Posts Tagged ‘ Life ’

A date with the clouds

July 5, 2009
Magic at its best

Magic at its best

The drive to Kalatop almost did not happen because teenagers Priya and Aashka thought it would be boring. “We have seen sunsets and sunrises, haven’t we? One more sunset.. why don’t we drive down to Dharamsala and we can get some friendship bands there,” Priya said. Aashka echoed these thoughts but they got over-ruled by four adults.

The teenagers got excited when we were faced with a barrier that the forest guard on duty at a place called Lakkarmandi said would not go up because we were late and we would have to pay a hefty entry fee. But Sunil and I flaunted our journalist muscle and got him to raise the barrier and let our Tavera secure entry to the 3km drive up the winding, dirt track.

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Golf reflects personality traits

February 22, 2009

If you have experienced the beauty of golf when playing it, you may like to see it in a slightly different light. And if perchance, you have not already tried your hand at the game, you may like to start now. To be sure, the next time you play a round, observe how close the game is to life itself.

Indeed, over a period of time your personality traits become so evident on the golf course that you may not need to take an MBTI test or any of those personality tests that HR departments keep administering these days. Most players — successful or not – take their character to the game, every time. And few games reveal a player’s character in a short span of time better than golf.

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The importance of team-work

June 23, 2007

Rahul Dravid had played an epochal knock of 270 in the final Test at Rawalpindi during India’s tour of Pakistan in 2004, starring in as many as three century partnerships with Parthiv Patel, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly and another stand worth 98 runs with Yuvraj Singh. His fitness played an important part in his epic innings in energy-sapping conditions and it needed coach John Wright to put things in perspective. He acknowledged the role of trainer Gregory Allen King and physiotherapist Andrew Leipus in getting the players into a splendid physical state. “Rahul is certainly one of the guys who has really worked hard on fitness. There’s a lot of team effort behind it. We try and support each player and give him the best opportunity to go out there and do his best,” he said, highlighting how Team India had worked hard.

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