For various unknown reasons it never seemed like Christmas time to me, unless the special day arrived. Unfortunately I was travelling from Mangalore to Goa on Christmas eve, thanks to the UGC-NET exam.
Nevertheless, nothing stopped this day from being special. Before I could embark on my journey back home, I took part in the prayer service at Milagres Church. It was the first time I celebrated Christmas away from home or without any of my relatives (to be precise). During the Holy Mass everyone's attention diverted towards the prayers recited loudly at a nearby mosque. It seemed like our Muslim brethren were also rejoicing the birth of our Lord.
After the Holy Mass I hurried my way to catch the bus to Goa and was delighted to be with my family on Christmas day.
Relatives, friends, neighbours and many more dropped in to share greetings. Just love to live in this togetherness. Oh! I just love this time of the year.
Merry Christmas everybody. May the new born King bring joy, happiness, love and peace in your life. Stay blessed!
Merry Christmas One and All!
Sehwag takes us to the promised land!
When Sachin Tendulkar scored a double century against South Africe early last year, immediately all eyes shifted to only one man who could break that record - Virender Sehwag. Today, the flamboyant batsman stamped his class by scoring 219 from just 149 balls against West Indies in the 4th ODI. Eventually, India won the match and series but undoubtedly all eye were on the 33-year old batsman who was expected to achieve this feat much earlier than he did.
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Personally what I like about Sehwag is his approach and attitude when he is on the pitch. Be it any situation, he plays his natural game. He seems to be least bothered about milestones hence he is never cautious when he is about to reach one.
He certainly lacks technique if you compare him to his own team mates like Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid. But what sets him apart is his style of play and if noticed, he excels when he plays his natural style. The moment he tries to modify or experiment, the big hitter always lands in trouble.
The Delhi-based cricketer has always been considered as an entertainer as he continues to do his job well.
A proud moment for India - the top two batsmen amongst the highest scores in an ODI innings are Indians.
Amidst Busy Holidays
After the fairly good examinations and a hectic third semester in college, I was delighted to have a worthy 20-day break. Alas! There’s barely any time to relax.
The first ten days of the holidays went into the very enriching media tour for the second year students of MCMS. Our journey began from Bangalore, where we visited some big media houses namely Deccan Herald, Samaya TV, Whyaxis and Nirvana Productions. The welcome we got at every juncture was utterly encouraging. The people we spoke to were some of the best in their respective fields and are thorough professionals, yet they took time of their busy schedule to make us feel at home. They were open to any question and made sure the objectives of our visit were fulfilled.
Similar was the case when we next visited Mumbai. The busiest city of the country welcomed us with open arms as it does to a millions of others. The day starts and begins here at 4 in the morning. We travelled places via the packed Mumbai local trains, pushing and pulling our way in and out of the trains. Somehow, we managed. In Mumbai, we first visited Waggener, a PR agency, and then later Mudras, one of India’s biggest advertising agencies. Finally, we visited CNBC TV, a channel owned by the Network 18 group. CNBC was probably the place where we learned the most and were explained each and every detail of their production process. It was indeed a lifetime experience to get to know all these media houses so closely and learn directly how they function.
From Mumbai, we headed to Goa, my home, for the 42nd International Film Festival of India where we combined with our juniors and lived in Nuvem for about four days. Like the previous few years, IFFI once again was a disappointment for me, simply because of the poor manner in which it is organized. The volunteers are inefficient and are not delegate-friendly. Nevertheless, I am happy that at least the films were not a disappointment. Among the few films that I watched, Nader and Semin: A Separation, was one that I liked the most. The beautiful Persian film makes you feel for every character regardless of how positive or negative their role is. The climax is simply classy.
So that was all about the media tour. The remaining ten days seem to be vanishing in no time. I’ve spent seven days at home doing all the possible chores, meeting up with friends, visiting relatives, attending funerals and what not. Ghosh! College is better. Anyways, just a few more day for college to begin and before that, I may make a small trip to Pune.