The first final, sachin's inning, budget and nothing much..

A perfect 10/10 innings this was. This is as good a hundred you would get when chasing 240. Paced to perfection.. 46 singles.. 2 upper cuts to third man and you have Sachin that we all loved to love. If he repeats this again, I have no doubt we are coming back 2-0. But it was a team effort to put it that way. Harbhajan making his balls talk against Heyden's mouth, Pravin kumar's initial spell, good fielding, and yeah don't forget Rohit's batting. Australia would be more worried about the way India won then the loss itself.

Budget... well i am not a very financial times man but what i get of it is i would be saving some 40K on taxes next years, some really troubled famers are finally getting some help and the biggest thing is the education allocation has increased. This is the key, if we have to be anywhere near the Finalands, the UKs, the Japans or even Chinas of this world we have to get our literacy, the infrastructure and our basic amenities right. I don't give a damn where our Sensex is going or what out growth forecast is. If in some corner of India people don't have clean water to drink, a doctor nearby and schools for their kids... we are not good enough. Money in the hands of few is no use. I would have rather forgo’ed that 40K if it would have meant better roads to drive on or lesser electricity cut. Take that 40Ks back and please do build those power plants that we desperately need. So overall i think though populist, an "aam aadmi budget" is what we need for another few years. But the hope is that this money would indeed reach those farmers who are committing suicide and not the ones who are already having tractors and harvesters for themselves.

Let’s have bread for everybody yaar...

On the personal side Shrini cut his finger in the Mixer. He still can't remember how he did that, he says he was trying to adjust Pudina leaves in the running mixer. 7 stitches on his right hand and i am still having a headache on this. I did this to myself about 15 years back but i was less stupid trying to see why the blades were not running when my brother actually switched on the mixer.

Well i have an explanation... he cut his finger because he doesn't drink beer. Because when i cut my fingers even i didn't drink beer and since i have started drinking beer from last 12-14 years, i have never cut my fingers in my Mixer.

So for all of you who want there fingers intact, cheers... :-)