Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Color Coding:

Red: Truth
Bold Red: How can they be so true?
Green: False

Always in control, you are a great leader, deligator, and diplomat. These qualities attract people to you, and this sometimes annoys you.

Aloof, introspective, and philosophical; you enjoy quiet time in solitude.

Take the Star Trek Quiz

Category: Personality

Statistics of my site for the past week

Nothing much to go hu hullah on, as most of the clicks I am sure would be mine :)

Blah Blah and more of it

                     (s22vaibhav)                     

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         Total ........................... 16         
         Average per Day .................. 8         
         Average per Visit .............. 2.0         
         This Week ....................... 16         

 http://s22.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s22vaibhav   


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Category: Official

Self Analysis of my life based on the feedback I received:

Life:

Satisfied: Yes, I am with the occasional dips
Successful: Yes, but there is a long way to go.
Balanced: Yes, I am but then there are occassions....
Capable: Sky is the limit
Valuable: Immensely, to all people whom I love
Happy: Definition keeps on changing

Mind:

Absolutely True. I agree to every word of it.

Body:

True.

Spirit:

I am all confused on this one.

Friends / Family:

Family - Absolutely absurd. I am lucky to have so many loving people around me in my family. Friends - Somewhat true. I am very choosy in selecting my best friends, but once I select them, they ARE THE BEST.

Finance:

The comment "You have a rather good financial score, which is not all that common these days" is somewhat wrong. WELCOME TO THE NEW AND EMERGING INDIA.

Category: Philosophy, Personality

This was a third person analysis of my life based on the feedback I provided.

Your Life Analysis:

Life: Your life rating is a score of the sum total of your life, and accounts for how satisfied, successful, balanced, capable, valuable, and happy you are. The quiz attempts to put a number on the summation of all of these things, based on your answers. Your life score is reasonably high. This means that you are on a good path. Continue doing what is working and set about to improve in areas which continue to lag. Do this starting today and you will begin to reap the benefits immediately. (Read more on improving your life)

Mind: Your mind rating is a score of your mind's clarity, ability, and health. Higher scores indicate an advancement in knowledge, clear and capable thinking, high mental health, and pure thought free of interference. Your mind score is not bad, but could be improved upon. Your mental health is not weak, but you are not achieving full mental clarity and function. Learn how to unclutter your mind. Keep learning, keep improving, continue moving forward. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the mind.

Body: Your body rating measures your body's health, fitness, and general wellness. A healthy body contributes to a happy life, however many of us are lacking in this area. You have a rather good body score, which is an indication that you take care of yourself. There is room for improvement, however. Please keep doing what works. Eat right, exercise, reduce your stress, treat any illness. Doing these things will help ensure your body will be in good working order for a long time to come. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the body.

Spirit: Your spirit rating seeks to capture in a number that elusive quality which is found in your faith, your attitude, and your philosophy on life. A higher score indicates a greater sense of inner peace and balance. Your spirit score leaves room for improvement. Consider making a concerted effort to redefine your attitudes and focus your beliefs. Boosting your spirit will lead to greater life satisfaction. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving the spirit.

Friends/Family: Your friends and family rating measures your relationships with those around you, and is based on how large, healthy, and dependable your social network is. Your friends and family score suffers, yet it does not need to be this way. Strengthen your social network by reaffirming old bonds. Seek out new friendships, and they will provide you the reward you need. Try using MeetUp.com to find people near you who share your interests.

Love: Your love rating is a measure of your current romantic situation. Sharing your heart with another person is one of life's most glorious, terrifying, rewarding experiences. Your love score is in good shape, meaning that things are going well. Do all you can to maintain it, and continue to grow and move ahead. Read advice from other quiz-takers on finding and maintaining love.

Finance: Your finance rating is a score that rates your current financial health and stability. You have a rather good financial score, which is not all that common these days. Keep doing what works. Avoid common pitfalls and save for the future. You will be glad you did. Read advice from other quiz-takers on improving your finances.

Category: Philosophy, Personality

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	7.1
Mind:	6.2
Body:	8.2
Spirit:	6.3
Friends/Family:	3.2
Love:	6.9
Finance:	7.7
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Whats new?

