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Thirukural : Thought for the day

Muyarchi Thiruvinayagum.

Translation : Efforts will always give positive results.

Cricket Preview

India takes on West Indies in the DLF Cup today.

West Indies have an edge in this match. Why ? Well their confidence is high and they have nothing to lose. They are hungry and want to prove themselves. They are considered as underdogs (by Indian media even after drubbing Indian team 4-1). They have to qualify along with Bangaladesh and Zimabaw in Champions trophy and so they have a set goal.

Both Australlia and India are not taking DLF cup seriously.

The Australlians think these kind of Tournaments are only for preparing themselves for bigger tournaments. For the sake of rotation policy they send back a bowler like Johnson and ask McGrath to rest on bench.

The Australlian in Indian Camp, our coach Chappel also thinks the same way. Hew wants to send Shewag 4 down . He wants Team to be so flexible that Dhoni and Dravid can bowl. It is true that the team should be flexible but that also makes the top order batsman very uncomfortable. Nobody knows in which position they will be playing. Though the opposition cannot plan, I doubt if the players themselves can have a set plan.

Dravid is not doing good opening the innings. He is an excellent player who should take the role of the anchor coming down at three. He has proved it over and over again. Now he is proving that he will never be a good opener. Losing a "Wall" within 10 overs is not going to do any good for India.

Yuvraj is returning from injury and Kaif is returning to bench. Tendulkar has to continue to perform otherwise every newspaper will have a column ready for him. This time around they will bash.

Currently Munaf Patel and Harbhajan are doing good in the bowling department but Irafan is still low in confidence.

The Indian team has to bat first and set a huge total. Further they should add this up with a disciplined bowling and the urge to win
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Intersting Fact

You get tears in your eyes when you peel onion due to the chemical Propanthial oxide being emitted

Have a good day !

The Coffee Story

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and in life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided."

So, don't let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.