India Snatches a thriller and goes 2-1 UP in the series

Dhoni thumbs up

Intially it was a very bad news for the cricket fans when the match was about to start at the scheduled time–It looked as if Rain gods played a Spoilsport on the dreams of fans but soon the conditions returned to normal.And it was all set for the toss and it was won by the India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and they opted to field and the overs were reduced to 27 for each team.It was a successful formula for India chasing any Gargantuan total and they decided to field first and the West Indies Openers Chris Gayle and Runako Morton took the field.–Gayle destroyes Ishant Sharma for 12 runs in the first over which included some blistering cover drives and some unorthodox shots where he puled the ball few yards  outside the off stump to a Boundary in the Onside region..Afetr Gayle fell to Nehra’s Bowling it was Sarwan who served as a Mast to the West Indian ship he took them to 186 for 7 in 27 overs thanks to the Support by Ramdin who scored 14 off 6 deliveries..

The Last Over win for India:

Indian batting line up put up a fine performance with Dinesh Kartik timing the ball superbly and Gambhir supporting him and the Partnership for the first wicket was 84 runs which was almost half of the total and after that kartik departed to a Wonderful run out by Rampaul and Gambhir gave his wicket to benn and when Yuvi fell cheaply everybody thought West Indies can easily win the match but it was MSD who proved the talent he had with a composed Knock 46(34) which made India reach home safely

Courtesy Cricinfo

The Wimbeldon Semifinal Saga Andy’s meet

The Game of Power

Hi there—here is a review of the Wimbeldon semifinals..The Highlights of today was a  good and competent match which took place between the British man Andy Murray and the American Andy Roddick..It was a match between Power and Determination—It finally turned to be Roddick’s day and my commiserations to Andy Murray who played a more or less equivalent game of Roddick but he wasn’t just able to resist the Thunderbolt serve of Roddick in the 4th set Tie Breaker but do not get me wrong he(murray)is a wonderful player with Subtle shots who can beat even the Best Player in this World on his day–

Thing I like with Murray–His serve return and the slicy Backhand

Things I like with Roddick–Probably the toughest serve to take is Roddick’s Serve and he plays net well

This was a superb match I saw eventhough it lasted only 4 sets one of the better match I have seen in this tournament which delineated the Will power and Quality tennis these chaps had.

Scores:6-4 ,4-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(5)

Murray you have a lots of challenges ahead so come fast I am expecting you to be crowned in US/AUSSIE open

I would like to mention one other Important person who actually have the same will power and determination like Andy Murray it is none other than Nadal but Unfortunately Nadal Pulled out of wimbeldon at the last minute due to Injury but I would say he is the Greatest Fighter the Game of tennis has ever seen

In the other match Roger Federer defeated Tommy Haas and it was a very clean finish in three sets–I don’t have  much to write about this but the other one was simply fantastic rush to youtube and see if you can pull out some of the clippings–

The williams’ sisters will meet in their finals of the Ladies Singles Wimbeldon lets see who is going to snatch the coveted trophy

The 10 year War in the Iliad

The 10-year war in The

Iliad begins when Paris,

son of Trojan king Priam, is

called upon to judge a

beauty contest between

the goddesses Aphrodite,

Hera, and Athena. All

three offer Paris bribes,

but Aphrodite’s is the most

tempting. She promises

him the hand of the beautiful

Helen—who is the

wife of Menelaus, the

Greek king. Menelaus

launches an expedition to

recover her, assisted by legendary warriors

Achilles, Odysseus, Ajax, Nestor, and Menelaus’

brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and

commander-in-chief of the expedition. The Trojan

side is led by Hector, Paris’ brother.

This is for the people who are very new to the Hellene Stories:

Some Characters in this post:

1.Penelope:The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity

2.Odysseus:a famous mythical Greek hero

3.Ajax:A mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad

4.Priam: The last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and Cassandra

5.Menelaus:The king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War and also the brother of Agamemnon and more importantly husband of Helen

6.Achilles:A mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy

7.Nestor:A counselor to the Greeks at Troy

8.Aphrodite:Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology

9.Helen: The beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris

10.Paris:The prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and started the trojan War

11.Athena:Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens

12.Hera:Sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with also the queen of Olympian Gods

Other short notes on Achilles why was he weak in his heal???:

When he was a baby his mother(thetis) tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river  Styx but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable——his ‘Achilles’ heel’

Beauty contest results in war:

Hello to the Greek people!!! I would like to write something about the 10-year war in The Iliad which was the very interesting section and the section which never Bores you and so it begins when Paris, son of Trojan king Priam(Who is also the father of Hector and Cassandra), is called upon to judge a beauty contest between the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. All three offer Paris bribes, but Aphrodite’s is the most tempting. She promises him the hand of the beautiful Helen—who is the wife of Menelaus, the Greek king. Menelaus launches an expedition to recover her, assisted by legendary warriors Achilles, Odysseus, Ajax, Nestor, and Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and commander-in-chief of the expedition. The Trojan side is led by Hector, Paris’ brother.

