlers did a good job in restricting India to 260. Pakistan could have been done better but 260 is commendable. What none of the pundits discussed is Indian bowling versus Pakistan batting. Can Indian bowling defend an average total? Can Pakistan batting chase an total which is average but not mediocre? Pakistan won the first half of the innings by bowling out India in 260 on a pitch where 300 would have been a good score. But lost the match by loosing the second half which is less discussed about.
At the end of the first innings Pakistani bowlers did a good job in restricting India to 260. Pakistan could have been done better but 260 is commendable. What none of the pundits discussed is Indian bowling versus Pakistan batting. Can Indian bowling defend an average total? Can Pakistan batting chase an total which is average but not mediocre? Pakistan won the first half of the innings by bowling out India in 260 on a pitch where 300 would have been a good score. But lost the match by loosing the second half which is less discussed about.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
How to handle the fraudsters?
I got a fraud mail which claims job to me and asked me to pay Rs 14700. The content of the mail is bellow. I ignored the mail. What about the people who does not know about the fraudsters? Is there way where we can go and complain about them? Is the government taking any action against them?
This is the mail to me
Job OfferWednesday, September 1, 2010 12:46 AM
From: "Videocon Electronics India Ltd"Add sender to Contacts
To: undisclosed-recipients
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P.M. + (HRA + D.A + Conveyance and other Company benefits. The designation
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interview security deposited in STATE BANK OF INDIA. This Company will pay
all the expenditure to you at the time of face-to-face meeting with you in
Company.
The Job profile, salary offer, and date -time of interview will be mention
in your offer letter. Your offer letter will dispatch very shortly after
receiving your confirmation of cash deposited in STATE BANK OF INDIA.
We wish you the best of luck for the subsequent and remaining stage. The
last date of security deposited in bank 1ft of September 2010 You have to
give the information after deposited the security amount in bank to The
Company HRD - direct recruitment via email. Your Letter with supporting
document will be dispatch same time by courier to your postal address after
receipt of security deposited confirmation in bank. The interview process
and arrangement expenditure will be paid by VIDEOCON. Lodging, traveling and
local conveyance actual will be paid by VIDEOCON as per bills. The candidate
has to deposit the initial refundable security as mentioned by HRD.
NB: You are advice to reconfirm your mailing address and phone number in
your reply. and 14,000/- (Fourteen thousand rupees ) will be the refundable
amount, as 200 rupees will be deducted as bank charges for funds deposit.
and if you are been selected or not, still the amount will be refunded to
you, as the amount is just to prove that you will be coming for the
interview in order for us not to run at lost after sending you the air
ticket and you don't show up on the day of interview.
Wishing you the best of lucks
Regards
MRS.ANAMIKA THAKUR - (Executive - HRD)
Videocon Electronics India Ltd.
H.O. - 174, Videocon House,
G.K. Part ? 1, Greater Kailash.
Email: recruitvideoconc2010@gmail.com
call:1132090523
This is the mail to me
Job OfferWednesday, September 1, 2010 12:46 AM
From: "Videocon Electronics India Ltd"
To: undisclosed-recipients
--
REF: "VIDEOCON" DIRECT RECRUITMENTS OFFER.
Your Resume has been selected for our new plant. The Company selected 62
candidates list for IT,Administration,Production, marketing and general
service Departments, It is our pleasure to inform you that your Resume was
selected as one of the 62 candidates shortlisted for the interview. The
Company VIDEOCON is a brand name in Electronics manufacturing business in
India, The Company is recruiting the candidates for our new plants in
Delhi,Bangalore, Pune and mumbai.
Your interview will be held at The Company Corporate office in New Delhi on
10Th of September at 11.30 AM, You will be pleased to know that The 62
candidates selected 55 candidates will be giving appointment, Meaning that
your Application can progress to final stage. You will have come to The
Company corporate office in New Delhi. Your offer letter with Air Ticket
will be sent to you by courier before date of interview. The Company can
offer you a salary with benefits for this post 35, 000/- to 2, 00, 000/-
P.M. + (HRA + D.A + Conveyance and other Company benefits. The designation
and Job Location will be fix by Company HRD. At time of final process. You
have to come with photo-copies of all required documents.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BY THE COMPANY HRD.
