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The CSK Disappointment of IPL 2020

  There has been so many memes, videos   going around on the poor showing by the CSK team in the current IPL 2020 –   Many of the Memes are horrific and reflected poorly on MSD and his team . Yes , the team has not done well and will not make it to the playoffs   but to me , criticizing them so harshly is also unfair – This is the 13 th edition of the IPL and barring the editions when the team was banned from playing , every season , CSK have given tons of entertainment with their brand of cricket , winning titles and have largely remained a strong force in this format – They excelled in this format , creating intensity and tension and then moments to celebrate ( Sometimes , it would be the last ball that will give you the joy ). The yellow army and Whistle Podu are such an integral part of many a CSK follower .   The surprise win in 2018 did build expectations – It was an aging team in 2018 itself but the title win made everyone quiet and not worry about long term interests and the

The Joy of Surgeries --The Continuing Work to help Children with CHD - Pause and Restart

  The  Little Heart Surgeries was going on well – Over 300 surgeries done since July 2017 and funding had been secured to do another 225 surgeries  when the Covid struck this project as well – Medical camps that identified children with the defect could not happen , more so surgeries could not performed due to the risk. It was very painful as there were children that needed the treatment to be normal post the surgery . Discussions continued with the medical team and the Rotary and slowly things started opening up , a solution was found . However the solution needed additional funding and this requirement was to adhere  to Covid norms in terms of testing the patient  and other requirements for the medical team for them to be safe – But the approval from Rotary International for the additional fund need came overnight . And so , the surgeries have commenced .. We have had eight surgeries post August  so far and they have been successful.  This is really good news  and progress can be m

Creating Sensation

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  The above picture came through our Whatsapp Group of the society  last Sunday evening around 7 pm or so.  The person who posted it said that this was lying on the North side at the rear of the building.The amount of panic that it created cannot be described. One suggested call the Police. There was panic in the entire building . More chats exchanged until one of the inmates mustered courage and pulled the blanket off and they saw this . The moment this picture came through , there was sigh of relief , But what anxious moments one went through. One Suggestion was something went wrong behind the building and someone threw this over the wall in to our compound.  ...  It was a messy one hour that the group members went through.  As we found out later , some one had dumped the blinds at the rear and had not removed it. This was not a recent event and one  the inmates who was affected by this as he could not park his car , decided to create sensation by draping it with a cloth and all hell

What goes around comes around

This happened over the last week. We used to live in Jawahar Nagar a quiet  colony in the suburbs of Central Chennai ( Now not a suburb ) and our house was the last on the small 30 feet road. The house was built in 1970 and my father ensured that there was more than  adequate space for a kitchen garden . He liked to work on the garden over the weekends and that was his favourite pastime . In addition to vegetables ,he had also planted coconut trees ( four trees ) in addition to Mango and others and all of them started yielding three or four years later. Our opposite house was sold sometime in 1990 and we had a new owner .   He started to build a very small Pillaiyar temple , by carving out space from his front yard but some portion most of the temple ended on the road.  We had mixed feeling about this but did not do anything .  The Kumbashibegam was done in 1996 and till we moved ou t in 2001 , we were regular visitors on a daily basis to see and get Pillaiyar blessings. My fa

The U 19 World cup 2020 - 50 Over format

I have said this before .   I watch these matches with great interest .   This is the tournament   from where the likes of Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson , Rabada , Eoin Morgan and other stars emerge and   give a clear indication of where they are destined . So this year it was no different.   Followed the matches and also the Indian colts very closely India was the favorite and defending Champion. Easy matches through the league and the Quarter final and then the semifinal was against favorites – Yes of Course Pakistan , India came through quite easily . One important fact was that they bowled out all of their opponents till the final . And that was extremely creditable. Batting relied mostly on the top order and the middle order was suspect and that proved India losingt in the final. Bangladesh was the surprise packet . They came through the other half , quite efficiently and made people notice them. One could see that they wanted to win the title and they were all around in