The story narrates many conflicts within the ranks of the Trojans and the Greeks, including actions the gods frown upon that cause the battle to tilt one way or another. Finally, the long siege is ended when Achilles kills Hector. The Odyssey is an account of Odysseus’s trip home to Ithaca. It should have been a brief trip—just across the Aegean Sea and around the southern coast of Greece—but it ended up being a 10-year journey.

Along the way he and his men encountered an island inhabited by the Cyclopes, the one-eyed giant. They visited Hades(The God of death and has an army called Hades Shades), the underworld, and saw their fallen friends from the Trojan War. They put wax in their ears as they sailed past the beautiful but deadly singing of the Sirens, and farther on their ship had to sneak past a six-headed monster called the hydra.After more adventures,only Odysseus survived to return to Ithaca. He then had to reclaim his wife and kingship after a 20- year absence. In his absence, suitors had pressed his wife, Penelope, for marriage, claiming Odysseus must be dead. The Bow and arrow of Odysseus helped her to see him again and he cleared everyone

I wish to write more about Aphrodite and Achilles–In future you can see more..There is avery Big story of how the Styx river formed so stay tuned…

The Origin and the Goodness of Henna

Henna is an evergreen shrub, considered

native to Africa and Asia but also

naturalized in America and Australia. It is

widely cultivated in tropical regions, e.g.

Egypt, Sudan, China, India, Florida, and

the West Indies

Henna is an evergreen low woody perennial plant , and it was considered to be the  native to Africa and Asia but also naturalized in America and Australia. It is widely cultivated in tropical regions like Egypt, Sudan, West Indies and in some part of china and West Indies.Henna as we all know is very famous Hair dyeing and common in South/North Indian Marriages especially to color the palm Called Mehndi for more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehandi .Henna also has many Herbal Values but people seldom know about that—>Henna is very famous for Orange-red dye.It has also got its application in the Perfumery Section a Lilac scented oil is obtained after crushing henna and making it dry and it is mixed in perfumes to impregnate an odour.

Henna Crushed

Other places where Henna plays a lynchpin role:

• It is used as a windbreak in the Wineyards to prevent erosion and lessen the force of wind.
• It is used as a medicine for dysentry and leprosy

But we all know that Henna plays a Major role only as a Dyeing agent…

Bad effects of Henna according to Medical reports:

Food and Drug Administration carried out a research and it has found some drawbacks with henna they say that Henna pre-Mixed paste has been found to have ingridients of Heavy Metals like Nickel,Cobalt,Chromium,Lead which would cause considerable tampering to our skin but people are least bothered about that because henna makes you beautiful.It enhances the beauty in you..

Courtesy Wiki

The Runners Up of 07 egress as winners of 09

For the past two weeks or so all eyes were on T20 World cup that took place in England..It was a very entertaining form of cricket which makes people fix their chair in front of the Idiot Box.There were 12 teams that competed to get this coveted trophy and everyone showed their best and used their resources well..India who were the champions of ‘07 couldn’t resist the Bowling attacks likes of Parnell,Steyn,Taylor,Fidel Edwards but it was a a good fight that was put up by Indians after losing their Clinical/Principal Opener sehwag  due to Injury —who can tear any bowling attack to pieces…So all the teams had a weakness either in their Bowling or in their Batting..Sri Lanka had a very Good Bowling but their batting let them down in the finals when Dilshan Miscued a Scoop off M.Aamir..But for Pakistan on the other hand it was a tried tested and successful formula they know that the wicket will help them with the Likes of Gul who can reverse swing and bowl toe crushers at the end of the innings and they had Players like Boom Boom Shahid Afridi to take the Srilankan Bowlers far and into the stands..So I would say that Pakistan played well throughout the Tournament and they won the World Cup..My pathoses to India and Sri Lanka who were quite capable of doing the same but this world cup just did not go well….

