Monday, December 15, 2008
The Midas touch
India chasing 387 in the fourth innings and winning is a rare sight. Especially with the way the team batted in the first innings with the top order batsmen lacking application. I think India won this match because they believed in themselves to go for a win. Dhoni though seems a laid back captain is very aggressive in his approach and that's where you need the aggression. You dont need to show your aggression in the press conferences and in the interviews. With due respect to Kumble I doubt whether we would have gone for the win straight away under his captaincy. I am a huge fan of Anil Kumble but I think there has been paradigm shift in the way India approaches the game of cricket under MS Dhoni. Earlier we would have thought of reaching a position from where you cant lose and then press the onus for winning. The way Sachin Tendulkar batted was a treat to watch. He has proved over and over again that he is a great cricketer. With Sachin at the crease the confidence of the team is very high and with Laxman the fifth day pitch seems a belter and batting looks so simple. Yuvraj Singh reminds me of David Gower not that they resemble in the way they bat. Both are classy players but you cant have more players like them in the team as they are not always reliable as they will give bowlers a chance but on their day they will be ruthless. The stage was perfectly set for Yuvraj to play his natural attacking cricket and he took a lot of pressure off sachin. Sachin scored yet another century in test cricket. One of his few century in the fourth innings. He scored 1000 runs in the calender year during this innings. This is the fifth time he has done so (the first Indian) along with Lara and Hayden. Sachin has played so many match winning knocks in the first innings but this one rates really high as it came in the second innings and the first ton in the second innings which India managed to win. Centuries at Chennai against Pakistan in 1999 and at perth against Austalia in 1992 came in losing cause. Few other centuries resulted in a draw. This is also the highest run chase in India making the win even more special. However it also needs to be said we put ourselves into trouble by batting poorly in the first innings. Dhoni should be the captain even after he retires.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
SALIL CHOWDHARY- A GENIUS
A legend remembered. Tomorrow is Salil da's birthday.
Salil Chowdhury was unique, in a class by himself. Had he been alive,
tomorrow Salilda, would have turned 85. What made his music distinct? How did he go about projects?
HE WAS DIFFERENT...
Veteran musician Manohari Singh says, “harmonization, use of ‘jumping’
notes were important elements in his music. He knew well the trick of
combining notes! And he had a sound understanding of Western classical
music, a mastery in scoring background music. When the likes of Raj
Kapoor and BR Chopra needed unusual background music, they approached
Salilda.”
Let’s now meet Sabita Chowdhury. “I didn’t know what a choir meant
before meeting him at Suman’s Hall in Dadar, Bombay, during a
rehearsal of the Bombay Youth Choir in 1952. I was surprised to hear
one or two members sing the basic melody and some were singing the
same thing at a higher note... He was different from contemporary
composers in many ways ~ he was a musician, poet, lyricist, story
writer, arranger, singer, producer, director... He formed an
association for musicians in Bombay...”
Well-known guitarist Ramesh Iyer says, “Creating music was a fun
activity for him. When Dada started working for Hindi films, composers
liked his work! Dada gave birth to a new style, one that puts stress
on creative harmony. He explained techniques to blend different types
of music ~ like Bangla folk with Western classical. That was his style.”
WORKING WITH HIM...
“Salilda took me to Mumbai and helped me join Bollywood. My first
project with him was Paasher Baari and then on Madhumati’s background
score. He had in-depth knowledge of Indian folk music as well as
Western classical,” says Manohari Singh. As for Ramesh Iyer, he says,
“I worked in Plot No 5 and Chemmeen as a musician before I joined
Panchamda’s team. Since 1976 I had worked for Salilda all the time he
was active in creating music. Playing his tunes is a challenge.”
FOR THE MASSES?
“I don’t agree that he was not a mass composer. On one hand people
remember Zindagi Kaisi Hain Paheli, Kahin Door Jab and some remember the
peppy Jan-e-Man, Jan-e-Man. Dada had his style and enjoyed several
commercial hits ~ Madhumati, Anand, Chhoti Si Baat, Half Ticket and
Maya,” says one of Salilda’s close associates, lyricist Yogesh.
