Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar

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Sachin Tendulkar

This article contains the achievements of Sachin Tendulkar, a cricket player who has set many records and received many awards for his cricketing skill, particularly in batting. Below is a list of some of his achievements he has made in his career thus far.

-1ST man ever to score 200 runs in and ODI -1st ever man to hit 100 hundreds in International cricket

Contents

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• 1 Awards
  • 1.1 Official awards
  • 1.2 Media awards
  • 1.3 Others
  • 1.4 Match awards
    • 1.4.1 Man of Series awards
    • 1.4.2 Man of the Match Awards
• 2 Bibliography
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Awards[edit]

Official awards[edit]

• 1994: Sandeepreddy Award Recipient for achievements in cricket^[1]
• 1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year^[2]
• 1997/98: India's highest sporting honour – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna^[3]
• 1999: Padma Shri – India's fourth highest civilian award^[4]
• 2008: Padma Vibhushan – India's second highest civilian award^[5]
• 2010: ICC Cricketer of the year – Highest award in the ICC listings^[6]
• 2010: LG People's Choice Award^[6]
• ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010, 2011
• ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2010
• Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 1997, 2010, 2012

Media awards[edit]

• In August 2003, he was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.^[7]
• In November 2006, Time magazine named him as one of the Asian Heroes.^[8]
• In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year"
• In June 2009, Time magazine included his Test Debut in "Top 10 Sporting Moments".^[9]
• In 2010, he was voted as one of the world's 100 most influential people in "The 2010 TIME 100" poll conducted by Time magazine.^[10]
• The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
• In February 2010,he was declared "Sports Icon of the Year for 21 years" by NDTV at the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards.^[11]

Others[edit]

He is the only player of current generation who was included by Sir Don Bradman in his squad of playing eleven. And rated him the best among cricketer of his generation.

Match awards[edit]

Main article: List of ODI Awards for Sachin Tendulkar

Man of Series awards[edit]

#	Season	Series	Performance
1	Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India Test Series)	1997/98	446 (3 Matches, 5 Innings, 2×100, 1×50); 13.2–1–48–1; 2 Catches
2	Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia Test Series)	1999/00	278 Runs (6 Innings, 1×100, 2×50); 9–0–46–1
3	England in India Test Series	2001/02	307 Runs (4 Innings, 1×100, 2×50); 17–3–50–1; 4 Catches
4	India in Bangladesh Test Series

Man of the Match Awards[edit]

S No	Opponent india	Venue	Season	Match performance
1	England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1990	1st Innings: 68 (8×4); 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 119 (17×4)
2	England	Chepauk, IN Chennai	1992/93	1st Innings: 165 (24×4, 1×6); 2–1–5–0 2nd Innings: 2 Catches; 2–1–4–0
3	New Zealand	Chepauk, Chennai	1995/96	1st Innings: 52 (5×4)
4	Australia	Chepauk, Chennai	1997/98	1st Innings: 4 (1×4); 1 Catch 2nd Innings: 155 (14×4, 4×6)
5	Pakistan	Chepauk, Chennai	1998/99	1st Innings: 0; 3–0–10–1 2nd Innings: 136 (18×4); 7–1–35–2
6	New Zealand	Motera, Ahmedabad	1999/00	1st Innings: 217 (29×4) 2nd Innings: 15 (3×4); 5–2–19–0
7	Australia	MCG, Melbourne	1999/00	1st Innings: 116 (9×4, 1×6) 2nd Innings: 52 (4×4)
8	South Africa	Wankhede, Mumbai	1999/00	1st Innings: 97 (12×4, 2×6); 5–1–10–3 2nd Innings: 8 (2×4); 1–0–4–0
9	West Indies	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	2002/03	1st Innings: 36 (7×4); 7–0–33–0 2nd Innings: 176 (26×4)
10	Australia	SCG, Sydney	2003/04	1st Innings: 241 (33×4 2nd Innings: 60 (5×4); 6–0–36–0; 1 Catch
11	Australia	Adelaide	2007/08	1st Innings: 153 2nd Innings: 13
12	New Zealand	Hamilton	2009	1st Innings: 160 2nd Innings: DNB
13	Bangladesh	Chittagong	2010	1st Innings: 105* 2nd Innings: 16
14	Australia	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	2010	1st Innings: 215 (22×4, 2×6) 2nd innings: 53* (5×4, 2×6)

Tendulkar has won a record 16 Man of the Series(MoS) and (62 Man of the Match(MoM) awards in ODI Matches.^[12] He has the distinction of having won MoM Award against all ICC Full Members (Test Playing Nations). UAE (2 Matches), Netherlands (1 Match) and Bermuda (1 match) are the only teams against whom he has not won a Man of the Match Award in ODI Cricket.

