Cherpulasseri Sivan- maestro of Maddalam

Shri.Cherpulasseri Sivan is well known eminent Maddalam Artist who performs in Temples and Temple festivals. He a very popular Maddalam Artist and in fact one of the most recognized artists of Pancha vadyam. Shri Sivan belongs to a traditionally famous family of Cherpulsseri who prrform on maddslam.As a matter of Fact the TempleMusic instruments were being played by a community known as Ambalavasi community. But Shri Shivan Chrrpulasseri belongs to a Nair family who are as a matter of heredity playing Maddalam and also used to take part in Temple arts like Kathakali. When time changes the traditional story also changed.Nowadays whoever possess proficiency in a particular art can perform in stages as well as in Temples.The restrictions belonged to Temples were gradually changed according to convenience. Playing Maddalam in Keli is a specially gifted branch of the Temple musical instrument Maddalam.It isnot as common as Maddalam in Pachavadyam. Panchamaddalam Keli is to be performed by Five artists simultaneously and that is the speciality of playing all together upto the rythm of this branch of Temple Arts. Shri.Sivan had training from Gurus at Sadanam annd other organisations..He leant different ways of playing Maddalam for Kathakali and other branches ofArts where Maddalam is included. He also learnt from different Gurus different forms of playing Maddalam The most popular was Mohini attam branch art like Kathakali. Mohini attam consist of Thillana,Jathiswaram and Alarippu where Maddalam is played differently. From mega experience in playing maddalam differently in different areas and also for Nadaswaram,Kathakaliand Mohini attam Shri Cherpulasseri Sivan today is veteran in all the art forms he is performing. He plays in Cherpulasseri Ayyappan Temple also where he had got trained in the early stage of learning. Maddalam is one of the sweetest Temple music instruments in Kerala.The rhythm of Maddalam is as good as Chenda. I was lucky to view his performance of his recent programs in Namboorkavu Temple a suburb of Thrissur city.Hence this blog to describe his talent with Maddalam. Let us wish Shri Sivan Cherpulasseri a long happy life of entertaing vast groups of admirers of Maddalam in different Temples and other stages for a long time to come SreedharanMundanat 14th July 2019.

World Environment Day 2019

Since 1974,the United Nations deciided to take more interest in Global protection of Environment & Human environment by celebrating a day called World Environment day.The day was fixed on 5th of June every year. Over 100 nations took part in celebrating this day by declaring a particular topic for an year.The year 2018 belonged to India and the topic was "Prevention of Plastic pollution".Accordingly,many seminars were organized and the need to avoid use of plastic bags ,bottles and vessels were banned in some places.Generally people stopped usage plastic covers and avoided burning of plastic materials in the open.However some incidents do happen for want of proper plants to destroy plastic scientifically.. However,now people are aware of the detrimental after effects of usage of plastic. Many cases of fish and such aqua friendly birds and insects used to die as a result of eating plastics bags and other material floating on the rivers and other water resources.Different Governments have made laws banning Plastics. In due course,it is believed the use of plastic would be totally eliminated in India. This year 2019 the topic is "Air Pollution"China is the nation suggested by United Nations to undertake the prevention of various sorts of Air Pollution. Human beings can not stop breathing. But certainly we can stop breathing polluted air and instead breathe air of pure quality by taking precautions and arrangements. Approximately,7 million people all over the world die pre maturely due to breathing polluted air.Out of this 4 million deaths are occuring in Asia Pacific. World Environment Day would urge people and Governments all over the world,organizaetions,societies,industry and communities the need for protecting air as pureand free from Pollution. Altogether exploring the possibilities to secure pure air can be studied and approprite steps to enforce availability of clean air be achieved.Ensuring renewable energy and green technologies to improve pure quality of air in all regions and cities is a must for good health and living conditions. The facts about air pollution around the world are basically as under: 1)92% of people world wide do not have clean air to breathe. 2)As a cost of welfare measures,the Global economy expenses touch 5trillion US Dollars every year. 3)Ground level Ozone Pollution is expected to reduce staple crop yields by 26% by 2030. The main types of sir pollution are: 1)Agriculture pollution,2)House hold Pollution 3)Industrial Pollution 4)Transport Pollution and5)Waste pollution. In all the above emission of Caarbon,smoke by burning, decaying and throwing out wasteful material to fill water resources are the main reasons to pollute air and make people breathe bad air to affect health is the main problem affecting humanity Already methods are in torce to prevent pollution out of these sources. But the need of the hour is to totally eradicate such pollution. People should take more interest and feel concern about these pollution and try to avoid them by employing suitable measuresThe Government can make and implement Laws and regulations to avoid air pollution. The system of fireworks and crackers during celebrations and festival also are reasons for sir pollution Unless people themselves take necessary steps to prevent pollution of air at home ,a total system of avoiding air pollution can not be achieved India after undertaking eradication of plastic pollution last year,whether in fact achieved the aim is still unknown .Every Nation is responsible for the fulfillment of the aim of the year by taking collective responsibility. Just assembling in different places and conducting symbolic functions and taking photographs as a proof of abiding by the principle alone will not serve the purpose of introducing the system prescribed by the United Nations. SreedharanMundanat 5th of June 2019

Jack fruit and it's Juniors.

The jackfruit is a very sweet and tasty fruit. The Government of Kerala in South India had declared it as the State Fruit rightly.In the past the Jackfruit being one of the best fruits in the world was neither properly looked after nor even the people of Kerala considered it as a valuable fruit. It was a common sight even in advanced roads where vehicular traffic was heavy Jackfruits during it's season used to fall from the tree and got spread all over the roads .There were no takers for the fruit inspite of availability in plenty.No reason can be attributed to this kind of neglect except it is a bit tuff to break it and remove the fruit from it .Always when one try to do it a lot of sticky substance in liquid form used to come out of the fruit and make one's hand also sticky and difficult to remove it.nowadays,however eat methods have been discovered to operate it. Many ,perhaps did not know by applying a bit of coconut oil and washing away with soap the sticky substance from hand can be easily removed. The jackfruit tree is one of the fruit trees that can grow well in places like India without any special care. The picture on the top is Jackfruit tree.It's product Jack fruit is inside the thick needle like shell. Experts in Kerala especially villagers can tell from the size ,appearance and smell whether a jackfruit is matured enough to become fruit.If after taking it out from tree and found not fully fit to be a fruit,it can be kept for a couple of days to get it become fully ripe,the hard skin on the Jackfruit can be removed with a sharp instrument like knife and then by splitting into two partsa pale yellow pulp bulbs which are edible can be found.This can be removed into pieces.A full size Jackfruit can contain 40 to 50 such pulp bulbs. This is very sweet and full of nutritioous value. The seeds of Jack fruit also can be used for curries and also if fried adding masala and salt be taken as chips.the interior of Jackfruit if not allowed to ripe and split into two parts as mentioned above,the pulps which has not assumed yelloyish color can be cut into symmetrical pieces and after adding salt can be fried.Before it becomes black and when in light brown color it should be removed from the oil and spread in a plate for sometime to get the oil particles removed from it.Then it can be consumed as chips of banana.It is of very good taste as much as banana chips if not better. This young pulps which have not become ripe can be used for making dishes with Dal.This can be taken along with rice or Chapathis. Besides,the ripe pulps can be used for making kheer also .it is also highly tasty.Apart from this the sweet pulps can be fried using a peculiar method on low fire for long time to make a dish called " Chackavaratti" which can be kept for long period of time.Any Kerala housewife can tell how it is exactly made.This is a speciality of Kerala and extremely tasty and one can not stop taking it because of the special taste .the Keralites living abroad and in Gulf always take this during the season of jackfruit which is normally Still May.But during other months also in limited number of places. So unlike other fruits, the Jackfruit is a multipurpose fruit.In olden days the Jack fruit was liberally consumed by lower class of people more. Since it was popular with lower class,the higher class dispensed with using jackfruit .This was also one of the basic reasons why jackfruit had remained unpopular But nowadays jackfruit has become more popular.Since 2018,the price of jackfruit has also enhanced as a lot of demand from other states and from abroad . The big Jackfruit has two Juniors also in Kerala. The picture in the middle above is called "Kadachackka " in Kerala.it is smaller in size but in shape and the shell outside it is exactly like the senior jackfruit in the top picture. It's interior never gets ripe to become sweet.in other words it is not a fruit identical in all respects without the sticky liquid coming out while cutting it.It is ,however used for making curry by using masala and mustard to fry in oil.It is very tasty with rice and also suits Chapathi and Porota/Parantha( in sindhi& Hindi) This Kadachakka is also called Bread fruit and seema Chakka This unlike Original jackfruit( Top picture)has no seeds to use as vegetable. The third picture is a fruit called AINI chacka orin some places Anjilli Chakka is seen in Kerala alone in India.Nowadays it has become a rare commodity and can be seen rarely in Kerala also. It can be seen in a Famous Mahakshetram of Kerala called Thrikkakkara Vamanamoorthy Temple in Ernakulam.It can be seen behind the Mahaganapathy Temple an upadevatha of Mahadeva Temple. In shape it is identical to Jackfruit and can be called junior to Jackfruit. The skin once removed,one can see the sweet pulps in a form of a oval shaped collection.one can remove each fruit by hand.Each fruit contains 30 to 40 pieces .It is very sweet.one can eat a fruit fully in one sitting.it's sweetness can be experienced only when one eats and can not be explained. It is very rarely found in fruitshopes. But one can get more details from the Krishi Bahavan nearby. The Jack fruit and it's Juniors(except kadachackka which is not sweet)are going to be the craze of the Nation and most sought after fruits in India and abroad. SreedharanMundanat 16th of May 2019

