From Qatar - Doha (Al Khor)

Month of May: I am at present in Doha, Qatar. Precisely i am in Al Khor (More than 45 KMs) away from Doha. I am residing in a 'Labour Camp' - which is excellent even better than my accommodation in Abu Dhabi. I have got a single room with Bath Attached, Excellent food (The cook is an excellent one, from chennai, muslim though). Biriyani is Superb, i am not a guy who is fond of Biriyani, but this man has 'great hands' - he is born for cooking (no pun intended). But i am missing 'Rasam'- only sambhar he makes. The camp is in very good condition, well maintained. TV is there, so i am watching the T20 World Cup. So overall, it is very god. Workplace is about 3 kms away from the camp - Al Khor Community Centre. IT is a township built for the Qatar Gas and RasGas Employees. Inside the Alkhor Community Centre it has Schools for Indian Streams, British Streams, Arabic School etc., A Medical Centre - it is a city by itself. Enjoying the work and the stay. Little Pressure - one more thing is opposite the camp,i can go and make 'net phone calls' so communication with Chennai is also made easy. All in All - good place to work.
Yesterday being friday, with a friend walked about 4 KMs...

Cricket: What a dismal performace from India in T20 World Cup. Tell Tale signs that, all the players barring Raina, Bhajji,Dhoni - were incapable of performing. Tired of IPL, not able to think. Worst performers are: Rohit (eventhough he scored 79 in one losing game against Aus, he was a terrible sight on the field), Yuvi (time has come to drop him), Nehra, Ravinder Jadeja, Zaheer, Gambhir - his reputation has gone to shreds - the old saying of he is good in sub continent pitches have come true once again. THe captaincy of Dhoni is much to be desired - his lady luck has vanished and he has become an ordinary captain. The IPL which gave new players have also become a bone of contention for many. This dismal performance by Indians will add fuel to the fire for the people who are against IPL. As kumble said, playing for IPL teams has become more 'PRESSURE' than for playing for India, Playing for India has become a 'Comfort' zone. This performance once again confirmed the notion that India is susceptible to the Bouncy Pitches. As Gavaskar said, the players should go to School - NCA Bangalore - for practising with the Younger players. Ask them to bowl from16 - 18 yards and practise to play Pull and Hook Shot. The mind will get cleared and they will play the 'square' shots well. Not everybody is Sachin Tendulkar, who at age 18 played in Perth and scored a century!!!!
Australia - What a team - they showed why they are the real world champions. There is always one person in the team who will raise the hand in any critical situation and take the team to a winning situation or to a safe zone. Hussey played a Champions Innings, what a game he played. 60 runs in 24 balls. Before that, Cameron White played a good innings , which created a momentum, which Hussey carried on. Pakistan was in the match for 38 overs, but last 2 overs Aussies played to their skin. In T2O - if we are in the game till the last over keep the running rate to 12 and 13 - then it is anybody's game.
Politics: Khap Panchayat - for the sake of votes, Jindal, INLD and even BJP are supporting the Jats. THe Khap panchayat orders the killing of couples who married withing the same Gotra. Sometime,they carry out the killing if the couple is from the same village also. Supreme Court in 1945 has legalised the marriage beween same gotra. This medieval thinking is supported by Jindal (who is in early 30's) one of the youth brigades of Indian politics.
Census: Enumeration is going on in India. Now, they wanted to include the caste into it. In a sense, it is needed at this point. We can know which caste have come out in 'OPEN' in the last decade. How economically the caste is grown in India etc.,