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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same....

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It might sound de trop for a title but these are the exact words written just as you enter the oldest and most prestigious tennis ground in the world. The ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB for THE WIMBLEDON. This month's recommendation is for a final played here in 2004 between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. it is important to get a sense of this ground itself before dwelling on the individuals competing. It has a reputation of being one of the most intimidating tennis courts around the globe with its classic British etiquettes of all-white dress codes among other similar things. It has witnessed the all-time best players from Bjorn Borg the teenage prodigy to Andre Agassi arguably the finest striker of the ball, this ground has seen it all.                                                                   ...

A lot can happen over a night

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  Paritesh (or chacha as we fondly call him) or should I call him Mr. Paritesh now, was once just like us i.e. unemployed childish, and above all a bachelor. but it all started changing when chacha decided to get married. Now it is almost impossible to draw analogies between us and chacha. Our friend is officially employed, no more a childish boy but a married gentleman.   So the day for the finale was decided by the concerned parties to be the 22nd of June possibly unaware of the historical significance of this date. it was the 22nd of June when the famous Hand of the god goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA semi-finals match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. later on, this was credited to be the goal of the century. Another significance being during world war 2nd in 1940 on this very day France was forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Nazi Germany. many years down the line chacha was also going to sign some sor...

The new month

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 And then there was the sign of early sun fading the mammoth unending dark black night. Although too early to say conclusively and perhaps momentarily but the plateauing of the covid curve in India is visible. The last couple of months in particular and the whole year, in general, have been such devastation. combined with the reoccurring mutations of covid has made us skeptical about hoping for anything better at least in near future. The current ebb in active covid cases should be a boost for us amid such horrendous circumstances but the periodicity of this pandemic makes that dubious. However, life goes on, despite losing close and dear ones life goes on... having said that the cases have dipped still the lockdowns are intact making going out or meeting anyone nearly impossible. During the onslaught of the second wave, Exams were either differed or postponed in some cases even canceled. So it is very hard to escape the boredom equally for both the nerds and the social animals. Ho...