Avittathur Mahadeva Trmple

There is one very old ahadeva Temple built by Agastya Muni according to four very old inscriptions found in the Temple.This Temple is in the Thrissur District of Kerala State .This is a very ancient Temple over two thousand years old .The place was originally named Agastyaputtur. Later on ,sometimes the name was changed as Avittathur.This historical Temple exists in an area where once upon a time Bhrahmin settlement existed..This area is supposed to be one of the 64 such areas existed in Kerala This Mahadeva Temple is about 2000 years old. Avittathur Siva Temple was well known for protecting and practising Temple arts form known as ChakyarKoothu and Koodiyattam. Similar to Kathakali in the costumes xxthis art form was of very humerous nature of pleasant mocking of the members of the audience also A very entertaining form of Koothu and Koodiyattam were originally existed only in Temples and were not popular outside the Temple in other stages. A very famous artist of Kuuthu and Koodiyattam who performed in this Temple for more than 2 decades Shri Mani Madhava ChaKyar was responsible for this curious rare art form finding light out side the interior premises of Temples.

ShiMadhava ChaKyar very boldly and devotedly staged the art outside Temple also who made a lot of followers He was a famous scholar in Sanskrit. He had ability to convince everything by Rasabhinaya and Netrabhinaya . His knowledge and mastery of the principles of Koodiyattam like Theory and Practise were considered superb. He was a veteran teacher of both ChaKyar Koothu and Koodiyattam He was ,in fact,the authority on these two branches of Temple Artforms . His earnst effort made the Artforms popular in Kerala&India.He had trained even followers of foreign origin. He is the receipient of various titles and Awards.in 1021 he got Mudramothiram from Bhattan Thampuran of Kodungallor Kovilakam. All kovioams at Kottayam,Thripunithura, and all other Kovilakams in Kerala. Maharani of Trsvancore honoured with Ponnada through UplorvParameswara iyer. The cental Government has honoured him with Padmasree in 1974. Shri Madhava Chakyarvwas a regular performer for two decades at the Avittathur Mahadeva Temple Avittathur Temple is in Irinjalakkuda near Chalakkudi ,Kerala State,India. Dedicated to Shri Vadakkumnathan Temple of Thrissur on the occasion of famous Pooram 2019. SreedharanMundanat 12 th of May 2019.

Roger Federer-Master of Lawn Tennis

Roger Federer is undisputedly the greatest Tennis Champion of today in the world. Tomorrow is the day in which he is appearing in yet another final of the Miami Open. While wishing him yet another title tomorrow ,let me take this opportunity to remember his latest achievements as a tribute to him from an ardent fan of him for the last many years. The last time I was feeling sorry for him with unbearable agony was when a youngster had beaten him in the Australian Open 2018. But surprisingly he was not at all upset by the event! In the 4th found of Australia open he was beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas in the worst surprise of Australian Open. Thereafter,Federer was seen playing in the Dubai Open 2019 to take a sweet revenge on the same youngster to complete his 100 the title of his carrier.I t was an unforgettable moment of unexpected surprising pleasure for me.All the despair I had been keeping with me suddenly ended as if Sun light did to Mist. I was so glad that day and marked it as a day to remember for ever. Here are s few of his achievements of the carrier of the Swiss Maestro. All carrier achievements of 30 Grandslams.None in the recent time had achieved sushi a Glory. The greatest among Tennis ttles called Wimbledon,he had some 8 times. Australian Open Titles 6 times. US open titles 5 times. There are many more instances of various laurels Referer had won during Long carrier. We wish Roger Federer tomorrow yet another Miami Open title. Long Live Roger Federer SreedharanMundanat 30th March 2019. In

Exchange of Jersey at the end of a football match.

The procedure of exchanging of Jerseys of two football teams has a story behind it.

The story is in brief as follows: In 2003 the United States of America had lost a football match 1-0 to Brazilian the Confederation Cup.but when the final whistle blew in Lyon France,the American defender Greg Berhalter Walked off the field with a moment from a tough night. In his hands Berhalter recalledthat night recentlyit was heavyhelpfulness of wistfullnesd and not for loosing the ball that lead to the game,,'s only goal.A few days after the games,at a hotel in Paris where,Ronaldinho was then the famous star for St-Germain, Berhalter sent his dirty clothes for cleaning.Into the bag,he absentmindedly tossed the iconic yellow and green jersey. Needless to say it never came back from Laundary. The exchange of Jersey at the end of a match is a longtime ritualthat is well established in the sport even as it has evolved.With each swap, there is usually a story. Often,the tales are perdonsl,speaking toa player's standing in the game or marking a chapter in his carrier. It is just a sign of respect after a game in which you fight each other ss if kicking orv killing,but at the end of the game again you become friends. The gentlemanly ritualis believed to have begun in in 1931 when France had beaten England for the first time. The French players were so ecstatic that they asked English players if they could have their jerseys for keepstakes The English obliged. At s world cup the exchange took place only in 1954. In 1966 England defeated Argentina 1-0 In quarter final.The match was so rough and vicious .The coach of England And Ransey scalled Argentina Players animals. He also stopped one of the England players exchanging Jersey to Argentina player.The rivalry continued until 1998 when Diego Marston's had a God given goal againstcEngland when Beckham had a red card. Later on the sportsman spirit was restored when the Los Angeles galaxy was played between Barcelona and AC Milan. Later on in 2006 works cup Jerseys were exchanged between Trinidad Tobago and Paraguay. Now Jersies are of more importance. Players likeDavid Beckman, Lionel Messy,Christian Rinaldo,Wayne Rooney,And Ronaldinho keep Jerse for remembrance. SreedharanMundanat 22nd March 2019.

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2019

https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/ipl-2019-auction-how-the-franchises-spent-and-how-teams-are-stacked-up/amp_articleshow/67150455.cms#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s This year all the new look teams in the IPL 2019 beginning on the 23rd of March 2019 are equally balanced with Batsmen,Bowlers and Wicket keepers. One can not distinguish a team particularly until the league is in progress. However,basically the matches depends upon the number if rubs sciredand the target kept for the second team to bat. Taking into account all these into account ,the Chennai Superking headed by MSDhoni seems to be favourites to attract the fans. The other teams to watch are Royal Challengers ,Bangalore ,Punjab Eleven and the Sunrisers . This does not mean Delhi Capital and Mumbai Indians are lagging behind. So all teams can hope for wins on their days of Play. Areal trend can be observed only after the progress. One peculiarity for Chennai Superking is the extraordinary ability of their wicket keeper and their willpower and willing news to play for win. Dhoni is specacial batsman suiting the pattern of the IPL. He has the power and mind to apply according to circumstances to build Besides Dhoni is more actibmvecabd prominent when defeat looks at him and change defeat into a a Golden Victory. So let us welcome every team to the event to show their capability to entertain us SreedharanMundanat 21st of March 2019