For the past month, I had visited blog of lots of people. Many of them had statistics on how many people have visited them over the past, how much time they spent on the site and usual mathematics. Statistics and numbers have somehow always fascinated me, as I believe that they represent a sign of progress. For ex. The amount of pay hike I get during a year is an indicator of my performance. The willingness to add the site meter to my blogsite had been at the back of my mind for quite some time. I decided to implement it. Following are the steps to do it:

a) Go to Sitemeter
b) Follow the instructions given on the site. They are more or less complete in information. You need to have the blogsite to add to the sitemeter.
c) The "Your Current Time" on one the sign up pages was disappointing, as it is at a granularity of 1 hour. My statisitics would now be shifted by half an hour, not that it makes a huge difference, but it was a thing which you will note very easily.
d) After having done all the usual stuff, you need to confirm that the information you have entered is correct.
e) After having accepted that "Jo kuch bhi likhunga, sab sach likhunga aur sach ke siva kuch nahin likhunga", it is time to add the Site Meter to your website.
f) Select "Add html for your counter to your web pages" in one of the followup pages after you have signed up. This will help you to add the SiteMeter to your blog site and you are through.

HAPPY MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY TO
MAMA AND PAPA
1st February, 2006

Category: Wishes

How do I go about paying my ICICI Prudential life insurance premium the second time around?

The first step involves getting the Customer Care number of the ICICI Prudential people. This would be available commonly across any website or on the policy that you would have received when you would have taken the policy the first time.

Call the customer care centre. It would be better if you have your policy number with you when you place the call.

There are normally lots of options available when you dial into the customer care centre of any customer oriented company. It is very important to listen to the multitude of available options, otherwise it becomes a Jantar Mantar riddle. I normally prefer to go in for "Press to speak to the customer care executive" if such an option exists. It is much easier to deal with humans than with machines. If the company prefers the other way round i.e. if they want you to deal with machines, then I need to stretch the muscles of my brain. Being an engineer helps me in doing that and I do not mind doing that once a while during the year.

Coming back to the topic, the customer care executive told me the way to go about it.

Executive: Sir, will you pay by cash or cheque?

Me: Cheque

Executive: You need to prepare the cheque in favour of "ICICI Prulife Policy No. " and behind the cheque you need to write the Policy Holders FullName and Contact number.

Me: Where do I need to drop the cheque?

Executive: Where are you calling from - Delhi?

Me: No, I am calling from Noida.

Executive: You can go to "Plot No. 3, Fifth Floor, Brahma Dutt Tower, Sector 18 - 201301" The office is open from 9.30 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. on working days and 10 a.m. till 1.00 p.m. on Saturday.

Me: Thats cool.

Executive: Anything else I can do to help you out sir.

Me: Yes. I also need access to my internet account. I do not remember receiving it.

Executive: Please go to www.iciciprulife.com. There is a link to "Forgot Username / Password" at the top right corner. Press the link. It will take you to a form where you need to fill in the policy number, policy holders name and E-Mail id. The account name and password will be E-Mailed to you.

Me: Thats even cooler.

Executive: Anything else sir.

Me: Thats it.

So, it was short, sweet and simple. Let us see if it works as explained to me.

Category: Official

How do you tell a person you are not interested in the offer?

Background: An AVIVA Life Insurance agent visits me in the office and wants to sell an offer from Aviva. He is one of the countless agents who suddenly become active (or rather hyper-active) at this time of the year as the financial year closes. He explains me the PROS of the scheme (There are absolutely NO CONS in this scheme SIR. I did not think I look like a moron by face value ;)) Anyways, after the PROS without any CONS were over, I told him I will get back to him. I received around 3 calls (within a 2 week duration) from him reminding me that the date of 8th Feb (the time by which we need to give the investment proofs to the Finance Department) was fast approaching and I needed to take a decision (thats what I call social service). Even after having read lots of articles on "How to say NO?", the brainy part in me told me that "I will get back to you" would be sufficient in sending the message across to the agent that I am not interested.

Finally the climax

Transcript between a person trying to sell Aviva Life Insurance and me (30th January, 2006)

Note: All the comments within the () are the thoughts of my brain.

Agent: Hello Sir, I am Mr Agent calling from Aviva

Me: Hi, How are you?