Sweets the Ancient Egyptians had

The Egyptians loved sweets: sweetened beer

and wine, and marshmallows and licorice.

Among the world’s oldest sweets, marshmallow

confections date back to 2000 B.C.E. Egyptians

made a honey-based candy flavored and thickened

with the sweet, sticky sap from the roots

of the marshmallow (Althaea officinalis), a plant

with hollyhock-like flowers that grew wild in

salt marshes and in wetlands around the Nile.

This special delicacy was said to be reserved for

royalty, and for offerings to the gods. Until the

mid-1800s, marshmallow candies still included

many of the same ingredients the Egyptians

used. In modern marshmallow recipes, gelatin

or gum arabic replaces plant sap.

Marshmallows were very famous they used sap which is a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant instead of Gelatin that is used nowadays..

Sample Picture of Marshmallows

It was told in many books that  the Egyptians loved sweets beer and wine, and marshmallows and licorice(A Black Flavoured Candy).Among the world’s oldest sweets, marshmallow confections date back to 2000 B.C————————->Egyptians made a honey-based candy flavored and thickened with the sweet, sticky sap from the roots of the marshmallow,a plant with hollyhock(Very Tall plants of Family called Genus Althea)-like flowers that grew wild in salt marshes and in wetlands around the Nile river. This is a very special food that signifies the symbol of royalty and these are offered to Gods as a Offering. In modern marshmallow recipes, gelatin or gum arabic replaces plant sap.

Even Physicians Used Honey and other Sweetened Stuffs for their Medicine:

Egyptian physicians also used honey and the sap of the marshmallow plant in medicines and potions, especially in remedies such as medicinal wines used to treat sore throats this was followed as a Very Common Practice during the 19th century.

There is one more famous thing that the Egyptians used very commonly in many potions and herbal medicines they exported to other parts of the World:

One other plant the Egyptians both enjoyed as a sweet and in medical potions was Licorice this was used for curing Lung Diseases

Gong was arrogant

After the people were Created by Nuwa the Peace didn’t exist in the Earth it was a Heated Encounter between Gong(The Water God) and Zurong(The Fire God)

Gong the water god pummeled the world with incessant

bouts of rain and floods. The deluges battered homes into

piles of rubbish, and they toppled ancient trees. Great

mountains crumbled and crashed into the swelling muddy

rivers. Gong showed no mercy as thousands of people and

animals perished on the soggy, bloated earth.

The other gods avoided Gong because his fury was so

intense. They watched silently as their moats, villages, and

temples were destroyed, one by one. Finally, Zurong, the

fire god, decided that Gong had gone too far. Zurong was

irritated by the other gods’ cowardice, and he did not

approve of his successor’s plans to reshape the earth into

water-heavy proportions.

So Zurong challenged Gong to regain control of the

earth. Gong gladly met his rival in combat. As the two

powerful forces wrestled each other across the firmament,

the sky shook with thunder, and lightning flashed across

the sky. For days, they grappled, wrestled, and pinned each

other higher and higher in the skies until they finally

cracked the dome of heaven.

When neither god could gain control, Gong challenged

Zurong to restage their battle on earth. Zurong gladly

Der Wasserkrieg Beginnt:

                             Gong the water god started to give trouble to the people with Uninterrupted  Rain and floods. The deluges Buffeted the  homes into piles of rubbish, and they Tumbled ancient trees which stood as a Symbol of Beauty and was a Habitat for many animals. Great mountains crumbled and crashed into the swelling muddy rivers. Gong showed no mercy as thousands of people and animals perished on the soggy, bloated earth. The other gods avoided Gong because his fury was so intense. They watched silently as their moats, villages, and temples were destroyed, one by one . Finally all of them were deceived expect—> Zurong, the fire god, decided that Gong had gone too far. Zurong was irritated by the other gods’ cowardice and was Unhappy with them since they weren’t even taking a step forward to stop Gong and save the people. So Zurong challenged Gong to regain control of the earth. Gong gladly met his rival in combat. As the two powerful forces met and  wrestled each other across the firmament,the sky shook with thunder, and lightning flashed across the sky. For days, they grappled and pushed each other higher and higher in the skies until they finally cracked the dome of heaven. 

