Horses for Courses

Cricket is such a fascinating game one which provides ample opportunities for an individual to pick and perform from either of three departments; namely Batting, Bowling and Fielding. The game has witnessed some special talents who have been able to play for long time with an exceptional skill in only a single department. Take for example, Jonathan Rhodes from South Africa who with his agile fielding was able to set the ground on fire. He would contribute to the teams cause by cutting down on the opposition runs even more than he would himself score with the bat. Then there was Courtney Walsh whose bowling can make the best amongst the very best batsmen dance even though his nightmares with the bat are well-known. The list of batters with exceptional batting ability is long. Yet there are few who would impress in more than one department and a very little among them who even did performed superbly in all three. Such a batch is badge with allrounders tag. It’s been the subject of debate for years as to what type of players is better, since most of the teams play the combination of all. To sum up, the playing conditions enable the team management to select a particular type which often is the key to success.

 

Similarly there are gymnasiums with heavy machinery that offers services of exquisite trainer for individuals who wish to develop their bodies with muscular curves. Otherwise there are old-fashioned ‘exercise-schools’ situated at every neck and corner offering light exercising tools for ones who want to stay fit. In spite of all a huge chuck of people simply ignore them. Here the choice of individual matters most.

 

There are professionals who are well equipped in a particular faculty although they would know the subject in and out. There are surgeons amongst Doctors who perform high skill job. The Chartered Accountants are found in numbers who are specialised in offering financial services. Some do audit, some are tax expert while some others restrict to filing Income Tax returns only. There are advocates who perform their practise in variety of fields. Civil, legal and criminal are few most commonly practised divisions. Many of the advocates are specialised in a single field only. Say for instance an advocate who has restricted his area of operations to civil cases and provides his services in matters of property registration, agreements and court matter thereof would be beneficial for one who seeks advice in such matters. If a patron visits an advocate providing services in other area, then only God can save him from taking such a leap as the advocate would net his fish anyway while their client is bound to face difficulties. A prospective client should be street-smart or else the world is waiting to squeeze blood out from his veins. As the case may be in Cricket, the best bait for our veteran customer is to investigate and choose his prospective service provider, wisely.

 

Always find your Horses, for courses.

‘Aunties’ on Business

I have never ever in my entire life finished a book as quickly as I did one authored by a young entrepreneur named Varun Agarwal from Bangalore, India. The book titled “How I braved Anu aunty & co-founded a million dollar company” when flashed in an ad-corner while Flipkarting aroused a bit enthusiasm to add it to my bookshelf. The weirdest of all title, a fascinating caricature on cover page, out of the world font and a Facebook image made me gather more information about the author by Google-ing around. A video link on Youtube about a lecture delivered by Varun aided me to decide on immediately placing a Flipkart order. A couple of days later, as expected, the delivery boy ranged in my doorbell.

Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday-Monday was enough to absolutely gulp all the lucid narrations in this book. Although it seems to be five full days, but in past it took me a minimum of a fortnight’s time to read a book of that length. This book has magic which has been skilfully sprinkled throughout and that enticed me to swallow it at such a speed. The freshness of thought, the foreword, the disclaimer, the brand “Anu Aunty” and the business itself has been so artistically penned that one cannot resist the temptation to guzzle it at one go. The language though is frantic and may procure an “F” if used for day to day activities, one which can bring a cardiac arrest to the English tutor, yet the tender freshness & youthful manifesto will allure you for a different reading escapade.

Another book that falls in the same category and class would be “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki as it too has the learnings from real business life. That one is a classic (the sales figure second it) while this book “How I dared Anu aunty...” is destined to be one. Rich dad is a VVS Laxman style elegant leg glance while this one is no lesser than a Tendulkar cover drive.

All I can say is that the book glitters as a blue diamond does, in my bookshelf and I take pride to be an owner of such a fantastic book of my time.

Flipkart Link: Buy the book on Flipkart here.

Sarcasm exemplified!

Today evening when I woke up from deep sleep my back bone emitted immense pain, thanks to the Cricket match played in wee hours at Goregaon. The match ended with a crushing defeat to our inexperienced team that was never in the game right from the initial over I bowled which cost a dozen of runs.

The local team thrashed and toasted us and accumulated a whooping 150 runs in a matter of mere 12 overs. A veteran batsmen named Ganesh, one who was nearing 50 years of age & who appeared loose and laid back punished us for dropping him twice.

Then came our turn to smack few mighty blows and prove our mantle. Our innings begin with total disarray as  the opener lost his middle stick on the very first ball. We could gather only 29 in half a dozen overs and were blown away and out of the match. Only then Rushi & I decided to cut loose and our pull, hook and cross bat heave yielded 75 runs in the next 6 overs enabling us to cross a century of runs. A defeat that was inevitable tasted sweet for the runs we could gather against a far better team.

Almost all defeated team produce inner grudges by intent or unknowingly. Was that the case with us? Can't answer that. When I woke up in the evening I could hear my wife & daughter playing a traditional game which we all have played in our childhood. On hearing the wording in that game I could not control my instinct and laughed out audaciously from the bottom of my naval only to realise that the back is hurt while the possible victim was unleashed that moment. 

While moving in circular motion my daughter followed her mother who was narrating:

"डोंगरा ला आग लागली, पळा-पळा"

(Fire on the mountain; run, run, run.)

Now few of you would realise the rational behind this blog and might have a little pleasant smile deep inside your heart.