Albatross : Louis Oosthuizen Augusta Masters 2012

Louis Oosthuizen holes out for double eagle (albatross) on the Par 5 2nd hole for the first time on that hole and only the fourth time in the history of the tournament. In the blink of an eye, he went from 7 to 10 under par and surpassed Phil Mickelson and Peter Hanson for the lead.

Russian Bar Acrobatics

A performance on the Russian Bar, recorded for Chinese television at the Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. The final stunt is unbelievable!

Warning : DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

THE CHIEF'S DISCLOSURES

The army chief antagonized his political masters by taking them head on in the age controversy, which left him with egg on his face. Unlike most of his predecessors, he is beyond currying  favours from the Govt for lucrative post retirement avenues.

Was it out of vengeance or spite, that the Chief wrote to the PM exposing glaring deficiencies in India’s defence preparedness. Or was it because it is his duty to do so.  If the latter were true, it is probably a bit late for such an action, now that just a couple of months remain for him to hang his uniform. The former on the other hand might well be the case. The upshot in any event is that, chinks in India’s armour now stand exposed. As they ought to be in a mature domocracy. The downside however, is that these chinks stand exposed to our not so friendly neighbours as well.

Without taking any precipitate action against the army chief as suggested in some quarters or trying to connect the core issue of the nations' defence preparedness as brought out by the chief with his age row, the MOD should make a quick reality check and take necessary corrective measures with total transparency in rejuvenating the defence forces leaving no scope for anyone to play with national secuity and territorial integrity of the nation. At least, till a week  ago the common man had a sense of security that India was safe in the hands of our defence forces. Going by the startling revelations, that faith now stands considerably eroded. There should be no room for politicking and the whole nation should stand as one, to restore the health of India's defence establishment in all its wings, as a national task of urgent priority. Let not there be a repeat of 1962, when the then PM did not pay heed to the advise of service Chiefs due to a misplaced complacency that the Chinese would never attack India.

“The safety, honour and welfare of the country comes first, always and every time”

On the Enigma called Golf

Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of balls....
A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a Year.
That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon!
Kind of makes you proud. Almost feel like a hybrid.

Cheers!!!!!! Read on ….


Had William Wordsworth been a golfer, he would have written something like this about a golf ball !

In My Hand I Hold A Ball, White And Dimpled, Rather Small.
Oh, How Bland It Does Appear, This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.

By Its Size I Could Not Guess, The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.
But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell, I've Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell.

My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same, Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.
It Rules My Mind For Hours On End, A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.

It Has Made Me Yell, Curse And Cry, I Hate Myself And Want To Die.
It Promises A Thing Called Par, If I Can Hit It Straight And Far.

To Master Such A Tiny Ball, Should Not Be Very Hard At All.
But My Desires The Ball Refuses, And Does Exactly As It Chooses.

It Hooks And Slices, Dribbles And Dies, And Even Disappears Before My Eyes.
Often It Will Have A Whim, To Hit A Tree Or Take A Swim.

With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land, Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.
Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul, If Only It Would Find The Hole.

It's Made Me Whimper Like A Pup, And Swear That I Will Give It Up.
And 
Take To Drink To Ease My Sorrow, But The Ball Knows ... I'll Be Back Tomorrow

Courtesy : Rajneesh Sinha(my playing partner)

Pinki Goes to Hollywood

Remember Pinki from my last post. A touching video of Pnki's trip to Hollywood to collect the Oscar.

SMILE PINKY

I went to the inauguration of cleft lip surgery camp in the nearby hospital where an NGO which goes by the name of 'Smile Train' were providing free surgery for patients afflicted by this ailment.
It was a moving experience to see patients with cleft lips and palate (a large number of them at one place). We have all seen the Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Many of us are not aware that 'Smile Pinky', shot in a private hospital in Varanasi won the Oscar for the best documentary in the same year.
Kudos to 'Smile Train'.