Greetings

HAPPY SRIRAMA NAVAMI

World Cup Hockey 2010 (New Delhi) Final standings:

1. Australia
2. Germany
3. Netherlands
4. England
5. Spain
6. South Korea
7. Argentina
8. India
9. New Zealand
10. South Africa
11. Canada
12. Pakistan
    

Saina, What a great day!

Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of the All England Super Series badminton championship.

But she has lost her semi-final match.

Australia won the World Cup Hockey 2010.

Australia beat Germany 2-1

Australia took the early lead when Eddie Ockenden scored the goal in the 6th minute. There after they dominated the Germans. But a mistake from its player converted a free hit to penalty corner in favor of Germany. Moritz Furstle scored an equalizer in the in the 48th minute for Germany in that penalty corner. In the 58th minute, Luke Doerner scored the second goal for Australia.

Its Germany vs Australia

Germany will meet Australia in the Final of the Hockey World Cup 2010.

In the semi-final matches, Germany defeated England by 4-1 and Australia overpowered Netherlands by 2-1

How to revive Indian Hockey?

Wait for 2-3 years. Few more countries will learn to play hockey better than India.

India will fail to qualify for the major tournaments. And everyone will start remembering the past glories and eventually forget the hockey!

Priorities

 When all Indian politicians are fancying around Women Reservation Bill, the man who introduced it in Lok Sabha, an Ex-PM (1996), is too much busy in protesting against a road project!!

 

 

A miracle?

All four Shankaracharya's in a single TV show!

Now playing Live on Star News...

Was that necessary?

Earlier, Muslim women were not allowed to go out of their house. But the scenario has changed slowly. Today, Muslim women are pursuing higher studies and are working in many jobs which were once dominated by males. This evolution has happened without throwing out Burqa. The struggle for existence has changed the mindset of people world wide with the unforeseen challenges of increased population. But still they is lot of regressive forces which equally keep pulling the rope backwards.

 

One such force of course comes from the "highly educated" section of our society, i.e,. writers and thinkers. They think too much and think only to their level.

 

 

Even today, they are not ready to accept the gradual, steady, slow changes that has happened in our society, whether it is education of a girl child or the issue of untouchables. They simply keep on fishing in the disturbed waters. They should encourage and inspire the people. If they can't do that, at least they should keep quite by not raising the dead issues like Burqua... I have no hopes that they do.