======================================
1) Photo-copies of Qualification Documents.
2) Photo-copies of Experience Certificates (If any)
3) Photo-copies of Address Proof
4) Two Passport Size Photograph.
You have to deposit the (Cash) as an initial amount in favor of Company HRD.
Department. for Rs. 14,200/- (Fourteen thousand two hundred rupees )
through any [STATE BANK OF INDIA] Branch from your Home City to Company
Senior HRD. Account NO, which will be send to you upon your response. This
is a refundable interview security. Your offer letter with Air tickets will
be sent to your Home Address by courier after receiving the confirmation of
interview security deposited in STATE BANK OF INDIA. This Company will pay
all the expenditure to you at the time of face-to-face meeting with you in
Company.
The Job profile, salary offer, and date -time of interview will be mention
in your offer letter. Your offer letter will dispatch very shortly after
receiving your confirmation of cash deposited in STATE BANK OF INDIA.
We wish you the best of luck for the subsequent and remaining stage. The
last date of security deposited in bank 1ft of September 2010 You have to
give the information after deposited the security amount in bank to The
Company HRD - direct recruitment via email. Your Letter with supporting
document will be dispatch same time by courier to your postal address after
receipt of security deposited confirmation in bank. The interview process
and arrangement expenditure will be paid by VIDEOCON. Lodging, traveling and
local conveyance actual will be paid by VIDEOCON as per bills. The candidate
has to deposit the initial refundable security as mentioned by HRD.
NB: You are advice to reconfirm your mailing address and phone number in
your reply. and 14,000/- (Fourteen thousand rupees ) will be the refundable
amount, as 200 rupees will be deducted as bank charges for funds deposit.
and if you are been selected or not, still the amount will be refunded to
you, as the amount is just to prove that you will be coming for the
interview in order for us not to run at lost after sending you the air
ticket and you don't show up on the day of interview.
Wishing you the best of lucks
Regards
MRS.ANAMIKA THAKUR - (Executive - HRD)
Videocon Electronics India Ltd.
H.O. - 174, Videocon House,
G.K. Part ? 1, Greater Kailash.
Email: recruitvideoconc2010@gmail.com
call:1132090523
Saturday, 28 August 2010
Be genius and spend your time behind the bar
India went with Electronic voting machine before western countries. And we are able to count and declare results in a day. As a techy I was happy with EVM. I thought EVM like any other software/hardware has gone through its testing. However couple of people claimed it can be tampered. And they were asked to proof their hypothesis without giving access to the EVM.
How will one prove that EVM can be tampered without having access to one? I am unable to understand it. Hari prasad proved that EVM can be tampered. So he has done a good job in showing the flaw in our existing process. He could have sold his research to political party and earn millions. In stead of that he told it in public in front of media.
What did he get in return? He along with his research team are arrested. EC which challenged Hari Prasad along with others to prove that EVM can not be tampered has not taken any corrective action yet. I am not sure if EC going to use EVM which can be tampered in future election or will go back to ballot. EC has not made any statement in this regard.
I thought Hari prasad should have awarded for his brilliancy or should be called for some position which needs good knowledge on security etc. Rather he was punished. It made a bad precedent and people will prefer to use their knowledge in black market (like selling the research to political party) than making it public.
How will one prove that EVM can be tampered without having access to one? I am unable to understand it. Hari prasad proved that EVM can be tampered. So he has done a good job in showing the flaw in our existing process. He could have sold his research to political party and earn millions. In stead of that he told it in public in front of media.
What did he get in return? He along with his research team are arrested. EC which challenged Hari Prasad along with others to prove that EVM can not be tampered has not taken any corrective action yet. I am not sure if EC going to use EVM which can be tampered in future election or will go back to ballot. EC has not made any statement in this regard.
I thought Hari prasad should have awarded for his brilliancy or should be called for some position which needs good knowledge on security etc. Rather he was punished. It made a bad precedent and people will prefer to use their knowledge in black market (like selling the research to political party) than making it public.
