ah !! finally it has rained in here today! Wait the rains .. let me see what comes to my my mind instantly .. hurricanes ... hmm... yes katrina and then rita!! Isn't the US having a bad time or what ? katrina had left new orleans completely shattered and yet another one turns up to take a shot at houston. I dont know whether iam right or not , but i feel that all the fury mother nature has throwing at us(the tsunami first, the hurricanes, the mumbai floods..etc) , is purely the effects of GLOBAL WARMING. Its as if nature has woken up from sleep, and is extremely upset at the mess that we have created. So its just getting the house in order!! we keep hearing and talking about the fact that we need to do something to solve the global warming problem. But rarely do we see or hear about action being taken to get over the crisis. The surge in the prices of oil has had some effect on the big enrgy guzzlers of the world. I think it has finally dawned on them that , there is no alternative but to look towards other energy avenues to meet their energy demands.
Despite the fact that in recent yearsthere has been a weakening in the stranglehold that america had over world affairs, i still feel that unless the texan and his bunch of goons are not convinced to move away from oil, there shall be no use of any measures that are taken. After all, the USA is the biggest consumer of oil in the world. i think its time we actually put ideas into action and invest in developing technology, or else the oil tap might just run dry before we have developed any other option to shift to . Hey, Bush, are you listening????

The last time it happened was when i was born , and now it has happened again when i have turned 18....THE ASHES ARE BACK HOME!!! Finally the Aussie juggernaut has been put to halt!It has woken up the whole world,who were bored and sick of seeing the kangaroos flying high! This ashes has been by far the most closely fought series in a long time in world cricket.The series has brought back crowds to cricket grounds in england and with the english winning it and restoring lost pride in every english fan's heart, cricket should see a major revival in the country. The defeat of the aussies has raised a big question in everyone's mind;has the mantle of champions been passed on? I think it would be wrong to jump to such a conclusion, but the thing that we can say for sure is that England has become a force to contend with in world cricket. An interesting thing that was noticeable during the ashes was that the average age of players in the two teams. While the Australians playing XI had players in late 20's and early 30's,the english players were mostly in the early to late 20's. This clearly indicates where that the english are here to stay!!

It will be interesting to see how the Australian selectors react to this "shocking" defeat. Almost every player will be under the scanner, with the exception of shane warne and maybe to a certain extent Adam Gilchrist. Ricky Ponting must have never seen this coming. Just two months back ,his captaincy was being praised by one and all and now he is being battered from various angles for his "irresponsible " judgement. Only time will what will be the fate of these defeated warriors and their commander....

I get the feeling that there is an imaginary wall being bulit up at the center of the country which is clearly demarcating the north and the south. This divide in culture , attitudes is now, affecting every single individual's daily lives. People's perception of a person is affected greatly by which part of the country he hails from. ( it is extremely prominent where iam studying right now!!!) . A general impression what a guy form the south will percieve on meeting a northy goes like this: an arrogant , bully , who is extremely self centered and has no sensitivity for the opposite sex,a pervert, to sum it up in one word. The northy 's first impression will go like: a coward , who is too shy to say anything, will keep his thoughts and feeling to himself , basically a pushover . this divide is increasing rapidly due to the sudden influx of wealth into the hands of the youth, thanks to the call center boom in the country. The feeling that "they are different/inferior from us" is mostly prevalant among today's youth, who are fuelling the growth of ths feeling , by irresponsible acts and misdeeds. For a country like ours, which take pride in the fact that we possess cultural diversities and yet are "one" , This is very sad development.