Yogi's Corner

I was watching a news report on Times Now last night. They called it as a new initiative which was the need of the current moment. And I will seriously disagree with that. For ages, I have been commenting on this issue but could never bring it to the right platform. So the debate on hand was about traffic safety. On how there needs to be an education for the drivers so that they realise how important it is to maintain sanity while driving. Most of the accidents per statistics is from over speeding and then to drunk driving in majority of the cases. My take on this is simple. In india, people just don't value their life. It's not just about road accidents alone. 10 people die everyday on Mumbai local trains. It's so scary the way people cross the roads or board a running train. I encounter almost 10 two wheeler motorcyclists every day, when a bump to them is just a second away.    Traffic commissioners from Delhi as well as Mumbai were present and each had their o...

The Pink Ball Exam (Test) Change they say is inevitable. Infact in a very paradoxical form of the way, change is forever constant .  On the 22nd of November, (6 days after the historic retirement of the iconic Sachin Tendulkar and 7 days after his debut !! ) the Indian Test cricket is on the cusp of a new history. India as always has always been the late adopters of the new improvisations in cricket but like in the past history, it will take to this change as well as a duck takes to water. Eden Gardens already wears a festive atmosphere and the first 4 days are fully sold out !! Day & Night Test match cricket is here upon us and the "Pink Ball Test" is here to stand the "test" of time. This will be the first time that both Bangladesh as well as India will feature in a Day & Night Test match as well as it being such first Test to be held in India. And what better venue than the iconic Eden Gardens ! Saurav Ganguly, the local super hero as well as t...

In one of the very rare Dad to Son moments, my 85 year old dad called me and very eloquently gave me his take on the recent Maharashtra politics. He even insisted that I pen it down. Though, I could not much agree with his views, it was an occasion to savour where he could speak for an hour and I would want to constantly interrupt but stayed speechless. So here please allow me to present his views : The midnight coup by BJP would have been quite possible and successful only if the Supreme Court had not intervened in the decision given by the Governor. The Guv had given about 15 days to the BJP to prove their majority on the floor, while the SC in their haste, just granted 24 hours to the BJP. An open ballot was sought for and BJP was left with no choice. Let it also be known that Ajit Pawar has a very limited influence on his cadre, most of who are still Sharad Pawar loyalists. Which also brings us to the next important question. Why did Sharadji not deflect towards his nephew...