India So Far...

Well, I have been in India for exactly 1 week now, but to be honest, it feels like it has already been a month. This past week has been so hectic that this 2 days trip to Delhi is our "Getaway" ; on our vacation (-_-) We were in Mumbai this past week, where we were living with my Uncle, who serves in the Indian Army. It was a fun visit, where I got to experience the army lifestyle. We even went to Shirdi, a 7 hour drive from Mumbai, to visit one of the most famous temples in India. We had to wake up at 3 O'clock in the morning to go for the "Kakard Aarti" and surprising enough, that day turned out to be my birthday! It was a coincidence, as we did not realize this at first, but I am gad that I got to spend the first few hours of my birthday getting blessings from the Gods Above! When we came back to Mumbai, we went to visit the Phoenix Mall, which was MASSIVE! It had every possible shop that you could think of there, and I felt that the setting out of the mall, in terms of design was very different and unique. While in Mumbai, we also visited my mum's old college friend, and we ended up staying with them for a day before taking a flight to Delhi! 

This trip so far has been quite hectic, but I am also glad that I got to see a place like Mumbai, because I had always wanted to see this place, solely because of the famous Bollywood stars that live there. We got to see the "Antilia" the 1 Billion USD home built by Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries. We also saw other superstars' homes such as Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

However, Mumbai was not exactly the place that I expected it to be. The roads were all dirty and poorly maintained with potholes everywhere. The traffic was undoubtedly one of the worst that I have witnessed in my life so far; there was so such thing as "lane discipline", and you could almost always hear people honking. I think that, compared to Delhi, Delhi is almost a 100 times better than Mumbai!

~Ruchir~

India here I come !!

So I am finally off to India today, after like a year! It really feels great when I see my relatives after so long, and enjoy with them! I will be gone for a month, and I think its going to be amazing!! We are going to Mumbai this year, a place where we have never been to before! I think that its going to be a good trip, meeting new people and gaining new experiences. I will also be staying with my grand parents in Punjab and will meeting all my cousins! We all do try and keep in touch, but sometimes, that is not really possible, because of the different time zones and our busy schedules! Anyways, can't wait to see them!!

~Ruchir~

Wimbledon Final

Did you all watch the Men's Wimbledon Final?! What an epic clash that was! It may have not been as entertaining as some of the finals, but I am sure that it kept most of us at the edge of our seats, trying out various abstruse superstitions so that our favourite player can win. I was supporting Roger Federer, and as much as it saddens me to say, yesterday, Novak Djokovic was the better player. Personally, I feel that one of the major reasons for Federer's loss was probably the age difference. Djokovic is only 28 years old whereas Federer is 33. That was evident in the game because towards the 4th set, we all could see that Federer was a bit fatigued. He made so many unforced errors and his serves were also quite off towards the 4th set. But I do believe that Federer will comeback with a bang, and I am counting on it!

~Ruchir~

Interstellar - A Film Review.

First of all, can we all agree that this movie - Interstellar - was allegedly one of the best Sci-Fi movies to ever be made in the history of English cinema? I mean this movie was probably one of the most intriguing movies I have seen in a long time! I do agree with the fact that the content of the movie may not have been the most lucid, but never the less, this movie was still epic! What I really loved about the movie was the fact that this movie was an extremely simple tale of love and sacrifice, which turned out to be breathtaking, hopeful and heartbreaking. I loved the way Nolan portrayed the character of Cooper and how his priorities were set. I felt that this movie was worth all the hype that it received, and I think that it is a definite watch from me. 

~Ruchir~ 

Sherlock Holmes!

I am sure that you all have heard of Sherlock Holmes right? I mean who hasn't! He is one of the most famous fictional characters in the world of Literature, and one of the most well accepted too. He is famous for quickly tracking notorious criminals and one of his most amazing quality is how he can deduce information, just by looking at someone or something. Personally, I feel that his best quality is his mind palace. For those of you who watch his TV series, you may know what it is. A "Mind Palace" is basically a concept that revolves around the idea that your brain is a hard-drive, and you have the power to delete or add anything you want into it. How this works is that you imagine that the inside of your brain is a room. Inside this room, there are several closets and shelves, where there are a numerous number of files. What Mind Palace allows you to do is that it gives you any information that you want at any time, just by "opening the files in your brain" and reading them! Isn't that amazing! I am pretty sure that it works, but you have to practice it a lot to perfect this "art", as I would call it!

I would encourage all to watch the "Sherlock" series and/or read his books, as not only are they intriguing, but informative too!! 

~Ruchir~

HIDEOUT!!

Hey Guys!

Have you ever been to this place called hideout? Its something like an escape room, where we are given small clues and basically, we have to "escape" the area before the time runs out! Sounds simple, doesn't it? NOT REALLY! The only factor that makes this a really hard quest to solve is the kind of riddles that we are required to solve in-order to gain access to the next part, or the next "room", in this case.

I think that this game involves a lot of critical thinking and thinking outside the box. We can't complete a simple 'room' with calculated thinking, but we need to see the more macro version of the whole situation. Its really fun and intriguing and I would surely urge everyone to try it out!!

~Ruchir~

NEW CRICKET RULES!!

Hey Guys!

Have you all heard about the new cricket rules? I must say that they are now much more fair than they were before. 

The rules are: 

• First 10 overs, there will be no catching players. But only two allowed outside like last time.
• 10-40 overs, only 4 players are allowed outside the 30 yard circle. 
• Last 10 overs five allowed outside the circle.
• No batting power play
• Every no ball is a free hit ( odi and t20).

These rules are quite good, especially the 3rd bullet point, because towards the end, many more people want to hit the ball out of the park! So more batsmen want to hit the ball in the air. With 5 fielders outside the 30 yards circle, its much more fair on bowlers, and have a higher chance of getting wickets!

~Ruchir~