Monday, 21 June 2010
Another email for hacking your account
Today I got an email from ICICI Bank Ltd ( I am sure the from address is forged. The content of the mail is as follows
Dear ICICI Bank Member,
In view of the recent cyber attacks towards our customers, We at ICICI have introduced
a new security system against Malicious Online Identity Theft.
Kindly submit the form attached to this email in order to enroll your ICICI Bank account
in the new online protection System.
If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data
transfers securely.
Thank you for using ICICI Bank !
Please do not reply to this email.
This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright © 2010 ICICI Bank. All rights reserved.
ICICI Bank Account Enrollment form.pdf.html
1K Open as a Google document View Download
I tried opening the attachment both in chrome and IE with ActiveX enabled in IE.
With IE 8, I get the following information
This website has been reported as unsafe
188.72.243.72
We recommend that you do not continue to this website.
Go to my home page instead
This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.
This is the screenshot I was getting while using Chrome.
When I clicked on personal, I got an warning message,
Warning: Suspected phishing site!
The website at 188.72.243.72 has been reported as a “phishing” site. Phishing sites trick users into disclosing personal or financial information, often by pretending to represent trusted institutions, such as banks.
Learn more about phishing scams.
I have clicked proceed anyway to see what the phisher is doing, I got the following page. On the page, all the links goes to ICICI but when I put all the details (of course none are right, I got the following page,
After filling random details and clicking on update I got the following page
When I provided the grid details it took me to the following page.
Browsers are smart enough and stops one from going to the phishing site. Microsoft takes it one step further by not allowing the user to view the pages, however sometimes it is too late. One need not give her details to the phisher.
Dear ICICI Bank Member,
In view of the recent cyber attacks towards our customers, We at ICICI have introduced
a new security system against Malicious Online Identity Theft.
Kindly submit the form attached to this email in order to enroll your ICICI Bank account
in the new online protection System.
If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data
transfers securely.
Thank you for using ICICI Bank !
Please do not reply to this email.
This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright © 2010 ICICI Bank. All rights reserved.
ICICI Bank Account Enrollment form.pdf.html
1K Open as a Google document View Download
I tried opening the attachment both in chrome and IE with ActiveX enabled in IE.
With IE 8, I get the following information
This website has been reported as unsafe
188.72.243.72
We recommend that you do not continue to this website.
Go to my home page instead
This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.
This is the screenshot I was getting while using Chrome.
When I clicked on personal, I got an warning message,
Warning: Suspected phishing site!
The website at 188.72.243.72 has been reported as a “phishing” site. Phishing sites trick users into disclosing personal or financial information, often by pretending to represent trusted institutions, such as banks.
Learn more about phishing scams.
I have clicked proceed anyway to see what the phisher is doing, I got the following page. On the page, all the links goes to ICICI but when I put all the details (of course none are right, I got the following page,
After filling random details and clicking on update I got the following page
When I provided the grid details it took me to the following page.
Browsers are smart enough and stops one from going to the phishing site. Microsoft takes it one step further by not allowing the user to view the pages, however sometimes it is too late. One need not give her details to the phisher.
Be careful of the auto numbers
I have been frequently travelling by Auto at Bangalore. Some of them are nice guyz where are most of them are cheats. There is no point in complaining to police.
I thought one can safely travel with electronic meter auto, but that is of no use. Some of the autos with electronic meter are tampered where as some of the autos with mechanical meter are running as required. So I have decided to have a database of regular and tampered meter auto. This by myself is a herculean task, I am maintaining the database, anybody can send his details to me, I will add to my database and I will make the database publicly accessible and may hand it over to auto union or police.
This is what happened to me today
Auto Number:KA03-A5482
Starting Point: Ganesh Temple Marathally
End Point: Binnamangala Bus Stop
Route: Via Domlur flyover
regular price: Rs 60
Price in the auto: Rs 84
Anybody wishes to add any details can mail me at parsuraram.panigrahi@gmail.com
I thought one can safely travel with electronic meter auto, but that is of no use. Some of the autos with electronic meter are tampered where as some of the autos with mechanical meter are running as required. So I have decided to have a database of regular and tampered meter auto. This by myself is a herculean task, I am maintaining the database, anybody can send his details to me, I will add to my database and I will make the database publicly accessible and may hand it over to auto union or police.