Agent: Fine, Sir. Sir, I wanted to remind you about our talk. You said that you would be taking a decision. (Oops, I did not say that buddy. I said that when I take a decision (which may be never in this case), I will get back to you)

Me: I haven't decided yet.

Agent: Can I do anything to help you out? (Wow, the social service has begun.)

Me: Not really. (I am a trained anti-social element who accepts help only when requested for :))

Agent: Maybe we can talk about some other plan.

Me: Not now, maybe if I need to, I will get back to you.

Agent: Sir, please be assured that I am not trying to sell Aviva to you.

Me: Yes, I understand. (Do I? That was not TRUE, unless he agrees that he is really doing social service, in which case I would really appreciate his wastage of time on a moron like me)

Agent: 8th Feb is the last date. I need a week to get the proofs, so that you can show it to your Finance Department (Now, IS HE or IS HE NOT selling Aviva?)

Me: Thats True, but actually my investment of 1,00,000 is almost over. I have taken a House Loan and the principal part is added to 1,00,000. (Time to speak the truth.)

Agent: Sir, maybe we can meet tomorrow.

Me: I will get back to you. I have your phone number.

Agent: Sir, do you want to take the insurance? (Atlast, he has set the gun in the right direction)

Me: No (I could not get more blunt than that. Sighhhhh)

Agent: That was what I wanted to hear, so that I do not disturb you any more. (It is the time to fire the bullets. Am I supposed to be grateful now?)

Me: Okie, so now that you have managed to test my "How to say NO?" skills, I really appreciate if you do not disturb me any more.

Agent: Bye, bye (If the phone lines could be used as a mode to carry heat waves, then the BYE would have been sufficient for me to cook a cup of tea :))

Me: Bye (Maybe, this one BYE would cook his cup of tea also :). What do they call it - Tit for Tat?)

Of course, this is only my part of the story. If the agent has his own blog, he would be equally bewildered by my attitude and he would be writing his version somewhere. Anyways, this brings back me to the question:

"How do you tell a person that you are not interested in the offer?"

Anyone with any interested tricks to do that can E-Mail me at

vaibhav.madan@gmail.com

Category: Creativity

Lyrics of Rubaroo from Rang De Basanti

Ae Saala, Abhi Abhi, Hua Yakeen
Ki Aag hai, mujhme kahin
Hui Subah, main jal gaya
Suraj ko main nigal gaya
Rubaroo, roshni
Rubaroo, roshni hai

Rang De Basanti

*ing: Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Kunal Kapoor, Madhavan, Atul Kulkarni, Sharman Joshi, Soha Ali Khan

Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Music: A.R.Rehman

Hall: DT Mega Mall in Gurgaon

Date: 26th January



Category: Entertainment

Is changing the User Interface of your E-Mail website a good idea?

For all the early users of GMail, they will remember that to delete an E-Mail, there was a "Move to trash" link in the "More Actions" drop down list. Thus the process to delete the E-Mail consisted of three ticks:

• First tick on checking the box of the E-Mail that you want to delete
  
• Second tick on the "More Actions" tab
• Third tick on the "Move to trash" option

For people who got used to it (and those people includes me), it is quite annoying when I have to delete an E-Mail now considering the fact that the option has been removed from the drop down list. Now, instead a TAB for Delete has been added to the left of the "More Actions" tab. Though if I were a new user of GMail, I would have appreciated this considering that it just takes two clicks to delete the E-Mail.

But, unfortunately, I also suffer from the age-old problem of "Old habits die hard". Instead of getting used to deleting E-Mail through a single click, it now takes me three clicks and a feeling of annoyance to delete the E-Mail. Thus the process to delete the E-Mail with the changed User Interface has now become:

• First tick on checking the box of the E-Mail that you want to delete
• Second tick on the "More Actions" tab
• A fraction of a second feeling of annoyance that I once again FORGOT that the Interface has changed
• Third tick on the "Delete" tab

Maybe after writing this particular piece, my instincts would tell me not to hate myself for forgetting that Google has changed the experience of the user and customize my actions to the two-click offer that G-Mail has provided.

