tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60324262012-02-17T05:16:19.049+05:30Everything is Temporary. Nothing is permanent.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-71106893646220764382011-07-11T15:50:00.003+05:302011-07-11T15:52:13.632+05:30ImaginationMe: See there's nothing out here, it's all your imagination. Ketaki: But I am afraid of darkness. Me: I am here in the darkness, there's nothing. I am not afraid. Ketaki: But, that's because you don't have imagination. Me: Err, alright. :0)Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-11332058092431101052011-03-12T11:32:00.001+05:302011-03-12T12:12:08.369+05:30Yes it doesDie Hard has to be one of the best action movies that I have seen, it has become a benchmark for all action movies released after this one. This piece of work became a reference point for subsequent work. A lonely hero in an isolated building fighting against a group of remorseless hostage takers, relentless and non stop action, the pace of the movie and some breathtaking but believable stunts Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-53457579555101111392011-03-03T17:50:00.008+05:302011-03-03T17:56:46.810+05:30CessationIt’s now nearly seven weeks since I stopped smoking, an activity that I was originally initiated into behind the compound wall of a temple as darkness was enveloping us late in the evening. I still clearly remember the instruction to inhale by making the “sss” sound inwardly. Without doing that it was just blowing and puffing the tasteless smoke. All I need to do is close my eye and I am Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-77346067729490308522011-01-27T21:15:00.000+05:302011-01-27T21:15:16.509+05:30Madhuban Khushboo Deta HaiNow here is one song that makes me want to cry. The combination of the music, the way the song begins, the tune and the glorious Yesudas voice just makes me want to go waaa waaa.  If I get into the song completely, this one makes me incredibly sad. And If I watch the video, I get this, "I have watched this one before..." feeling, seems to trigger some memory associated with this song. Can't put Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-9694195294337262622010-12-30T16:15:00.002+05:302010-12-30T16:21:18.905+05:30AnaheetaUsually spelled as Anahita - The ancient Persian water goddess, fertility goddess, and patroness of women, as well as a goddess of war. Her name means "the immaculate one". She is portrayed as a virgin, dressed in a golden cloak, and wearing a diamond tiara (sometimes also carrying a water pitcher). The dove and the peacock are her sacred animals. Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-7182016211218966082010-12-14T18:38:00.000+05:302010-12-14T18:38:09.058+05:30I'm alright <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-22368409717237543062010-11-12T15:41:00.001+05:302010-11-12T15:42:44.973+05:30Two TracksI got out of the train and was aghast to see no railway platform. There were two tracks separated by a narrow but deep chasm, unending darkness in there. People were carefully walking along the track using the small space available besides the track, making sure they don’t fall in the abyss. Some of them were walking on the second railway track. I leapt across to the second track and did the sameNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-62701763409277882412010-10-01T17:30:00.007+05:302010-10-30T06:56:59.032+05:30Now you are 37My daughter eagerly opens her eye, wanting to wish me birthday. The moment she sees me, exclaims - Happy Birthday Papa, and in same breath adds, now you are 37! Thank you dear, and thanks for reminding something that I didn't want to think about. For her, it's a simple calculation, 5 is less than 6, so she wants to be 6 as soon as possible. Bigger the number better it sounds to her. 37 is way bigNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-24781538428625223882010-08-22T20:00:00.002+05:302010-08-22T20:01:12.924+05:30Dalai Lama’s 18 rules for living1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 3. Follow the three Rs: 1. Respect for self 2. Respect for others 3. Responsibility for all your actions. 4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. 5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. 6. Don’t let Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-38324437706003045032010-08-01T17:00:00.000+05:302010-09-01T12:16:13.038+05:30Baby in Mama's stomachFinally the question as I was expecting for quite some time was posed by my daughter - But how did the baby come in Mama's stomach. It was a while before she posed this question, almost 3 months later after she heard it from the doctor. So far she has not really shown any concerns whatsoever, concerns about how are we going to divide our time between them. I guess, that would happen once the Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-5225494508725478352010-06-07T14:20:00.003+05:302010-06-30T15:23:27.630+05:30Mysore ZooAmazing, never expected this zoo to be that good. It’s rare to come across a zoo in India with wide and varied animals ranging from an ostrich to colorful parakeets, hyenas to rhinoceros. Except for the Panther, all varieties of cats - big and small, lazy and lively are seen in this Zoo. The giraffes of course hold their own among all the significant animals in this zoo and are a big draw all by Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-54183046530283860612010-06-02T14:25:00.000+05:302010-06-02T14:25:40.290+05:30ClintClint Eastwood defining himself on his younger days, these words seems to strike a chord somewhere within me, I like these ... "...unable to define what he was looking for .... restless, self-sufficient, with a large tolerance for his own company and an equally large indifference toward the good opinion of strangers." Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-54744653483102150352010-05-13T16:00:00.001+05:302010-09-01T12:15:00.320+05:30We told herWe told my daughter that we are going to visit the doctor that helped Mama to give birth to you and she had that expression like - OK, so ? Once we were in we were also very happy and proud to inform the doctor, here's the one that you helped us deliver 5 years back. Good to meet up with my wife's gynaecologist after so long. As they got ready to do the inital scan, my daughter got very curiousNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-5325942844915996692010-02-27T22:27:00.000+05:302010-02-27T22:27:53.947+05:30Sach is LifeThe method, the mindset, the approch more than the achievement. Never doubted his pedigree or his achievements, it's just there for a while, I questioned his approach, his mindset and his method that he adopted to reach his achievements.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-36189471764789854452010-01-11T15:47:00.003+05:302010-01-17T11:23:06.923+05:30Khakra-fafda-handwa-thepla-dhoklaThe theme of the year so far has been movies and so we went to see 3 Idiots yesterday. It's ages since I laughed my guts out and there were moments when I laughed so hard that tears rolled out of my eyes. What a wonderful way to start a sunday. Wish the movie had more college incidents where the idiots show their true brilliance, also wish the script had few idiotic entitlement for Madhavan and Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-47592646671903779022010-01-04T10:50:00.002+05:302010-01-11T18:30:44.957+05:302010A quiet beginning to the new year, no major changes, was interestingly reminded by my daughter that it's not twenty-twelve. Apparently she had heard something about the movie in her school few weeks back, came back home excitedly and told us that Earth would break in 2012 and we all would fall down. That made me buy tickets for that movie, wanted to see if she would really enjoy it. My daughter Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-59555947514948137232009-12-29T18:07:00.002+05:302009-12-29T18:09:52.236+05:30Quarterly Review : Sep - Nov, 2009We got my daughter's second quarterly report card from her school yesterday . Here's the final passage from her two page report General Observations: Ketaki is a very affectionate child and keeps showering her teacher with kisses and hugs! She initially would like being only with Txxxx but now interacts with other children as well. She is responsible and takes care of her belongings. She takes Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-46823188713798797852009-12-23T11:50:00.001+05:302009-12-24T15:15:19.299+05:30More Palitana Pics Jain Sadhvi's Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-83097167407554915712009-12-22T11:51:00.004+05:302009-12-24T15:13:23.430+05:30More Palitana pictures Palitana town as seen from top of the hill. Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-61316377849512249022009-12-21T11:45:00.010+05:302009-12-24T15:12:29.944+05:30Palitana The climb to the main temple on top of the Shetrunjay hill, dedicated to 1st tirthankar lord Adinath (Rishabdeva), begins here. About 3300 steps to the top. One of the many temples on the way to the top. Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-21921271144976713432009-12-16T12:52:00.001+05:302010-01-11T18:31:25.766+05:30Home stateHow does it feel to travel to a place where almost everybody around you speaks the same language as you do ? I've never experienced this before, well almost never experienced, considering that I once went to Gujarat when I was 8 years old and do not have any memory of that trip whatsoever. My vacation trip to Gujarat last week, allowed me to experience that feeling of being in sync Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-82565925325995131932009-11-27T17:57:00.002+05:302010-01-11T18:31:08.605+05:30KindleI think, it's time I went and met an astrologer, need to show my birth chart to check out the trends.  Ever since a very old friend dropped in a - "Hey do you remember me ? " email in Nov 2008, it's been a never ending meeting of people from my past. The last year or so, it's been reconnecting time with friends, family, family friends and also foes. Wow. Exhilarating. It feels great to rekindle Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-63561896979753189782009-11-22T10:03:00.000+05:302009-11-22T10:03:44.691+05:30Unsung HeroI always believed that statistics can never really truly reveal a person's true contribution, specially in a nuanced game like cricket, but it still provides credence and has it's benefits when one measures unsung, unassuming, nice heroes like Rahul Dravid. This is a staggering achievement by any yardsticks - "someone digging deeper would unearth the fact that Gavaskar averaged 44 in 23 India Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-42586786178718604142009-10-28T16:30:00.002+05:302009-11-03T13:43:28.546+05:30How to get lucky ..Read it somewhere, not sure where ... Assume fate is on your side: Perceive life's setback as business as usual. Believe you are fortunate and you will exhibit behaviour that makes people more responsive. Get an emotinal grip: Luck limiting emotions, shyness anger and resentment doesn't help. Higher self esteem and be more extroverted. Keep your mind open to opportunity: Encounters with Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-38064947728370350032009-10-27T11:22:00.003+05:302009-10-27T11:26:21.303+05:30How to be happy Anything that's motivated by personal enrichment, leads to suffering, while everything that enriches the happiness of someone else, makes oneself happy - Dalai LamaNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-61553428854098480072009-10-23T15:00:00.030+05:302009-10-23T15:00:00.262+05:30SilenceWords can be construed in silence, can silence be construed in words ? There's a website called puresilence.org, that set me thinking, silence is silence, what's purity got to do with it ? Yesterday I worked from home, with nobody around and hardly any soul on the streets, silence was all that I got all day long. None of the distant mindless office chatter, none of the absurd seething ringtonesNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-50510793942647230872009-10-22T15:33:00.000+05:302009-10-22T15:33:21.246+05:30My pathetic attempt few years back to write a poemAlive, but I didn't create you Dead, but I didn't kill you Trance, but I didn't push you You are what you are Joy, I didn't bring Anxiety, I didn't create Sad, I didn't make I am what I am Roads, I didn't lay Dams, I didn't build Wheels, I didn't invent But I think, therefore I am                                  Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-33282657309553485732009-10-09T19:41:00.000+05:302009-10-09T19:41:34.756+05:30Prize for Nobel PanderingWhoa, I've never known anybody getting a Nobel Prize on basis of a single speech at the UN Headquarters. What did Barack Obama do to achieve this ? What peace did he achieve, he is only planning to hopefully do something in the next few years and has just kickstarted the process in few areas. This has to be way too early, too very soon. I am afraid the expectations on Obama because of this award Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-83732130452020462392009-10-01T17:31:00.003+05:302009-10-01T17:31:09.192+05:30One more year olderA year is just a measure, on a calendar, an astronomical event. So what does it mean, getting a year older ? Am I moving towards half life, or has my half life already gone by ? What If I just get stopped right now. Who all would be affected ? What have I achieved in all these years ?  Reminds me of an interesting quote - Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Even If I end now, there Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-28800281349248620182009-09-30T18:20:00.001+05:302009-10-01T17:29:30.078+05:30More gems from my girl.Another one of those questions from my 4 1/2 yrs old daughter - When you and mama were small like me then who were my parents ? On being told that Giraffe is the only animal that has two hearts, my daughter immediately retorted back, that's because it has a very long neck.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-42704586548650528042009-09-08T10:55:00.001+05:302009-09-10T13:36:11.871+05:30Which is a more valuable skill ?How to identify problems (and then what problems to solve) ? (or) How to solve problems ? Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-86660057207254085632009-09-04T10:15:00.001+05:302009-09-11T21:59:57.835+05:30Proud PapaWe got my daughter's quarterly report card from her school yesterday and boy am I so very happy. Here's the final passage from her one page report General Observations: Ketaki is a very confident and articulate child. The very first time she met her teacher, she mentioned that she would sing a song on the first day of school. Though her teacher forgot about it, Ketaki made it a point to sing theNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-23489607692591594702009-09-01T23:40:00.004+05:302009-09-03T16:44:00.102+05:30Moon Mission - Heart Warming indeed !Amidst all the doom and gloom of the so called fizzle of the India's thermonuclear detonation in 1998, here comes some good piece of news. Most of the media in India only seem to be highlighting the fact that the moon mission got over in 10 months instead of 24 months. Here are few heart warming facts as reported by BBC 1. First, the spacecraft designed and built by the Indian Space Research Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-42614041977430291532009-08-29T09:18:00.002+05:302009-08-29T09:29:02.702+05:30Solitary ConfinementHow wonderful to get a day off today, be at home all day, all alone, do nothing important, maybe get organized and clean up and browse and all that. To think of it, I lead an ordinary life and yet what makes me seek solitude, occasional, but nevertheless one today. Hmmm. Why would I want to get confined and do nothing ?Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-30168861487349302922009-08-24T00:10:00.002+05:302009-08-29T09:30:31.831+05:30Cricket StatisticsLies, Damned Lies and Statistics, thus spake someone.Over countless evenings, the argument stands unresolved. Friends who share my passion of cricket, know what I am talking when I say "unresolved".Here's one more set of interesting numbers - Eight Aussie Centurion to Two English one's, top 3 wicket takers in the series were Aussies and they also lead on all other parameters this Ashes series, Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-77303424091084079422009-08-08T14:25:00.001+05:302009-08-24T14:28:10.551+05:30Follow up to the previous storyHmm so no one died this time around, not sure how much of this is made up the newspaper in question...Early Thursday morning, Kuldeep Singh covered every inch of Amloh on foot, enquiring about the well-being of his people along the way.As the sarpanch of this Haryana village, nestled some 20km from Yamunanagar district, Singh said Amloh has to break the ''17-day death curse''. ''Everybody's Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-6402791357305255042009-08-06T13:20:00.004+05:302009-08-13T20:21:12.182+05:30'X' filesThis has to be the strangest story I've read - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/In-this-Haryana-village-a-death-every-17-days/articleshow/4861399.cmsI am really really curious as to what's going to happen next. Will someone die again ? This is straight out of 'X' files.CHANDIGARH: No one knows exactly why it’s happening or how. But in Amloh, a dusty village of about 600 in Haryana's Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-79836485605694779702009-08-03T20:20:00.003+05:302009-08-29T09:31:20.740+05:30Speedbreaker Capital of the WorldBangalore has to be the capital of Speedbreakers. You have speed breakers everywhere, all sizes, all shapes, all forms everywhere. It seems to be a one fit solution by the authorities for all the road woes. They are built everywhere, even where they are not needed. See a long stretch of road, build one seems to be the motto. Control speeding - build a speedbreaker, control traffic - build a Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-25273501804898152752009-08-02T14:00:00.001+05:302009-08-03T20:26:44.617+05:30TIME's All Time Top 100 MoviesTwo Indian movies , Tamil - Nayakan and Hindi - Pyaasa in this listhttp://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.htmlNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-33733240995909174042009-07-30T19:50:00.000+05:302009-07-30T19:53:07.648+05:30RIPGayatri Devi, who was once included in Vogue magazine's Ten Most Beautiful Women list died yesterday. Wealth always seems to make someone appear more beautiful, gets more appreciation and proclamation of affections.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-82332770816798954342009-07-29T18:00:00.000+05:302009-07-29T19:08:21.821+05:30Summoning PowerI like these words - the summoning power of America, a land hardwired to the future. Apparently Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author who died few weeks back wrote this line.Last week I was posed this question by my friends after few rounds of amrutham - Now that you have travelled a bit and if given a chance would you move out of India and explore the possibility of settling down in aNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-30011161304701257662009-07-27T18:00:00.001+05:302009-07-30T19:54:00.186+05:30Hero WorshippingPoor thinking reflects an indulgent sporting culture, a culture that celebrates the person and not the performance. Thus wrote Peter Roebuck about Sachin Tendulkar and the hero-worshipping of him in India. I saw the same after England won the second Test. All that anyone mentioned was Flintoff. There was nothing on any online newspapers, blogs, articles other than the glorious Flintoff. Guess Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-15212315454053441322009-07-24T11:11:00.002+05:302009-07-24T11:18:43.106+05:30SickIsn't it nice to fall sick on a Friday ? You really get three days, recharge, get all the pending work done and get ready for the grind. So then am I really sick, or is mind screaming for a break and let's the whole body know about it. Whatever, it's good to stay put and take rest.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-12146194547271568212009-07-23T12:05:00.000+05:302009-07-23T12:11:20.801+05:30How does wind come from the tree ?My daughter asked me this question, this morning, with complete sincerity and innocence. I hope she keeps asking me questions like this, I hope I don't stop her in anyway from expressing her curiosity. I tried to be as thoughtful as possible and tried to explain that wind blows around and does not come from tree. She then followed it up with another question - Why do clouds move ?Last week she Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-32717805594214520202009-07-22T20:00:00.004+05:302009-07-23T13:38:02.819+05:30How silly of me to never question ?I assumed that Neil Armstrong was the first person to land on moon and the only person. I never questioned anything else about that mission nor ever asked myself if there were any subsequent mission to moon. I just assumed that it was one of those one-time events, never repeated by anyone.My brows furrowed when I was reading the entire Moon article on 'Time' and asked myself - hey wait a minute, Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-89212454417294619792009-07-22T11:24:00.002+05:302009-07-22T11:54:29.887+05:30How