Footmarks of a traveller

Monday, November 20, 2006

Fedex

It was a delight watching Federer send Nadal home in Semis and then be a nemesis to James Blake in the finals of Shanghai Masters at Qi Zhong Stadium. James Blake at the ceremony said, ‘I appreciate the support you gave me when I was playing great, or when Roger was giving me a lesson, I'm honoured to be considered a colleague of his."

Roger, you are the best!

We, on the other hand, came third in the Premier’s trophy in corporate football winning by 3-0 against ICICI One source…This tournament had been going on for 3 weeks now at HAL grounds and we played in all kinds of weather and on the worst possible ground…

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

All You who Sleep Tonight

All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right,
And emptiness above -

Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

-- Vikram Seth

Thursday, November 09, 2006

kya mujhe pyar hai- woh lamhe

This movie song is very famous these days in India…To know where it comes from, go to the following link on youtube...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o4-uuTbbreg

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Farewell my dear Colonel by Leonid Kolosov

It is a very typical spy novel set around the NATO era. Mostly, it deals with the American or British arm of NATO’s intelligence gathering on the then U.S.S.R. NATO intelligence officers disguise as embassy personnel in the Soviet, mark their targets and make them extract important secret information after exploiting their weakness and showering them with money.

The story mainly involves around two intelligence agents. One of them, a Belgian national, Ingvar Ross, working for Americans in NATO falls in love with a Russian woman and defects taking the story further. I don’t want to tell the end of the story…


There are remote chances that you will find this book somewhere (save Russia).