Training on improving your presentation skills

Venue: Hero Mindmine in South Extension, New Delhi

Day: January 20 and 21, 2006

Attendees: Some un-suspecting individuals from Conexant

Facilitator: God bless him

What do you expect to achieve if you are planning to attend a training on a presentation skill program?

• How to win a girlfriend in 5 days? (You bet)
  
• How to get rid of a girlfriend in 10 days? (And the moron in me thought that destruction was much easier than construction)
  
• How to become a millionaire in 10 days? (Why take 10 days to do something when with KBC, it just takes an hour?)
  
• What women want? (No second guesses on this one)
  

If just after reading this you are shocked, then imagine the plight of the un-suspecting individuals who went through the ordeal.

God forgive the facilitator and bless the un-suspecting individuals. If God had not taught me to be a decent individual who respects the individual in front of him, then the session on 20th January would never have completed. Of course 21st January for Conexant at Hero Mindmine premises never came.

Positives

Yes, there were some. Afterall it was fun, maybe not for the reasons we had gone there for, but certainly for all the funny incidents.

Some comments of the day

• Why are you looking at me?
• Bhupendra has two feathers and he loves to fly
  

Some new stuff learnt

• KOPSA technique
• Park
• Reflect-Deflect
• Throw the monkey off your back

Category: Official

Category: Wishes

Planning to launch a new product - Use this template to come upon the vision statement for it

Courtesy: Joel On Software

The product vision model helps team members pass the elevator test -- the ability to explain the project to someone within two minutes. It comes from Geoffrey Moore's book Crossing the Chasm. It follows the form:

• For (target customer)
• Who (statement of the need or opportunity)
• The (product name) is a (product category)
• That (key benefit, compelling reason to buy)
• Unlike (primary competitive alternative)
• Our product (statement of primary differentiation)

For example,

For embedded customers who require high performance and low cost wireless functionality, the MixMAC is a new architecture that uses “Minimum MIPS on the host and Minimum Memory on the NIC”. Unlike SoftMAC or BigMAC, MixMAC maximizes the performance by maximizing the utilization of available resources.

Sunder Mundariya (in English)

This piece is only possible because of the extra-ordinary Punjabi to English translation skills of gullidanda@hotmail.com :)

The 'ho's are in chorus
Who do you have
The groom with the tandoor
The groom’s daughter got married
He gave 1 kg sugar!
The girl is wearing a red suit!
But her shawl is torn!
Who will stitch her shawl?!
The uncle made choori!
The landlords ate it!
He made the landlords eat a lot!
Lots of innocent guys came
One innocent boy got left behind
The police arrested him!
The policeman hit him with a brick!
Cry or howl!
Give us lohri ..long live your jodi!

Category: Creativity

HAPPY LOHRI

Category: Wishes

Whats the difference between a Functional Lead and a Core Team Lead?

First the basics:

Functional Lead is someone who is responsible for a particular function within the organization.

Core Team Lead is someone who takes the output from a Functional Team as the input and gives the organization a product that makes mooooney :)

The best analogy I can find that matches the role of a Functional Lead and a Core Team is that of a parent vs the married life. Let us see the main roles to be performed by:

Functional Lead:

He is like a parent figure to the Functional Team.

• Train the individuals to enable them to meet the demands of the world
• Spoon feed them when they are young
• Teach them how to walk
• Mature enough to deal with youngsters and mature people alike
• Reduce his intervention in the life of an individual to the bare minimum once the individual has grown up and learn to walk BUT
  
• Be there when the individual needs him
• Plan the future of the team
  

Core Team Lead:

• Get a trained individual who knows how to live life in this world
• Tell them what needs to be eaten, how they eat is none of his / her business
• Walk along with them and teach them how to run
  
• Mature enough to deal with other mature people
• What the individual does daily is a matter of great concern to him!
• Be there when the individual needs him (something common between a Functional Lead and a Core Team Lead)
• Use his current talents to the best possible extent

The only difference between Core Teams and marriages is that Core Teams can keep on changing for individuals but marriages can't :)

Category: Official

Just to confirm how much my thoughts wander over a period of 2 days :)

Good news: They do not wander much (except for a few percentages, I am still a HULK)