significant was this Solar Eclipse ?The experiments the Chinese are carrying out to check if there's a change in Earth's gravitational pull during the eclipse, the findings if conclusive could be HUGE. All the previous twenty odd experiments haven't determined anything. I hope something comes out of those experiments. Who's doing what else during this Eclipse? What else are we going to learn, hoping for fascinating outcomes.I am inNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-70384456409332047282009-07-21T15:40:00.001+05:302009-07-21T18:47:47.603+05:30Back in IndiaI had promised myself that when I land in US, I will diligently maintian my experiences on this blog. I was extremely excited about the prospect of living in US. I always wanted to go to US, grew up dreaming of the American Life. I thought I would have so much to write, so much to be excited about and so much to share with the world. Well, I did have lots of exciting times, I did have so much to Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-29076812950227893392009-07-03T14:40:00.000+05:302009-08-03T20:23:29.631+05:30TIME's All Time Top 100 MoviesTwo Indian movies , Tamil - Nayakan and Hindi - Pyaasa in this listhttp://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.htmlNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1150088478273549842006-06-12T10:20:00.000+05:302006-06-12T10:31:18.290+05:30I am in US right now ...Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1150089341175691112006-06-05T10:45:00.000+05:302006-06-12T10:45:41.176+05:30Footlong FeetNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1138078470275090342006-01-24T10:15:00.000+05:302006-01-24T10:24:30.296+05:30The Rediff Interview/Lakshmi Narayanan, CEO, CognizantIt's long time since I read a good interview by somebody from the IT industry. Rational, analytical, no grand statements, no hype, no complaints. Been tired of constantly reading stuff from the Gates's, Premji's, Murthy's and their ilks.You have offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and in Germany. In India, you have offices in Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Kolkata. How do Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1137061595304647442006-01-12T15:56:00.000+05:302006-01-12T15:56:35.350+05:30The Hare and the TortoiseThe Hare and the Tortoise.I copied this story from another blog and the author of that blog mentions that he got this, through an forwarded E-Mail.   Found this profound & insightful, thought I SHOULD have this on my blog too. READ ON ... Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1133157875961478272005-11-28T11:34:00.000+05:302005-11-28T11:34:36.030+05:30DRIVING IN INDIAThis hilarious article was written by a Dutchman who spent twoyears in Bangalore, India, as a visiting expert. A little long articlebut worth reading it!!!For the benefit of every Tom, Dick and Harry visiting India anddaring to d rive on Indian roads, I am offering a few hints forsurvival. They are applicable to every place in India except Bihar, where lifeoutside a vehicle is only Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1132735981207413042005-11-23T14:25:00.000+05:302005-11-25T10:43:06.873+05:30SmugnessNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1130746285223989382005-10-31T13:40:00.000+05:302005-10-31T13:58:17.763+05:30Sachin's BACKSachin is BACK. I am not talking about being 'back to cricket' after the long layoff due to injury, but he seems to be back from the wretched 3-4 years of cricket that he played lately. He is sizzling like he used to play in the mid/late 90s.All the shots are back, his favourite straight punch/thump which goes as close to the stumps at the opposing ends, was on display. He played one such shot Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1130475033932962342005-10-28T10:20:00.000+05:302005-10-31T13:58:38.113+05:30"Everything Bad Is Good for You" - Steven JohnsonReading books chronically understimulates the senses. Unlike the longstanding tradition of gameplaying--which engages the child in a vivid, three-dimensional world filled with moving images and musical sound-scapes, navigated and controlled with complex muscular movements--books are simply a barren string of words on the page. . . .Books are also tragically isolating. While games have for many Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1130474886522359322005-10-28T10:10:00.000+05:302005-10-31T13:59:17.870+05:3010 myths and facts about IT industry in IndiaTaken from the Rediff Web Site. Well compiled and hence publishing it here.Here are the 10 myths and facts about IT industry that you must know.Myth #1: Company A has offered more salary than Company B, so it is better than Company B.Fact: A bigger salary does not always mean better job-satisfaction. Big companies (with good cash flows) can afford to give more salaries than other relatively Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1130392886615419092005-10-27T11:31:00.000+05:302006-02-20T14:00:45.716+05:30Watch ListHis Girl FridayTokyo StoryCitizen KaneFight ClubVertigoGoodfellasLOTR - TrilogyThe Constant GardenerDreamersNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1129810425690414122005-10-20T17:45:00.000+05:302005-10-31T14:00:31.203+05:30Analysis: Opening up KashmirNikhil saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it.