Filed under: Sports - Cricket
Shane Warne, an excellent spin bowler of Australia, bowled the cricketing world by announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of present Ashes tour. He is going to be the first bowler in the world to capture more than 700 test crickets in tests. He is a great bowler and has been a terror to most of the best batsmen.
Of course, he has to go from last world cup due to drug abuse and served a ban. His was a illustrious career spanning more than a decade excepting for this blot.
Filed under: Sports - Cricket
Indians have played very well to win this test under 4 days. The performance of Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Sreeshanth, Zahir Khan and Anil Kumble was excellent and the good leadership of Rahul Dravid cannot be forgotten
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Most of my colleagues and friends were happy to travel in buses today as they were victims of auto drivers’ arrogance earlier.
I feel it did not make any difference to most of the bangaloreans excepting for some travellers.
Filed under: Books
DVG, a doyen of Kannada literature is a multi-faceted personality. Though, he claims he has not studied well, his writings are really very well. His books, Mankuthimmana Kagga and Maralumuniyana Kagga are very good. They provide insight and food for thought.
His other books, especially “Jnapaka Chitrashale”, 8 volumes of them have been categorised and gives a clear picture of the history in common man’s perspective of the period around upto independent India.
Filed under: Sports - Cricket
Where Indian ODI Cricket Team is heading. It seems they have forgotten how to fight and win. It is really disgusting.
Filed under: Music
I attended a music concert on Saturday by Vidushi M S Sheela. The most appealing part of the concert was a krithi on Shanaishara by Shri Dikshitar in Yadukulakamboji and a rately heard composition of Mysore Vasudevacharya – Paripahimam Shri Dasharathe, in Shubhapantuvarali
