SRI'S Blog

It would be not be possible for me  not to write about Roger Federer and his 18 th Grand slam win at the 2017 Australian Open – to me , a diehard Federer fan , it was one of the most astonishing comebacks from injury to win the title and when no one  including himself was expecting him to do so. The final itself was a fantastic match – Up against his nemesis and old rival Nadal ( who himself was coming back from injury )—Federer had all odds stacked against him – his record was poor against Nadal—especially in the finals of a Grand Slam event – he had not won a Grand slam since Wimbledon 2012. He had been in the finals subsequently, but was outfoxed by Djokovic.. He was no longer young –  He was coming back after a six month layoff --It was two old veterans clashing – Few things happened in the draw that may have helped both men get to the finals – Andy Murray was sent packing by Mischa Zverev and Djokovic by an inspired Dennis Istomin who played inspirationa...

With family , I attended the annual Agaram Foundation meet on Jan 8 th  and what a good decision, it was to go with family, especially my daughter . As most of you may be  aware , the Agaram Foundation supports educational needs of needy children – this is at the College level— The event  was on a Sunday early morning and we spent around four hours at the event – by the time we came out , there was lot emotion , tears but joy on seeing and hearing out great success stories that were narrated on stage by the ones that benefitted from this excellent Foundation set by Actor Suriya and his brother and family. Great work  done to reach where they are today but I am sure they are going to scale this pretty heavily. I have had the good fortune to work with the Agaram team on many occasions ( Ford works with this NGO on various initiatives ) but this was the first time that I got to hear firsthand  the lovely journey of various successful students . The A...