Wish I could go to school all over again.

Ok, I gez school life is one topic which many have already blogged about so if the ones who read this feel its yet another of those blogs then I have 3 words for you.."I DONT CARE".

I was lucky to have been born and brought up in the greatest city in this blue planet, namma bengaluru.(I actually find the new name quite cool for sm strange reason) and more specifically the bengaluru which was still the garden city. people can argue that the othr cities are better, but c'mon lads, whom u kiddin !!!

exactly 17 years ago, I +1ed the number of students Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan teaches. I was part of jus one school shift luckily. unlike many other KV students. I thru III, I was a KV IIsc student and without a shadow of a doubt this school has the best campus among all blore KV's....It is jus beautiful. As kids, it is always difficult to accept changes. and like evry other kid, I had a problem with shifting schools. But then wat could I do about it. I was jus a kid.....So there you go, I joined anothr KV, KV Malleswaram and in contrast to KV IIsc, this school barely had a playground, let alone a beautiful campus. KV IISc 1 KVM 0..

But once I got settled into the whole KVM mode, the years spent there are definitely the best part of my life. I still have a long way to go, but the golden part of my life is definitely over and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it. School life is the greatest head fake of them all. You come to learn sciences and maths, but what the school really does to you is, it shapes yours life, it moulds your personality and it makes you wat you are today. Its jus ineffable the importance school has in your life.

 Education wise, KVM was top standard, no two things about it. But in terms of facilities, It was not exactly the right place. but inspite of that, what really defined school life was the people. I agree we wer jus an average school in terms of infrastructure. we dint have the huge playgrounds, we dint have proper coaches etc etc. But the whole beauty of it all was that we nevr really complained. No cricket playground ?? play cricket with writing pads and paper balls. No football ground ?? Play football on the basketball court. And this in essence is what school did to all of us. We did not learn cricket or soccer professionally like the way the othr international school students did, but what we really learnt was much bigger than that. we learnt to live life.

School friends- well, what can you say about them. evn to this day, I am still close to my school friends and am sure that is the case with most people.  The pen fights, The lunch break sessions, The copious time spent playing Tree-Tree, Lock n Key and million other wonderful games and I cud go on and on. At this point, I would like to thank all my friends for being there and I am sure we will remain close for the rest of our lives.

There are a lot of people whom I can list, but two people who really made this school such a fantastic place wer 1) Mr. nair, The princy as he is "fondly" called and 2) Mr. Suryanarayana - our Sanskrit teacher.

I could write a fresh blog altogether to explain the importance of these two great men in my life.

Fast forward a decade and a half, most KVMers are doing well in thr lives and I am sure most of them will agree that KVM has had a drastic impact on their personality.

cheers to KVM.


Dedicated to all my fellow KVMers.

The phenomenon retires

"The head wants to go on but the body can't take any more. I think of an action but I can't do it the way I want to. It's time to go...."

These were the words with which the great man brought an end to his career. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima  is a true legend of this game. Ronaldo has been way past his prime for quite sometime now. Ever since he joined corinthians, he has been making headlines for his partying more than his goals, but such is this man's stature that with a physique which would put even ramesh powar to shame, he still attracts the interest of the very best clubs.

More than 350 career goals in club football and an astonishing return of 62 goals in 97 appearances for Brazil, Ronaldo's place in the pantheon of modern greats is secure. He is one of the only two players (the other being Zidane) to have been honoured  with the FIFA world player thrice and he is the highest goalscorer in the history of world cup – with 15. Messi has 1 goal after 2 world cups and this goes to show just how remarkable an achievement ronaldo's is. He has also had the rare distinction of having represented real madrid, Barcelona, Inter and AC Milan.

Stats apart, Its the sheer talent of this superstar that is truly astounding. With amazingly quick feet and brilliant close control, you would often find this man getting past 3-4 defenders with ease. Irrespective of the league he plays in, he is guaranteed to have a 25+ goals season. Ronaldo's season with barcelona is widely regarded as one of the greatest season for a player ever. He did have a fair share of controversies, the most notable being the 1998 world cup final and his transfer from Inter to Real, but there is absolutely no doubting that he is one of  the all time greats.

Some of the world's best defences found him unplayable and if there is any doubts about his talent, then youtube for a few of his compilations and ask yourself, just how many others could do what he does.

Adios Ronaldo....curtains to a glittering career

Average Joe

The title is self explanatory really....My life's got nothing new. I am pretty sure those close ones of mine who view this blog will blurt out.."prithvi and blogging ??".Yes lads, I have joined the club...I basically have an opinion about every god damn thing under the sun, so decided blogging might be a decent medium to express them all...Of all the million things that are making news today as I type, I want to shed some light on this particular issue about bangalore. The capital of "KARNATAKA". The home land of kannadigas and that is where the facts end. In reality the picture is completely different. There was a survey recently and the numbers the survey showed are shocking. In bangalore, there are only 30 % kannadigas .yes, you heard me right....at this rate, It would'nt surprise me if the tamil and telugu speakers out number kannadigas..Agreed , IT has brought in massive wealth to bangalore. Agreed, The migration of people into bangalore has given it this metro, swash buckling and flamboyant look. But the fact of the matter is, when an auto driver comes and asks you " kahaan Jaana he ?? " rather than "yelige hogabeku ?? " , then it does hurt a bit. Once while traveling in BMTC, a 30's lady was shouting at an old woman because she did not understand what the old lady spoke . The problem apparently was the old woman was talking in kannada and this 30's lady wanted her to talk in hindi. Sorry mam, Excuse this woman for talking in kannada in "bangalore", in Karnataka..what a bledy pity.
The karnataka government recently started a campaign with a hope to keep kannada alive. There was a massive turn out and seems like a lot of people are concerned about this issue. The kannada movie industry often start dharnas and campaigns so as to have a major share of theaters for kannada movies !!...All this happens only in namma benguluru ladies and gentlemen. I studied in Tamil Nadu, and even though initially I was annoyed that the locals know nothing other than Tamil, Slowly I realised that the people respect their language and are keen to ensure that the language is not affected by outsiders.
But bangalore has already become an alloy and separating the elements is close to impossible now.
I could write pages and pages about this issue but guess I will stop with this for now..