Stars to look out for

The Champion
Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
He has done it before. I believe he pull the trigger to make it to the top three this time too.

The Champions
The Lee-Hesh factor
Abinav's gold would realy bring in a good chemistry between them again to work at their best. If they play their game, well i see no competition to them.

Sensational Saina
Saina Nehwal, badminton start who is already in the quarters have and will put up a great show in the remaining games as well. She won the 4th seeded  Chen Wang of Hong Kong in the quarters. This will be a big boost to her. 

Vijender Singh
No big history for him, but i saw his first round match and he is quite promising.

India Strikes Gold :)

Well I've never seen anythng like this before.. :) Indian flag at the top, in the center. Its a proud moment for every indian, to see a number in the first column in the medals tally. It happened 28 years ago and its happening now :) Till yday i don't know who Abinav Bindra was, but today he became the identity of India. Its not just about the gold. Its about making millions of indians like me, feel that they are more than 7 feet taller, just for a day or two may be, but it really worth it. A sense of pride, honor, like i want to stand up and shout that we did it, we did it and we did it. 
Was just thinking if i, who is just like a millions who just see the games feel like this, how would this historical incident will play in the minds of the other Indian participants who are there to represent the country.  I would say, THIS would have certainly be a confidence booster to everyone out there, and everyone would start playing beyond their potential. I can already see Saina(already in quarters), Anup, Vijendra Kumar winning a medal, Sania beating Venus williams in the second round, Rathore back with another gold, Paes/Bhu & Bhu/Sania flourishing in doubles tennis, everything happening because of THIS. Im not saying all this will happen, but everyone will continue playing with that as a possibility of happening. And that is where winning starts.
Sania can't beat Venus and all are there. What's wrong is always available. But this event will push players to focus on What is possible.
Well THANKS Abinav for making the country proud. you rock :) here is a glimpse of Him.

Poets and Deities :)

I was really bowled by the amount of freedom and way of thinking and style of conveying by some of the poets in tamil literature. I was just going thru some book randomly in library and this is wat i got and just wanna share it with you.. it is quite interesting to know these kinda stuff.. atleast for me :)
one of the quotes from kaalamega pulavar about chidambaram natarajar commenting on one of his 'thiru veedhi ula'..

mecharamum poonda thillai naadhare - thevareer
pitchai eduthu unna purapattum utchidamam
kaalamaen kunjaramaen kaarkadal pole
muzhangum meLamaen raajangamey!

The lord was coming in "aandi" kolam. the poet naughtily comments on it saying, "anyways you are starting out to go and beg only, then whats the necessity for starting at an auspicious time and going with an ocean like parade of bands and crackers!"
well, i dono if i have translated in the right way but the way in which he did was being playful and nothing sarcastic at all. Anyways you will get it as soon as you read it, the flow of words were put in such a way that people do get that it was a playful comment and not sarcastic.

Another one by a poet, who comments perumal in 'garuda sevai'



PerumaaLum nalla perumaL avartham
thirunaaLum nalla thirunaaL - perumaaL
irundha idathil summa iramaiyinalandro
paruntheduthu parakuthaiyo paar!

He says, "Lord vishnu is not being in his place peacefully and quitely and see what happened now.. An eagle(carrier of lord vishnu) has kidnapped you!"
What awesome imagination,the usage of "tharkuripetru ani", that is, creating our point of view of something that has happened and magnifying the effect of what we see.

*Well i have experimented with this post as in, im not sure how i communicated and all. but jus wanna give it a shot. Would really appriciate your comments and feed forwards on this post more than any. thanks :)

Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you are right...

Saw this quote somewhere…

“Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you are right...”

Actually I want to brief in this... thot it might help... you know how is that whether you think you can or you can't, either way its right... it’s simple, that’s how our brain works.
Take for example, when u say “I cannot become richer than Bill Gates in a year! " You think in such a way that it is not possible and hence you are closing off the portion of the brain which says that it is possible. And that’s how people end up in using just less than 1% of their brain... We constantly keep on closing our part of brain saying that things are not possible... Einstein used 4% of his brain and that considered to be the max used by any person, coming from he is the person who has challenged most of the things that were so called “IMPOSSIBLE” ...

See, it’s simple... I’m not saying that you can get richer than bill gates in a year. What I’m saying is how is it to work with that context, with that mindset of making it happen. What would be possible for you in that year? Just imagine about what kind of possibilities you will experience if you work with that mindset. Yeah, breakdowns will occur. Breakdowns will occur when you take on extraordinary challenges. Even if you get some 10000, that's a begining :) Work with the mindset of it is possible...

Our brain doesn't know the difference between what happened and what we believe on... that is, if u believe on actually becoming richer than bill gates in a year, the brain takes it as the truth and it operates from that paradigm and that’s when you get new possibilities. Example, u have seen someone who is so confused and after going to temple or somewhere they feel that they have got an answer?! Temple doesn’t workout anything. What works is their mindset, their belief that if they go to temple everything will be fine! And that becomes the truth for them and that works for them...

