Wednesday, March 21, 2012

GA Vs PL

I grew up watching , listening, viewing PL literature, drama. PL has demi god status esp in our circles. I appreciate PL for his life and value him as a person more than his work. His work is accused of being based only on middle class experiences. Thats another story that the incidences, minute observations , characters are universal and have great human values. His style, langauge is wodehousque. Humor is intelligent and subtle. PL's biography is that of man who has lived 100% . Always seeking full value and enrichment ( not physical riches though he has great philanthrophy track record). he had able support from sunitabai. Be it music, drama, movies, novels, doordarshan/AIR stint, role during emergency, harmonium: a truly versatile geniuos.
On other hand of spectrum is GA. I got sucked into GA much later (as usually happens with serious authors). The names of his novels are mysterious. The stories are dark. The human values explored by GA and 180 degrees opposite of those depicted by PL. But these human experiences are real for sure. If PL is 100% optimist tohuman life. GA is 0% towards life. Life seems an etrenal journey of suffering, pain, mystery, quest.
Both are real aspects of life. Take any morning for example. You start your day expecting day to be fulfilling for your quest. Each one has quest. Quests differ. One can have two ways of looking. PL way when you think that today will be yours. or GA way is that your day is full of drudgery and your quest is meaning less. Dont you agree that our moods swing from one spectrum to another depending on ones inner strengths, outlook and situation. Example you drink for pleasure or to reduce pain. each way of looking is true. You become addicted to each and every thing. Be it pain, success, enjoyment, love , hate : name an emotion and human mind will be slave. Thats GA 's take. For PL is journey of happyness.
That does not mean that PL did not have his share of pain or GA never had happiness. It upto you to define your life.
for commonore like us Life is combination of pain and happiness . Grass is always greener on other side. you feel everyone else apart from you is fine. Facebook adds to that feeling. You start feeling dark. Then you get ray of happiness and feel life is yours for that moment. You are chasing moving target. But the chase can be worthy if you enjoy it. You keep fighting most of the time against your own self. sometime you are your most danagerous enemy. But its your strenghts which have defined life for you till now. Its complicated. Thus life is a novel half written by GA, half written by PL and pages mixed randomly.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Are you Rahul Dravid of your team?

In our close circle of friends we have a character who goes by rules/procedures so much that we call him rahul dravid. He is so meticulous that sometimes it hinders the functioning due to over indulgence in technicalities. of course that was a social service work. But i am sure many of us come across such individuals professionally. whether calling such guys rahul dravid is derogatory or honourable?

Having seen the career of rahul dravid, more often than not it helps team in long run. Sehwag style people might be aggressive and game changers.Tendular types people may be all conquering by means of talent, there will be fighters like ganguly or silent performers like kumble or artisitic players like vvs, but having studied impact of performance someone has comeup that dravids contribution to team is supreme. Cricket like Business is team game and oragnization needs all these skills.
But what motivates normal people looking upo dravid that people with normal skills can be winner by means of continuous hard work, study, dedication, determination and discipline. You dont have to be genius like Tendulkar to get those many runs.
another aspect of dravid is abilty and willingness to do anything for team cause be it opening on greentop or keeping wickets.
sometimes he might have got bogged down and sometimes you wonder purpose of batting is to score runs and not just block but more important is context of game. More than often you will find dravid meeting the requirement.
so that completes my eulogies to big 5 of indian cricket.