Your results:
You are Hulk

Hulk 75% Superman 70% Robin 65% Spider-Man 60% Supergirl 60% The Flash 60% Batman 40% Wonder Woman 35% Green Lantern 30% Iron Man 30% Catwoman 15%

You are a wanderer with amazing strength.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

Category: Personality

Your results:
You are Hulk

Hulk 65% The Flash 65% Robin 60% Spider-Man 50% Superman 45% Wonder Woman 40% Iron Man 40% Supergirl 40% Batman 35% Green Lantern 25% Catwoman 20%

You are a wanderer with amazing strength.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

My first attempt at the family tree on my Moms Side. I promise to come up with a much cleaner version, till then try and decode how much information you can from this one :)

Conexant Invitation to the new year bash

Hello All,

Let’s WELCOME NEW YEAR with a “BANG”

For that RecCom is back with more FUN…..Long awaited New Year Party is around the corner….

Well, the party is a FAMILY Party….

You all are cordially invited with your families to the New Year Party on 14^th January…at Radisson Hotel, Noida.

Party begins at 7:00 p.m. It’s a Saturday….

Party Must:

a) Everyone should bring their business cards along… (Reason LEFT as a SURPRISE….but do not forget one…else you’ll miss the SURPRISE)

b) Everyone should wear sunglasses and scarf while coming to the party….(DRESS CODE)

Important part:

There will be a FANATASTIC DJ to swing your mood…

So, please send your song requests by tomorrow morning (Friday 06 Jan’2006) at the following mail address (only) [Mail-id deleted here :)]

On the spot Prizes………………..

So, be prepared to ROCK ‘n’ ROLL…with good FOOD, MUSIC and of course DRINKS ;-)

P.S. 1) No Transport shall be provided…so NO mails for that….

2) Family includes spouse and Kids….so NO mails for that either….

Thanks and Regards,

RecCom

Category: Official

Why do we have nicknames?

• To show affection, people keep our nicknames. For ex. I am called Chote at home.
  
• Because our original name is just not good enough. For ex. Neals actual name in Neal-N-Nikki was Gurneal or something
  
• Because our original name is just not small enough to be pronounced 100 times a day. For ex. I have no option than to have a nickname if my name is Sadashiva Umraparkar
• When our persona resembles someone or something, we get a nickname. For ex. A person who wears specks is called Chaukha because he has 4 eyes.
  
• To show hate, people keep our nicknames.
  
• To talk about somebody when they are present without them knowing that they are the topic of discussion. For ex. Common, we all do that, you do not need examples for this :)
• To talk about somebody when you are afraid to take their name in public. For ex. Every office has its own Krur Singh whose real name is never spelt out in public :)
• When some thing is associated with our life, it might result in a nickname. For ex. A friend of mine had his class role number as L-10 and the creative people started calling him laltein.

Joke of the day

Two friends are talking

Friend 1: Yaar mein soch raha hun ki tractor khareedon yaan bhains
Friend 2: Arey isme kya sochna hai. Tractor khareed. Bhains par sawaari karta kya acha lagega.
Friend 1: Haan, woh to theek hai, par kya tractor ka doodh nikalta theek lagoonga

Angrezi mein anuvad (Translation in English)

Friend 1: I am thinking on whether I should buy a tractor or a buffalo
Friend 2: What is there to think about! Buy a tractor. You would not look good travelling on a buffalo.
Friend 3: Yes, that is right, but would it look nice milking a tractor.

Another One

A man gets down at a railway station in Haryana. He approaches a Jat standing at the Railway Station and asks him: "Bhai Sahab, ek choti si takleef de sakta hun"

Jat bhai (in a very husky tone): Deke dikha

Category: Humour

Leadership session at Radisson, Noida on December 26, 2005

The session was attended by around 30 people. Following is the definition of a good leader according to them:

• People can follow willfully
• Enables more leaders
• Can mobilize people to confirm to a common objective
• Takes initiative
• Acts as a coach and guide
• Takes right decisions at the right time
• Creates an environment conducive for highest productivity
• Aligns individual and team goals
• Motivates the team
• Gets the team buy-in
• Understands the need of the team members
• Does not let stress trickle down to the team
• Respects and acknowldes individual contribution
  
• Resolves conflicts at the right time and in a timely fashion
  
• Takes charge
• Works in a team
• Bridges gap between organization goals and implementation
• Guides the whole team towards the final goal
• Shapes teams success and takes ownership of failure
• Leads by action
• Does not need to prove that he is a leader
• Can define the future of the team

Category: Philosophy, Official

A Poetic Interlude to "What makes change so difficult?"

