Resonance in thoughts - a medium to propagate inspiration.

Its been a long time coming - and finally justice has been done. There are two emotions I want to express - One is that England and "English cricket" really deserved to win a World Cup (WC). I mean seeing them lose in '92 as a school kid is still fresh in my mind in some sense- and then hearing about the '87 final loss to Australia at Kolkata. Add the  '79 loss to windies - and it makes a sorry story. Until today - now its changed - England are rightful World Champions. Secondly, I want to write an ode to this particular side - really to make a case that - this win has not been a fluke by any stretch of imagination. If anything - we are in for a mouth-watering Ashes down-under come December. It is funny to think that I wasnt surprised at all at the way England won the final - almost as if it was written in the stars ....The point is - England team for this tournament was the most balanced of the participating teams. Look at the way everyone chipped in - its been

I am taking the easier route today - just going to clear the stuff I have been carrying around for months/years in my wallet ... For one, things are getting soggy by the day - what with the incessant rains in this part of the world. some of these collector items have got so wet that I can hardly read them now. I feel like I am trying to restore some archival stuff. some of the stuff I have written when I was walking around London. And for lack of space (on paper) I scribble things in the margins. And you know the margins are the first places to get wet - so I may have lost some writings. That reminds me of the famous margin where Fermat wrote down his last theorem :) So here goes - an unedited, abridged version of my back pocket writings in random order - -----------  (excerpt from Lee Iaccoca's book) "Apply Yourself ! Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something !! Dont just stand there, make something happen. It isnt easy, but if you keep your nose to th