India falters against torrid pace !
By admin | February 8, 2010
Dale Steyn wrecked India, as India fell from 221/4, a fairly respectable score, to 233 all out. Following on, she is 66/2, staring at a possible defeat. Sehwag scored his 18th Test century but then this was the only relief for the stunned Indians !
All are surprised at the Indian selection. With Y Pathan, V Kohli, Manoj Tiwari available, India chose the inexperienced W Saha. He was out for a blob !
Hope sanity will prevail in the Indian selection in th future matches.
Sachin’s 46th ton was in vain, as India folded up for 319, losing by an innings and 6 runs,
The statement that ” Indians are collectively zeroes, but individually heroes ” is so tragically true. Look at the records of Indian batsmen ! And see the way India lose ! Pathetic ! It is not due to lack of talent !
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The greatest first class match ever !
By admin | February 7, 2010
West Zone was set to score 541 to win and they did it in style. This is the greatest first class match ever, as Y Pathan plundered 210 not out, with 19 fours and ten sixes and W Z won by 3 wickets.
Y Pathan had scored 108 in the first innings. Both D Karthik and Y Pathan scored centuries in both innings and this is a warning to the selectors !
Unfortunately, in the First Test, India is on the receiving end of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. India are 25/0 in reply to SA’s 558/6. Character innings by Amla ( 253 no ) and Kallis ( 173 ) saw SA reach a mammonth 558. Bram de Villiers scored 53 and Boucher 39.
India face an uphill task when match resumes tomorrow.
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World Championship starts today
By admin | February 5, 2010
The cricketing war between India and South Africa hs been rightly called as World Championship, as it is a fight between the best team in the world, India, versus the No 2 , RSA.
It is 50:50, as India is somewhat weakened by the absence of R Dravid and Yuvraj. Laxman is a doubtful starter. The new batsmen who have come in, R Sharma, Badrinath and Vijay are not so experienced to take on the might of Dale Steyn & Co.
Match starts at 0930 AM. Dale Steyn, Parnell and the Morkells are dangerous customers and Indian batsmen should be wary of them. Saha and Badri comes in and SA bats on winning the toss.
India’s poor selection came into the limelight, as Dhoni out of sheer desperation had to take W Saha as the sixth batsman. This is lack of aforesight on the part of Indian selection committee. There are better batsmen in India than Saha.
Zaheer struck early for India, removing both Prince and the dangerous G Smith. At the moment SA are 17/2. When stumps were drawn, SA were 291/2, with both Amla and Kallis scoring centuries. Kallis is 159 no and Amla 115 no.
Shaun Tait broke the 160 kph barrier when he bowled one ball at 160.7. He hopes to break the 161.3 recorded by Akthar in the SA World Cup. His first 12 balls were bowled at more than 150 kph. Australia, thanks to his fiery spell, beat Pak in a low scoring game !
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Know Thyself is the motto of Eastrovedica !
By admin | February 4, 2010
Philosophers tell us that we dont know ourselves.
Our negative aspect is always in conflict with our positive aspect. Hence this maxim ” Know Thyself” assumes great significance.
Atmanam Viddhi is the message of the mighty Upanishads. In Latin Nosche te ipsum !
What is the use of anything in this world if we dont know the Self ?
It is not for the husband’s sake that husband is loved. It is not for the wife’s sake that wife is loved. It is for the sake of the Self !( Atmanasthu kamaya sarvam priyam bhavathi ).
This Self is to be known and experienced. The Self, when known, everything is known ! (Atmano va are sravanena darshanena matya vijnanena idam sarvam viditham ).
Alexander Pope was not wrong when he said
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan
The proper study of Mankind is Man !
Placed in the isthmus of a middle state
A being rudely wise and darkly great
With too much knowledge for the sceptic’s side
And too many weaknesses for the Stoic’s pride
He hangs between !
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Yousuf cracks century
By admin | February 3, 2010
D Karthik got out for 183, out of a SZ score of 400. Irfan Pathan took five wickets.
Yousuf smashed five sixes in a blistering 108 and WZ were all out for 254. Ganapathy, the TN seamer took five wickets and at the end of the day, SZ are 42/0.
SA gained some batting as they cracked 354, with Amla scoring 72 and Kallis 63. These two will be the most dangerous batsmen in the coming series from an Indian perspective.
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Kerala to start Kerala Cricket League !
By admin | February 2, 2010
The Kerala Cricket Association, spurred by the success of IPL, is thinking of starting Kerala Cricket League, just like IPL.
Three teams from three major cities will be the teams, based on Home and away concept.
For this venture, stadiums with floodlights are being considered. They will be at Kochi, Trivandrum and Calicut. Auctions and ownership of teams will be modeled on the lines of IPL.
KCL will be initiated at the end of this season. KCA has already started negotiations with a big event management company in Kochi. This is on the heels of the report that a team from Kerala will surely participate in IPL.
Along with the international stadium which is being built in Eda Kochi, there will be mini stadiums at Trivandrum, Thodupuzha and Kottayam. The stadium at Wynad is nearing completion. Cricket Academies will be started in all 14 districts of Kerala !
