Namaskar Tau,
Have u heard about an America Dream? They kept talking about a certain American dream tau, when i first landed in USA it sounded so much larger than life, glamorous, possesion of the rich like the precious pearls and rubies of old. Now I am slowly realising that even the common man posseses it here, . no tau, i am not getting emotionally carried away or weighed down by the power of the dollar against the rupee tau. Ok let me give u a simple example. 50-70% of the native Americans may not know what cricket is. But there are 25 grounds with proper pitches in my city alone. And The amazing part is no one destroys the pitches in the darkness of the night while there is no one watching, and matches are never decided by fist fights or worse by hitting the bat on someones head. People from 3-4 countries play this game together here, share experiences and pain and make it a larger than life experience. Aint it living an American dream tau? for a person who loved the game and entered this country thinking that he may never even be able to watch it?
Okay Tau, I have to go to sleep now, I just played a 40 over game todayand have to watch the india - wi world cup game online tomorrow, buffering is also quick in this country tau. ;-)
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
mein ball ni jaddi fadi nakhi
So I came home from a dirty day at work last night. Stared for a long time at nothing from my balcony window. Then I thought of things which can get me out of such a bad mood. 3 things came to mind,
1) 2 - 4 smokes - har fikr ko dhue mein udaaa...;-). However, I have quit smoking since the last 3 months so I crossed that option out.
2) 2 - 4 beers - my roomates and I have pledeged that drinks only on Friday or Saturday and this is a Thursday. So this option is rejected too.
3) Play some sport - "Racquet Balllll! - haan yaar kya idea hai!" get into the court, forget about the larger problems in life and worry about the smaller target of reaching 15 points before your opponent, and at the end off it a) get physically exhausted and mentally refreshed. b) rejoice the win or think about what went wrong in the game if u lost. Which if you draw parallels is something you gain out of yoga, meditiation, drinking.
So, I chose the 3rd option and went to the racquet ball court, hit the day light out of the one inch radius ball that evening, every slap on the ball was venting out my frustation of that day of work, If the ball were a russian girl in dubai, she got horifficly raped that night. If she were a life in a country like afganistan or africa, she was killed in bright light and was not considered a sin. In simple gujrati slang language "mein ball ni jaddi fadi nakhi"
1) 2 - 4 smokes - har fikr ko dhue mein udaaa...;-). However, I have quit smoking since the last 3 months so I crossed that option out.
2) 2 - 4 beers - my roomates and I have pledeged that drinks only on Friday or Saturday and this is a Thursday. So this option is rejected too.
3) Play some sport - "Racquet Balllll! - haan yaar kya idea hai!" get into the court, forget about the larger problems in life and worry about the smaller target of reaching 15 points before your opponent, and at the end off it a) get physically exhausted and mentally refreshed. b) rejoice the win or think about what went wrong in the game if u lost. Which if you draw parallels is something you gain out of yoga, meditiation, drinking.
So, I chose the 3rd option and went to the racquet ball court, hit the day light out of the one inch radius ball that evening, every slap on the ball was venting out my frustation of that day of work, If the ball were a russian girl in dubai, she got horifficly raped that night. If she were a life in a country like afganistan or africa, she was killed in bright light and was not considered a sin. In simple gujrati slang language "mein ball ni jaddi fadi nakhi"
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