Ideology through Society, Culture, Family and Sports

Dedicated to my Mother, for whom I have done precious little good things in my life... All of you, who have been around me for a while would have noticed that my front tooth owns a significant amount of protrusion. Quite a few of you would have wondered, in the present world of medical advancements we live in, why doesn't he at least try to get that aligned? Maybe he is scared, maybe he is too tight-fisted to spend, maybe a combination of both. This document is to answer all or most of your unanswered queries. I have been visiting a Dentist right from the age of 13 - when my good Old Brother used all his energy and anger to bowl a sharply-raising bouncer towards my face - thereby uprooting one half of my bugs-bunny tooth pair. Not many would have known that I have been using a false front tooth from the year 1994 till now, a few of you would anyway. About the alignment, it’s not that I haven’t tried to get that right, if I can recall correctly, I have visit...

Sports can be pretty damaging at times. Defeats can pummel you to the deep end from where you lose hope, faith and belief of a recovery. Champions are the ones who overcome all these self-doubts at different phases in their careers and from my perspective and many others' - Roger Federer is truly one.   The last time (before today) Roger Federer won a Grand Slam was way back in January 2010. That is 9 unsuccessful attempts after that, which isn't too bad for anyone else - but terrible for Roger Federer. Between then and today, Roger Federer had watched Nadal and Djokovic play the title match on 5 different occasions, he himself had lost a French Open final against Rafa. When Djokovic truly realized his potential and started stringing a stunning winning sequence, Rafael Nadal being always there, another Grand Slam triumph for Roger looked extremely distant - even for the most ardent fans of his. The Serb and the Spaniard being incredibly good as they were, it was ...