Ramblings from Dwarka

I find myself in a minority when it comes to people discussing spot fixing and match fixing in IPL. Most comments go like these "This is all farce. All matches are fixed" "How can matches get so tight unless its fixed?" "All the players are on the take" "Srinivasan owns all the teams" "CSK wins because Srinivasan has fixed it" and so on. I see two trends here. 1. Most don't understand cricket. Do people know what it takes to bowl one yorker? (forget 6 yorker's in an over). Even the best can miss it by length on a given day. A square cut reaches a fielder at point before the blink of an eye; even the best can miss it on a given day. You jump out to spinner to hit him out and the ball can just dip a fraction to beat you. It would be plain stupid to attribute all these to fixing. Yet people do and post them on all forums. They also seem to think that it is easy to get 30 guys on a squad to get together to loose (you ca...

A full week in Corbett gave me a very good insight on people visiting the wild. Let me give you an idea what Corbett is. It's the largest and first wild life park in the country named after the legendary Jim Corbett. Its located in Uttarakhand and Ramnagar is the nearest rail head. There are two rivers, Kosi and Ramganga that flow around here. Nainital is a mere 90 kms away. Most visitors stay in the luxury resorts that dot Ramnagar. Most staying in Ramnagar will make day safari's to Bhijrani or Jhirna. However, to really enjoy the park you must stay inside the park in one of the Forest Rest House (FRH) of which Dhikala is the best. Let me warn you, these are functional places and don't expect any thing but basic comforts. Here is a compilation of the different people you find in the park, based on my observations during a week's stay The "leave me alone" Professional These are pro wildlife men and women who come here purely for the love of the wild ...