 

Depiction of Gong --Taken from a chinese Website

 

The Gods Decided to have it on Earth: 

                             When neither god could gain control and since it was a No Result , Gong challenged Zurong to restage their battle on earth. Zurong accepted the challenge Gong swept down to earth,placing a Large Military Unit of his strongest soldiers on a Long and Broad Wooden Plank made of bamboo reeds. It was ablaze and total chaos with flags, drums,and the cries of a thousand battle-thirsty men.And after a Long battle Gong the enemy of free people of Middle Earth was Defeated and all the other Gods Rejoiced this Moment

Courtesy:www.cultural-china.com

Who is going to be Coronated???

                                 We all know T20 World Cup is going to start in another one week..The Cricketing Gods have already resevred their seats in the heaven to see the Quilt being Destroyed all over the Ground and will come soft soon with the Gargantuan Hits..(India) won the First Edition of the T20 World Cup(Possibly the Youngest Tournament of the ICC which hasn’t lost its Demand eventhough experts say that it “Does not improve the Batsmans Game in anyway if you are in a spoling mood and if you get your willow well tuned you can hit out of the Park every now and then and has no Startegy like Test Cricket or Limited Overs Cricket”but according to me this is the real Battleground where the Patience and the thinking of Bowlers are tested…”You Should have a Big Heart when you Bowl in T20″—>Else do not pick up the Ball to bowl.The Budgeoner will have everything ready to swing it across for each and every delivery and we will go mad and enjoy each and every Moment when it goes high in the air.I believe I am Slightly deviating from the topic–Who is going to be Coronated? ok so now we will have a Quick Predicion of some of the teams now of that now

Australia:

        The Autralians are the world champions in the 50 over game but they will not forget the pain that they had when Yuvi and Robin Uthappa tattered and Gatecrashed their Party,They have one of the finest Hitters of all time and Warner replacing the Great OZ Keeper Gilchrist in the Opening Slot will add to strength to their Artillery.Symonds has enormous power to take it out of the Ground even Yorkers may get Converted to Crowd Killers.Binga with his Fiery Bowling will surely disturb the timber and so as Mitchell Johnson

And I am sorry if anyone of the Players weren’t in the Squad–I haven’t Looked throught any teams/squads before writing this so just see people who are applicable and reject N/A

So considering all these I believe Oz has a 11% Chance to make the other teams sick/sweat

New Zealand:

         The Kiwis are the real threat nobody knows or they will realize the abundant talent that these Guys Possess–India has not lost to any team except New Zealand in previous World Cup where there was a Huge Target set for the Indians.Brendon Mccullum as we all know is a Swashbuckler and can hit the ball a long long way and Jacob Oram with his Massive Height and Strength hits the ball with ease and they do have some Finest Hitters in the world like the Samoan Ross Taylor and I personally feel that their wekest department is the Bowling Department so we will give a 11% chance to Kiwis also

Pakistan:

      The runners up and who made Dhoni bite his nails when Joginder Bowled the decisive over to the demolishing Misbah Ul Haq who was really really frustrated because he played such a fantastic Knock in the finals to take Pakistan from nowhere near the target to a loss by whisker.And they have some Great hitters like Afridi who can really turn the Heat ont he Bolwers Head with a Couple of Unexpected Big hits but again the place they lack is the Bowling Department so I would say pakistan has a 7% chance of winning this T20 World CUp

Stay Tuned for some of my other reviews

  

        

                                                 

Indian Team with the first edition of T20 World Cup

Australia:

        The Autralians are the world champions in the 50 over game but they will not forget the pain that they had when Yuvi and Robin Uthappa tattered and Gatecrashed their Party,They have one of the finest Hitters of all time and Warner replacing the Great OZ Keeper Gilchrist in the Opening Slot will add to strength to their Artillery.Symonds has enormous power to take it out of the Ground even Yorkers may get Converted to Crowd Killers.Binga with his Fiery Bowling will surely disturb the timber and so as Mitchell Johnson

And I am sorry if anyone of the Players weren’t in the Squad–I haven’t Looked throught any teams/squads before writing this so just see people who are applicable and reject N/A

So considering all these I believe Oz has a 11% Chance to make the other teams sick/sweat

New Zealand:

         The Kiwis are the real threat nobody knows or they will realize the abundant talent that these Guys Possess–India has not lost to any team except New Zealand in previous World Cup where there was a Huge Target set for the Indians.Brendon Mccullum as we all know is a Swashbuckler and can hit the ball a long long way and Jacob Oram with his Massive Height and Strength hits the ball with ease and they do have some Finest Hitters in the world like the Samoan Ross Taylor and I personally feel that their wekest department is the Bowling Department so we will give a 11% chance to Kiwis also

