Sunday, 20 November 2011
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Money
‘Money doesn’t compensate for sacrifices, or for the difficulties you experience if life itself becomes so hard as it had become for me,’ - Justine Henin.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Capital punishment - Age Old Story
It has been years since this topic has actually originated. It is one of the frequently discussed topics in any of the college/schools discussion forum and debates. Recent death sentence of Rajiv Killers has reignited the topic again.People who are against the capital punishment argue that God has created the world and human beings and only nature and god can only take it back. and the people like me who are for Capital punishment argue that these punishments are necessary for creating a fear among the people and reinstate the faith on law among the common citizens that all these atrocities will never be tolerated and forgiven. If these guys can be forgiven why not Kasab?
Anyways its in the hands of law makers to decide on what needs to be done. It is better to keep a full stop on this topic instead of dragging the same like Ayodhya issue, Cauvery issue.
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Historic article written by Venus Williams advocating equal Prize money for men and women.
Below is the article published in Times in 2006 written by Venus Williams advocating equal money for Men and women in Wimbledon.
I feel so strongly that Wimbledon's stance devalues the principle of meritocracy and diminishes the years of hard work that women on the tour have put into becoming professional tennis players.
I believe that athletes – especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women – should serve as role models. The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling. My fear is that Wimbledon is loudly and clearly sending the opposite message....
Wimbledon has argued that women's tennis is worth less for a variety of reasons; it says, for example, that because men play a best of five sets game they work harder for their prize money.
This argument just doesn’t make sense; first of all, women players would be happy to play five sets matches in grand slam tournaments....
Secondly, tennis is unique in the world of professional sports. No other sport has men and women competing for a grand slam championship on the same stage, at the same time. So in the eyes of the general public the men's and women's games have the same value.
Third, ... we enjoy huge and equal celebrity and are paid for the value we deliver to broadcasters and spectators, not the amount of time we spend on the stage. And, for the record, the ladies’ final at Wimbledon in 2005 lasted 45 minutes longer than the men's....
Wimbledon has justified treating women as second class because we do more for the tournament. The argument goes that the top women – who are more likely also to play doubles matches than their male peers – earn more than the top men if you count singles, doubles and mixed doubles prize money. So the more we support the tournament, the more unequally we should be treated! But doubles and mixed doubles are separate events from the singles competition. Is Wimbledon suggesting that, if the top women withdrew from the doubles events, that then we would deserve equal prize money in singles? And how then does the All England Club explain why the pot of women's doubles prize money is nearly £130,000 smaller than the men's doubles prize money?
I intend to keep doing everything I can until Billie Jean's original dream of equality is made real. It's a shame that the name of the greatest tournament in tennis, an event that should be a positive symbol for the sport, is tarnished.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Audience!!!
If somebody criticizes or shouts at you, dont be bothered!!
Just remember "In every game, audience always make noise, not the players!!"
PS: And yeah, you get to be the audience sometime later too!!
Friday, 26 August 2011
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