Busyness is the buzzword today.
Every one is busy in their own way.
Its like being busy is the way of life.
Someone is busy making something, someone is busy breaking something.
Someone is busy entangling others life, Someone is busy untangling own life.
Someone is busy enjoying life, someone is busy running from life.
Whoever they are, wherever they are, whatever they do, they all seem just too busy.
Then why am I, one among these busy bees, cant find the reason to be busy.
The way of everyone elses life, why it isn't mine?
Am I alive or am I busy watching everyone else being busy?
Whatever it is, I just hope when my time is up,
I'm not too busy for appreciating the unbusy life I had or for deciding,
if the afterlife I would have, will be busy or unbusy!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Indian Tennis: Raising Hopes
In the last few weeks we are celebrating a resurgence of Indian tennis at the Australian open with an unprecedented show of two titles at the same Grand Slam. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won their first Grand Slam together making Sania the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam and the Indian colt Yuki Bhambri becoming the fourth Indian to win a junior Grand Slam after father-son duo of Ramanathan and Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes.
But this is not the only time the Indian tennis fans have had their hopes raised about the resurgence of Indian tennis. Relatively recent events like the Paes-Bhupathi dream run of 1999-2000 when they reached all four Grand Slam finals in 1999 and emergence of tennis siren Sania Mirza in 2005 have given tennis enthusiasts much hope.
But if we trace the history of tennis in India since it was brought here by the Britishers we can find may such moments of glory that under those circumstances had seemed more crucial than the recent achievements. In the 1880s the British Army and Civilian Officers taught Indians the game soon after it was originally formalized in
AILTA’s most crucial decision came in the form of sending an Indian team to the Davis Cup in 1921 as this decision put India on the international tennis map. This first Indian Davis Cup team consisting of prominent players like SM Jacob, Mohd Saleem, LS Deane and AA Fayzee performed exceptionally beating all odds as well as a strong French team to reach the semifinals. The impressive premiere show of Indian tennis at the Davis Cup laid the foundation of great Indian Davis Cup tradition that was further strengthened by the rolling Indian juggernaut between 1922-1929 when it steamrolled a number of strong nations like France, Romania, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Greece. This Indian tennis tide was driven mainly by the greats like Mohd. Sleem, the Fayzee brothers AH Fayzee and AA Fayzee, Krishna Prasad and Cotah Ramaswamy.
Apart from Davis Cup, Indians were also making their mark at other professional tennis tournaments around the globe including the Grand Slams from as early as 1905 when BK Nehru became the first Indian to take part in the prestigious
Post World War, AILTA decided to hold one Grass court championship called the National Championships of India and one Hard Court tournament named All India Hard Court Championships. The first edition of Grass Court National Championship was held at
A new star, Vijay Amritraj came up on the horizons of Indian tennis in the 1970`s. Even though Amritraj never won any Grand Slam tournaments, His Grand Slam performances of reaching quarterfinals of the US Open in 1973 and 1981 and Wimbledon in 1973 and 1974 are still unmatched by Indians. He even took
In the modern era of post 1990s, another youngster came to take on the mantle of Indian Tennis. Leander Paes emulating Ramesh Krishnan won two junior Grand Slam titles,
The recent Sania Mirza-Mahesh Bhupathi Australian Open victory was a remarkable feat. Sania has followed it up with her runners up show at the Pataya Open to firmly declare that she is truly back much improved than ever. Sania has been a flag bearer of Indian women’s tennis. After her Fed Cup debut in 2003, she has been known for her giant killing and impressive Grand Slam show. She was the first Indian girl to win Grand Slam when she with Alisa Kleybanova of
Now after Yuki’s Grand Slam victory Indian fans are upbeat again and with Sania too becoming the first Indian woman ever to win a Grand Slam an all round tennis growth looks a likely possibility. With upcoming players like Rohan Bopanna, Prakash Amritraj in Men’s and the Bhambhri sisters Ankita and Sanaa and Isha Lakhani in Women’s the great tradition of Indian Tennis seems to be holding on. What is needed is a little enthusiasm from Corporates, Government and Public towards this game which has been no less than Cricket in terms of international success by miles.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
कशमकश ज़िन्दगी की!
कहनी है शायद कोई कहानी मगर, मैं बोलता भी नहीं, कोई समझता भी नहीं!
जाना है कही दूर ज़माने से मगर, चलता भी नहीं, मैं ठहरता भी नहीं!
खोया हूँ कही अपने आप में मगर, कोई मिलता भी नहीं, मैं ढूंढ़ता भी नहीं!
रात का साया है हर ओर मगर, सोता भी नहीं, मैं जगता भी नहीं!
दिल में कुछ टीस सी है मगर, रोता भी नहीं, मै हँसता भी नहीं!
ना जाने क्या चाहता हूँ मगर, कुछ मिलता भी नहीं, मै कुछ खोता भी नहीं!
ज़िन्दगी यूँही गुज़रती नहीं मगर, मरता भी नहीं, मै जीता भी नहीं!!!
--------किसी दुश्मन से ज़िन्दगी मांगी थी शायद, जो ज़िन्दगी ही दुश्मन हो गई है!
किसी दोस्त से मौत मांगी थी शायद, जो मौत भी बेवफा हो गई है!!
जाना है कही दूर ज़माने से मगर, चलता भी नहीं, मैं ठहरता भी नहीं!
खोया हूँ कही अपने आप में मगर, कोई मिलता भी नहीं, मैं ढूंढ़ता भी नहीं!
रात का साया है हर ओर मगर, सोता भी नहीं, मैं जगता भी नहीं!
दिल में कुछ टीस सी है मगर, रोता भी नहीं, मै हँसता भी नहीं!
ना जाने क्या चाहता हूँ मगर, कुछ मिलता भी नहीं, मै कुछ खोता भी नहीं!
ज़िन्दगी यूँही गुज़रती नहीं मगर, मरता भी नहीं, मै जीता भी नहीं!!!
--------किसी दुश्मन से ज़िन्दगी मांगी थी शायद, जो ज़िन्दगी ही दुश्मन हो गई है!
किसी दोस्त से मौत मांगी थी शायद, जो मौत भी बेवफा हो गई है!!
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