Man of the Match awards—Sachin Tendulkar
#	Opponent	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
1	Australia (59 matches)	12	6	1	5
2	Bangladesh (10 matches)	1	0	0	1
3	England (27 matches)	2	1	1	0
4	New Zealand (38 matches)	6	4	2	0
5	Pakistan (61 matches)	8	2	1	5
6	South Africa (50 matches)	5	4	1	0
7	Sri Lanka (65 matches)	6	1	2	3
8	West Indies (38 matches)	9	3	1	5
9	Zimbabwe (34 matches)	8	0	4	4
10	Kenya (10 matches)	4	2	0	2
11	Namibia (1 match)	1	0	0	1
Total (470 ODI matches)		62	23	13	26

1. Highest run getter in test matches (15,847 as on 8 November 2013).
2. Highest run getter in ODIs (18,426).
3. 15,310 of his runs came while opening the innings with the aid of 45 centuries and 75 fifties in 340 innings- most by an opener.
4. Most number of centuries in Test matches – 51.
5. Most number of centuries in ODIs – 49.
6. Most number of man of the match awards (62) in the ODIs.
7. Most number of man of the series awards (17) in ODIs.
8. Best average for man of the matches in ODIs.
9. First cricketer to reach 10,000–11,000–12,000–13,000–14,000–15,000–16,000–17,000–18,000 runs in the ODIs.
10. Only player ever to cross the 14,000–15,000–16,000–17,000 and 18,000 run marks in ODIs.
11. He is the highest run scorer in World Cups (2,278 at an average of 56.95)
12. Most number of the man of the match awards in World cups.
13. Most number of runs in the 1996 World cup – 523 runs at an average of 87.16.
14. Most number of runs in the 2003 World cup – 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup.
15. Most number of Fifties in ODIs – 96.
16. Highest number of 50+ scores in ODI’s – 145 (49 Centuries and 96 Fifties).
17. First player to have scored over 100 innings of 50+ runs in ODIs.
18. Appeared in most number of tests – 200.
19. Appeared in most number of ODIs – 463.
20. First player to score 200 runs in an ODI.
21. Tendulkar top-scored for India on 129 occasions – most such occasions for any player in ODIs.
22. He was the first players to complete the all-round treble of 10000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches.
23. Is the only player to have made three scores of 175 or more.
24. Is the only player with five scores of 150 or more.
25. Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year on most occasions. He did so seven times – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1,000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
27. Has played ODIs with 866 players (teammates and opponents) – most for any player in ODI history.
28. He has most scores in 90s: 18 (including one not out innings).
29. He Was involved in 99 century partnerships – most by any player.
30. Tendulkar was the first batsman to score over 3,000 runs against an opponent (3,077 runs against Australia).Since then he has also done this against Sri Lanka (3,113 runs).
31. Tendulkar was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs.
32. Tendulkar is the only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on 28 August 1996).
33. Tendulkar was the first Indian player to score a century and capture four wickets in the same ODI (v Australia at Dhaka on 28 October 1998).
34. 11.27% of all the runs and 24.50% of all the hundreds scored by all Indian batsmen have come from Tendulkar’s bat.
35. His nine centuries against Australia are the most by any player against a particular country. He occupies the second place too, with eight centuries against Sri Lanka.
36. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They put together 6,609 runs in 136 matches that include 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 21 century partnerships for the opening pair is also a world record.
37. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODIs when they scored 331 runs for the second wicket against New Zealand in 1999-00 at the Hyderabad.
38. Only the second player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in SIX World Cups – from 1992 to 2011.
39. Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998.
40. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998.
41. Longest career span : 22 years 91 days.
42. Between April 1990 and April 1998 Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches – a World record.
43. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC Batsmen ranking for 10 years in Tests.
44. He was the first cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor only to be followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
45. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
46. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as the No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI players.
47. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.
48. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.
49. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire.
50. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
51. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times.
52. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODIs most by any batsman.
53. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team loses a match in ODIs. Out of his 62-man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
54. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (12) against Australia.
55. In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
56. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
57. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
58. Tendulkar was the first batsman to score over 50 centuries in international cricket.
59. Tendulkar was the first batsman to score over 75 centuries in international cricket.
60. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of December 2012 he had accumulated almost 34,074 runs overall.
61. The 22 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record.
62. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
63. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
64. Most ODI Centuries in a calendar year: 9 centuries in 1998.
65. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (49 Centuries and 96 Fifties)(as of 7 March 2012)
66. The only player ever to cross the 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000, 18,000 run marks IN ODI.
67. Third highest individual score among Indian batsmen (200* against South Africa at Gwalior in 2011).
68. The score of 200* is the third highest score recorded in ODI matches.
69. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
70. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
71. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds.
72. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185.
73. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world.
74. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century.
75. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.
76. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side.
77. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten.
78. He holds record for the second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world in a calendar year.
79. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home.
80. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.
81. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.
82. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third overall.
83. First to score 30,000 international runs.
84. Tendulkar's 33,906 runs in international cricket include 18,426 runs in ODIs, 15,470 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
85. On 10 December 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka . He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
86. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wickets and more than 15,000 runs in ODIs.
87. Tendulkar is the first batsman in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
88. Holds the record for amassing most runs in a winning cause 11157 (average 56.63), including 33 centuries, in 234 matches.
89. Also has the highest average in a winning cause 56.63 which is the highest among the batsmen with 7000 runs or more in a winning cause.
90. He completed 50,000 runs on October 5th, 2013.
91. He has got 20 ducks in ODI cricket.
92. He has scored most runs in boundaries (fours)in ODI cricket 2016*4= 8064.
93. He has scored 195 sixes in ODI cricket(Not most but in top 10).
94. He hit 25 boundaries in his unbeaten 200 against south africa , the first and most in a single ODI innings

