Cricket in a Baseball field. !!

During the summers of 1997, one year after the '96 Cricket World cup, every kid of my generation started to talk, eat nd also play cricket.

India's dream of bagging another World Title came to bizarre end in ‘96. Vinod Kambli represented the whole nation and wept as if every1 else from the sub-continent has lent him their tears.

One man still stood out as he plundered 523 runs, making him the highest run scorer in the '96 World Cup and setting the then record for the highest runs by any player in a single Cricket World Cup - subsequently bettered by him in the '03 edition.

He started playing when I was a 3 year old-kid, busy with my own set of toys. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the man (although he still looks like a boy)who carried hopes of ever increasing Indian-fans, As every second passes Sachin gets thousands of fans, thanks to ever rising Indian population. He must have told the Indian-Government, "Do something about family-planning"; my shoulders are too small to hold every Indian baby.

Coming back to the summer of '97, I bought a 6 feet poster of Sachin, and later a Cricket Bat having "MRF" as its sticker. Guess what, that bat made me an instant hero among my friends; no one else had a MRF bat to play with.

Within a day I formed a cricket team, announcing myself as the Captain, A boy with a MRF bat surely deserved to be the captain, don’t u think so!!

I always feel Nostalgic, recalling those unconditional days. The team led by me played in a Baseball look-alike ground for 7 years. And it’s been 7 years since I played there.

Since Sachin as a 16 year old kid, Milked Abdul Qadir to all parts of the grounds, the grounds across the country became smaller, defying all geometrical shapes, nd proving that cricket as a religion in India can be practiced on grounds of all shapes nd size.

3rd Winter to 8th Summer ... !!

I closely remember,
Every Moment Lived wit u,
I will never forget,
how sweet was u !!

U made me Laugh
U made me cry
U made me Live
my dream like a child !!

U are thr i know,
as ever wit me,
I am locked up wit u,
wit a thought to pursue you !!

I closely remember,
Ur first walk into my life,
i jumped wit joy...
claiming.. only i belonged to the sky...!!

U talked u stopped,
u smiled like a clock
u made me a child,
as my eyes nd ears …..rejoiced !!

U always smiled....
lightning Ur face with gladness
hiding every trace of sadness
So smile an' don't forget to smile !!
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As u walked away
transforming me day by day....
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The 3rd Winter to 8th summer,
...is the time which,
,,,,,,.i will always cherish
...whatsoever be the time !!

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power of dreams

If Honda has its way, then pavements across the globe will soon be the domain of U3-X, the world's first 'mechatronic' unicycle.

According to a report in The Times, Honda's creation, a decade in the making, restores Japan's [ Images ] reputation as the most fanatical of mad inventors.

The thousands of tiny movements the human hand instinctively makes to keep the broom upright are simulated in the U3-X by a lattice of motion sensors and Honda's new omni-directional wheel.

The new Honda drive system can do all sorts of useful things ordinary wheels cannot, such as moving sideways.

The compact electric personal mobility device fits between the rider's legs to provide movement forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally. It is made to easily use, carry, or store.

The 10-kg unicycle's most spectacular feat is that it can stand upright on its own.

The unicycle has a foldable seat and footrests - and a body that functions as the frame in which users can retract the various components.

When unfurled, riders jump on and go - adjusting speed and motion by simply shifting weight.

Taken off its charging stand and held in the starting position for a few seconds, the U3-X quivers to life. It will not fall over as long as its batteries last.

Even while in motion, the unicycle is nearly impossible to topple and makes no balancing demands.

The driver merely leans the torso in the desired direction of travel and the single wheel compensates improbably for the shifting weight of its master, rumbling off with a puny electric whirr.

The machine is far more portable than a fold-up bicycle and takes up no more pavement space than a pedestrian.

According to Shinichiro Kobashi, an engineer, one day, polo matches will be played on these machines.

For the moment, though, any match would be a slow one. Honda has limited the unicycle to a maximum speed of 4mph (6km/h) - a speed at which it makes considerably more sense to walk.