Quadrangular under 19 tournament at Trivsndrum

On 11th of March 2019,the final of the quadrangular Tournament was held at the Green field Stadium between India under 19A & B. Under 19 B team won the toss and wisely elected to bat. A.Sethi and Tilak Varma opened the innings.A.sethi was ,however unlucky to become caught behind after facing 14 balls without scoring.The Bowler wasAkash Singh.score card 8/1. The game progressed .V.S.Lavande who joined Till Varma returned to pavlion in the 10th overfor 7runs again caught behind by Jurel b. Tyagi.The score was 28/2. Next to come to crease wasRSChandrol.in the 18th overTilak Varma also returned to Pavilion after scoring a very useful 38runs with 3fours by facing 54 balls.Thescore card read a very healthy score of 71/3. The new batsman joined in the middle was Smeer Rizvi. In the meantime RSChandrol made a glorious 70 runs from 74 balla with the help of 4fours and 2sixes in the company of Rizvi.However he was out when the score was 170/4.itcwas 38th over.In the 43rd over Rizvi also fellwith 67 runs to his credit(4fours&1six) The score card read 199/5.Thereafter wickets fell rapidly .The innings of India B ended at 232/9 .A very healthy score.The IndiA needed 240 to win from 50 overs. The innings of India A began with Iqbal and Veer as openers.Before scoring 15 runs both fell. Theresfter wickets began falling in quick successions without offering a reasonable fight. S.Hegde with 42 runs,Jaiswal and Rawat both 27 each only could offer resistance. Otherwise it was just like the previous ganmme between them. indiaA surrendered at in 39 over with just 160 all out. The final was won by India under19 B. Altogether the tournament was a great success being the first time schedule a competition was staged in Trivandrum. The quality of the stadium was once again proved fit for playing any form of cricket including Test matches. SreedharanMundanat 11 the March 2019

The 4th onedayer in the 5 match series-India vs Australia

The series between Australia & India is on a challenging mode after Australia won the match at Ranchi on 8 th of March 2019. India leading 2-1,the 4th onedayer is of a challenging nature India needing a win to claim the series and Australia to level it with a view to wining it on 13th March in the decider ifbthe win today. This makes the series more challenging for bothbthe teams. India retained the team minus DHONI who allowed rest while Rishab Pant replaced him behind the stumps with gloves. Australia retained their winning combination of 10 th March at Ranchi. The weather being sunny ,the game began on time. The toss which was vital today won by Virat Kohli and promptly elected to bat at ISBindra Stadium MOHALI in Punjab. The openers for a change began playing cautiously.Rohit Sharma kept the vigil while Shikar Dhavan adopted aggressive role to keep score card moving rapidly unlike previous games. In 22 overs both kept he scorechealthy with 130/0 with Dhavan 78 with 10 fours and i six while Rohit Sharma remained on 50 with 1 six and 3?fours. In the 31st over Rohit Sharma was caught by Handscomb b Richardson five runs short of 100 from 92 balls.(7 Fours and 2 sixes).the score atvthis stagecwas 193/1 The game progressed after LokeshvRahul joined Dhavan in the middle.On completion ofv36 overs the score board showed Board showed 233/1. the further progress of the match is crucial for India . The present trend of 254/2 in 37.4 overs when Dhavan got out with a well deserving 143 from 115 balls with18fours and 3 Sixes,would appear to be verybcompetitive. The present trend of 12 overs still to play India might reach theRegion of 350+ in 50 overs. With 12 overs still remaining India is likely to finish the 50 overs in the region of 350+. Finally India finished the the first outing for 356/9 with Bumrah sending the lastball over the fence. Australia needs 357 runs to win. Although they lost wickets of Around Finch and Shawn Marsh cheaply ,they are still trying hard to find the rarget. At the moment being 117/2,the required run rate is just over 8 runs per over. This might look difficult but not next to impossible. Unless Indian Bowlers rise to the occasion and bowl exemplarioy well ,nothing can be taken for granted as Cricket is a Glorious Game of Uncertainty. Australia crossed 200.still no further loss of wickets. The RRR at present is over 9 per over. The progress is commendable. The wicket of most dangerous batsman Khawaja claimed by Bumrah as a catch by Kuldeep yadav forv91 glorious runs. Australia progressed steadily and crossed 300 easily. And finally met the targetwith a glorious 358/6 with 13 balls to spare. This was an exemplarily expert fight from Down under in the recent past. They deserve all the praises especially,Hands comb and Khawaja. Now this series has become not merely interesting but a challenging one for both zindian and Australia.After having Locked at 2-2 the final decider on 13 the March 2019 assumes vital importance The decider is to be played at Phirosha Kotla at Delhi.we could witness the survival of the fittest on Wednesday next. SreedharanMundanat 10 the March 2019

Quadrangular under19 tournamentbatvTrivandrum2019

The quarts gulag under19 series match to be played toda at Trivandrum today was held on today promptly. The first match today at st Xaviers Ground was between indaA under 19& India B under 19 teams. The match was a surprising event in every respect . First team to use bat was India A. Their score was surprisingly low as compared to previous matches. Just three batsmen found double digit individual scores. They were Y.Jaiswal 30,Dhruv jurel 40,&Harsh dubey 23. They were all out in 40.3 overs for a very blow score of 129 . The under19 B had an easy target of 130 in 50 overs @2.6 runs per over. Arya Sethi 51 with 8 fours from 52 balls ,A.ankolekar with 29,&P.Tyagi 14, togetherbwithbthe single digit scores from others found home by scoring 130 in just41.4 overs and won the match handsomely. Match between South Africa under 19 & Afganistan under 19 : ************************************************************** This match for the Third position was of no much interest as bothbthe teams had lost both their earlier Matches without collecting anynpoints. Today's match between them was to decide the third position in the match at Green field Stadium in Trivandrum. South Africa who was to bat first did their best and scored 200 runs From49.5 overs. Afganistan in reply could make just 191 from 40.5 overs Thus S.Africa won the third position match. The final of the Quandrangular tournament would be held at Green Field Stadium on 11th of March 2019 Between India B & IndiaAnunder19 teams with points 15 & 14 respectively WinningbofvIndia under19 B over B was a surprise. Cricket is such a game With surprises and disappointing shocks. This is why CRICKET IS FONDLY CALLED A GLORIOUS GAME OF UNCERTAINTY Sreedharan Mundanat 9 th of March 2019

New Arrival in Cricket

One would be wondering what's meant by the title of this blog?yes it is true. There are different kinds of catches in cricket by which a batsman can be declared out in the game of cricket. 1)caught behind by wicket keeper. 2)Caught and Bowled by the bowler. 3)caught by fielder in any position on field. 4) Caught by a fielder at the border when the ball is not allowed to touch the ground by pushing it back to ground if the Fielder's feet is outside the fence and complete the catch by entering back in the field. Apart from all these a new kind of catches has taken birth in a match held at Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday the 1st of March 2019.

This unusual catch of cricket took place in a match between the touring women cricket team of NewZealand & the Governor General Eleven ofAustralia at Sydney Cricket ground What exactly happened is as narrated below: This unusual catch by the Bowler had happened in the 45th over ofNewZealand innings.Hither Graham of Australian Team was the bowler .She bowled to Kathy Penkins who wanted to strike the ball to the opposite boundary line.She did it.But unfortunately for NZ & Luckily for the Aussies women team the ball went straight to the non-striker's end whereKathy Martin was standing.Thevball was very fast .Kathy Matin turned away from the path of the ball to save herself from becoming a target .Had it hit her it could have been a case of serious injury.Whikevturningvto save herself the ball touched the bat in the hand of Kathy Msrtin and Rose in the air.Hither Graham the bowler did not offer a butter hand & safely accepted the catch gracefully. Although unintentionally Kathy Martin was indirectly the cause for the loss of the wicket of team mate Kathy Penkins.However Kathy Martin compensated for her error of judgement by scoring a Glorious 72 runs. Thus the Kiwis made,perhaps,a historical score of 323 runs for the loss of 7 Wickets. In reply,thecAustralian women could make just 157 runs (all out) Finally the NewZealand Women recorded a Historical victory over the Governor's Eleven of Australia. This match may not enter the History to books of international cricket being a tour match. But this will be remembered for a long time as a First classCricket Match in the books of cricket as an event in which an unusual catch took birth. SreedharanMundanat 2nd March 2019

A peculiar spider- small harmless but intelligent spider

I saw a small brown spider in the bathroom/toilet .It is seen only at night on two nights. so I began watching it regularly. It is harmless but the shape with eight legs and remaining motionless even when I put on light kept me more interesting to watch it .On the third nightYesterday I sprayed a few drops of water on it .It ran to a safer place in the corner of the wall .But the way it ran was like jumping while running.This made me more curious to know about it’s behaviour.Tonight also it appeared at the same place .it’s intention obviously was to hunt small insectslike mosquitos.To night also I sprinkled water on it.It ran and took shelter at a higher corner of the wall. Towards dawn when I put light I looked for it where it was sitting .To my surprise,I found it there but smaller in size of body with only two legs slightly pointing up.So I took a close look at it for some time .Then came the biggest surprise of my life in relation to spiders.it had observed me also and finding that I was looking at it ran away faster to the top of the wall where there is a sunshade like projection and disappeared over it. Being inquisitive to know more about the species I Google searched to find results.I got similar harmless spiders but not exactly the type which reduces the size of the body in the hiding. As it is very interesting, In this case of the spider the most surprising factor is that just the way we observe it,we are too observed by it to run away to safety. If any of the readers of this blog remembers this kind of experience ,please let me know whether there is any way to know the name of these species ,if not scientific the local name. SreedharanMundanat 1st March 2019.