** Message **For once, somebody has been as accurate as one should be...** Analysis: Opening up Kashmir **The BBC's Aamer Ahmed Khan says the initiative to open up the Line of Control in Kashmir must be treated with caution. Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1129273972259410332005-10-03T12:40:00.000+05:302005-10-14T13:44:38.446+05:30MaverickWhat am I reading these days, - Maverick by Ricardo Semler.Review and more details on this little later.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1123669104525619362005-08-10T15:50:00.000+05:302005-08-24T09:52:29.393+05:30Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1123499278674568632005-08-08T16:30:00.000+05:302005-08-08T16:44:25.036+05:30Nobody Understands this ChapNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1123499925866479472005-08-08T12:50:00.000+05:302005-08-08T16:58:37.586+05:30What A Match !!!These two photos sums up the mood in the two warring camps so perfectly well. I badly wanted England to win yesterday, and they did that but just by two measly runs, they really messed it up in the end, but managed to pull it, they certainly were well deserving winners. I would like to continue to hold onto my predictions - England would win the Ashes this time around. England were very fortunateNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1123499227129398612005-08-05T20:35:00.000+05:302005-08-08T16:41:57.953+05:30Utter DisgustNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1123069201297555532005-08-03T17:05:00.000+05:302005-08-03T17:10:01.306+05:30Slave to Routine - ??Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1120813872141170422005-07-08T14:41:00.000+05:302005-07-08T14:41:12.186+05:30Aussies Cancelling the Ashes ??There have been innumerable instances where a cricket team either refuses to tour on political grounds or have cancelled their tours mid way, due to some stray bomb going somewhere in the country they are visiting. Most notably are the NZ, Aussies and the English team who are very finnicky and particular about all this.   The last that I rememberd was NZ cancelling their tour midway when a Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1120136340895526452005-06-30T18:30:00.000+05:302005-06-30T18:37:31.973+05:30Life of PI - Yann MartelShraddha had gifted me this book a year back and I had read half of it at that time, but somehow stopped it for reasons unknown. Re-discovered the book this time and I thoroughly enjoyed reading and finishing it. I couldn't keep it down till I finished it. The middle portion of the book, when the actual adventure of Pi Patel begins is exciting, to say the least.The story is about a boy named Pi Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1120132014158590212005-06-29T17:20:00.000+05:302005-06-30T18:36:13.946+05:30Alchemy of Desire - Tarun TejpalAs written on the covers of the book, this one is truly written from within the skin of India, this book has two stories set in different eras. The story set in the contemporary India is far more interesting and easy to relate to. Good first book. The narrative, the setting , language and the occasional chaste 'Punjabi Gali's' makes it verrrry plausible, it's refreshing, has no pretensions, this Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1119932863116867432005-06-28T09:55:00.000+05:302005-06-30T18:31:50.746+05:30KetakiI was singing to her, and she tried singing with me all along, but mostly managed gurgles, Oohh's and Aaaahh's.Click on the photos to see the actual sizeNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1119932303156954622005-06-28T09:50:00.000+05:302005-06-28T09:53:21.166+05:30I've certainly thought like this at times ...Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1119846330963225072005-06-27T09:55:00.001+05:302005-06-27T10:07:10.633+05:30My daughter, KetakiNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1118912883704201392005-06-16T14:35:00.000+05:302005-06-16T14:44:37.176+05:30Ashes - 2005This one is going to be a cracker, one hell of a Series.My prediction, well I have predicted long back, read the below two mentioned earlier dated posts ( click on the link)New Season (dated July 25, 2004)Who can stop Aussies ? (dated September 09, 2004)Enjoy the making of history !!Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1117175911623823822005-05-27T12:05:00.000+05:302005-05-27T12:08:31.623+05:30Two yearsCan't believe that Shraddha and I have just completed two years of our marriage today, it has been one hell of an eventful, roller coaster ride so far, it feels as if we have known each other for years and have been married for ages.Maybe, I hope it isn't that slackness has crept in our marriage, Hmmm.... I think it's not so.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1117175469576963422005-05-25T12:00:00.000+05:302005-05-27T12:04:21.590+05:30If nobody makes you do it, it counts as fun.