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India's win against the Aussies in the first match of the Border Gavaskar Test series (2013) didn't impress me: Dhoni batted well, Ashwin bowled well, Sachin and Virat Kohli were good. The Sachin-Virat partnership stemmed the mess that Murali Vijay and Virender Sehwag had made of the opening partnership. Murali failed in his own backyard-Chennai-where Ashwin succeeded. I don't think Murali has the temperament required to be a good opener. Someone else should be tried in his place. That'll will give our team a chance to find a batsman who can stand up to James Pattinson, the most aggressive and effective bowler in the Australian squad. Until then Murali'll have his chances. Even though Pujara failed in this match, he's proven that he has the necessary temperament as a Test player. But I fear India's inconsistent batsmen will lull him into not realising his potential. He's got ability. But the focus and hunger to be consistent is missing. I want to be r...

I was watching on Youtube an interview by Preity Zinta with Bobby Deol on Up Close and Personal and it reminds of how much I have felt for the Deols all my life.I never want to see anything bad happen to them.  No they are not my family members, so my only introduction to them was through their movies. Actually I was a total Dharmendra fan and it went beyond styling the puff of my hair like him. I even wrote a mail on Amitabh's blog not very long ago. Am not sure what exactly I wrote about but I remember going through the angst of dealing with not wanting to lie that he was my favourite actor because Dharmendra was.  That's how it was. I wanted so badly to see Amitabh's films because it was so much fun-people who saw his movies enjoyed it and the little I got to see was so entertaining.But I wanted to make sure nobody misunderstood who I loved more. So I suppressed my enthusiasm when people around me were gushing.I saw his films till it got terrible. Finally I love fi...