This is what happened to me today
Auto Number:KA03-A5482
Starting Point: Ganesh Temple Marathally
End Point: Binnamangala Bus Stop
Route: Via Domlur flyover
regular price: Rs 60
Price in the auto: Rs 84
Anybody wishes to add any details can mail me at parsuraram.panigrahi@gmail.com
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Indian citizen Vs American citizen
Indians have a cheaper life than that of the Americans. And we Indians have set the trend. It is not the american, but Indian people who does not value themselves.
Look at the BP oil spill and compare it with the Bhopal gas tragedy. The American president himself ensures that BP gets punished for oil spill. Where as Prime minister of India either let the CEO of union carbide go or did not bother to address the issue. He was talking to the chief minister regularly but not about the union carbide issue.
Congress party blames its chief minister, where as politicians blame judiciary and judiciary blames politicians. We are only good at blame game, but not in action.
In 2000 world cup foot ball, South Korea denied entries to a group of Indians who won the ticket to South Korea from Britania. more than 80 people were standing in Paris airport when there was a change in schedule in Air France. The list continues. Where as other countries respect American citizens.
When Indians are not concerned about their live, how do we expect others to be worried about us?
Look at the BP oil spill and compare it with the Bhopal gas tragedy. The American president himself ensures that BP gets punished for oil spill. Where as Prime minister of India either let the CEO of union carbide go or did not bother to address the issue. He was talking to the chief minister regularly but not about the union carbide issue.
Congress party blames its chief minister, where as politicians blame judiciary and judiciary blames politicians. We are only good at blame game, but not in action.
In 2000 world cup foot ball, South Korea denied entries to a group of Indians who won the ticket to South Korea from Britania. more than 80 people were standing in Paris airport when there was a change in schedule in Air France. The list continues. Where as other countries respect American citizens.
When Indians are not concerned about their live, how do we expect others to be worried about us?
Sunday, 13 June 2010
simple math
I was taught from class 6 that 25 * 25 = (2*3) hundred + 25 and so on
when calculating square of n5 (which is 10n+5) it is (n(n+1))*100+25
I never bothered to know why, but tested it with couple of numbers and said it is working fine.
I was explaining how to calculate squares orally to my wife without using pen and paper. To calculate square of 79, one can calculate it by (80-1)^2
Then i thought I can calculate that of 25 in similar manner.
(10n+5)^2 = (10n)^2+2.10n.5+5^2
=100n^2+100n+25
=100(n^2+n)+25
=n(n+1)100+25
when calculating square of n5 (which is 10n+5) it is (n(n+1))*100+25
I never bothered to know why, but tested it with couple of numbers and said it is working fine.
I was explaining how to calculate squares orally to my wife without using pen and paper. To calculate square of 79, one can calculate it by (80-1)^2
Then i thought I can calculate that of 25 in similar manner.
(10n+5)^2 = (10n)^2+2.10n.5+5^2
=100n^2+100n+25
=100(n^2+n)+25
=n(n+1)100+25
Red Card to child labor?
Lots of NGOs are making hue and cry against child labor. Government has officially banned child labor. Since it has not been eradicated. I have seen child labor in firms during my childhood, and now seeing child labors in metro construction of Bangalore. It is more common to find children in restaurants. On my trip to Mysore, a child was literally begging me to buy 10 photos for Rs 10. Not sure if he is doing business or working as a labor for some store owner.
I feel pity for the children who are working in stead of studying and enjoying. But is it right for others to stop them working? If they are not working, what other alternatives do we provide? If a child won't work as labor means she will go to school or play with his friends, we should encourage it. What if the stop of child labor means she won't get proper 2 square meals which may force him/her to do illegal activities? Bubhikshit kim na karoti papah... How can anybody stop child labor without guarantees their situation? Government has no plan for employment guarantee. Or continuous income for non organized workers. They do not have any social security or insurance. On top of that how will the child survive when he/she become more than 18? If he has to work as a labor better start sooner. Do they have any other hope?