Sabita Chowdhury also has kinds words to share. “I consider him a
composer with class. How many people can sing his songs correctly?
Without a sense of music, it’s difficult to perform his songs. He
always dealt with quality tunes..”
As for Manohari Singh, he feels Salil Chowdhury had class but didn’t
turn his eye away from the actual viewers of Hindi cinema ~ the masses.
Salil Chowdhury had received awards from Filmfare, Sangeet Natak
Academy, Allauddin Smriti Puraskar, Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar and so on.
Nobody can forget his contribution to the music world. To most
musicians he would be remembered as a genius.
When the song of Half ticket was getting recorded- Aake seedhi lagi., Salil da told Kishore Kumar that it is not possible to record the song as Lata ji is not able to turn up for the recording and hence they have cancelled the recording. Kishore da said so what he will also sing the female parts. Salil da recorded the song with kishore da singing the male as well as the female parts of the song. Salil Chowdhary's music had a very bengali touch to it.
The above post is with inputs from www.statesman.com
Salil Chowdhury was unique, in a class by himself. Had he been alive,
tomorrow Salilda, would have turned 85. What made his music distinct? How did he go about projects?
HE WAS DIFFERENT...
Veteran musician Manohari Singh says, “harmonization, use of ‘jumping’
notes were important elements in his music. He knew well the trick of
combining notes! And he had a sound understanding of Western classical
music, a mastery in scoring background music. When the likes of Raj
Kapoor and BR Chopra needed unusual background music, they approached
Salilda.”
Let’s now meet Sabita Chowdhury. “I didn’t know what a choir meant
before meeting him at Suman’s Hall in Dadar, Bombay, during a
rehearsal of the Bombay Youth Choir in 1952. I was surprised to hear
one or two members sing the basic melody and some were singing the
same thing at a higher note... He was different from contemporary
composers in many ways ~ he was a musician, poet, lyricist, story
writer, arranger, singer, producer, director... He formed an
association for musicians in Bombay...”
Well-known guitarist Ramesh Iyer says, “Creating music was a fun
activity for him. When Dada started working for Hindi films, composers
liked his work! Dada gave birth to a new style, one that puts stress
on creative harmony. He explained techniques to blend different types
of music ~ like Bangla folk with Western classical. That was his style.”
WORKING WITH HIM...
“Salilda took me to Mumbai and helped me join Bollywood. My first
project with him was Paasher Baari and then on Madhumati’s background
score. He had in-depth knowledge of Indian folk music as well as
Western classical,” says Manohari Singh. As for Ramesh Iyer, he says,
“I worked in Plot No 5 and Chemmeen as a musician before I joined
Panchamda’s team. Since 1976 I had worked for Salilda all the time he
was active in creating music. Playing his tunes is a challenge.”
FOR THE MASSES?
“I don’t agree that he was not a mass composer. On one hand people
remember Zindagi Kaisi Hain Paheli, Kahin Door Jab and some remember the
peppy Jan-e-Man, Jan-e-Man. Dada had his style and enjoyed several
commercial hits ~ Madhumati, Anand, Chhoti Si Baat, Half Ticket and
Maya,” says one of Salilda’s close associates, lyricist Yogesh.
Sabita Chowdhury also has kinds words to share. “I consider him a
composer with class. How many people can sing his songs correctly?
Without a sense of music, it’s difficult to perform his songs. He
always dealt with quality tunes..”
As for Manohari Singh, he feels Salil Chowdhury had class but didn’t
turn his eye away from the actual viewers of Hindi cinema ~ the masses.
Salil Chowdhury had received awards from Filmfare, Sangeet Natak
Academy, Allauddin Smriti Puraskar, Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar and so on.
Nobody can forget his contribution to the music world. To most
musicians he would be remembered as a genius.
