Formula 1 [F1] Grand Prix 2011 - First Time in India: 28th-30th October

After a long wait, F1 cars are going to roar on the roads of India. It’s the biggest event in the Indian history as well as in the history of Formula racing. Really, a dream has come true; India is mounting in all directions. The mainstay of the western world is going to be a part of Indian sport. The first Indian racing team Force India F1 is full of enthusiasm to conquer the world at its feet.

 

Team managing director Dr. Vijaya Mallaya founded India’s first racing team in 2007, October, which was earlier known as Spyker F1 team, now rechristened as Sahara Force India F1 Team after Sahara India company purchased 42.5% share of this team for $100 million, nearly equal to Mr. Mallaya.

 

First racing field for this team has been Melbourne with not so good performance. Spyker F8-VII car boasted of being a part of Indian team, which is now called Force India VJM01.  

The latest F1 racing event held at Japan on 9th of October, and the current F1 championship is hosting by Korea between 12th – 14th October. India has got the pleasure to host this dream event between 28th to 30th of October. And, the next destination of F1 would be Abu Dhabi in the first week of November.

The first Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan’s legendary performance popularized this motor sport among Indian racing fans. Currently twelve teams are allowed to participate with maximum two cars and according to the F1 rules only eight engines can be used by a driver in a season. The leading car manufacturers Renault, Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari are going to be a part of F1, along with some engine suppliers like Ferrari, Cosworth, and Mercedes-Benz etc.

Gautam Buddh International Circuit located in Greater Noida is chosen for racing track. It is a 5.14 Km route with 16 turns and highest elevation of 14 m. The top speed for a F1 car on this circuit is set 320km/h within 18m – 20m width of the track. With all the high quality amenities, total seating capacity for viewers is 1,10,000. This Gautam Buddh International Circuit is designed by german racing track designer Herman Tilke, with a total cost of 400$ million. It is designed as the fastest and most exciting track with some challenges, racers and audience both would love to experience this heart throbbing juncture. 

The logo for this circuit is designed by Jaypee sports, which is a modish bold letter “B” denoting the first word of Buddh and Bharat as well with sacred color combinations of our Indian Flag.

So guys, only twelve days left. Gear up your cars to grab the most whopping moments of Indian sport history.

F1 Formula racing tickets should be purchased from only the authorized ticketing partner of Buddh International Circuit (BIC) i.e. Book My Show. 

There are currently 3 channels of sales:

• Online – http://www.bookmyshow.com/sport/formula1  & http://www.jaypeesports.com

• Call center - +91 22 39895050

• F1 Tickets also available at select outlets like, Cafe Coffee Day , Puma and Mercedes Benz. http://in.bookmyshow.com/sport/formula1/outlets/

Please be careful from counterfeit and fake tickets as they would not be entertained at the F1 venue.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.jaypeesports.com/

http://www.formulaonebooking.com/formula_1_in_india_circuit_logo.htm

http://www.bookmyshow.com/sport/formula1

India Rising

Around 2 decades back India started it's courtship with an Industry that was to become benchmark of all developments and industries. The mark of Indian IT industry started with a huge enthusiasm. Youth of India caught up with the rising trend of computer education and IT industry. Initially there were apprehensions but gradually the trend put on. Universities and colleges started courses in computer education and applications. Before anybody could realize India emerged as a big provider of software support and services of which a major part was development of software products. Private MNCs started heading towards destination India. Indian software engineers were more hot than the hot-cake itself. Lo and Behold the great India IT revolution came. Many cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad were transformed into Cosmopolitans. Alongside the rise of support industries also started and as a ripple effect IT became back-bone of development of many industries as money started flowing in. Very soon trips to US and other European countries were a norm for any ordinary graduate with a degree/diploma in computers.

In our country we always had a charm for English. Starting from nursery/KG English was always a matter of pride for anybody. Please/Take/Thank-you/Hello/How r u / are some words which were used even by a rickshaw-puller. This knack of the language English payed dividends when another revolution called ITES (IT enabled Services) came through, BPOs, KPOs (… more lovingly called Call-Centers) and now the latest LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing). These outsourcing models changed the whole structure of our society in many terms but most specific was job. Now even a 12th pass out could earn handsomely while pursuing his studies in the background. Studying your brains off till the sunset of your youth was no longer in fashion.