Reverse traffic

Reverse traffic

Bangalore is emerging as a hot destination for the global health tourist....

When Amitabh Bachchan’s on-screen character took a cancer-struck Jaya Bhaduri to America for treatment in the seventies hit Mili, it was in a last ditch effort to save her life. The trend seems to have reversed. If the film is remade, there is a high possibility that the couple will be Indian-born residents of UK and the heroine will be flown home, maybe even to namma Bengaluru, for that super-speciality treatment. Lured by low costs and top-notch health services, patients from across the globe are now making a beeline for hospitals in India. And Bangalore, home to a growing number of super-speciality hospitals, is fast emerging as a hot destination for health tourists from UK, USA, South-east Asia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Call it medical tourism, medical outsourcing or medical value travel, the phenomenon brings glad tidings for both the health and tourism sectors. Vishal Bali, CEO of Wockhardt Hospital and Heart Institute attributes the trend to an impending health crisis in the West. In the UK, for instance, people contribute a share of their earnings to the National Health Scheme, but are left high and dry by woefully inadequate medical services. Chronically ill patients are often made to wait for up to one year. Private hospitals are prohibitively expensive. All this spells advantage India.

George Marshal, a retired policeman, underwent an angiography at an NHS hospital in the UK. He was put on eight-month waiting list for surgery. On studying available options, Marshal decided to have his operation at Wockhardt Hospital, Bangalore. The operation was conducted last year and he is doing well. Jack Rose, a 58-year-old American pilot, had hip pain that led to a limp. He underwent surface replacement surgery at Hosmat Hospital. “I consulted doctors in England and California. Then, I met Dr Chandy of Hosmat, saw the facilities at his hospital and decided to have my surgery here,” he says. Feather Stone, a 78-year-old native of Vienna, now settled in Chemford, south London, was suffering from severe back pain. She came all the way to Hosmat and was successfully operated on by a team of spinal surgeons. Mallya Hospital reserves five to ten per cent of its beds for foreign patients. “We have patients coming for prostrate operations, knee and hip replacements. Cost is only one aspect that makes India an attractive medical destination. The medical care is still world class,” says Commodore Indru Wadhwani of Mallya Hospital. Wadhwani sees a huge potential for medical tourism in India, but to leverage it hospitals here must go for Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation: world benchmark for health care. Bali feels Bangalore desperately needs an international airport. “A joint study by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and McKinsey showed that the Indian health care industry is growing at a rate of 13 per cent. Going by the report, medical tourism will rake in $2 billion by 2012. The figures could rise with health insurance cover and a better synergy between the health and tourism sectors,” Bali says. The government, too, seems to have woken up to the potential of medical tourism. It has launched the Incredible India Campaign to showcase the country as a world health tourist destination. Not just that. It has also started issuing medical visas in place of tourist visas to foreign patients coming here for treatment. For the firangis, it is an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. Most combine their treatment with trips to nearby tourist destinations and salubrious retreats where they