When the song of Half ticket was getting recorded- Aake seedhi lagi., Salil da told Kishore Kumar that it is not possible to record the song as Lata ji is not able to turn up for the recording and hence they have cancelled the recording. Kishore da said so what he will also sing the female parts. Salil da recorded the song with kishore da singing the male as well as the female parts of the song. Salil Chowdhary's music had a very bengali touch to it.
The above post is with inputs from www.statesman.com
Saturday, October 11, 2008
India V Australia 1st test so far
India at Lunch on day 3 has lot of work to do. The Pitch is getting slower and slower and run making is really difficult. The bounce is not true. The wicket keepers have a really difficult time and their backs are going to take a toll.
Ricky Ponting and Micheal Hussey played outstanding test cricket and showed tremendous temperament and patience to reach a big first innings score. Ishant Sharma got two wickets with the help of slower balls in the form of Brad Haddin and Cameroon White. On this pitch varying the pace is very important as there is not much in the pitch to offer for the seam bowlers. Ponting has got a very interesting field setting with a short extra cover and short mid wicket as the ball is not coming on to the bat. Johnson has varied his pace nicely it and got the maestro Tendulkar playing an early shot. Sehwag was frustrated as runs had dried up and thats what happens when you see a wide half volley- the carrot ball you nick it to slips. The old ball is reversing and Mitchell Johnson will be a threat if he is more consistent with his line and length because of his slingy action.
Nine out of the Australian ten wickets were taken by fast bowlers with Harbhajan and Kumble taking 1 wicket in 43 odd overs.Australians have 4 decent fast bowlers. With 2 spinners in the team it becomes very important that we have enough runs to bowl at and that seems virtually impossible at this stage with Dravid back in the hut. Hence the first innings score was very important as batting second time against Kumble and Harbhajan will be rally difficult. Stuart Clark is a very dangerous bowler on this pitch with the ball keeping low as he bowls wicket to wicket and as the game progresses we will see more and more LBWs and Bowled.
Ricky Ponting and Micheal Hussey played outstanding test cricket and showed tremendous temperament and patience to reach a big first innings score. Ishant Sharma got two wickets with the help of slower balls in the form of Brad Haddin and Cameroon White. On this pitch varying the pace is very important as there is not much in the pitch to offer for the seam bowlers. Ponting has got a very interesting field setting with a short extra cover and short mid wicket as the ball is not coming on to the bat. Johnson has varied his pace nicely it and got the maestro Tendulkar playing an early shot. Sehwag was frustrated as runs had dried up and thats what happens when you see a wide half volley- the carrot ball you nick it to slips. The old ball is reversing and Mitchell Johnson will be a threat if he is more consistent with his line and length because of his slingy action.
Nine out of the Australian ten wickets were taken by fast bowlers with Harbhajan and Kumble taking 1 wicket in 43 odd overs.Australians have 4 decent fast bowlers. With 2 spinners in the team it becomes very important that we have enough runs to bowl at and that seems virtually impossible at this stage with Dravid back in the hut. Hence the first innings score was very important as batting second time against Kumble and Harbhajan will be rally difficult. Stuart Clark is a very dangerous bowler on this pitch with the ball keeping low as he bowls wicket to wicket and as the game progresses we will see more and more LBWs and Bowled.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Fine with Over stepping
Vekatesh Prasad- the bowling coach of the Indian Cricket Team has announced a fine for the Indian bowlers bowling no balls. Every bowler has a partner in the form of a batsman and every time a bowler oversteps he and his partner have to pay a fine of 50 dollars each. I guess the partner of Ishant sharma is Gautam Gambhir. I don't know the partners of other bowlers.
Only time will tell whether this fine will help in bringing down the no balls. Also the players have to be fine with the fine. I am not sure what happens with the 100 dollar so recovered.
Had the fine been imposed by West Indies in the 80's and 90's I wonder the batsmen will be fighting not to be partners with Curtly Ambrose and Partick Patterson.