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1117176736708402492005-05-13T17:10:00.000+05:302005-05-27T12:22:16.713+05:30BooksAfter two and half months of intensely busy life and I will walk home to an empty home today.My wife and daughter have left to Pune to my in-laws place and I shall be alone for a long time. Been very busy in the last 80-90 days with the new baby around, our in-laws visiting, relatives and friends dropping by to see the baby, hospital visits, incessant cleaning/feeding, long drawn out nights, Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1115102652778354702005-05-03T00:15:00.000+05:302005-05-27T12:03:07.993+05:30Theory of RelativityNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1114577301390971892005-04-27T10:00:00.000+05:302005-04-27T10:29:00.423+05:30Ketaki - My daughter's NameLiteral meaning of Ketaki - GoldenAlso name of a flowerThe Ketaki flower (Kewoda in Gujarati, Thazhamboo in Tamil) is found in India, but not in the West. The tree on which the ketaki flower grows, like the rose plant, has thousands of thorns. The ketaki flower has a nice scent.Click this link for more detailsNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1114088736419532442005-04-21T18:35:00.000+05:302005-05-03T12:07:15.913+05:30The invisible shadow - From Rediff siteWho is the third who walks always beside you?When I count, there are only you and I togetherBut when I look ahead up the white roadThere is always another one walking beside you..."Those lines are from T S Eliot's poem What The Thunder Said, inspired by a parable in the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad. I was reminded irresistibly of them on seeing that seemingly endless handshake between Dr Manmohan Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1113451482801846272005-04-14T20:30:00.000+05:302005-04-18T09:54:23.800+05:30Border Dispute with China - Facts and SolutionThe border itself has three district parts: Areas bordering Arunachal Pradesh: Here while the Chinese claim the areas right up to Brahmaputra river, it not in occupation of any Indian territory. The MacMohan line that defines the border and runs along the watershed has been accepted by China in case of Myanmar. Central Sector that includes areas bordering Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1112330527469597112005-04-01T10:15:00.000+05:302005-04-01T13:13:14.126+05:30Bublee - 10/12 days oldNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1112330435627886262005-03-31T10:10:00.000+05:302005-04-01T13:15:27.550+05:30Best Piece of Musing This has to be the best piece of 'Musing' by Calvin.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1112328083621943382005-03-30T08:30:00.000+05:302005-04-01T13:19:11.026+05:30Islam Principles and Dhimmi"Invoking the [Holy] Koran and the hadith (both pillars of Islamic law), jihad places on the Muslim community the obligation to conquer non-Muslim countries, so as to bring them under Islamic law. Jihad can be waged either peacefully (through immigration and conversion), or through war. All resistance to the advance of Islam constitutes a casus belli [a just cause]."The dhimmi is the non-believerNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1111645043351499452005-03-24T11:45:00.001+05:302005-04-01T13:11:12.080+05:30Baby GirlWe have been blessed with a 'Baby Girl' on March 18th. More details follows ....Few minutes after BirthNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1111038844941237562005-03-17T11:25:00.000+05:302005-03-24T11:49:46.060+05:30Practical - HypotheticalNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1111038473889683132005-03-17T11:15:00.000+05:302005-03-17T11:17:53.890+05:30Day 2 - First Session - Kolkata 2005 - Indo-PakAs mentioned yesterday in my post that I shall keep my fingers crossed, till the first session of the second day is over.My opinion now that the First session of Day 2 is almost over, is that India is niether in a dominating nor safe position in this match. The match is still very much open.Pakistani's now have an opportunity to negate India's advantage of winning the toss and batting first on Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1111037859871323012005-03-16T17:55:00.000+05:302005-03-17T11:07:39.873+05:30Day 1 - Last Session - Kolkata 2005 - Indo-PakPretty Even Stevens, I guess. India did well to score 340 odd runs, but Paksitan pegged it back to equal, by taking 4 wickets. Now the top 6 batsman are gone and not much to show, in terms of combined runs.Ganguly played the most atrocious of shot, one which he has played many time before too. Ganguly has to go. He has to be removed from the team. He can't go on like this.Keeping aside my Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1111037302518251632005-03-16T12:05:00.000+05:302005-03-17T10:58:22.520+05:30Day 1 - First Session - Kolkata 2005 - Indo-PakIndia certainly seems to have started well, but long way to go indeed. We had a great Day-One both in Melbourne 2 yrs back and in Bangalore this year and yet managed to lose the Test, so I shall keep my fingers crossed. Till the First session of tomorrow is over, it's better not to opine.Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1110872748017453902005-03-15T13:15:00.000+05:302005-03-15T13:15:48.020+05:30Just wondering ...Just wondering , If I can draw a parallel here. The NDA, with the right-wing BJP, came into power around 1999. Saurav Ganguly was also made the captain around that period. India certainly did well during the period 1999-2004 in Cricket. The icing on the cake came during last year's Pakistan visit, which India won, not very comfortably, but certainly decisively.The NDA buoyed by the people's glee,Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1110869055104609742005-03-15T12:15:00.000+05:302005-03-15T13:22:55.423+05:30India's 'Change Agent'I had a feeling that India would lose this Series and for a brief period thought otherwise, then again rechanged my thoughts to India's defeat. I think I would stick to that. I had said earlier that Pak would beat us 2-1, but I guess, Pak might surprise us with 1-0. I think they have their best chances at Calcutta, a place where not only they have a geat record and one Mr. Steve Bucknor India's Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1110512421597050962005-03-11T17:15:00.000+05:302005-03-15T13:22:01.533+05:30Selfish Sachin to the fore again.India lost the momentum in this test, sometime during the middle of the third day, during the middle session, between lunch and tea. Saching and Ganguly scored 59 runs during that. Sachin being the senior partner and also because he was already on 50 odd runs should have led from the front. Nothing much to talk about the struggles of Ganguly on the pitch. He hasn't done anything of note after Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1110355619726913382005-03-09T13:30:00.000+05:302005-03-09T13:36:59.740+05:30I S Bindra's WishlistThis makes Fascinating Reading....Wow, never knew we had such visionaries among us. I.S.Bindra deserves a run for BCCI Presidency.This is from the CRICINFO website, not sure whether they would have it forever and hence not mentioning the weblink outta hereBindra's Wishlist:One – Break out of the honorary systemThe BCCI is run by honorary office bearers, who have day jobs that keep them busy, and Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1110274816446228312005-03-08T15:10:00.000+05:302005-03-08T15:28:24.683+05:30So far so goodSo far so good, looks like I am all set to be wrong this time around and I must say, something which is rare ( I am allowed to boast, it's my blog anyways). Somehow I have been quite uptight and my instincts are really letting me down since last couple of weeks.Pakistan is tottering right now (during Tea at Chandigarh) and repeating all that they did in Australia, all over again. India seems to Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1110174504232696362005-03-07T11:20:00.000+05:302005-03-07T12:23:45.026+05:30Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1109922313950039492005-03-04T13:10:00.000+05:302005-03-04T13:18:56.816+05:30Optimism MisplacedAgain my pessimissim regarding India's fortunes in this series is returning. I don't really think that we would win the Test Series. I think I'll stick to my previous views as mentioned in an earlier blog - India would lose the Tests Series 1-2 and One Dayers 2-4In a way, that would be OK. The way things are enmeshed right now, there's very little chance of Saurav Ganguly being displaced from hisNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1109824184837230992005-03-03T09:55:00.000+05:302005-03-04T13:18:06.040+05:30Becoming OptimisticI must say as the series is about to startr, I am becoming bit more optimistic today about India's chances in the Test Series, even if it's under Ganguly. One Dayers, I still think Pak has an edge over us, actually a huge edge over us, not just because they beat us in the last 3-4 One dayers but I believe they have a good balanced one day side than us and historically they have always been good Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1110174487322071092005-03-01T11:20:00.000+05:302005-03-07T12:22:38.846+05:30Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1109054889544974412005-02-22T12:18:00.000+05:302005-02-23T11:24:23.823+05:30PredictionsI have always been and unabashed fan and a vehement supporter of Saurav Ganguly as a Captain of the Indian Cricket team. I've had innumerable arguements and discussions with various friends on this issue and, I pride on the fact that I was very early in noting his captaincy skills and predicting his success even when not many thing's were going on in his favour. Now I believe I am very early in Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1108527690383818302005-02-16T09:45:00.000+05:302005-02-16T09:51:30.390+05:30Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 ProjectSee the Full ReportIndia vs. China: Long-Term ProspectsIndia lags economically behind China, according to most measures such as overall GDP, amount of foreign investment (today a small fraction of China’s), and per capita income. In recent years, India’s growth rate has lagged China’s by about 20 percent. Nevertheless, some experts believe that India might overtake China as the fastest growingNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1108543760734581162005-02-15T13:58:00.000+05:302005-02-23T13:51:26.513+05:30Cricket Tests SummaryIndia Vs PakistanTests IND PAK Draw TieTotal in India 27 5 4 18 0Total in Pakistan 23 2 6 15 0Grand Total 50 7 10 33 0England Vs West IndiesTests ENG WI Draw TieTotal in England 74 25 29 20 0Total in W. Indies 60 13 23 24 0Grand Total 134 38 52 44 0England Vs AustraliaTests AUS ENG Draw TieTotal in Australia 160 80 54 26 0Total in England 146 45 41 60 0Grand Total 306 125 95 86 0Nikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032426.post-1108352514651432842005-02-14T09:11:00.000+05:302005-02-15T09:27:26.723+05:30HmmmmNikhil Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265956658961806823noreply@blogger.com3