#ThankYouSachin

I'm a die hard fan of Sachin Tendulkar. It was a privilege for me to watch him play cricket. His fours were my fours, his sixes were my sixes, and his centuries, no doubt, they were my centuries too. His achievements were mine too and it made me proud. Even I told my soul-mate that I won't marry before his retirement from the game. Because I know otherwise she won't get cent percent of me. I never ever thought of cricket without this man. For me he is the cricket almighty. But I know I must accept the reality. He has to take the exit now and won't return. I had big plans for this day. Unfortunately my pocket is too small these days, and I'm too busy with my personal life. Therefore I went to church today participated in the holy mass, prayed for him, and thanked almighty for this wonderful gift for me, and for the nation. #ThankYouSachin

UNION BUDGET 2013-14

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Spent yesterday morning listening to our Finance Minister P Chidambaram presenting the Union Budget 2013. In the evening listened to the views of various politicians on the budget. Instead of coming up with a critique on budget, ruling party leaders were busy with justifying the budget and the opposition with the usual blame game. Anyway I don't want to know any political games. I believe there is plenty of food for every ministry to chew upon. But the questions in my mind remain the same, How efficiently they are going to utilize it? and also how much will reach to the grassroots level?

Well I'm going to trust the words of our PM during his post budget interaction with Dooradarshan News,
"And I am pretty certain that the mood of the country is: this country must not lose any time. It must get its act together to accelerate the tempo of economic growth, sustainable growth, equitable growth, and I do believe that if the general mood of the country is right, it will infect the bureaucracy, it will infect the Opposition, and in this task, there are no winners or no losers. If India succeeds in sticking to a growth path of 8 percent or more, I think the winners will be the people of India; winners will be our young men and young women, who desperately need new productive job opportunities."
Amen!