SRI'S Blog

Quotable Quotes of the week I hate going to the Gym. It's a occupational hazard. If I weren't an actress, I wouldn't ever look at the Gym. - Priyanka Chopra Actress She has neither the time , nor the concern -- Lalu Prasad on Railway Minister Mamta Bannerji's apparent negligence of her portfolio First kiss, sex, addictions, heart attacks… everything is happening so early these days. Dr Harish Shetty Psychiatrist Murali -- The Smiling Assassin Muttiah Muralidharan took a brave decision on his retirement . He announced that the Galle test between Srilanka and India would be his last test. Murali had to take eight wickets to get to 800 test wickets which no other bowler has done so far and if one was in his position , you would leave it open. Get to 800 in whatever time it takes and then announce retirement . But Murali did what he did . This speaks volumes about this man's ability , his beliefs and his self confidence. He did get the eight wickets that were needed to

The FIFA World Cup 2010 - - The vuvuzelas will go silent after a month long noise it made across the football stadiums in South Africa. This sound has become so familiar that it may be difficult to watch football matches without this back ground noise. The final between Spain and the Dutch was a big disappointment . I supported neither of the sides but wanted to see a good football match. That did not happen. It was a scrappy affair from the start and Yellow cards galore . Only two players in the Dutch team did not have yellow cards against them . Spain played their normal self controlling the ball and this approach frustrated the Dutch. Both teams had their chances but finally after extra time , Spain squeezed one through Inniesta and that was good enough to win the world title . The Dutch can have no regrets. They played sub par in the final and minutes after the final , the scène of Dutch players arguing with the referee was a sight not everyone would enjoy. Agreed it was their bes

Quotes of the week Powerful men need to validate their sense of power and feel in control. And they feel that sense of power when they target women- Ram Jethmalani Lawyer It is a battle of Ideologies and wits -- Omar Abdullah - Jammu and Kashmir CM on youth being killed in police firing You people tell me the date. I will quit exactly on that day -- M.Karunanidhi CM of Tamilnadu to journalists who asked about his retirement plan. Constitutions are not for one or two days. It is not a magazine which is published weekly -- Mahinda Rajapaksa Srilankan President , on a political solution post LTTE The Rotary New year starts Rotary follows a July - June calendar , so the baton changes hand during this time at all Rotary clubs through the world, including our club, have a new set of charged up Rotary Leadership teams that take mantle and want to do better than the earlier team. And that is good healthy competition …. I really liked the Rotary theme for this year 2010-11 which goes as follows