Younis Khan has been reinstated as captain of Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, earlier he refused to be captain of team in absence of Inzamam. He was saying in an interview on television that he is refusing the captaincy as he did not want to be a dummy captain and he would be giving reasons for not accepting a role of captain afterwards.

There were reports after Shaharyar’s resignation that the captaincy would change hands again and that excatly happened the poor guy Yousuf Youhana alias Mohammed Yousuf has been removed who was declared the captain when Younis had rejected the offer. I am just wondering what he would be feeling now and Pakistan team by now must be divided into two groups , each of them supporting their favourite captain.

The whole episode is not really unlike the way PCB operates, this could be expected from them. We never know we might have a new player declared captain before Pakistan gets to play their first match.

This tuesday was my last working day at the Eon Technologies, the company I was working with. After spending a little more than one year at Gurgaon, I will be going to Noida from now on. It was a good experience both in terms of learning as well as making new friends. The last day turned out to be a great one as I was given a farewell by the team as the day of leaving was not planned in advance. My special thanks to Vandana, Jaya, Naresh, Surender & Amit for being so helpful & supportive all throughout and for arranging the farewell get together. I wish you all the very best for future.

This 5 tips post is little different from what I had posted earlier. This one is actually what I had experienced at one go and posted it rightaway and the previous ones very experienced over a period of time.

1) On first day when I had bad stomach and lose motions I took 2 pills of dependal.
2) Next morning I had mashed appled with honey poured over it in between meals
3) I had around 1 litre of electrol water, it helps restore salts that body lost

4) As I had lost quite a lot of energy, to gain it back I rested almost throughout the day and slept for a while in the afternoon
5) Had light meals with dahi (curd) to have it easy for stomach. Avoided foods and drinks that may cause upset stomach or gas. Some of these are coffee, onions, cauliflower, chocolate, fried foods and baked beans.

I was out of town for last few days for a marriage and took advantage of the trip by visiting my long time desired place Amritsar just to see Golden temple and Jallianwalan Bagh. Myself along with my son, wife and father drove down to Amritsar and back to Delhi, attended a marriage at Jallandhar. It turned out to be quite a rough trip for my stomach because when I reached back Delhi had a bad stomach & lose motions. I am feeling much better now by just following these 5 tips to get back into action.

We started at around 11am in the morning and by the time reached Panipat found a heavy traffic rush because of construction of flyover. It took us around 45 minutes to get by that traffic and then had a luch breat at Mayur Dhaba in Karnal. If you ever go past by Karnal do stop in there for the punjabi style big paneer paranthas with white makhan(butter). One parantha satisfies your hunger but Dil maange more and eating two become very difficult. We motored our way till Amritsar straightaway from there and just stopped in between for a quick cup of tea and some cerelac for my son. We found a very nice and comfortable AC room for just Rs.800 including an extra bed just 5 minutes walk away from Golden Temple.

Next morning we left at around 9am for Golden Temple and on the way went inside Jallianwala Bagh. This place reminded me of scenes from Bhagat Singh, the movie. Ajay Devgans’ starrer BG’s is one of my favourite movies and how the tragic happening impacted the life on young Bhagat Singh when his Grandfather was shot in Jallianwala Bagh. It really pains to see how brutally more than 2000 Indians were shot dead there. The place has a Amar Jyoti in memory of all those died, a wall with bullet marks surround by a very neat and maintained green garden, the kuan (well) where many people jumped to escape the firing which is well covered now.

Then we moved to Golden Temple which is just around 100 metres away from there. It was quite an experience going through the narrow street to reach the Temple. The beauty of Golden Temple which I had been seeing in pictures all these was in front of me. The size of the whole complex just amazed me and made me take a 360 degree view of the whole thing.

The temple is surrounded by a pool of water, known as the Sarovar which consists of Amrit (Holy Water). There are four entrances to the temple, signifying the importance of acceptance and openness; ostensibly, this concept was taken from the tent of Abraham in the Old Testament — his tent was open on all four sides in order to be able to welcome travelers from all directions. Anyone who wants to enter the Harimandir may do so, irrespective of religion, colour, creed or sex.

The entrance to the Golden Temple complex is through an ornate archway with intricate inlay work. Verses from the Granth Sahib are inscribed on the doorway. The main north entrance is under a Victorian clock tower. Known as the Darshani Deori, the entrance is up a flight of steps and down again to the temple and holy tank. The temple is a two storey marble structure reached by a causeway known as Guru´s Bridge. The lower storey is in white marble with the walls decorated with inlaid flower and animal motifs in the pietradura style of the Taj Mahal. The architecture of the golden temple is a blend of the Hindu and Muslim styles.

The upper storey is gold plated, crowned with a dome (the Golden Dome) shaped like an inverted lotus. With the first light of dawn, the reflection of the temple in the tank gives an ethereal atmosphere to the complex. As the sun shifts, the temple presents myriad views, each magnificent and captivating. The Golden Dome (said to be glided with 100 kg of pure gold) is supposed to represent an inverted lotus flower, pointing back to earth to symbolize the Sikh´s concern with the problems of this world.

After having washed our face and hands with holy water of sarovar we took the whole round of sarovar and went inside main hall where there granthis were reciting Granth Sahib. Overall it was a wonderful experience that I had been planning for so long. I am hoping that next time when I go there I spent much more time at the temple and not in a hurry like I had to do this time because of the marriage that I had to attend the same day.