SRI'S Blog

Quotable Quotes of the week Music arouses profound emotions, invites us to raise our minds and hearts to God -- Pope Benedict XVI The government is at war with Naxals to aid MNCs -- Arundhati Roy Social activist and writer He's an animal, a great athlete and a great player -- Pete Sampras on Rafael Nadal Actors are narcissists. For them it is all about I, me and myself . You will need to constantly pamper their egos-- Nandita Puri Wife of Actor Om Puri Moto GP Valentino Rossi won his ninth title -- Rossi drove in third at the wet Malaysian GP and that was enough to get him the world title ahead of his team mate and closest challenger Jorge Lorenzo --One race still remains to be completed but Rossi is home -- Rossi celebrated the victory on the race track with a rooster and a oversized egg and had this to comment on the celebrations -- " in Italy , a old chicken is no good to lay eggs , they are good for soup .. I am like the old chicken but have laid a egg " -- this wa...

Formula one Jenson Button of Brawn GP was crowned the Champion for the 2009 season with one race at Abu Dhabi to be completed -- As written in my blog of two weeks ago , Jenson had the best chance and was in the best position to win -- Saturday's wet qualification did help him although he was at a lowly 14th-- His strong challenger Vettel was at 15th and his compatriot Barrichello was on Pole !! -- It must have been comforting to Jenson that his co teammate was on pole position and not Vettel of Red Bull -- Else this would have put him under pressure and he may have made mistakes- But to Jenson's credit he drove strongly and with no mistakes and crashes finished fifth that gave him enough points to gain the title -- During the course of the race Barrichello faded away, lost his pole position and finished after Jenson himself - Mark Webber won the race but who cares ? It was Jenson winning the world title that took the limelight. The fight for the second place will be on at the...

A weekend Trip -- My family joined me over the week end at Coimbatore following my business trip on Friday -- I was looking at options and decided to take a risk- The Hindu newspaper in August 2009 had covered this resort and i was tempted by the write up -- It was risk that i took that paid off -- Ambraa River Resorts on the Pollachi - Trichur road ( roughly 10 Kms away from Pollachi ) is a fantastic place to cool off -- Hidden in the coconut groves , with the Aliyar river flowing on the back side of the resort it is best getaway from noise and to remain with the nature -- Although the resort has only six rooms 9 read cottages ) , the rooms are equipped well - The beds are cosy , the fridge,the mini bar (no alcohol ) is loaded , the aircon functions (when you need it ) , the television is hooked up and there is a generator back up as well -- A lovely balcony gives you view of the river and the swimming pool that is coming up -- the restaurant has all the works and the packa...

Quotable Quotes of the week If i am asked to choose a portfolio, i will probably choose environment and forest. I can go to the forest lodge and read books - P.hidambaram Union Home Minster It will take 25- 50 years to cure all the people in this world - And i wills tick around till then - Baba Ramdev Yoga Guru It is always a charm to age gracefully - Lata Mangeshkar - Singer after turning 80 Getting angry makes me mentally tougher -- Cricketer Gautam Gambhir The Trip , The Roads and Infrastructure and People waiting ... I had the chance to travel on the NH45 ( Chennai - Trichy stretch ) two timesin the last week - One was a day trip and the other was a night trip-,Both trips was great in terms of the time it took , the excellent condition of the road , clear sign boards ,reflectors etc., -- A travel to Trichy that would take minimum of six to seven with great rash risky driving skills, can now be done comfortably in four and half with ease of driving -- Work is still on to make t...