Centuries by Sharma and Jadeja

15 Feb 2024 Men’s International Test Match Series Day 1 of 5 at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India. Series level 1-1 India vs England India 326–5 off 85 Rohit 131 off 196, 14 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 110 no  off 212, 9 fours, 2 sixes, Khan 62 off 66, 9 fours, 1 six,  Wood 3-69, Hartley 1-81 India won the toss and decided to bat, Wood nicks off Jaiswal and Gill in quick succession, and Patidar chips Hartley to cover, but Rohit  and Jade put on 200 partnership. Rohit was dropped by Root at 27 eventually falls for 131. … Continue reading Centuries by Sharma and Jadeja

Happy Valentine’s Day

Age old tradition which is thought to have originated from a Roman Festival, St Valentine’s Day celebrated every year on 14 February around the world when people show their affection for another person by sending cards, Chocolates and Red Roses with messages of love.  But the entire St Valentine gifts have commercialised with a bunch of Red rose costing more than £25. Even some of the digital watches has captured the spirit of love with eternal love , a curated collweciton of Valentine’s watch faces from sweet patterns to heart motifs to remind you of the endless. beauty of love, … Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day

STEVE WRIGHT – CHAMPION OF THE BBC’S AIRWAVES DIES AT 69

“Wrighty” had four decades on Radio One and Radio Two and also hostednumerous Top of The Pops programmes. He once flew to New York andbooked into a hotel and listened to local radio stations to garner good materialand concepts for his own shows. His amazing sense of humour was popularlyregarded as “zany”.Recently he had been on a weight loss journey, his heaviest weight havingbeen 18 stone and he was trying to achieve 12 stone. He was married forfourteen years to Cyndi Robinson and the couple had two children – Tom andLucy. “Wrighty” was said to have been a multimillionaire. Tom … Continue reading STEVE WRIGHT – CHAMPION OF THE BBC’S AIRWAVES DIES AT 69

Christopher Noulton’s The Unforgettables

The Unforgettables by Christopher NoultonExhibition at James Freeman Gallery Islington Feb 6 to March 2354 Upper Street, N1 OPD http://www.JamesFreemanGallery.ComIt takes the artist who is a dapper and very well groomed creative inhis sixties around 3 months to paint each of his canvasses, though heclaims he does not work every day for that time on them.Christopher Noulton was raised on a council estate in Gypsy Hill andsays his experience of a “village style community” paved the way forhim to create artworks which have an atmosphere of the same,though if one views his work this would not necessarily come tomind as … Continue reading Christopher Noulton’s The Unforgettables

Formula for living your best life

Communication is superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we’re actually participating in one of the three conversations practical, (What’s this really about) , emotional (How do we feel?), and social (Who are we?). If you don’t know what kind of conversation you’re having, you’re unlikely to connect. Supercommunicators know the importance of recognising  and then matching each kind of conversation, and how to hear the complex emotions, subtle negotiations, and deeply held belief that colour so much of what we say and how we listen. Our experiences, our values, our emotional lives and how we see … Continue reading Formula for living your best life

How British Empire was propped up for financial survival

Sir John Henry Rivett-Carnac wrote about his company house in his memoirs “ a quite magnificent house on the Ganges at Ghazipur, surrounded by a good garden and fine grounds”. The incentives of this job was the Benares Opium Agency that Sir John headed from 1876. When the poppy  growing season got under way in November, Sir John would embark on a grand regional tour, interspersing inspections of opium farms with shooting expeditions and visits to colourful bazars, despite the poor Indian farmers under his watch, who fed Gizarpur’s opium processing factory who were coerced into cultivating the crop to … Continue reading How British Empire was propped up for financial survival

Collection of awe inspiring works

“WOVEN ODYSSEY” AT THE MUSE GALLERY PORTOBELLO 269Portobello Road W11 1LR by Krushnapriya Smart.This Abstract collection of awe inspiring works breaks new ground insome ways – addressing the journey a future mother goes through inthe “miraculous journey of bringing new life into the world”.The Odyssey in this instance refers to the nine months of pregnancyand each piece serves as a window into the artist’s soul. The artist isnow a mother of a growing young child – one of the highlights is the“Journey from Dot to Matrix” and each work portrays the profoundstory of maternal love.While navigating with a whirlwind of … Continue reading Collection of awe inspiring works

Complexities of our financial choices

 Morgan Housel’s book has sold over 4 million copies around the world. How good are with money, this is not a science that is necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave, and behaviour is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money investing , personal finance e, and business decisions is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet, but they make them at the dinner table, or in a. Meeting room, where personal history … Continue reading Complexities of our financial choices

Maruti: making impossible to possible

In 1981 Maruti car company was formed which led to the creation of modern car industry in India. Maruti which started as public sector company with a Japanese partner Suzuki Motor Corporation, wading through cumbersome bureaucratic procedures and socialist ideology that was then prevalent. Maruti had to find a suitable partner finalise all legal documentation, get government approval to these agreements as well as to the investment proposals, build a factory, develop a supplier base to meet localisation regulations, create a sales and service network and develop and launch a people affordable car that would sell in excess of 100, … Continue reading Maruti: making impossible to possible