SRI'S Blog

Quotable Quotes of the week Your strength is our strength and our strength is your strength -- Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan President while in China The teachings of Jesus seem hard, too difficult to welcome and put into practice -- Pope Benedict XVI I am shocked.. I defy anybody to come forward and furnish details on this . The labourer ministry is lying -- Suchitra Krishnamoorthy Actor, after being accused of employing a minor- Formula One -- Success for Force India at the Belgium SPA GP It has been long time coming for Force India -- When Fischella took pole in the Saturday qualifying , i was surprised and shocked as well -- I doubted the car had enough fuel in it even to last a lap or two in the race on Sunday -- Fischella and the Force India team proved everyone wrong -- Not only had the car enough fuel but also power and stability to last the race-- Fischella ended up finishing second and on the podium and the first points for the Force India team-- this is significant for the team

Quotable Quotes How long is a generation ? I still have no clue . People are measuring it in months now -Pritish Nandy Film Maker Insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight - Barack Obama All talk of differences between us is wrong. When there was no fight, where is the question of rapprochement - Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD chief on Congress President Sonia Gandhi Ashes -- Aussies bite the dust -- It was a result that no one would have not expected after the strong performance in the fourth test by Australia to level the series -- The Aussies lost the plot very clearly on three different instances during the final test that went in England's favour -- First Instance :On day two , they were cruising along merrily , when there was rain interruption - I am not sure what changed after that but Stuart Broad made the ball talk -- His line and length and the swing he got post rain was extraordinary and clearly the Aussies were not able

Quotable Quotes There is little doubt that drug testing has to be mandatory in cricket . Every good system must create an atmosphere for the clean to thrive and the weeds to be uprooted - Harsha Bhogle Cricket Commentator My husband is not the secretary of state-. I am, I am not going to be channelling my husband - Hillary Clinton to a question on her husband The era of Lalu Prasad Yadav is over and Nitish kumar is on his way out - Jagadish Tytler Congress leader , while in Bihar Minorities are a sacred trust for Pakistan - Asif Ali Zardar Pakistan President. EPL -- Start of the season r 2009- 10 It was a terrific start to the football season -- All the matches played over the week end were result oriented -- No drawn matches and that makes it good to watch and follow - MY favourites ManU got the better of promoted side Birmingham by a solitary goal -- that was good enough for a team that has been dominated by Cristiano Ronaldo's heroics for the past four years -- They need to re

Quotable Quotes It will take many more months to fully dig ourselves out of this recession. A recession that we have learned was even deeper than anyone thought- Barack Obama US President I am just a capitalist, happy - go - lucky , dumb star-- Shah Rukh Khan Actor I want to write something at some point about the contribution of Gandhi to our civilisation -- Gordon Brown British Prime Minister . The BJP's foreign policy was dialogue without terror . The Congress policy is dialogue irrespective of terror -- Arun Jaitley BJP leader Schumacher and the plan to return to Competitive racing--and disappointment I had written the below and somehow i did not complete and post my blog for the week -- Sometimes sitting on things help and late on Tuesday India time , i become aware that Schumi has withdrawn from racing -- the neck niggle become a major issue -- i was wondering if i should continue the writing that i have done and then took the call to post it as it is for i loved writing wh

Quotable Quotes We should hang our heads in shame when such incidents take place in India in the 21st Century -- P. Chidambaram Home minister on honour killings I advise him not to have whisky at this age - Pranab Mukerji Union Finance Minister on BJP's Jaswant Singh Social network sites are irritating -- Bill Gates Microsoft Co Founder The Congress party has always had a history of ditching people -- Mulayam Singh Yadav Samajwadi party leader The Ashes Test Series 2009 --- so far I waited for the 3rd test results before writing this down -- Australia after being in the box seat in the first test allowed England to escape with a draw--and then paid a heavy price for letting England off the hook -- they lost the second test match being outplayed by the English and then just about managed to save the third test - With two more tests to go , England should be cock a hoop with what has happened so far -- Couple of big reasons as to why England has done extremely well so far 1. Andrew F