Sathya's Views..

In one of the greatest finals of any tournament ever, India beat Pakistan by 5 runs to win the first ever 20-20 cricket world cup. It was a thrilling match where both teams fought nail to tooth and gave not an inch away. Both captains displayed terrific cricket sense and kept their cool till the very end. That India achieved its triumph with a team filled mostly with literal unknown names and an average age of less than 25 augurs very well for the future. Of course, it was not a perfect display by any means. The bowling was obviously weak and there is a heavy dependence on Yuvraj Singh to accelerate in the middle overs. But seeing the enthusiasm and commitment of the team, one can expect that these will be ironed out soon. Full marks to R.P.Singh, Irfan Pathan and Gautam Gambhir in particular who despite being in and out of the team in the past few years rose to the occasion wonderfully. Its celebration time in India. Bangalore erupted to crackers and fireworks yesterday night. Its no...

Its been now just over 3 months since we moved back to Bangalore and boy ! has it been blazing away or what. Looking back, life at Hyderabad appears to be much more docile and nicely slow-paced. Bangalore is just too fast a life. Personal obligations have increased multi-fold. Necessity to meet people who come to Bangalore absorb weekends. Friends getting married necessitates a visit to the marriage or reception - in Hyderabad, that was rarer. And the distance to Chennai used to act as a valid excuse for not attending functions. Now, with travel to Chennai so much easier, that excuse sounds lame. Then there is the whole pattern of a day. A typical work day used to start at 10AM and I used to return home by 8 in the night. The morning used to be relaxed and free while the nights used to be longer. I am a morning sleeper - I dont mind just 6 hours of sleep as long as I can sleep till 8.30 or 9. But in Bangalore, I have to be in office by that time ! Why ? Because I need to leave office b...