Ideology through Society, Culture, Family and Sports

                        If you want to know which Sport requires the quickest of reflexes, your google search would probably list Table Tennis as one of the top three. It's a fascinating game which requires all the top skills any sport demands - Hand-eye co-ordination, reflexes, body movement, footwork, anticipation, focus, power, placement, consistency, guile, variety and many more. I got introduced to this game by one of my very best friends, Vivek Prasanna . He taught me the basics, the need for regular practice, chop, top-spin and everything else. Unfortunately, I neither had the skill nor the patience to become a player that would have made him proud. This passage is on someone whom I feel is closest to Vivek, in terms of playing and teaching skills. Muralidharan Padmanaban , an unassuming character I have known for less than a year and a half, is a top class Table Tennis player and a great friend of mine. H...

(Posted initially in July 2017, had to copy it to this domain from a different one - Kindly ignore the timing of this post) Everyday I walk into the office, Mega is mostly the first one I will meet and wish. The smile he offers will almost always give you the message that he has been waiting for you to come! Even if I'm rushing to attend the stand-up meeting, Mega doesn't really care - he will find some reason to stop me and talk. I'm not sure how long I need to wait to witness these moments again, I sincerely from the bottom of my heart wish and pray - it should happen very soon!   Mega breathes Cricket. He doesn't know what deep square leg is, has no idea on where deep mid-wicket is. He refers to short mid-wicket as  power shot , God only can explain what that means. But give him the bat, he will deposit sixes at will over the top of all these fielders. He is as brutal a batsman as you can ever imagine - and with a terrific hit-rate as well. He terrorizes bowler...