A view of INDIAN sports before independence

The history of sports in India dates back to the Vedic era. Physical culture in ancient India was fuelled by religious rights.
The mantra in the Atharvaveda, says, "Duty is in my right hand and the fruits of victory in my left." In terms of an ideal, these words hold the same sentiments as the traditional Olympic Oath: "For the Honour of my Country and the Glory of Sport."
Badminton probably originated in India as a grownup's version of a very old children's game known in England as Battledore and Shuttlecock, the battledore being a paddle and the shuttlecock a small feathered cork, now usually called a "bird."
Games like chess, snakes and ladders, playing cards, and polo originated in India, and it was from here that these games were transmitted to foreign countries, where they were further modernised.

even few lines could give you more proud moments

Highlights of this para : 1-An extra info about the most popular word among tamilian's (MARUDHANAYAGAM) 2-some basic details about a proud tamil blood (PULI THEVAR)

Puli Thevar was one of the earliest opponents of the British rule in South India. He was involved in a vendetta with the Nawab of Arcot who was supported by the British. Thevar's prominent exploits were his confrontations with Marudhanayagam, who later rebelled against the British in the late 1750s and early 1760s.
Nelkatumseval was the headquarters of Puli Thevar, the first chieftain in India to resist the British.

For a detailed history refer :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puli_Thevar

true madness is better than this evil intelligence

I was just restricted from spitting on my tv otherwise I would have done it .. 
Are they humans ? Using the intelligence in the wrong way is something disgusting .. 
If you are not aware of what I saying just read this guys 

Ghaziabad: Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have been found guilty for the murders of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. The Talwars were convicted by the court of special judge Shyam Lal on Monday afternoon in the almost five-and-a-half-year old sensational double murder case that took place in their residence in Noida.
After two adjournments since morning, the judge, who is to lay down office at the end of November 2013, arrived in the high- security court room at 3.25 PM and summoned both the accused. He read out the operative portion from his order that both the parents have been convicted for murder and destruction of evidence and on the charge of committing an act in furtherance of common intention. Both of them were taken into custody after the verdict and sent to Dasna jail

A cry for an indian pain

1:Banks set to beef up security at ATMs after Bangalore incident
2:Bangalore ATM attack: Victim fast recovering after surgeries

this step could have been taken before right ? 
Y these people are least bothered about other lives  :,(

That shower of god

noways in odi : Virat is playing with sachins old bat MRF and rohit is playing with sachins new bat ADIDAS ..
:Their partnership is just flourishing like anything ..
:Could this be taken as GOD'S grace (sachin) ?  
sachin - " I leave INDIA in the hands of youngsters like rohit and virat " , in his odi retirement function . and finally its getting proved nowadays ..

logic structs

:Pulling up the Navy on the sinking of the INS Sindhurakshak submarine in which 18 personnel lost their lives, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday asked the force “not to fritter away” such expensive national resources.

AND SO COULD THE LIVES BE REGAINED ? 
Thinking after fall is something weird

people may come and go but legends survive

carlsen who ??
haha no man could overcome this combination guys ..
Anand - brilliant indian , who made the russians realize that brilliant people are there outside their country too with a single board and 32 coins.. 
really guys he broke the mindset of those idiotic russians who were in the thought that no man is brilliant than them ..
even the man in the pic is a russian ..
but Kasprov came ahead of his countrymen's mindset by being too gentle ( and a fan of anand after that awesome world championship fight against him) 

Should our thoughts go optimistic !!

Bharat Ratna: If Sachin Tendulkar deserves it then why not Dhyan Chand?
A valuable question from home minister ...
Even the request letters from the fans were rejected ... 
Is everything going right ..??? 

will anand survive ?

:World Chess Championship- Game 7: Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand ends in a draw
:It's the world champion vs the World No1.
Y anand is lagging behind with a new finalist ? 
A million dollar question from INDIANS 

The man who turned the world towards him

Need a moment of goosebumps .. just contact this INDIAN ..
You may be of any country  
I felt and millions of people would have felt it

Positive step !! seems to be

PHOTO:POUNCING ON THE ENEMY : Soldiers display their skills during the India-China joint training exercise in Chengdu, southwestern China, on Tuesday.
The Hindu captioned it as : With focus on terrorism, India-China begin joint military drills
According to me it could be captioned as : An initiative step took in a good mind set is expected to get a good result . Because no step from our government could be concluded ..

recap

A manuscript illustration of the battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahabharata.

ANGKOR WAT WHICH WAS BUILT AS A HINDU TEMPLE BY A TAMIL KING WAS GRADUALLY MOVED TO THE BRITISH USE IN THE LATE 13TH CENTURY

Angkor Wat is a Hindu, then subsequently Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura , the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Breaking from the Shaivism tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to Vishnu. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation – first Hindu, then Buddhist. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia,appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.
Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temple, based on early Dravidian Architecture, with key features such as the Jagati. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west; scholars are divided as to the significance of this. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls.
The modern name, Angkor Wat, means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor, meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor , which comes from the Sanskrit word nagara .Wat is the Khmer word for "temple grounds", derived from the Pali word "vatta". Prior to this time the temple was known as Preah Pisnulok (Vara Vishnuloka in Sanskrit), after the posthumous title of its founder.

Haha even politicians troll nowadays :P

AN EPIC CONVERSATION

DIWALI-a spiritual view

While Diwali is popularly known as the "festival of lights", the most significant spiritual meaning behind it is "the awareness of the inner light". Central to Hindu philosophy (primarily the Yoga, Vedanta, and Samkhya schools of Hindu philosophy) is the belief that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal, called the Atman. The celebration of Diwali as the "victory of good over evil", refers to the light of higher knowledge dispelling all ignorance, the ignorance that masks one's true nature, not as the body, but as the unchanging, infinite, immanent and transcendent reality. With this awakening comes compassion and the awareness of the oneness of all things (higher knowledge). This brings ananda (joy or peace). Just as we celebrate the birth of our physical being, Diwali is the celebration of this Inner Light.
While the story behind Diwali and the manner of celebration varies from region to region (festive fireworks, worship, lights, sharing of sweets), the essence is the same – to rejoice in the Inner Light (Atman) or the underlying Reality of all things (Brahman).