As blank as it could be

My thoughts are as blank as above. What else to say with hopes of billions having sunk in deep doldrums. Of course, this is what happens when we play for 'not to lose' than 'for win'.
Players themselves will feel bad for whatever happened.

Its really comical now to look back at TV Shows who were analyzing Ind Vs Pak match in this WC. Thats cricket ! Its pulsating, amazing, pressurizing and more importantly unpredictable.

Ok my picks for final four - Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, WestIndies / Sri Lanka.
Lot depends on how SA handles spinners and i am sure their opponents will exploit on this weakness. But for the likes of Collingwood and KP England will be brushed away by these sides comfortably.

Again it could be funny to realize half of my Semi-Finalists picks gets knocked out by 'Surprise' elements.

Though my heart says its going to be first-ever hat-trick of WC titles for THAT side in the game's history, i want to be proved wrong. Let me enjoy this next phase of WC.

My player picks who could make the difference:
Pollock, Gibbs, Smith, Kemp - SA
Silva, S'kara, J'suriya, M'tharan - SL
Ponting, Clarke, Tait, Symonds - Aus
McMillan, McCullum, Vincent, Fleming - NZ
KP, Collingwood, Flintoff, Monty - Eng
Bravo, Smith, Samuels, Lara - WI

May the best and worthy team WIN it.

Our Women who made us all PROUD

Women's Day is not a day to recognize Women around us.
Yes. Its not the only day.
In fact its a day to remind ourselves that we need to respect, celebrate and recognize womanhood all the time.

Hillary Clinton launched recently her campaign to be the first Women President of US.
Indira Nooyi, is going to be the first Chairwoman of PEPSICO in another few weeks.
Here is an interesting compilation of FIRSTs by Women in INDIA.

List of pioneers among Indian women in various fields: (courtesy TOI today)
GRADUATES: Kadambini Ganguly, Chandramukhi Basu (1883)
LAWYER: Cornelia Sorabjee (1924)
PHYSICIAN: Kadambini Ganguly (1886)
OSCAR WINNER: Bhanu Athaiya (1982)
TO SWIM ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: Miss Arati Saha (1959)
PRESIDENT OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS: Annie Besant (1917)
UNION CABINET MINISTER: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1947)
CHIEF MINISTER: Sucheta Kripalani (1963)
GOVERNOR: Sarojini Naidu (1947)
SPEAKER OF STATE ASSEMBLY: Shanno Devi (1966)
ASIAD GOLD MEDALIST: Kamaljit Sandhu (1970)
OLYMPIC MEDALIST: Karnam Malleswari (2000)
IPS OFFICER: Kiran Bedi (Haryana) (1972)
WOMEN'S COLLEGE: Bethune College, Kolkata (1879)
TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST: Bachendri Pal (1984)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL: Punita Arora (2004)
AIR MARSHAL: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay (2004)
ARMY MEDAL WINNER: Bimla Devi (1990)
COMMERCIAL PILOT: Prem Mathur (1951)
AIRLINE PILOT: Durga Banerjee (1966)
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT: M Fatima Beevi (1989)
CIVIL PILOT: Beant Kaur
PRESIDENT OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
CHIEF JUSTICE OF A HIGH COURT: Leila Seth (1991)

Actually the list goes ON... There are many more who are not recognized/noticed yet.
Lets take a moment to applaude them and many more who will be joining this list soon.