Foot Volley Ball

Foot Volley Ball was originally began in Brazil the land of Football in 1965. The ball touch rules are basedonFootball game.But field rules are based on Beach Volley Ball. While playing the players are supposed to use their feet,Chest,knee and head alone.By following this it is as good as a football game but is played with a net in between the teams like Volley ball.Those playing football and mastered scissor cuts(rarely seen in football today to score goals.) Earlier scissor cut was a fashion when I was playing football in college. This game also has good scope for Scissor cut.Football and volley ball players can easily master this game.In fact,very interesting and require talent especially to take returns. Needs a lot of speed and control to play.But by proper training it is easy to master the game. Usually 2 to 4 players can play.Needs a lot of stamina for which regular exercises are required. A similar game is in force in South EastAsia also.it is called Sepak Takraw In Foot Volley ball there is no scope for scoring 50 or100 Hatricks like Genius MESSI because there is no scoring goals like football. The scoring pattern is purely based on volley ball. This game is not popular in India. If properly promoted this game can come up in India also.The probability of including this game now played in South East Asia in Olympics one day can not be ruled out. Today in DDSports Channel I watched a game of ladies between Thailand and Vietnam which was a thriller. This prompted me to write this Blog. Sreedharan Mundanat. 25th of February2019.

The National Panjayathi Raj Day

The National Panjayathi Raj day was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Mammohan Singh on on 24th of july2010,the heart and soul of this decentralisation model of Governance took root with the efforts of Late Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi The concept of 3 tier Panjayath system Known as District Level,Block level and Village level was followed in Rajasthan partially,but until 1993 when Rajiv Gandhi Came up with the slogan" Power to the People" and amended the Constitution of India With 73rd act of amendment of Constitution of India on 24 the of April 1993 the concept became a reality.The day 24th April 1993 was established as a Land mark day in the History of India. This amendment when passed by both houses of Parliament the act came into existence with A Gazette notification. This enabled a large number of people namely,Women,Scheduled caste and scheduled Tribes of the rural area in beginning to enjoy the fruit of Democracy One third of Women,scheduled caste and scheduled tribes were thus recognized for reservation of seats to represent people .This amendment also assured the representation & The devlution of funds and decisionm making Right down to the villages making India the largest democracy &the most representative Democracy of the World Since then civic elections and forming of Pachatyth system of rule began in India in full swing. The Panchayats Raj day is celebrated in India on 24th of April every year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated it in 2010. This day is not generally celebrated by State Governments or Three tier Panchayats in India. However,the Panchayats Raj day is being celebrated in the State of Kerala on 19th of May.How the date declared by the former Prime minister of India changed from 24 theApril to 18th May was researched to find that this new date celebrated from last year is being continued as 19th of May being the birthday of former Gujrat Chief Minister Balwant Rai This year it is being celebrated on 18th and 19th of May 2019 at Thrissur the district of the Local Government Minister Shri A.CMoideen. There was many cultural programmes yesterday in various Panchayats. The allocation of funds for this purpose is being arrived at Rs4 crores approximate This is amidst the celebrations of the 1000 days of completion of the State Government.The divastating flood in Kerala was in the month of August 2018.The dramatic irony is even after the completion of 6 months the task of building houses for the victims is yet to be started while The Naval chief of Southern Naval command,Kochi who was taking interest in the rescue operations by offering Helicopters has built a house and handed over key to one Mr.Babu whom he found deserving and very much in need ofa house.

by Besides,the elements on which approximately Rs4crores were to be spent was for routine matters where no urgent need can be thought of. At least 100 houses could have built and handed overby using the money spent for Panchayat Rash days on 18Th& 19th of May 2019 in The issue alone alone by using Rs4, crores approximately. The purpose for which the amount was spent would make one think why so much money for just a Panchayat Raj day celebration The full details of celebration of the event only by Kerala state was as under: Just representatives of people,officials and ministers were to take part in the official celebrations. At lest 2 persons from 941 Village Panchayats,152 Block Panchayats,6 Corporations,14 District Panchayats,14 Dy.Directors, Directors office,the Minister’s office,together comes to approximately 2432 people. There would be at least 1000 drivers also to be added.Thus adding Miscellaneous arrivals the welcome committee at Thrissur Estimated the number of people to take part as 4000. The cost of food for 4000 people to be served at least 3 times a day for two days 18th and 19th of February 2019 would approximately work out to Rs30 lakhs. There is also a proposal to give everyone gifts worth Rs 2000/- each. The rent for Lulu Convention Hall at Puzhakkal Thrissur is 10 lakhs for 2 Days. Hotel accommodation for participants except a few from,Thrissur,Ernakulam,Malappuram&Palkkadu would work out to Rs50 Lakhs.The advance of Rs 20 Lalkhs already paid to Hotels in the city of Thrissur. It is also decided the fuel charges for vehicles are to be found from the funds ofLocal Administration of Panchayats. The TA/DA would be paid by the Government which can be availed off from the representative funds. The cultural programs relating to this Panchayth day celebrations are to be held in Thekkumkadu Maidan around Vadakkumnathan Temple. For Host districts the amount to be spent from local Panchayth branches was 20,000/-and other district branches of Panchayats was 15000/- last year.There was a special provision to spend upto 40000/-also last year. This year,however,the orders for these were not forthcoming. There was a method of saving money from the funds of certain activities to find sufficient funds for Panchayth Day celebrations.: They are 1)The state school festivals which were to be done by using 6 crores we're done by using 2 crores. 1)Bhinnashsehi(handicapped) Day and related cultural programs were not conducted.Amount saved is unknown. 3)The Keralotsavam which generally conducted by Panchayth was not conducted.Amountcsaved unknown. 4)Chalachitramela( Film festival) which is usually conducted by spending Six and half crores was conducted for Three and half crores. 5)The international Drama festival usually conducted at 2.1 crores is expected to be conducted at 95 lakhs this year. Thus the amount saved and the actual amount spent for Panchayats are yet to be made known. However an approximate calculation would indicate that there was a total savings of8.16 crores by spending less than the allowable expenses Out of this even if 4 crores allowed for the Panchayats Raj Day celebrationstge balance of savings a would be in the region of 4.16 crores. So although the change of nature of funds is not allowed under rules,the peculiar circumstances involved in this case ,the saving of 4.16 crores may now be utilized for building houses for needy people who are the victims of Flood.Althogh it is too late at least 100 houses can be constructed with immediate effect as mentioned in the beginning of this blog. There is a condition in the Government rules for spending that the funds allotted for one program in Budget can not be spent for another purpose. It would appear that the amount saved is much above the amount spent for Pachayath Raj Day ie 4 crores approximately. The details of these activities and the actual amount spent are best known to the Government alone. Altogether ,why a Panchayth day envisaged by the the former PM as 24th April as per amendment to Constitution of India was changed to 18th and 19th of February( preponed) and how the funds to such large scale was ,in fact, spent is also unlknown. Funds saved are to be surrendered. However,it should be examined whether the savings can be spent for constructing 100 houses to the Flood victims and if so actions would be necessary to be taken expeditiously. The spending of Fund meant for one purpose being spent for anotherpurpose is usually not allowed in Governmental transactions. So the approval of competent authority would be necessary to proceed further to build houses for the victims of Flood. Courtsey: Based on a report appeared in the Mathrubhumi daily of 13th JJanuary 2019) SreedharanMundanat

