Sunday, August 26, 2007
Top 25 Indian Cricketers
Criteria: Records and reputation as well as contribution to indian cricket for retired cricketers.
Potential for current cricketers
Criteria: Records and reputation as well as contribution to indian cricket for retired cricketers.
Potential for current cricketers
- Sachin
- Kapil Dev (Indian fast bowlers as a breed started with him, really)
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Prasanna
- Bedi
- Venkatraghavan
- Chandrasekhar BS
- Vengsarkar
- G. Viswanath
- M. Amarnath
- R. Dravid
- S. Ganguly
- J. Srinath
- Syed Kirmani
- MAK Pataudi
- CK Naidu
- Vijay Hazare
- Ravi Shastri
- K Srikanth
- Azharuddin
- VVS Laxman (That one innings is enuff)
- Harbhajan Singh
- Roger Binny
- Lala Amarnath
- CK Naidu
- p umrigar
- f engineer
- chandu borde
- ML Jaisimha
- D sardesai
- Wadekar
- Gaekwad
- Yuvraj
- Dhoni
- Dinesh Karthik
- Zaheer Khan
Fave Five Telugu cinema personalities (GaGa over Tollywood)
So, who is the fave five as far as the Telugu movie industry goes?
- NTR
- Chiranjeevi
- SP Balasubrahmaniam
- RamGopalVerma
- Sridevi
The Fave Five Gults
We were discussing about the famous Telugu people list and since we could not easily come up with a single "top-5", we decided to do two top-5 s. Here they are:
Top 5 Telugu people - all time
Criteria: The criteria is "their contribution to Andhra", "their contribution to the perception of Andhra-ites/Gults in India and the world", "who we like" :)
Comments or insulted that your fave is left out? Add you comment please..
Top 5 Telugu people - all time
Criteria: The criteria is "their contribution to Andhra", "their contribution to the perception of Andhra-ites/Gults in India and the world", "who we like" :)
- N.T. RamaRao (No questions asked - the main reason lots of Indians know Telugus are different from Madrasis - Did you see ChakDeIndia)
- Satya Sai Baba (Even if you put Devotional reasons aside - he is involved in great social service)
- Thyagayya (Do you know music?)
- Potti Sri Ramulu (The reason why we have a state)
- P.V. Narasimha Rao (Started the economic reforms in India - paving the way for the IT revolution)
Comments or insulted that your fave is left out? Add you comment please..
Sunday, April 01, 2007
NBA Players and Tollywood Heroes
(Is the next blog entry "Cricket stars and NBA stars?")
While we were spending endless hours setting fantasy teams and watching gult (for the laymen, it is "telugu") movies, we started drawing parallels between both stars. It makes for a fun conversation.. Here you go..
NTR (viswa vikhyAta natasArvabhOuma nataratna doctor nandamUri tAraka rAmA rao gAru)
- Michael Jordan.
The one and only - no questions asked..
Jordan needs to prove himself in front office though.. NTR already did it as both actor and politician (really, front office)..
ANR - Karl Malone
Never the No.1, but tantalisingly close always..
Chiranjeevi - Kobe
Chiru's movies release in several centers, Kobe takes several shots (more avenues really)
Chiru spends a lot and gets a lot of money for producers. Same for Kobe.
Chiru's movies even outside Andhra are houseful. Kobe's games are sold-out anywhere.
No wonder, those two are my favorites :)
Balakrishna - Today's Shaq.
Aside from the obvious physical similarities ....
Balakrishna had good years before.. Same with Shaq..
Fans are nostalgic for both..
One key contrast that occurred to me: Balayya was accused of shooting someone.. Shaq wants to be a cop..
Nagarjuna - Grant Hill
Crests and Troughs through the career.. Blinding possibilities.. yet mediocre at the end..
Venkatesh - Ray Allen
Two dimensional, yet delivers in those dimensions more often than not.
Mahesh Babu - Baron Davis
Injuries/Flops screws the entire team.
If they play well, it is a blockbuster..
NTR Jr - Penny Hardaway
Rocking start.. Too bad later.. Knee injury for one, but fat injury to the other :)
mOhan bAbu (legend? celebrity?) Dikembe Mutombo
Ready to retire.. Moments of flashes recently.. Was #2 in a team with success..
brahmAnandam - Darrell Armstrong
Longevity, team player...
(Is the next blog entry "Cricket stars and NBA stars?")
While we were spending endless hours setting fantasy teams and watching gult (for the laymen, it is "telugu") movies, we started drawing parallels between both stars. It makes for a fun conversation.. Here you go..
NTR (viswa vikhyAta natasArvabhOuma nataratna doctor nandamUri tAraka rAmA rao gAru)
- Michael Jordan.
The one and only - no questions asked..
Jordan needs to prove himself in front office though.. NTR already did it as both actor and politician (really, front office)..
ANR - Karl Malone
Never the No.1, but tantalisingly close always..
Chiranjeevi - Kobe
Chiru's movies release in several centers, Kobe takes several shots (more avenues really)
Chiru spends a lot and gets a lot of money for producers. Same for Kobe.
Chiru's movies even outside Andhra are houseful. Kobe's games are sold-out anywhere.
No wonder, those two are my favorites :)
Balakrishna - Today's Shaq.
Aside from the obvious physical similarities ....
Balakrishna had good years before.. Same with Shaq..
Fans are nostalgic for both..
One key contrast that occurred to me: Balayya was accused of shooting someone.. Shaq wants to be a cop..
Nagarjuna - Grant Hill
Crests and Troughs through the career.. Blinding possibilities.. yet mediocre at the end..
Venkatesh - Ray Allen
Two dimensional, yet delivers in those dimensions more often than not.
Mahesh Babu - Baron Davis
Injuries/Flops screws the entire team.
If they play well, it is a blockbuster..
NTR Jr - Penny Hardaway
Rocking start.. Too bad later.. Knee injury for one, but fat injury to the other :)
mOhan bAbu (legend? celebrity?) Dikembe Mutombo
Ready to retire.. Moments of flashes recently.. Was #2 in a team with success..
brahmAnandam - Darrell Armstrong
Longevity, team player...
Comments/More entries? - Do email..
Possibilities:
Suman - Ron Artest
Rajasekhar - ??
Krishna - ??
Krishnam raju - ??
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
My random thought of the day:-
I want to upgrade to a new phone. Yes, I caught that bug.. I currently own a Palm Treo 600 (arcane, by any standards).. It still works, I am out of contract.. So, I am a free man (hurray)..
I want a wifi enabled phone, so i can connect to my 802.11(g) or even Google's wifi. Now, I found it is not easy to find a list of such phones that each carrier supports.. I found the following. But, if you know of other phones, or have any thoughts, do let me know.
cingular 8525
tmobile dashtmobile MDA, SDA
Nokia E61 (Not E62)
Are there any other cheaper or better options out there?And why is it so difficult to find a list of such phones at one place!!!
I want to upgrade to a new phone. Yes, I caught that bug.. I currently own a Palm Treo 600 (arcane, by any standards).. It still works, I am out of contract.. So, I am a free man (hurray)..
I want a wifi enabled phone, so i can connect to my 802.11(g) or even Google's wifi. Now, I found it is not easy to find a list of such phones that each carrier supports.. I found the following. But, if you know of other phones, or have any thoughts, do let me know.
cingular 8525
tmobile dashtmobile MDA, SDA
Nokia E61 (Not E62)
Are there any other cheaper or better options out there?And why is it so difficult to find a list of such phones at one place!!!