If we are looking to stop child labor, we need to work on employment generation and
showing the hope to the children who are working and providing minimum required condition to the people who are working. Banning child labor without working on the root causes may worsen the situation but won't solve it.
I feel pity for the children who are working in stead of studying and enjoying. But is it right for others to stop them working? If they are not working, what other alternatives do we provide? If a child won't work as labor means she will go to school or play with his friends, we should encourage it. What if the stop of child labor means she won't get proper 2 square meals which may force him/her to do illegal activities? Bubhikshit kim na karoti papah... How can anybody stop child labor without guarantees their situation? Government has no plan for employment guarantee. Or continuous income for non organized workers. They do not have any social security or insurance. On top of that how will the child survive when he/she become more than 18? If he has to work as a labor better start sooner. Do they have any other hope?
If we are looking to stop child labor, we need to work on employment generation and
showing the hope to the children who are working and providing minimum required condition to the people who are working. Banning child labor without working on the root causes may worsen the situation but won't solve it.
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Protest against shifting IPL matches from Bangalore
Yesterday there was a blast in the Generator room at chinnaswamy stadium Bangalore. And today IPL Commissioner announced both the semifinals will be shifted from Bangalore to Mumbai.
What is the rational behind the shift? Safety of the players? Hey players are safe on 17th April just after the blast. The matches were not shifted from Jaipur in first IPL after a much intense blast. Look at the history, there were more number of blasts/terrorist attack in Mumbai including the last year Pak sponsered attack. How does Bangalore become unsafe?
I have not heard concern from any player about IPL or venue. Mr Thackrey has threatened Australian players, still all the matches are happening in Mumbai. What is wrong in Bangalore?
In case it is Bangalore who is loosing out matches why will it be hosted in Mumbai, why not in Chennai, Hyderabad or Kolkata or any other venue?
Mr Modi, these are the questions for you.
1) Who all decided to move the match from Bangalore. Contradictory to you Bangalore city top cop wants match in Bangalore.
2) Why matches to be held in Mumbai?
3) I am clear about home and away matches in the league. How does semi final ad final match venues r decided?
4) Had it been in mid of the league, would you have shifted other league matches from Bangalore?
5) Who are the players or player unions showed concern over security of Bangalore?
6) Are you not helping the people who planted explosives by shifting the matches? (they wanted to create panic and Bangalore be spotted as a place with weak security)
What is the rational behind the shift? Safety of the players? Hey players are safe on 17th April just after the blast. The matches were not shifted from Jaipur in first IPL after a much intense blast. Look at the history, there were more number of blasts/terrorist attack in Mumbai including the last year Pak sponsered attack. How does Bangalore become unsafe?
I have not heard concern from any player about IPL or venue. Mr Thackrey has threatened Australian players, still all the matches are happening in Mumbai. What is wrong in Bangalore?
In case it is Bangalore who is loosing out matches why will it be hosted in Mumbai, why not in Chennai, Hyderabad or Kolkata or any other venue?
Mr Modi, these are the questions for you.
1) Who all decided to move the match from Bangalore. Contradictory to you Bangalore city top cop wants match in Bangalore.
2) Why matches to be held in Mumbai?
3) I am clear about home and away matches in the league. How does semi final ad final match venues r decided?
4) Had it been in mid of the league, would you have shifted other league matches from Bangalore?
5) Who are the players or player unions showed concern over security of Bangalore?
6) Are you not helping the people who planted explosives by shifting the matches? (they wanted to create panic and Bangalore be spotted as a place with weak security)
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Secure your bank account
Today I got a mail from acct.admin@icicibank.com to secure my account. I know ICICI bank does not send such mail. As I am working in internet technologies, so I know it is fraud mail, so wanted to check how are they doing the fraud. Oh it took me to a site which looks like icici and asked me for all the details such as my user id, password, ATM pin, transaction pin etc. I entered all the details (of course none are correct). Then it to took me to a grid where it takes value of each grid from A-P as does by ICICI I did entered all the values (again random and none are correct), then it gave me a thank you message and redirected to ICICI bank.
So checking for domain name of mail id is not enough, and one can send mail from another domain with a domain name that does not belong to her. And ICICI bank does provide different layers of security beyond single password, and the hacker tries to get all the details. While going through details i tried clicking on the links provided by the hacker, it does go to ICICI's corresponding link (though no way to comeback to hacker's site from the ICICI site).