RENASCENCE IN KERALA

The Renascence in Kerala did not begin yesterday.it began long ago ,perhaps,from 16th century. Malayalam language and literature came into real effect from the days of Thunjathezhuthachan. Ezhuthachan is considered as the originator of Malayalam language. He is the poet who translated the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata to malayalam language which gave the existence of Malayalam in this world.Thunjathezhuthachan is the poet who gave inspiration to change from the procedure in the monopoly of Brahminsespecially Namboodiri community. The present day Renascence or Renaissance is the result of the efforts from many learned people like the following: Men:ThycaudAyya,ArtsVaikundar,Brahmananda Swami Shivayogi,Chattambi Swamikal,shriNarayana Guru,Dr Palpu,AyyattenGopalan,BarristerGPPillai,Ayyankali,C.Krishnan, Kumaranaasaan,VaikkamMoulavi,Mannath Padmanabhan,SwamiVagbhatananda,Pandit Karuppan,T.K.Mahadevan,K.P.KesavaMenon,K.Kelappan,V.T.Bhattathiripad,AK.Gopalan,P Krishnapillai,Kutikkose Ellan Chavra,MampuramThangal,SahodaranAyyappan,Pampadi John Joseph, Makthi Thangal,C.V.Kunjuraman,Velukutty Arayan,Kuroor Neelakandhan Namboodirippadu,T.R.Krishna Swami Iyer,&Swami Anantha Theerthan. Women:A.V.Kuttimalu Amma,Ammu Swaminathan,Accamma Cheriyan,Anna Chandy,LalithambikavAntharjanam,Parvathi Nenmeni mangalam,AryaPallam,Thottekkattu Madhavi Amma,K.Devayani, Lalitha Prabhu,& Mary Lucose. All the above ladies and gentlemen respected by Keralitrs as their saviours in relation to their right to maintain equality in life and society taught us many lessons in regard to Renascence After having achieved everything in this regard we all of a sudden this topic has come up as a major issue for Government is a mystery especially when many tasks are pending to give relief to people who had suffered from the devastating floods in Kerala in August 2018.Evenvtofayvmany people are staying in relief camps awaiting amicable solutions for their sufferings. In such circumstances why the Sabari mala Shrine in regard to the entry of women of all ages as per Supreme Court decision has arisen iscaoeo a mystery Supreme did not mention any specific date or urgent need for facilitating the entry of women to the shrine. Besides,in 1991,the High court of Kerala had in a verdict suggested that the customs and rules relating to the Shrine should be strictly followed giving stress to the belief of the devotees in regard to "41 days Vrutha observed by the devotees". This verdict of High court of Kerala relating to a case of one mr Mahindran in 1991 This fact was ,however ,not brought to the notice of Supreme coourt while an Affidavit was filed by the Government In the supreme court.As a result of this th latest verdict by the Apex court was delivered in favour of the women entry to the Shrine irrespective of age group.This verdict obviously in relation to the fundamental right of equality for men and women. So there is no dispute whatsoever in this regard. But for the sake of ensuring the entry as per the Supreme court verdict available to women without any question,why the Renascence has come up needing such a big women wall to secure a trivial matter involving heavy amount of money was arranged in an era when the Renascence has no significance at all. In the name of Renascence ,the Government and people were put to inconvenience to the extent that more needy requirement of establishment of facilities to look after people suffered from the impact of devastating floods were ignored This, not only resulted in lack of help to victims of flood but indirectly resulted in a war between the Government and the believers of the traditional customs followed in the Shrine. In effect riot like situation was created in the state resulting in quarrels and hartals putting common people into sufferings for reasons not not arising out of their fault in any case. The expenses incurred by the Government from public money or from any other fund would remain as infructous needing regularisation by government .For this the total cost in terms of money will have to be worked out. The entire exercise from Government will have to be considered as unwarranted and regularised as such. if showing the power of women in Kerala there are many other methods than a wall which implies defensive tactics.in a state where there are many cases of atrocity on women unabated ,how can one assume a wall for defence except as a symbolic concept.For ensuring the power of women steps should be taken to provide proper education,employment,and equality in status in income withb men and such matters relating to their advancement is the first foremost step G overnment should have thought of instead of bringingb them out in the street. SreedharanMundanat 28th of January 2019