Pakistan:

      The runners up and who made Dhoni bite his nails when Joginder Bowled the decisive over to the demolishing Misbah Ul Haq who was really really frustrated because he played such a fantastic Knock in the finals to take Pakistan from nowhere near the target to a loss by whisker.And they have some Great hitters like Afridi who can really turn the Heat ont he Bolwers Head with a Couple of Unexpected Big hits but again the place they lack is the Bowling Department so I would say pakistan has a 7% chance of winning this T20 World CUp

Stay Tuned for some of my other reviews related to T20

  

        

The Famous Greek Archeological site

The foremost oracle of the ancient Old World is Located on Mount Parnassus

above the Gulf of Corinth, in Greece. It was governed by a hoisioi, or “college” of

priests required to trace their family lineage(The Descendants) to Deucalion before taking office,

because he was believed to have brought the principles of divination to Delphi

from a former Golden Age overwhelmed by the Deluge. Mount Parnassus itself

was consecrated to Poseidon, the sea-god of Atlantis. Delphi’s Omphalos stone

characterized it as “the Navel of the World,” after the Atlantean mystery cult of

the same name. Practioners from Atlantis appear to have arrived on the shores of

the Gulf of Corinth, where they reestablished the antediluvian spiritual center no

later than the late third millennium B.C. 

New Words in this Post:

Antediluvian-The Period in between the Creation of Earth and Deluge Generally Deluge means Heavy DownPour of Rain but here Deluge means the Prehistoric Floods which was believed to have washed away the Earth and had a Huge impact

Consecrated-Declared to be a Holy thing or there is another meaning being Dedicated for a Special High Purpose

The World-Beating oracle of the ancient Old World is Located on Mount Parnassus  Delphic oracle above the Gulf of Corinth, in Greece. It was governed by a hoisioi—>college of priests required to trace their family lineage(The Descendants)The preists made sure that the Delphic Oracle is always controlled by one of them from their Family and the control doesn’t go out of their Hand.Mount Parnassus was consecrated(Dedicated) to Poseidon, the sea-god of Atlantis. Delphi’s Omphalos stone characterized it as “the Navel of the World,” after the Atlantean mystery cult of the same name. The Followers of  Atlantis appear to have arrived on the shores of the Gulf of Corinth, where they reestablished the antediluvian spiritual center which is now a Great Historic Site

Below is the Picture from Wiki of Delphi’s Omphalos:

 

The ancient religious stone

Courtesy Wiki

The Religion the Inca People Followed

                    People who do not know who Incas are(Because the last post about Incas was way back some 2 months ag0 I reckon so this is just a reminder—–> The small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru(Western South America) which was previously held by the spanish ok now lets see the religion and the gods they follow

                   In the Diurnal months in the calendar the Inca people concentrated more on their work and during the nocturnal months the religion of the Incas played a major role-Every month in the nocturnal calendar had atleast one religious celebration and it was believed that the Incas had more than 120 religious rituals(Religious Practice)throughout the year which is an Gargantuan Number considering their Short term mythology and Popularity they had now coming to their Belief –their God is Viracocha–is neither male nor female created the earth, sky, stars, and all living things and their Main diety was Viracocha.They had a very Interesting Belief of how sun came and how the Living things came into existence read the following I enjoyed this while writing They believed Viracocha made the sun and moon by plucking them from an island in Lake Titicaca, high in the Andes.while people and animals were formed from clay in Tiahuanaco on the lakeshore.Tiahuanaco is an important Pre-Columbian Archaelogical site.

They had 100% of their Belief in Sun God:

                                  The Incas honored the sun, Inti, as an important god, portraying Inti as a face within a golden disk and surrounded by rays. Officially, the sapa inca(sapa in Quechuan language means Unique Leader) was the “son of the sun,” a divine being that directly descended from the sun god. Upon death, the people believed the sapa inca had returned to the sun. The major religious event of the year was the Inti Raymi, a multi-day festival honoring Inti, complete with food supplied by the sapa inca and local priests

 

Courtesy Wiki

They believed

Viracocha made the sun and moon by plucking them from an island in

Lake Titicaca, high in the Andes, while people and animals were formed

from clay in Tiahuanaco on the lakeshore