So be aware of such mails and do not eneter any details and do not compermise your account details.
Mail content
ICICI Bank
to
date Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:50 PM
subject Measures Against Identity Theft.
hide details 8:50 PM (1 hour ago)
Images are not displayed.
Display images below
In view of the recent cyber attacks towards our customers,
We at ICICI have introduced a new protection System against
Malicious Online Identity Theft
Kindly follow the link below to activate your secure service
CLICK HERE TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT
ICICI Bank apologizes for any inconvenience arising from this action.
Thank you for using ICICI Bank.
© ICICI Bank. All rights reserved.
Information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review the Security Tips in our Security Center.
When you click on a link it takes to http://andylambgolf.com/files/_update/onlineverification.do/indexx.html
So checking for domain name of mail id is not enough, and one can send mail from another domain with a domain name that does not belong to her. And ICICI bank does provide different layers of security beyond single password, and the hacker tries to get all the details. While going through details i tried clicking on the links provided by the hacker, it does go to ICICI's corresponding link (though no way to comeback to hacker's site from the ICICI site).
So be aware of such mails and do not eneter any details and do not compermise your account details.
Mail content
ICICI Bank
to
date Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:50 PM
subject Measures Against Identity Theft.
hide details 8:50 PM (1 hour ago)
Images are not displayed.
Display images below
In view of the recent cyber attacks towards our customers,
We at ICICI have introduced a new protection System against
Malicious Online Identity Theft
Kindly follow the link below to activate your secure service
CLICK HERE TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT
ICICI Bank apologizes for any inconvenience arising from this action.
Thank you for using ICICI Bank.
© ICICI Bank. All rights reserved.
Information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review the Security Tips in our Security Center.
When you click on a link it takes to http://andylambgolf.com/files/_update/onlineverification.do/indexx.html
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Bollinger not Muralee Vijay is my man of the match.
Today IPL witnessed the highest score match with CSK defeating RR by 23 runs. It has a couple of Brilliances. The match was played in Chennai where there is little assistance for bowler. Muralee Vijay utilized the opportunity and scored a brilliant 127. Morkel provided an excellent partnership and scored 62 in 34 balls. Ojha and Watson matched the former and are about to chase the record run. It was Bollinger who made the difference. His 4 overs made the difference and helped Chennai to register the win.
I do agree Muralee Vijay played a prolific innings and scored 127 runs. He is behind the highest possible target. But RR was also giving an equal reply and Watson and Ojha were about to seal the win. It is Bollinger whose bowling was the difference between the two sides, and on top of it, Bollinger had the catch of the match (the catch of Pathan). So the win goes to Bollinger not Vijay. But cricket has its own history of being biased towards batsman and Muralee Vijay was named as the man of the match.
I do agree Muralee Vijay played a prolific innings and scored 127 runs. He is behind the highest possible target. But RR was also giving an equal reply and Watson and Ojha were about to seal the win. It is Bollinger whose bowling was the difference between the two sides, and on top of it, Bollinger had the catch of the match (the catch of Pathan). So the win goes to Bollinger not Vijay. But cricket has its own history of being biased towards batsman and Muralee Vijay was named as the man of the match.
Friday, 2 April 2010
Who will be the 5th foreign player from RCB
IPL have a rule saying a team can have 4 foreign players. Till 7th match Kallis, Morgan, Boucher and Steyn were playing. In 8th match Pietersen joined the team and Morgan has to sit out. Ross Taylor would be joining RCB as he is free from his national duty (NZ and Aus test series is over). Looking at his form and power hitting he seems to be a definite player for the team. But the problem is who will be out?
Pietersen is the most expensive player and has done well on his first match and won the MOM award. So he is not the one who is going to sit out.
Boucher is not in his best and do not match the other players as a batsman. But he is a keeper and Bangalore team does not have any other keeper. Bangalore team may try Dravid with his gloves and ask Boucher to sit out. Bangalore has not utilized Dravid's batting expertise and may think it does not need in future with the current batting line up.