The jist of the story

Chapter I

You will never get yourself out of the hole till you agree that you are stuck in a hole.

Chapter II

You might pretend that you are not stuck in a hole. It does not make a difference, the only person getting hurt is you :)

Chapter III

Once you realize that you are stuck in a hole and you agree to it, then you will definitely get out of it. You have completed the difficult part.

Chapter IV

Once you learn the process of understanding when you are going to get stuck into a hole, you will know the trick on how to avoid it. You are experienced now :)

Chapter V

Over the time, you will know that this road will be full of holes, so you will never enter that. You are old now :)

Category: Philosophy

A Poetic Interlude to "What makes change so difficult?"

5 short chapters

Chapter I

I walk, down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in
I am lost.... I am helpless
It isn't my fault
It takes forever to find a way out

Chapter II

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again
I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter III

I walk down the same street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.'
I still fall in.... it's a habit, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter IV

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter V

I walk down another street.

Problematic behavior persists for a variety of reasons. Important in those reasons are the stories or explanations we offer ourselves about what we do:

• I AM HELPLESS (Main kuch nahin kar sakta)
  
• IT ISN'T MY FAULT (Meri to koi galti nahin hai)
  
• I PRETEND.... (Mujhe nahin pata)

Category: Philosophy

Objectives of people in life

A man was hurt in an accident. His car (A Rolls Royce) was damaged. The man started to cry that his Rolls Royce had been damaged. People told him that he should thank god that he had only lost his hand and escaped death. The mans reaction on this : "Oh God, my Rolex."

December

10th

Neal-N-Nikki (Waves, Noida)

It was a chitrahaar.



11th

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Shakuntalam)

I am still wondering what hit me.


18th

BluffMaster (Odeon, CP)

Big B in the making. The end was good, would watch the movie once again just for the music.


Category: Entertainment

Movies my parents have seen in the theatre over the years



Roti, Kapda aur Makaan


Kabhi Kabhi

Coolie


Movies with no names (names which have been lost over the time :))

One in Nigar - a theatre in Ambala

One in Nishaat - a theatre in Ambala

Sounds funny, but thats my mimimum target number every quarter

Category: Entertainment

Trivia from the morning FM show

RJ: Amrita, you look so fit. What do you have in the morning?
Amrita: Breakfast

Hmmmm, madame, I thought we all had lunch in the morning ;)

Category: Humour

A bit of history

The Genius, His Bat and The Records

An article published on sulekha long time back ( Mar 22 2003 )

Ping Pong Tournament in Conexant

Won

Excerpts from the E-Mail that was sent as a build-up to the Ping Pong tournament finale (talking about third eye opinions)

Singles Category: Pramod Narayana vs Vaibhav Madan (18:00)

About Pramod : Looks deceive!!!...and he is the perfect example of why. Hidden behind that ever-smiling face & boyish persona is the giant killer who has conquered the likes of Rahul Setia, Jasmeet Chaddha & above all the man who was expected to stroll away with the winners cheque...Chirag Gupta. The critics consider him to be the most complete player on the Conexant Ping Pong scene. With due respect to his opponent he is the favourite to finish at the top of the podium.

What to watch out for : The killer backhand & forehand smash loaded with top spin.

About Vaibhav : They say that he was the king of the Ping Pong jungle during the company's Ficon & Globespan days. Form is temporary but class is permanent.... he has proved this by shaking of that rust and storming his way into the Finals. He has not played in ages, yet he has conquered the likes of Mayur Singh & Saikat Sanyal with surgical precision. If Ping Pong was only about mental strength then he would have been the undisputed champion. No one has been able to catch a glimpse of emotion on his face whenever he has played. Will he finally give in to the pressure?

What to watch out for : The impeccable manner in which he exploits his opponents weaknesses and of course!...the searing backhand smash.

Category: Official, Sports