Digital India-Origin and Development

The computer Age in India began in 1955 with the installation o HEC-2M{a computer designed by A.D,Booth in England}at the Indian Statistical Institute of (ISI) Calcutta(now Kolkatta).At the same year a team headed by R.Narasimhan started designing and fabricating a computer at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR)at Bombay(now Mumbai)2000 KM away on the West Coast of India.In 1955 only a few Dozens of Scientists and Engineers in India knew about Computers.The journey of Exploitation in the use of Computers continued unabated in India to the extent that an astonishing grouth between 1955 and 2010 were over 2.4 million people got employed in Conputer related Jobs and over 60 millions of Personal computers were in use in India. Information Technology which depended on Computers alone contributed 6.4 percent of the GDP of India and IT services became the fastest growing segment among Export Industries and grew by 22.7 percent in 2010with aggregate export Revenue of USD 50 Billion and Domestic Revenue of USD 17 Billion.Undoubtedly it has been an exciting jhourney from1955 to 2010 though not smooth and Steady. In 60s and 70s there was a lot of trapidation about use of Computers and their impact on employment. Even questions were asked whether computers are relevant for an overpopulated poverty sticken country like India. In the meantime the the development of Indian Institute Of Technology started the design and production of Computers. The Bhabha Committee approved by Government of India in 1963realised the importance of Electronics and Computers in natural Development and suggested establishment of the Department of Electronics(D of E)in the Government of India to promote rapid grouth of Electronics and Computers.The Department was established in 1970 and this was the first break point in the exploration of Electronics and Computers. In 1971 to 1978 the Dept of Electronics(D of E) laid stress for self reliant indegenous development of Computers. and a company called the Electronic Corporation of India(ECIL) was financed to design,develop and market computer using/required primary components were made in India..ECIL also made computers called TDC312 and 316 which were similar to the PDP service computers of made by XDigital Equipment Corporation of USA.The D of E also initiated many Research and Development (R & D) projects with assistance from United Nations Development Programmes(UNDP) The second Break point in 1978 after the Government led by Congress Party was defeated in 1977.The IBM company which were in India for for refurbishing Obsolete 1401 Computers were asked by Government of India to reduce equity to become an Indian Partner to manufacture IBM 360 computers in India.However,IBM refused this offer and closed their operation in India in 1978 The new Government came into power decided to open up computer manufacturing to the private sector and a number of companies started making mini computers using imported Micro processors.UNIX was the operating system of choice.In 1984 and 1986Government removed numerous controls on Industry and on imports when Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister. The new Policy allowed the import of fully assembled Mother boards with Processors and also reduced import duties.This led to a sharp reduction of price and speedier spread of Computer use.In 1986 Soft ware companies were allowed to import computers at at reduced import dutiy rates to enablr them to expoert export soft ware.Thus software development was recognized as an industry deserving many tax concessions.The year 1986 also saw the change in the mindset of the general population and the Politicians about the relevance of computers due to success of the computerised ticket reservation system of the Indian Railways.The new reservation system reduced the waiting time in Queues of customers wanting to reserve seats on trains.It also reduced some malpractises and led to an increase in the number of reservation clerks as a large number of counters were opened each one requiring a clerk.The third break point came in 1991 when India was about to default on the payment of Foreign debt.The country was bailed out by the Internationanal Monetary Fund(IMF)which forced India to open her economy and reduce controls on the local manufacturing companies.Soft ware and Software Companies (NASSCOM) which successfully lobbied with the bureaucrats and the Politicians and obtained many tax and other concessions.One of the major initiatives taken by D of E at this time was the establishment of Software Technology Parks.(STPs)with satellite communication links which enabled Indian software companies to develop software appications on their clients of international origin computers in India.Indian software Companies also took advantage of Y2K and Euro conversion opportunities to modify and improve a large number of legacy computer systems.This also became quality conscious and obtained the quality certificates from issued by the International standard Organisations(ISO)and the Capability Maturity Model(CMM) certificate issued by the softwae Engineering Institute.(SEI) of the Carnegie Mellon Universuity.USA.The emphasis of Government Policies shifted to promote software services companies as their export grew. the 4th break point came in 1998 when the new Government under Atal Bihari Vajpayi declared"IT as India's tomorrow" and took a number of proactive measures to promote Soft ware Companies.An IT Task Force was appointed to recommend changes in the Policies of the GovernmentMeasures were taken to give a Tax Holiday on the export earning of the Indian Softwarec service Companies for Ten years and import duties were excempted on Computers and soft ware packages imported for exporting software.Multinational Companies were welcomed to set up software development and research and Development centres.services exports grew rapidly from US Dollars 2 Billion in 1998 to USD 50 Billion in 2010.Information Technology was contributing 6.4 percent of GDP in 2010 and was providing employment to 2.4 million Software Professionals. It is concluded that the initiatives taken by the Government in late 70s to promote education in IT,setting up of R and D Centres and funding a large number of research projects with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided the Human Resources which enabled the IT Industry to grow. The initiatives taken by the Software Companies to put in place Systematic Process for Software development ,achieving quality certification and gaining expertise in project management enabled them to face international Competition and obtain application soft ware developments and services contract from the west.Even though the initiative taken by the Government of India in the 70s to establish a self reliant hardware industry in the Public Sector was not successful,it provided the confidence and Human resources which catalyzed the grouth of the private Hardware and Software in 80s and the 90s. Later on India had adopted a mixed economy .A number of Public sector companies control Oil &Natural Gas ,defence production,and heavy Industries.Currently there is a Private Sector.Information Technology ,Automobile Production,Pharmaceuticals,communications,and retail trade are dominated by the private sector.Privatisation of major industries began in the early 90s.Economic grouth rate was slow(around 3.8 percentof GDP for the first 30 years after Independence in 1947 and has been above 7 percent since 2002 Its current GDP (based on purchase power parity was USD 4 Trillion. The fifth highest in the world. but the GDP percapita is only USD3500.The country faces the longtime challenges Inadequate Physical and Social infrastructure widespread poverty ,wide disparity in quality of Education offered,limited rural employment opportunities and wastage in Government spending. Communication facilities in India have improved rapidly since the mid80s. Currentl(2010) India has only over 40 million land lines and 850 millionmobile phonesDuring 2010-11 mobile phone subscriptions increased at the rate of 15 million per month.India builds its own satellites and launches them.In the year 2011 there were 11INSAT communications satellites in service and over 110,000VSATS( very small ApertureTranscivers) have been installed.Unlike the deep penetration of Mobile phones,that of internet is limited.Althoughh the number of internet users was estimasted to be around 1-00 million (the third largest in the world) the reach is only about8.4 percent of the population in India in the end of 2011.The number of PCs were estimated to be around 60 million with the grouth rate of 15 percent per year.The number of fixed lines broad band connection is estimated at 6 millions. Another interesting fact about India is distribution of population.it was estimated in that over 60 percent of the population is in the age of 15 to 59 in the becginning 2012. By 2020 India will have the largnest working age population in the world.A big challenge will be to find gainful employmentfor this vast population.Even though Hindi spoken by over 40 percent of the population ,the official language which was introduced by British continues to be the language used by Government and Judiaciary.The medium of Instruction in Science and Engineering courses in colleges is also English.The exact number of people in India who use English is difficult to arrive at but is estimated that the persons with working knowledge of English is 125 million(the second largest in the world after the USA) The total circulation of English daily news papers in the world is 13 million copies as at 2012. The large number of English speaking persons in the age group 20 to 50(estimated to be over 50 millions)had led to a number of services from western countries to be outsourced to ndia.The number of students attending colleges has grown rapidly since independence.Currently as at 2012 India graduates around 1.3 millions Engineers perb year with 32 percent in computer Engineering and IT from about 3000 colleges in 2012.The quality of graduating students is however not uniformly good.Whereas the graduating from ITs and NITs (around 10,000) are excellent .However the graduates of such engineering also needed training in Industries according to the Industry Employers.This situation however is capble of improvement during the course of years to come from 2012. As said before India is one of the best Democracies in the world.A democrazy needs building consensus.This is slow process particularly when coupled with a vocal free press and electronic media.The countery is transforming from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing and service economy. Manufacturing particularly Electronics has been stunted due to many reasons such as lack of investment and ararchaic labour laws.The software service industry requires less capital and is not encumbered by archaic labour laws.This probably one of the reasons for its rapid grouth. Since then many changes took place in the information Technology area and in the US the grouthbof mobile phones increased and a new system of Smart phones came into effect. This made it possible for every activities can be controlled with finger tips .As a result of this the websites of traditional computers were converted into apps on Smart phones.The lap tops ,The touch phones ,ipads,tablets all together made the it possible to dispense with the traditional computers with mouse. The rotating screens of the above devices were capable of doing any function easily and rapidly. In certain branches of computer the hard disc,mouse etc are being used still as the storage facilities for large quantities of data is more safe with traditional computers and Lap top. The digital development to this extent made it possible to carry out transactions in Banks easier by using Apps which are in fact the miniature forms of websites.Goverment and companies and individuals can make their own apps and control the system of communications,payment and transfer facilities in Banks and financial institutions by means of Apps. apps is nothing but applications. Now in India like all other developed Nations anything is possible by using apps.This has reduced difficulties and gains in terms of time and energy. The Apps has it's own drawbacks also .But careful and wise selection of apps can make everything easy and speedy now. His is an attempt to highlight the digital development from lay man's point of view. There had been a lot of discussions on the Universal connectivity and Net Net Neutrality for their coexistence . The Facebook chief was totally in favour of this and for reduction of charges for using internet facilities. TRAI and the Government made a big debate among people of India to implekent the free or reduced usage of Internet But the full implementingvf the benefits to Indian users is yet to be made uniform. SreedharanMundanat 24 the of January 2019

India vs Newzealand series of 5 onedayers

The team for Newzealand tour for the 5 onedayers has been announced. As India had planned, the main motive behind playing onedayers against India is with a view to strengthening their team and their performance besides winning the series against India who are number two in the format as per ICC rankings.it is considered as a prestigeous issue for them to beat India before facing the world cup. The series starts on 23rd January 2019. 5 matches are in the series. They have announced their team also. There are 3 T20 internationals also to be played between 23rd of January to 10 th of February 2019 The matches are spread in Stadiums in different cities.The cities are 1)Napier,2)Hamilton,3)Wellington,4)Auckland &5)MountMaungaNui. Their team is very strong especially in playing one dayers. The 14 players announced are Kane Williamson(Capt),Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell,Rose Tailor,Colin Munro,Colin de Grandhomme,Martin Guptil,Lockie Ferguson,Matt Henry,Tom Latham,Henry Nicholls,Mitchell Santer,Tim Southee & Ish Sodhi. It may be seen that all their players are considerably experienced to cope up with any situations. Except for Brenden McCullum,who is planning retiremen from cricket, the team is strong which could pause stiff competition for India.Had McCullum also there it would have been virtually next to impossible to beat Newzealand and win series by India. But the present winning Test series and one day series against Australia has enhanced India's confidence manyfold.Besides ,willpower and willingness to win have improved a lot in regard to the Indian Team. The presence of M.S.Dhoni has produced the magic effect on the other team members members to strive better to win. SreedharanMundanat Mundanat

