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F1 is almost in the middle of it's season with the London's silverstone circuit coming text this weekend. Should be fun to see how the team's fare. It has been a pretty mixed season for almost all the team , with no clear winner. BMW , Ferrari, Mac Laren all in the contention. Thought it's clear that Ferrari are way ahead in speed , but had some misfortunes all along. One thing that amazes me is the down slide of Hamilton since last season ended. He was a poster boy of media and now with all his arrogance he has fallen badly. I think the problem is not his driving , but everything other than that. He should be concentrating more on F! and less on popularity . It comes automatically. Kimi is a perfect example , he is very focused on his driving and F!.

Modi's Speech and Interview at the Hindustan Summit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYD3fgqcmIQ - Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg18zSr2PF8&feature=related - Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YauyALWBWnI&feature=related - Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36f7w0EwHw&feature=related - Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMZjvplDtcA&NR=1 - Part 5 I am a BJP supporter , but I was embarrassed by the Gujarat riots of 2002. And i think , Riots were one of the main reasons for defeat in 2003 general elections. But 6 years have passed since then , and it seems that the media is still not willing to forget and leave that issue. Gujarat since that time has changed a lot and has undergone many changes(for good) and we can't ignore Modi's contribution in that. For one there has been no riots since last 6 years(A record of sorts in Gujarat's history). Large amount of investment is coming into the state etc. It has been written and said milli...

I find myself guilty of not being regular with my blogs. This is the longest period of dormancy . Well not much has happened in my life anyways during this time. I am still here in this beautiful country Japan. One thing that sill amazes me are the wonder full people of japan. The kind of mutual respect and courtesy they have for each other is totally amazing and teaches one or two things to people of other countries and traditions. There might be no religion , or i should say very less of that , these people are still more religious if we consider that ll religions teach and love and respect for there fellow humans. It's been almost a year and frankly I have not seen much of Japan other than Tokyo and my aim for the coming time , is to see as much of it as possible.

I am writing this almost a month after my trip to F1 held in Tokyo. But better late then never :-) . It was to be a once in a lifetime experience of going to the race but what it's made as to be a one big festival/ celebration blah blah is not actually that. Reality is totally different. The experience itself will not be good until and unless you understand the sport very well. The pit lanes , the overtakes , the safety cars, the machinery , tyres , Qualifying , etc , there is no end to the rules and regulations. Another thing is the track layout is such that person sitting at a point Will not be able to see the whole track because of the so many curves and bends. So it's like seesing the cars go through one same point nth times. How exciting can that be! Well the tickets are also damn expensive and if you really take my word it's better if you watch it from home. But none the less now as the season has come to an end, I am eagerly awaiting for the next season to start and ...

So we finally have a F1 team , that's great news. And the name Force India sounds ok, atleast better then something like Indian Star or Indian Lions etc. Let's see how this goes as the name and idea are good. Looking forward to see them atleast beat the Super Aguri and Toro Rosso next season. Being in F1 will definaltely give Mallaya a much needed global audience . And with strong 500 million avid followers it will give good visiblity to the India GP slated for 2010. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/10/7036.html

The trip started in ways that I never expected , I will put it this way I never expected it to start. We had planned it for Saturday morning and it started in the afternoon. Why because it was never meant to start but suddenly we had a calling ,some divine force , I believed it to be the Fuji san's intervention and the combination of beautiful lakes that was calling us to climb this beautiful mountain. There were forces that we later realized that really existed . These forces were the one that made you strive to reach till the top when you know you can’ t take an extra step , there are forces that made you calm when you look down those slopes and realize that one wrong step and that's the end . You see those people from all ages you are hit by a reality. That some thing really exists , maybe just a faith in Fuji san that it will not hurt you. And it gave us faith too. So that’s it for the divine part , but then I want to tell you things really started bad. We had not do...

Bench n. 1. seats for nonplaying athletes: in team sports, the seats for players not taking part on the field or court 2. seats for non working SE’s : typically the SE will be found in the library or Coffee outlets, basically having a great time. Example: Rahul is on bench and he is having a hell of a good time. Related word Bench strength n. 1. quality of substitute players: the quality of the players who are named as substitutes in a sports team 2. quality of Software engineers : the quality of engineers (technical skill set) who are kept in waiting for the future project in an IT company. Example: XYZ Inc. has tremendous bench strength and is sure to bag the project. The origination of the word is from the field of sports specially football. The teams strength depends on its bench similarly an IT company’s bench strength is critical to get new projects. Source :http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861589946/bench.html F.Y.I. I am on bench