The Summer of 2003

It was way back in 2003,When we were all out of the college & were either placed or being in the process of hunting for a job . A typical day would start at around 5 30 in the morning , when all would assemble at either of Natesa Nagar mottai madi and would play a great game of cricket ,this would go on till 9 .

After an interval of say 2 hours all would again confluence at place for the never ending brain biting literature sessions laced with ultimate comedies . This would be wound up say at 4 ,when people shift to out doors ,and the hands that held the cards would start wielding the ball and bat.

This would continue till 7 , people would disperse soon after ,only to reassemble at the park at 9 .Long chat sessions on job,Interviews,movies ,out bound visits would soon churn out , and this 2 kms walk would have taken us to the “ Happy Cool Inn “ by then .
All would treat themselves with the great Fresh Lime ( Rs.5 a glass was the only affordable on at that point of time ) .Walk back and to crash at respective homes only to start the routine ,the very next day .

The Summer of ’03 (I would cherish this the same way as summer of ’69) was indeed a memorable on in all our lives. This was the longest summer hols we had enjoyed.The game of mottai madi was devised in this summer ( Also check http://natrajvenkatraman.blogspot.com/2006/04/tryst-with-mottai-madi-cricket.html) . This summer also bought out all the old chininmates once again back , who otherwise were forced to part or found little time for their buddies ion the 4 long grueling UG .”Kaakha Kaakha” got released . Many started to earn their own first penny in this summer.

Those were the best days of my life ................ oh yeah .............
Will it come back ???

Our promises ,What are we fooling around ...?

The presidential run campaign in a country was there running in front of me .The candidates were talking on promises ,promises to deliver the best to tomorrow’s children , the best that they can deliver ,so that they don’t know what it is to be deprived of ….

Though these might be a standard text format ,being tailor made with some context drawn to the local socio & political climate ,the bottom line remains the same elsewhere in this world too .

I’m sure our children as well as ourselves are going to be neither spared form huge taxes , the rising prices ,inflation , rising interests , huge realty speculations. You have a retro perspective ,I’m sure it is going to be a more Herculean task to provide basic infrastructures including sanitation ,drinking water , motor able roads.

Banks / Institutions lend money to people to make investments like stocks ,shares , futures, commodity etc, with auto , home being exempted . people borrow money and lend to others in anticipation of a big speculation which in the end turns out to be a big far* . Such complex financial innovations can lead to catastrophe phenomenon casting the whole world, Sub prime being the best example in this context . Lending loan to a person at a higher rate who doesn’t qualify for a loan might be stupid idea ,a common man would say , but these were the things that some bright ivy league whiz kids were loitering with in their blue shirts before the bull

So what are we talking about , a whole new promising world to our kids , whom are we fooling around …… ?