Decider ODI of series 18-19 in Melbourne Stadium

The third and final ODI of the series between India and Australia of 2018-19 is beginning on 18th of January 2019at the Melbourne Stadium.The first two were won respectively at Sydney and Adelaide by Australia and India respectively locking the series1-1 So this match assumes ultimate importance to decide the winner.As India earlier won the Test series 2-1,it is more or less a prestigious issue for Australia to win the ODI series while India needs yet another series win especially when the World Cup is fast approaching in England. Hence a thriller of gem of a match is in the offing. The second ODI began on time .India had won the toss.But elected to field .The reason for this was obvious.The rain was waiting for Indian BowlerBhuvaneswar to Bowl the first two balls of the first over to stike and promtly did it. Australia had one run from first ball faced by Carey. There had been a break for some time. The Australian open Tennis too was going on I which Roger Federer wastaking on Fritz.Federer had won the first set when I started viewing the match at 6-2. In the meantime the cricket resumed in Melbourne .In the 3rd over of the Australian innings Carey was caught brilliantly by Virat Kohli.n.Bhuvanrswar Kumar for indvidual score of5 runs ,the wicket falling at 8/1. UT.Kawaja joined the openerAaron Finch.Both together started building the score gradually. In the meantime in Australian Open Roger Federer completed the match by beating Fritz in 3 Straight sets of 6-2,7-5,&6-3. Coming back to Cricket ,Finch and Kawaja whileenhancing their score to respectability ,in the 9thover,Aaron Finch fell for a third time in a row to Bhuvanesh Kumar for a paltry 14 runs when an inswinger from Bhuvanesh Kumar trapped him in front of the wicet. The score card read 27/2.it was a big blow for the Australians.The match progressed without any damage systematically to a healthy 80/2 in the 20th over at a good run rate of 4 per over. In the 24th over,however, Shawn Marsh who had joined Khawaja was stumped by MSDhoniIn the very first over bowled by Chahal when he was on 39 runs.The wide ball bowled by Chahal would have become waste to add one run to their score .But since Marsh was ahead of crease the ball when removed the bails had the effect of a run out which usually called stumped. The unfortunate wicket took the score to 100/3.Adding more profound sorrow to the Australians ,in the same over,Chahal had UTKhawaja caught and bowled for 34 runs.The scorecard read a low score of 101/4 which was just over 4 runs per over. Soon after in the 30th over,Stoinis too fell for just 10 runs to his credit.123/5 stared at the Australians threateningly. Glen Maxwell was the next batsman to return to pavilion in the 35th over for individual score of 26 runs.161/6. Richardson and Handscomb we're in the process of building a respectful score for Australians thereafter.Handscomb was the only batsman who made a half century in the process. I He made 58 runs. In the meantime,Richardson also fell at 206/7 when his individual score was just16 runs. Thereafter what witnessed was a procession of falling wickets like a pack of cards. 8th,9th,and10th wicket fell in the form of Handscomb,Zampa&Stanlake for 58,8,&,0 respectively.The final score of Australia was not very competitive being just 230 runs fixing a Target of 231 for the Indians to make.Peter middle remained not out. The teams departed for a break before the Indians we're to come in for their innings. The Indian Innings began as usual.Notjimg of any specialiality.Rohi Sharma who is usually capable of building big scores by hitting sixes,has also a reputation of not playing well when absolutely necessary. Today also he sticker to his reputation & Returned to Pavilion without even seeing A double digits score being a mere 9 runs. This was a shock for the team where 3 new players have been included .One a debutant bowler cum bats man .Chahal a new face in this series though an experienced bowler showed his ability to bowl successfully by taking three important wickets of Australia thereby restricting them to 230. All factors are in favour of India although batting is uncertain at the moment with Rohit Sharma back in Pavilion.Shiksr Dhavan duringvthr tecent Pas in this series did not Excel Unlike when he plyed in India in this match, however,he looked as if he was going to score well but fell cheaply like Rohit Sharma by just adding 14 runs to the score of the former. On hids departure ,MSDhoni joined at the crease with Kohli. He had the biggest life he ever had in one day international when he gave an easy catch at the slip from the first ball he faced.But for the luck of his motherland,he might have joined the openers in the pavilion.He was eventually dropped by the Australian player.Once dropped early ,there is a a convention not proved beyond doubt that the dropped player last for longer! As though to prove the convention in the affirmative Dhoni and Kohli have taken the score to 104(not out) from 59when he was dropped.The partnership is looking good in the 30th over. Now India need 108 runs from 102 balls with 7 wickets remaining in the innings. Looks easy to get . But time alone can tell the result of the match. MSD&KedarJhadav together played systematically with a lot of understanding in reducing the required runs to make it overcome the number of balls available.During this process they kept the team and Spectators in the stadium and all over the world in suspense But both of them kept their cool in attacking the baks suitably. In the 42nd over a review appeal was made by Australian captain regarding a LBW decision.lt took more than 5 minutes to deny the appeal to decide in favour of India.Thatvwas in fact a blessing in disguise for Dhoni as he needed rest to reduce fatigue from running a lot to take the score to the target. Theresfter it was just plans executed fittingly in reducing runs to suit balls. In the final over 1 run was required from 4 balls. No mistake was made either by Dhoni or Jhadav in ensuring a tremendous victory at the famous Melbourne Stadium. Thus after a long time India win a series of onedayer in Melbourne. Man of the Match was unanimous decision in favour of Dhoni. He was the highest scorer of the match. In completing his task he had an element of luck too by way of dropping in the very first ball he played and later onvtowards the end. The beauty of the game today was ,hoeever,the number of singles acquired by both Dhobi and Jhadav. So finally it has been proved in Adelaide and Melbourne that MSD is undoubtedly the saviour of India under any circumstances. It was a very rare sight to view the Melbourne stadium withoutbleaving an inch of space to occupy. A real feastfir cricket lovers all over the world.It is not as easy as it looks to plan and execute a win in cricket. Cricket is a Glorious Game of Uncertainty!. Sreedharan Mundanat

Second ODI in the2018-19 series in Australia.

The first ODI India lost at Sydney by errors from the three top batsmen.It was also looked like extreme luck for Australia.After all Cricket sometimes needs luck also beyond talent.Thats how it is often called a GLORIOUS GAME OF UNCERTAINTY. The Second ODI began at 8-45 (IST) at Adelaide . Aaron Finch was lucky again to win the toss and select to bat.Finch and ATCarey began the innings of Australia Promptly when Carey started quick scoring taking the score to 20 when Skipper Aaron Finch fell to Bhubaneswar Kumar for 6 runs as a 101st victim of Kumar clean bowled.The 100th victim for BhubaneswarKumar was also Finch at Sydney when he dismissed him in the first ODI.The score card read 20/1. SE Marsh joined ATKhawaja in the middle. However ,just addition of 6 runs on the scorecard saw the exit of AT Carey at26/2 caught Dhawan.b.Shami. SE Marsh joined Khawaja to advance the score quickly. But inspite of Khawaja being one of the best top orders of Australia, did not last long as expected.Disaster spelt for Australia when the most vital batsman for Australia Khawaja found himself walking back to pavilion at 83/3 the individual score of Khawaja being just 21 runs.It was Jadeja who seems made it a habit to send crucial batsmen run out with his accurate throw. Wickets began falling in regular inter Val's when Handscomb the hero of Sydney,found himself the victim of expert stumping by none other than the best keeper of rrecent past Bowled by Jadeja.They also had made it their habit to dismiss batsmen in the sane pattern.The fourth wicket fell at a crucial stage of just 134 runs.In the 28th over the run rate prevailed was just under 5 runs per over. SEMarsh was,however, in good form to find his precious50+ very fast. He and the newlyjoinedBatsmanto give hm him company MPStoinis found the Rhythm of batting and added over50runs to the score card when Stoinis a highly promising batsman departed most unexpectedly at 189/5 caught behind by Dhoni .b.Shami for just 29 runs to his credit.That was the second time in e match when Dhoni helped to remove a batsman without any mistake by catching behind..189/5was the score at this stage Not a bad score at all. Soon Maxwell joined Marsh to take the score 200+.At the end of 42nd over Australia remained at a very healthy score of 218/5.Just ahead 5 runs per over.it looked a score of 270+was on the card at the end of 50 overs. 16 runs scored in the next over threatening & Staring meanacingly at the Indians.300+ seems a possibility now for India to take as a Target.A review at this stage was successful for Australia denying wicket for India.Umpire originally had raised his finger up for out. Part of the game.Third umpire knows better who watches on TV set. Full toss balls were suitably punished by Marsh without any element of Mercy. It was not a stage to give him full toss . In 45 overs it was 262/5.Run rate of 5.2+ was likely to exceed 6 by end of the match. Marsh really enjoyed his century of 121+(no) from 117 balls which marked his top score in Australia. His score card at this stage contained 3 Sixes and 11 fours. A great one hand catch dropped by Rohit Sharma added to the agony of India in the 47th over. But it was a very difficult catch .He tried his level best to hold on to it.But invain. As a consolation Glen Maxwell was dismissed caught Karthik .b.BKumar for 48 just 2 short of a hard earned half century. Part of the game again. In the same over Mash was also dismissed by B.Kumar caught Jadeja for a fine 131 runs. The match progressed with more and more thrils.Shami removed Richardson for 2 runs Peter middle also removed by a running catch by Kohli b.Kumar.Kumar had 4vwickets in his bag. Fall of wicket of 9/286. The 10th wicket partnership between Lyon and Behrendorff remained not out in the innings. It was indeed a matter of credit for Indian Bowlers and Kohli who took an impossible Running Catch did not allow the Australians to reach the Psychological total of 300+ Let us welcome the innings of Indians after a gap of 40 minutes approximately.The target for them is a challenging 299. India began their innings with determination to win at the same time keeping their wicket in tact . Shikar Dhavan's intention was very clear.He wanted to score rapidly to give a good start.He began right with the bat.He is the best Left Hander we have in Indian team after Yuvaraj Singh.Dhavan made quick 32 runs from 28 balls with the help of 5fours . The first wicket India lost in the form of Dhavan's when in the 8 thOver he wanted to play a ball over the midwicket but slightly delayed the shot which slrose up and was enough for Khawaja to make backward run to cool collect the ball.The bowler was Behrendorff.Wicket fell at 47/1. Then Virat Kohli joined Rohit Sharma The captain and vice captain took the score past 100. RohitvSharma was playing a bold game by trying to hit sixes.In total,however,he made 2 sixes and 2 fours.Eventually fell when his individual score was 43.But he gave solid company for Kohli and together took the score to 101/1. Annatto Raydu joined Virat Kohli and took the score to a safe160 runs. Both together took score to 160/3. It was reasonably good score at that stage.Raudu's contribution was 24 runs. The wicket was given to Stoinis for a safe catch bowled by Glen Maxwell. 160/3 was in the 31st over. Then MS.Dhoni joined Kohli . Together they played a safe game taking score past 200. in c37th over the score card read 203/3. Now the situation is India needs yet another96 runs from 0vers remaining. Kohli is 87 and Dhoni9. Still need 90 runs from 12vovers. 72 balls to play from which 90 required to win. Virat Kohli was the fourth man to return to the pavilion after scoring a comfortable 104 runs caught by Maxwell bowled Richardson. India still needed a massive 57 run from 38 balls. Dinesh Karthik and MS.Dhoni, 2cwicketkeepers together was to find India home. There was no sign of any anxiety from the body language of the two great batsmen cum wicket keepers.In fact, it is a speciality that in most of the cricket playing Nations ,their wicket keepers used to be very handy with their bats. Dhoni& DineshKarthik were not exceptions. When the will power together with willingness to win joined hand in hand a victory was not a matter of suspense. Finally they won the second ODI at Adelaide with four balls to spare. MSDhoni's 55 from 54 balls contained 2 sixes in it one was in the last over. Dinesh Karthik contributed 25 runs towards the total of 299 to win. Hip!Hip! Hurray for Team India. SreedharanMundanat

