Nadal wins his career grand slam

Nadal is the new Career Grand Slam man! With only the US open having eluded him for sometime, this time he made no mistake. A title well deserved!

p.s. Federer lost to Djokovic in semi finals and it seems like age is catching up. I would be the happiest to see him make a comeback (I can never help my optimism). After all, he has had quite a long stretch of a career.

The wining argument

You wake up from a deep sleep to go the bathroom. You glance at the watch - its 0445. You remember that you have set the alarm for 0500. The conflicting arguments of going back to sleep or staying awake has always had one winner in my case - I go back to sleep even if it is for 15 minutes ;)

Brand Tata

In India, chances are you could spend an entire day using products created by Tata. You could take Tata Indica (or a Tata bus or a truck, if you’re adventurous enough) to the Taj hotel, turn on the Voltas aircon, watch TV bought from the Croma retail store, use TataSky to do so with electricity supplied by Tata Power, wear clothes from apparel retailer Westside, read books while lounging on cushions from multimedia and stationary vendor Landmark, check the time on your Titan watch, surf the internet with Tata Photon and make calls with Docomo, sprinkle Tata Salt on your grub using crockery and cutlery made by Tata Ceramics while sipping Tata Tea and drive out to a Taj beach resort for the weekend on a bridge constructed with Tata Steel. All this while you drink water from their Himalaya brand.

That's from an advertisement I recently saw in TATA premises.

A century old brand that is still going strong. Commendable, isn't it?

Ramblings

I have boarded a fast train from Kasara to Mumbai CST. As Thane approaches, I plan to get down with my heavy bag. Regular commuters would tell you that 9 in the morning is not really a good time to alight at stations like Thane, Dombvili, etc (but then i wonder when exactly is the right time?). As I am praying to the almighty to let me down in one single piece I get a nice push. I turn back and the man comments, "Aila ladies hain". (Yeah, a single lady too evokes the plural noun form). The uncle to my right comments, "Idhar kahe ko chadha, ladies compartement mein chadhne ka". I smile and look at my hubby in front. "Acha, navra hain kya.....arre saab biwi ko aage lo na aap....warna woh utar nahin payengi". My poor hubby was getting the bashing, it was infact my stupid choice to get into the genral compartment because the ladies one was empty at the first stop.

For the next 3 minutes, there is no pushing so that the 'ladies' can stand in little comfort. I must say i am impressed by this chivalrous effort but as soon as the station is in sight there is such a commotion that my I am blinded by the rush. I do not remember anything except that after a few seconds I was on Thane station with my scarf in one hand, my bag on another....and yeah I am in one piece.....but hell! I just don't remember using my legs to walk a single step!

I look back at the train and I can see smiling faces as if to say "Welcome to Mumbai Mam".

;)

A completely drenched lady gets into the compartment. Another lady, probably her friend, asks "OMG, you are all wet. Was it raining?"
"No, I just took a full body wash in the station bathroom", retorts back the drenched lady.

Quote

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection!

From the book - Eat Pray Love

Song

One of my all time favourite anatara (urdu for the middle stanza) -

Barbadiyon ka shok manana fizul tha...
manana fizul tha....
barbadiyon ka jashna manata chala gaya....
har fiqra ko dhooein mein udata chala gaya...

Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya
har fiqra ko dhooein mein udata chala gaya...

Rafi's magical voice, Sahir Ludhianvi's perfect lyrics and a good looking Dev Anand on the screen for the movie 'Hum Dono'