And WATEVER I SAID IS MY POINT OF VIEW AND NOT THE TRUTH.

So, What are you taking on focusing on from now?! :)

Take whatever you want, IT WORKS. And do share it with me :)

Anything you want to ask, buzz me!
Thanks for replying :)

Olympics - A source of Inspiration

Beijing '08 is going to see lots of new challenges, aspirations and fighters.
Just wanna share about 3 people who inspired me a lot with their fight to get into the Beijing Olympics. Three awesome fighters fighting to challenge, fighting for pride, fighting to win!

1. Natalie du Toit :

Being a swimmer at 16, she nearly missed the opportunity to qualify for the Sydney Olympics, 2000. Not losing heart, she took a stand to enter into the next Olympics in Athens, 2004. Practised day and night for it. Things changed. She met with an accident in 2001. Lost her left leg. Everyone said that was an end to her Olympics dream. Less than two years after the accident, she qualified for the finals of the 800 meter freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, marking the first time an amputee in the modern era had raced in the finals of an able-bodied international swimming competition. That day, Du Toit wasn't close to winning. But that hardly mattered. She was named outstanding athlete of the Games, beating Aussie Ia Thorpe, who had won six golds, one silver, ands set a new world record. Out of necessity, she switched to distance freestyle after the accident. But although her body and events have changed, her goals haven't.
"I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything," she says.
Guess what, She is qualified to participate in 10km Open Water event in the Beijing Olympics.

** Her famous quote, "Everything is possible if you can just believe"

I believe this is what is being a leader. Focusing on what you want.
Thanks Natalie, thanks for being a leader :)

2. Oscar Pistorius :



Oscar Pistorius known as the "fastest man on no legs" a double amputee, the South African athlete is the world record holder in his category for the 100, 200 and 400 meters sprints. Even more remarkably, he took the silver medal over 400 meters in the 2007 South African National Championships competing against able-bodied runners. That gave rise to the exciting possibility of him competing in the Beijing Olympic Games for South Africa.
But a damn inspiring person, when asked, "How do you manage sprinting without both the legs and how different is it for you? ". He says he never really knew anything different. Pistorius was only 11 months old when his parents made the wrenching decision to have his limbs amputated below the knee. But this freak didn't miss any sport, he represented sports ranging from water polo, cricket, tennis, rugby, soccer, wrestling at different levels. 
But unfortunately he failed to qualify, missed the Olympics berth by ONE SECOND.
After that he said, "It's an opportunity for me to perform better"

I believe this is what is being a leader. Operating from ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
Thanks Oscar, thanks for being a leader :)

3. Eric Shanteau :




When Eric Shanteau touched the wall second at the U.S. Olympic trials, he was overcome by the joy of reaching a lifelong goal. The celebration didn't last long. Shanteau had barely locked up his trip to Beijing when he was forced to deal with a gut-wrenching choice: Should he have surgery for the testicular cancer hardly anyone knew about? Or, should he put it off for another month so he could swim at his first Olympics?
Shanteau chose the Olympics. Surgery will have to wait.
When asked about what if something happens to you during the Olympics,
“If something comes up abnormal,” he said, “then that’s kind of a barrier I shouldn't’t cross.”
"What was the Doctor's advice for you attending the Olympics?", he said, "Sometimes, the best decisions are not always exactly the way the doctor sees it"
He said, "I got cancer and the cancer hasn't got me"

I believe this is what is being a leader. You ruling the circumstance and not letting the circumstance rule you.
Thanks Shanteau, thanks for being a leader :)

Got inspired? :)
If you know anyone else who has fighted into this or any of the previous Olympics, do let us know :)
Thanks for replying :)

Discussion 3 - The Next Revolution.. A random thought

I really have no clue where it all started..
At one point of time people who were strong and healthy were the icons..
Later it came to those who had the support of lot of people, it moulded to the kings who had the biggest army were believed to be the so called GREATs..
Later the industrial revolution came.. Then it was the industrialists' reign.. Everyone was going mad about Being an industrialist..
And then came the Information age.. 
Now its all about information and communication.. Everything happens now, is because of the information and communication.. Just think about it, the growth percentage of the world has been incresing exponentially.. The tool is nothing but, information and communication.. Its not just information.. The availability of information was more or less the same through all the centuries and ages. The key is communication. A transformation in communication is the key. 100 years ago there is no way of easy, fast communication between anyone in the worls. Right now, an instant access to whomever u wanna talk to. 
Anyways the conversation is, consider that all are past and if i were to ask u, what would be the next revolution what would you say??
Don think a lot. All hair will fall down :P Just a random thought. Give it a shot, it can be anything. i will give you a clue :)
200 years ago there was no word in dictionary called computer :P But someone, somewhere, somehow could have guessed something like this. Lets acknowledge him for that.
And in the next 200 years, what do you think there will be?
P.S: Karpanai kudharaya konjam thatti vidunga paaom.. :P

This is a unique pic having 103 famous people.. See how many you can find :)

Comment with those people u know.. lets who is the best :)
Results in a week :)