Fun times

A Great day in many ways - 19 Dec 2008. India recorded a historic win or rather, prevented the Aussies from writing history, riding on India's shoulders. Till the close of the day, it looked like tailenders were on the way towards taking Australia to a win, chasing the total of 413, a feat that had remained unparalled since 1948. Also, the Aussies were to be the only team to have won 17 test matches on a trot, if they would have won. Young talent like Ishaan Sharma need to be nurtured and developed. Can we now dare to think of taking on the rest of the world and winning more than 16 matches in one go?
Yesterday was also a first of sorts at work. We had a great in house party with just a couple of guests. Unlike the normal humdrum, boring 'sitting around having drinks and gossiping' parties, we had games, we danced and we had fun and spent the evening doing things that were way apart from the usual cribbing and whining! Our ladies too danced and played the party games with gusto. The spirit of the day permeated through our gathering. Here's wishing more such fine times for the nation and for us.

Tata Nano

The party on the 31st of December was pretty dull by standards that we once had a couple of years back. Now, what sort of a New Year Bash is one where everyone sits around playing tambola and GK! We could get started on the dance floor only at 1215 - 15 minutes into the New Year. Anyway, it was better than sitting at home. It was after we began to dance that we felt the warmth of the New Year.

The Tata Nano was launched a couple of days back. Much has been written about the threat that looms over the Indian firmament, about how this car is a threat to Indian roads, of how it would add to the pollution and to the congestion. But how many of us have given a thought to how it would satisfy the aspirations of the average indian middle class family? For people like us who don't come across much of congestion or pollution and who would certainly want to save on the cost of buying a car bigger than the Maruti 800, the Nano is most certainly welcome.