Latest fad to list is IPL.

Isn’t IPL a coming-of-age event that has happened to the world? The whole concept of cricket has changed and of entertainment too. European football franchises and clubs who prided themselves on their business and hefty fees to star players are now looking askance at the rise and rise of IPL. Right now IPL is the most sought after thing that could happen to any cricketer. isn’t it something that county matches offered not so long back to a cricketer...name/fame/money and most of all recognition. Players from all different countries striving to become a part of IPL teams named mostly on Indian states, managing to speak Hindi (checkout the latest TV commercial advertisements involving foreigner cricketers). Also heard that European football clubs are interested in taking up IPL teams in auction.

Well all of these surely point to a rising india. India as a country has matured well enough to become self-sustaining, independent. Indian companies are creating jobs in US and European countries isn’t it a turn-of-the-tables or maybe start of it. Yes there are glitches and hitches but I believe they are just part of the game of development-in-progress.
Yesterday I was going through a newspaper and one thing caught my eye; Indian youth (under 20) would amount for 55% of the population in next 15 years (i am not sure if this is a verified data) but it must surely be quite close. So our black-horse the population promises to become a Stallion if gromed properly. I believe our golden period is ahead of us and yet to come in terms of development and world leadership.

India is surely rising and will rise.

Recognition

How does it feel when standing at some place with lots of unknown faces you suddenly have a glimpse of someone known, a possibility of talking to someone to at least kill a bit of time or may be catch-up on some news current or old.

something similar happened to me this evening but with a difference …

It so happened that I went to meet someone, and reached before time so had some time to explore surrounding area. Strolling in nearby 'bazaar', I was hopelessly looking for a familiar face, a known fellow to chat, to kill time. Just then I caught a glimpse of someone in an adjoining shop, delighted I tilted my head back to catch that knowing smile again, it smiled back at me, my heart leaped at such a familiar face, he seemed so known, I could talk to him, say Hi! share stories ... within a millionth of a second these thoughts raised past, I could se the same twinkle in his eyes as in mine...just as I was coming to terms with these thoughts I saw the twinkle fading in that very familiar face, it was only in the next millionth of that second itself I realized that, that was a mirror and the very familiar face I was eagerly looking at was none other than me, mimicking back the same feelings and expressions I was having, but from the restraints of that mirror.

well a short story indeed but I found this incident so amusing to myself that I thought to pen it down on my blog and wait for another such similar happening coming from any of my readers and friends.

A Morning Affair

To begin with, this night was supposedly a hectic one, unexpected, tiresome and to be spent with my other-half (hang on guys before u jump to any conclusion), I was referring to my job which demands so much of time and commitment. Well I won’t go into any cribbing, just to cut short I had to stay back for some urgent client support and ended up spending a night here. Period.

The night was as dark as itself, but most refreshing thing that happened to me was it’s morning (as they say after each dark night comes a beautiful morning). Have I lost my sense of writing and cannot get any better words to describe as beautiful phenomenon as a morning. Well may be. May be for those joggers, early birds, faithfulls, and host of others who get to see rising sun each day, is not a big deal. But for people like me, who spend late nights sitting beside their computers, watching tv playing games or doing some other mundane tasks like blogging, rising sun is like a delicacy.

Muezzin calling faithfuls for namaz, a priest praising the Lord through his bhajan, birds chirping and rays tearing apart the darkness and paving way for the sun’s chariot is a sight that one can only feel and not explain, specially if it happens to you once in a blue moon. It’s not that I am a late riser, but I seldom have the will to go out and look into the sun directly in it’s eyes, feel it’s freshness and be refreshed.

I don’t know if tomorrow will be same but yes this Morning was a costly Affair, as I forgo dear sleep to have a peek at the rising sun.
No morals, but only thoughts sketched after fighting bouts of sleep at this hour :)

1 Sentence

Once a King asked his Vizier, give me a sentence which when said in happiness makes one sad, and when in sadness makes a person happy.

After a moments thought, the Vizier answered ...

"This time will pass."