Batting is the strength of Bangalore and bowling is no where near to Mumbai (who I tipped for the top position). So Bangalore won't risk keeping Steyn away from its team of 11.
Kallis has the purple cap and MVP cap with him. But his strike rate is 123.25, which is low when you look at T20 standard. But his stay in the field allows others like Utappa or Virat to fire and team is doing well. So team can not go without him.
Ross Taylor was a key person why Bangalore success story in last IPL and made into dream team of IPL. He is in prolific form and a big hitter. It is tough to ignore him.
As Bangalore is doing fine and Utappa doing Ross Taylor's role Taylor may be 5th foreigner to sit out and not play the match.Or either dravid or Utappa will take the gloves (hey Mumbai does not have a regular keeper and still at the top of the chart) and ask Boucher to sit out. If none of them are injured, Kallis, Steyn and Pietersen are the 3 foreigners who are definitely going to play.
Pietersen is the most expensive player and has done well on his first match and won the MOM award. So he is not the one who is going to sit out.
Boucher is not in his best and do not match the other players as a batsman. But he is a keeper and Bangalore team does not have any other keeper. Bangalore team may try Dravid with his gloves and ask Boucher to sit out. Bangalore has not utilized Dravid's batting expertise and may think it does not need in future with the current batting line up.
Batting is the strength of Bangalore and bowling is no where near to Mumbai (who I tipped for the top position). So Bangalore won't risk keeping Steyn away from its team of 11.
Kallis has the purple cap and MVP cap with him. But his strike rate is 123.25, which is low when you look at T20 standard. But his stay in the field allows others like Utappa or Virat to fire and team is doing well. So team can not go without him.
Ross Taylor was a key person why Bangalore success story in last IPL and made into dream team of IPL. He is in prolific form and a big hitter. It is tough to ignore him.
As Bangalore is doing fine and Utappa doing Ross Taylor's role Taylor may be 5th foreigner to sit out and not play the match.Or either dravid or Utappa will take the gloves (hey Mumbai does not have a regular keeper and still at the top of the chart) and ask Boucher to sit out. If none of them are injured, Kallis, Steyn and Pietersen are the 3 foreigners who are definitely going to play.
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Astrology and Probability
Astrology is about probability and correlation. The believers and nonbelievers treat it alike. Believers claim how some prediction has come true and how some astrologer is about to predict her details etc. Where as non believers say how some astrologer is not able to predict it. And how astrology is all wrong.
But astrology is about probability and correlation. It is about getting most of the predictions right. It is never about predicting everything right. Famous astrologer Dr. B V Raman made some mistake in his prediction. I do not have access to the all the predictions of the great astrologer Parasar. I am sure he also would have made some mistakes. It is like weather prediction, which can not be hundred percent accurate.
The great sage Vasistha has made wrong prediction for the muhurta when Ram will be the king resulting Rama going to forest for 14 years in stead of being made king of Ayodhya. Lord Brahma has made wrong prediction for the Muhurta when the Khandav Forest has to be implanted resulting an end to the Khandav. So astrology is prone to error and nobody can tell with certainty that this is going to happen. It is not like when you add alkali to acid, it gives salt water, or when a fruit falls from the tree, it is going to hit the ground. Rather it is most likely it is going to happen. Some of the facts can be told with a higher probability.
But astrology is about probability and correlation. It is about getting most of the predictions right. It is never about predicting everything right. Famous astrologer Dr. B V Raman made some mistake in his prediction. I do not have access to the all the predictions of the great astrologer Parasar. I am sure he also would have made some mistakes. It is like weather prediction, which can not be hundred percent accurate.
The great sage Vasistha has made wrong prediction for the muhurta when Ram will be the king resulting Rama going to forest for 14 years in stead of being made king of Ayodhya. Lord Brahma has made wrong prediction for the Muhurta when the Khandav Forest has to be implanted resulting an end to the Khandav. So astrology is prone to error and nobody can tell with certainty that this is going to happen. It is not like when you add alkali to acid, it gives salt water, or when a fruit falls from the tree, it is going to hit the ground. Rather it is most likely it is going to happen. Some of the facts can be told with a higher probability.
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