Arjan Gujral - Year 1

My son turned 1 on 24 October 2007. This is a photo and video montage capturing some of his special moments.

Jeff Dunham - Achmed the Dead Terrorist

I counld't resist putting this up. Its a hilarious take on suicide bombers. Achmed is just too adorable. Watch and enjoy!

Ump Ire!!!

The tragedy that befell in the India-Australia 2nd Test match at the SCG is akin to the Shakespearean ‘Twelfth Night’. While the 16th century play is a “comedy of errors”, the number of umpiring errors subjected on one particular team during the match was not funny at all.

For some inexplicable reason India has been on the receiving end of Bucknor’s ‘Ump-Iring’. But the umpiring on the 5th day of the 2nd test match was woeful to say the least. Innumerable match changing decisions went against the visitors. Good umpiring is known to be consistent and Bucknor has been consistent about bad umpiring against the Indians. So in that respect he’s a great umpire!

The decision that ended Rahul Dravid's resistance was one of many poor calls that went Australia's way


Peter Roebuck delivers his verdict on the second Australia-India Test in the Sydney Morning Herald, "It was a match that will have been relished only by rabid nationalists and others for whom victory and vengeance are the sole reasons for playing sport ... It was a rotten contest that singularly failed to elevate the spirit." I couldn’t agree more with Roebuck Ji (yah, he deserves some form of an Indian knighthood to go against mainstream nationalistic opinions within Australia.

Turning our attention briefly to the Harbhajan and Symonds saga it seems its more a case of Australia failing to grasp the most popular of Biblical maxims, “Do unto others as you wish others do unto you? When they get dished back their aggressive on-field verbal volleys ‘its not fair mommy’ is what they shout! Steve Waugh explains this merely a misunderstanding of cultures. He explains that Australian kids grow up showering verbal venom while playing sports in their backyard. Well, Test Match cricket is not played in someone’s backyard and Australian cricketers need to grow up. For decades they have been sledging at teams and now that someone is standing upto them they cry foul. They need to grow up else India will not be the first nr the last team to stand upto their verbal bullying.

It seems the tour will go on. There was no way it couldn’t given the amount of money the two cricket boards stood to lose. Money wins over politics and righteousness. It will be interesting to see how the 3rd Test Match will proceed. Indians will certainly be at a disadvantage mentally. The shock of the defeat, the betrayal of Ponting to the captain’s understanding and the general attitude of the Australian cricketers during and after the match has been a heavy burden on the Indian team as their record will show a loss while the Australians celebrate 16 consecutive Test wins.

I only wish we could place an asterix against that record so future generations will always be reminded of the basis of this victory.