Only time will tell whether this fine will help in bringing down the no balls. Also the players have to be fine with the fine. I am not sure what happens with the 100 dollar so recovered.
Had the fine been imposed by West Indies in the 80's and 90's I wonder the batsmen will be fighting not to be partners with Curtly Ambrose and Partick Patterson.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
1/0 is not defined and 0/0 is indeterminate
1/0 is not defined and not infinity.
x divided by y means to make "y equal parts of x". Since it is not possible to make 0 parts of 1, 1/0 is not defined.
Proof goes like this
consider the series 1/(1/2) , 1/(1/3) , 1/(1/4) , ...................................
The denominator in the series becomes smaller and smaller and eventually will become zero. Thus eventually we will get a number1/0 in the series.
The series becomes 2 , 3 , 4 , ................................ Hence we can conclude 1/0 = infinity
consider the series 1/(-1/2) , 1/(-1/3) , 1/(-1/4) , ...................................
The denominator in the series will become zero. Thus eventually we will get a number1/0 in the series.
The series becomes -2 , -3 , -4 , ................................ Hence we can conclude 1/0 = -infinity
Hence we get 2 values of 1/0. We are not sure whether 1/o is infinity or -infinity.
Therefore 1/0 is not defined. Anything which doesn't make sense is not defined.
Proof 2
Let 1/0 = x .
Hence 0*x = 1. No value of x satisfies the equation. Hence x is not defined.
Therefore 1/x is not defined.
On the other hand consider 0/0
Let 0/0 = x.
Hence 0*x= 0. Any value of x satisfies the equation. Hence x cannot be determined.
Therefore 0/0 is indeterminate.
Note Indeterminate and not defined are not one and the same. Indeterminate means the solution can take any value. However not defined means the solution doesn't have any value.
x divided by y means to make "y equal parts of x". Since it is not possible to make 0 parts of 1, 1/0 is not defined.
Proof goes like this
consider the series 1/(1/2) , 1/(1/3) , 1/(1/4) , ...................................
The denominator in the series becomes smaller and smaller and eventually will become zero. Thus eventually we will get a number1/0 in the series.
The series becomes 2 , 3 , 4 , ................................ Hence we can conclude 1/0 = infinity
consider the series 1/(-1/2) , 1/(-1/3) , 1/(-1/4) , ...................................
The denominator in the series will become zero. Thus eventually we will get a number1/0 in the series.
The series becomes -2 , -3 , -4 , ................................ Hence we can conclude 1/0 = -infinity
Hence we get 2 values of 1/0. We are not sure whether 1/o is infinity or -infinity.
Therefore 1/0 is not defined. Anything which doesn't make sense is not defined.
Proof 2
Let 1/0 = x .
Hence 0*x = 1. No value of x satisfies the equation. Hence x is not defined.
Therefore 1/x is not defined.
On the other hand consider 0/0
Let 0/0 = x.
Hence 0*x= 0. Any value of x satisfies the equation. Hence x cannot be determined.
Therefore 0/0 is indeterminate.
Note Indeterminate and not defined are not one and the same. Indeterminate means the solution can take any value. However not defined means the solution doesn't have any value.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
So called Spirit
I hear lot of news channels and people saying terrorists cannot break the spirits of the people. People are back on track the next day be it after the train bomb blasts in Mumbai or the recent Delhi blasts. Is this spirit of the people or just that people are not concerned, self centered or they dont have an option but to get back on track.
The scene in the pics is the real spirit of people that actually hurts the terrorists and not the fact that people get back to work the next day. Actually when the terrorists see people get back to their routine the next day they are actually happy and feel that the people out there are not concerned at all.
I am blaming myself also for the things happening as I am not doing anything great to bring about a change. Yes I would love to be a part of solution rather than a part of problem and make an endavour to move from the problem side to solution side. You can say I am already moving. The more the gap between rich and poor the problems will multiply and we have done enough things to ensure this.I dont want to be a liability to the planet. I always pray to God to make best use of me.
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