With Karnataka starting a Premier Cricket League, it is only natural that Kerala is following suit. There is a cricket revolution taking place and cricket is not a mere game, but a 20000 crore industry. All other states will follow suit and with India already No 1 in Tests and no 2 in ODIs, Indian cricket is ready to go to the next level !
Abhishek Nayar scored a brilliant 100 and S Dhawan 70 in a Indian Board Pres XI score of 318. They were dithering at 114/6, when a great century partnership between the abovementioned redeemd Pres XI from an ignominious score. Parnell, Steyn, Morkel and Botha were the wreckers in chief. Parnell and Morkel took three wickets each.
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Gayatri, the mantra for intellectual brilliance !
By admin | January 31, 2010
This mantra, the greatest of them all, the Gayatri, is a mantra which fosters intellectual brilliance.
Om bhoo bhuva swaha
Tat Savitur varenyam
Bhargo Devasya dheemahi
Dhiyo yo na prachodayath
The definition of Gayatri is Gayantam trayathe iti gayatri - it is a mantra which protects the chanter !
This mantra invokes the three relative states ( waking, dreaming, dreamless sleep symbolised by bhu, bhuvah and swah ) and the Absolute Self. Savita in Sanskrit is the Almighty Sun, the symbol of the Almighty Self. This supreme symbol of Deity is invoked ( bhargo devasya dheemahi ) and the prayer is like this ” give me intellectual brilliance ” ( dhiyo yo na prachodayath ).
Aurobindo has recorded that this mantra gave him profound insight to know the inner meanings of the esoteric Vedas. There are seer-wisdoms which utter their inner meaning to the Seer and he could cognise the eternal truths of the Vedas by the Grace of this mighty mantra.
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Tantra is symbolic and allegorical !
By admin | January 30, 2010
There are many who think Tantra is Sacred Sexuality and permits wealth, wine and women !
Madyam mamsam cha meenam cha
Mudra maithunam eva cha
Eka pancha makarasya
Naranam moksha dayaka
These five
Wine, meat, fish, yoga mudra and Sexuality
Are capable of conferring
Eternal Salvation !
In Vino Veritas - there is truth in wine. Alcohol is the stimulator of the Yes Function in man. It makes him one with Truth. In small doses, wine can be beneficial !
Bacchus’ blessings are a treasure
And drinking is the soldier’s pleasure
Rich the treasure
Sweet the pleasure
Sweet is pleasure after pain ! ( John Dryden )
Omar Khayyam also
Divorced barren Reason from the bed
And took the daughter of the wine to spouse !
Mamsa for meat stands for Mam Sah - I am He ! It is Soham reversed. Madya is not physical wine, but the Wine of Bliss stemming from Self Actualisation. Maidhuna symbolises the physical copulation of Purusha and Prakriti, the male and female components of the Ultimate. Meena is fish and represents the feminine channel, Ida and the masculine channel, the Pingala.
Apart from physical meanings, the above verse on Tantra has deep symbolic meaning !
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India keep numero uno position !
By admin | January 28, 2010
Sachin cracked his 45 th Test hundred, Zaheer took 10 wickets in the match and India won the series against BD. India keep the no 1 position in ICC Rankings, with 125 points.
World record was created by Sachin and Dravid as they were involved in a century partnership. It was their 17th, a world record. Both scored centuries.
Zaheer was superb in the second innings and wrecked BD with good swing bowling, taking 7/89. He was declared Man of the Match and Man of the Series !
Badrinath may make his appearance in the First Test against RSA, which starts on Feb 6. Mithun, the Karnataka fast bowler is in the squad replacing the injured Sreesanth. W Saha is preferred over D Karthik. Dravid and Yuvraj are injured. Laxman will most probably be fit for first Test.
IPL III starts on March 12th and this is will be a great cricketing fiesta !
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The Ninefold Elemental Theory
By admin | January 24, 2010
Kanada, the father of Visheshika system of Indian Philosophy, propounded the Fivefold Atomic Theory long before Dalton and the Ninefold Elemental Theory.
The Ninefold Elemental Theory
The entire Universe is made up of Nine Elements - The Elemental Five - earth, water, fire, ether, air plus the four elements - Time, Space, Self and Mind.
Mind is finer matter in vibration. What is Mind ? Never matter. What is Matter ? Never Mind !
Mind is a steady stream of thoughts. Mind creates Reality, yet Mind veils Reality. Indeed Mind is omnipotent.
Everything is internalised and externalised
By that arch villain, Mind !
From the Macrocosm to the Microcosm
All this is Mind !
Know all this to be Non Self
Know all this to be Non Being
Like the blueness in the sky
Like the water in the mirage
So is this visible Universe
In Self Supreme, Absolute !
Self is an utter Being and all these are its Becomings
This visible Universe
Is verily the Self !
What Nature hath buried
Is the living lordly Self
The unfolding of this Self
Is the process of Education
The Fivefold Atomic Theory
Matter is made up for five types of atoms - the aerial atoms, the igneous atoms, the aqueous atoms, the etheric atoms and the terrene atoms.
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