Thank God World Cup is over at last. Not that I am not interested but it took away 15 to 20 of my productive days. I remember dur6ing my office days my staff used to ask me, "Saab aaj jaldi jana. Match dekkna ka....". Yet it was thrilling to watch the finals. Sach a thrilling match I have never seen, tilting the balance one way and the other in favour of both England and New Zealand. I remained a New Zealand fan after the Indian exit and so I believe they worked out very hard. Ultimately luck favoured the English team. New Zealand fought well and were defeated. I recall the match against New Zealand that India played which was carried over to the next day. There is a comfortable school of thought which argue that had the game were played on the same day India would have won. I was remembering the night watchman concept of yesteryear's cricket when Gibbs or Bedi will come down to play at 4.25 PM when a main batsman gets out. Now all are batsmen and the 11th man...
With the onset of new year, there is a great demand for calendars and diaries. Diaries ?! My new generation daughter was puzzled and surprised at the word. I asked "Do you know what is a diary?" she replied curtly, "sorry old school of thought" I pondered over the remark. Has the diary lost its relevance in the new technology era? Nowadays we talk more of convergent technology. The telephone, calculator, watch, Calendar, alarm clock, torch, scribbling pad, address book, reminder notes, tape recorder, radio and what not ! All of them have vanished and merged into one phenomena called "Cell Phone" or more conveniently "Mobile Phone" So where is the relevance for diaries? Like me my father was also (sorry like my father I am also) a banker. I have seen in my younger days, my father secretly tucking away the new diary obtained at the beginning of the year. And Bank is a solid source for getting a diary. It is a privilege of the client to be b...