In continuation of "Blog App and Trap" dt10th January 2019

Frequently it is being reported in news papers in India about instances of money drained from Bank account of people who use Apps. A typical example is recent reported in one of the leading newspaper of Kerala by name " Deshabhimani"

The above news item explains how money from the accounts of general public was drained by false apps used by the producers of such apps. All over India these kind of mal practises is stated to have happened and is under investigation by authorities. In my original blog at 10th of January 2019,the possibility of false apps and the need for taking total caution and protection of selecting right app for right use was discussed. In view of what is mentioned in the news item above,further protection to select the right app for right purpose is emphasised. In India to day everyone is at liberty to organize apps of their choice to promote business. Although Government is very keen to solve cases by timely investigation,it may be mentioned that prevention is better than cure. By precaution ,the agony of loss of money unexpectedly could prevent shock to the account holder. SreedharanMundanat

First one day international Australia- -Tit for tat from Australia

An equal match in nature with the India vs UAE in yesterday’s AFC Asian cup in UAE! What I mean is a match India should have won but lost.Here the circumstances were different but the result similar. The first match of the three match series began in Sydney Cricket ground.This morning play began disastrously for Australia with early fall of CaptAaron's first wicket b.B.Kumar for 6 runs. Soon after after playing for a Short while in the company of opener ATKhawaja Carey also returned to pavilion .c.Sharma.b.Kuldeep yadav for just 24 runs. The scorecard read 41/2 . SE Marsh joined Khawaja in the middle. Khawaja &sE Marsh together made a big recovery taking the score to 133 when Khawaja was bowled by Jadeja 54 runs. It was a precious contribution .Score 133/3. Then the batsman of the day PSPHandscomb joined Marsh.They together took the score to 186c4{when Marsh also returned to pavilion c Mohemed Shame.b.Kuldeep Yadav. MP Stoinis joined Handscomb .Together they reached a reasonable score of 254/5.Handscomb the leading batsman of the day was the specialist batsman to get out after scoring gem of a personal score of the match73. Then the pair of Glen Maxwell and Stoinis together saw to the end of 50 overs with a challenging target of 289. The individual score of Stoinis and Glen Maxwell remained 47 &11(not out) After the break Indian openers arrived at the Sydney Ground with a terrible job of scoring 289 from 50 0vers.For a team of India'scalibre relating to batting it was challenging but was not an impossible task. But Alas?!The opener Shikar Dhavan, on whom Iia who were was banking up on for buidldding a big score had a big shock. Dhavan sadly walked back to the Pavilion trapped in front with the very first ball bowled by Behrrndorff the debutant bowler of Australia.A terrific day for him to celebrate his entry into one day cricket. The agony of India did not stop there. Captain Virat Kohli and Ambatti Rayudu joined Shawna back in the pavilion making Indian score 3/4 staring at them threateningly.This is how cricket proved itself a glorious game of uncertainty!Former most successful captain of India MS Dhoni joined RohitSharma in the innings as a formality.But no .It was different Thereafter what the spectators at the Sydney ground and in front of Television sets all over the world watched something unbelievable and, perhaps,never seen before in the near past.They together built a partnership of 137 runs when Dhoni,brought back his old habit of playing cricket in similar crucial situations.The individual score of Dhoni was a hard earned 51 runs which contained a six & 3 fours.At that juncture India had just 17.4 overs left to play for the day.Although there was slight ray of hope to win ,it was just a hope come up at a very late stageto to turn it into a reality.! Dinesh Karthik and Bhubaneswar Kumar gave support to the tired hero RGSharma who made 133Glorious runs with 6 sixes and 10fours.That too from just 129 balls bowled to him.Along with his getting out at 133 runs the hopes of India faded away. The final score of 254/9 still remained as a reminder for India that if they tried hard any total in front of them was achievable. A true and useful reminder for them to keep in mind for the forthcoming word cup at England. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma deserved every praise for their courageous attempt to win.Perhaps,both of them have confirmed their presence in the team for World cup. Australia needs heartiest congratulations for their performance after an unbearable loss in Test cricket to India.Their debutant bowler Behrendorff deserves congratulations for two precious Indian wickets. There are 2 more matches in the series of 3 matches to be played at Adelaide at 8-50IST on 15th Janury and Melbourne 18th at 7-50(IST) If played cautiously and with total dedication & willingness to win nothing is impossible with the present calibre of Indian Team. Sreedharan Mundanat 12th Jan2019

AFC Asian Cup 2019

The AFC Asian Cup2019 (a mini wordcup of Asian countries) began in USE and would continue until 1st of February 2019. This tournament is being conducted by forming 6 groups A,B,C,D,E,F. THE TEAMS in each group is as under: A -UAE,Bahrain&India. B-Australia,Syria& Jordan andPalastien C-S.Korea,China,Kyrgyzstan,&Philippines D-Iran,Iraq,Vietnam& Yemen. E-SoudiArabia,Qatar,&Labanon& North Korea. F-Japan,Uzbekistan,Oman&Turkmenistab India is in a tuff group with UAE &Bahrain. The first match in this group was won by India against Thailand on 6th of January 2019. The second match scheduled on 10th January night(IST9-30pm) began solidly by India.Chhettri and company made many bold attempts by organizing excellent understanding between players.Three were many good short passes .The control of the first half was with Imdians.In the 23rd miute a very nice header to the net went straight to the goalkeeper and thereby missed a goal. Again 44 the minute a slow but nice shot went outside the net touching the distant goalpost.this was also an opportunity lost due to bad luck.. However towards the end of First half USE was lucky to shake net of India. UAE1-india0 After half time both teams played withot much of a success. Towards the87th minute when india Very badly need an equalizer,a severe blow struck from the boot of the Soudi forward which was an easy goal due to a silly lapse from the defender.2-0. That one minute was badly dealt with eclipsing the good play until then. Soon after a very good attempt in the 92nd minute of injury time a sure goal was deviated itseof rather than any defender which spelt loss for India 2-0 Next match for India is on the14th of January 2019 at 9-30 PM in Sharjah. If India can win the next match,the chances of keeping their hopes alive to enhance their entry to next round can not be totally ruled out. But all the permutations and combinations would affect this because India has won the first match and Bahrain lost to Thailand today. Let us hope for a better day on the auspecoous day of January 14th. Anyways,India has not losteverything in this Asia cup SreedharanMundanat