SRI'S Blog

I had restrained writing on this favourite Indian  sport  till the group league matches were completed and we had the four semifinalists identified ( West Indies , England , New Zealand and India ).  With that now cleared  , here is my take  : India came in to the tournament as the Favorites to win – Plenty of reasons : 1.        No reason – India will win, that is all. 2.        Home matches , crowd support , better equipped to manage the local conditions 3.        Run of the form – India have done extremely well in the lead up to this tournament – beat Australia at their own backyard 3 – 0 and then clinched the Asia Cup in the same formats. 4.        It was time to recapture the cup that we last won in 2007 in the inaugural tournament But the four matches that the Indian team played so far  , they would have pushed their supporters to the wall –  nail biting finishes , a loss that hurt at the start and inability of the top order to deliver. First , against the

Early in March  of this year , two events that I attended on behalf of Ford brought great happiness and smiles , Cheer , Joy and so much optimism. Just to give background , Ford distributes” End of Life Computers” to needy organisations – these could be schools , colleges , NGO ‘s across India  . Rotary is their partner in identifying the need and ensuring that the deployment takes place and the Computers are used only what it is meant for  . Over the last several years , this program has been a great success, benefitted many and given access to those who may have never been  able to access or touch a Computer. Several impactful stories can be narrated on the benefits of this project. With that background , my first stop was at a school in North Chennai – an areas that has its own challenges –  rusty background , low or nil income levels , people living on daily wages , closeness to Port and its impact on the society and lack of good , quality schools that can make a big chan

I am sure the heading did make you open the link in to the blog.  A simple discussion and flow of events made me pen this down. The Security in my flat is taken care by people from a neighboring nation – do not let your imagination Go Green on where they come from  .   in fact , most of the security jobs in and around flats in my  locality are taken care by these people. Some are with their families here  ,  for most , the families are back home and they visit their families at least once a year. The two guys plan in tandem on their vacation planning ,arranging  substitutes  , transition when on guy goes off on vacation  is done so smoothly and we only see a new face for a two or three month period. No issue with payments . allowances , car washing allocation ( additional money they get when they clean cars of flat residents  and that is allocated to each Security guard) , shift planning ( they rotate from day shift to night shift  every two weeks )  etc. Everything is managed