recuperate later. There are also those who come for alternative care like ayurveda, naturopathy etc. Netradhama, a city-based eye clinic, offers advanced care for cataract, lasik, glaucoma, retinal and corneal problems. Dr Sri Ganesh of Netradhama also does contact lens implants for patients with chronic vision problems. The procedure costs $6,000 in US, while it costs only Rs 50,000 here. Narayana Hrudalaya had grabbed the headlines three years ago with an open-heart surgery conducted on the cherubic Noor Fatima, who came to Bangalore by the Lahore bus. Manipal Hospital and Sagar Apollo Hospital are some of the other city hospitals that have spotted a niche market in health tourism. Figure this out It is not difficult to figure out why India is such an attractive destination for medical treatments. UK France US India Heart Bypass 15,000 13,000 13,250 4,300 Hip Replacement 9,000 7,600 15,900 3,180
Cataract Operation 2,900 1,000 2,120 650
All figures are in US dollars and have been provided by healthconnectindia.com, a medical advisory service provider, based in Bangalore.

A different Thattukada

A different thattukada

Naveen Namboodiri

The thattukadas of God’s Own Country have gone hip. Or, the concept of thattukada – those roadside eateries that dot the backwaters of South Kerala – seems to have taken a new dimension in the metropolis. Originally known for its mouth-watering dosas and omelettes, the urban version of thattukada has gone one step forward, providing exotic stuff, cooked up from age-old recipes handed over down the generations, (learnt the hard way by daughters-in-law under the watchful eyes of hardnosed mothers-in-law), and now being tried out successfully by modern-day chefs (mothers-in-law please excuse). The Kuttanadan Thattukada at , 346, Hennur Main Road, Kalyanagar, is one such joint where one can enjoy a unique blend of Malayali cuisine — and get transported to the backwaters — and Italian food.

A traditional Kerala house, complete with majestic pillars, has been recreated at the restaurant. Standing tall right in the middle is a deepasthambam (a giant oil lamppost that is lit up in front of Kerala temples) and adorning the walls are murams (a common household item woven out of bamboo strips). Don’t waste your time and tummy space on starters. The main course has enough filling/fulfilling options. Kerala Parotta and Kozhi Varutharacha Curry (chicken masala in grated-and-fried coconut, a dash of cashewnut and kismis, sauté onions and tomato, garnished with violet cabbage) will make a good beginning. Have chicken if you must, but don’t miss out on seafood, for that’s what makes this thattukada special, advises chef Benny Mathew. You can either go for Kappa and Meen Curry (tapioca and fish curry). Kappa, also known as kollikizhangu, is a vegetable grown in the backyards of Malayali homes. Along with sardine curry, it makes a delicious and inexpensive combo, the staple diet of the poor and the delight of the nouveau riche. Most of the fish items are best had with rice (boiled). Check out the famous Meen Pollichatu. Pearl spot fish (marinated in sour lime and spices) baked in banana leaf, this is something to die for. The menu describes the Meen Mulagu Patticha Curry as fish cooked in red chilli sauce. Prod Mathew a little, and he is generous to elaborate: “This is seer fish in a sauce of kodambuli (a variety of tamarind), garlic and ginger sauted in coconut oil, added with turmeric powder, chilli powder and methi seeds.” The other fish items include Meen Molly (fish fried in coconut milk and spices, garnished with coriander curry leaves), Meen Mapas (fish sauted in spices and onions and cooked in coconut milk), and Meen Fry (fish marinated with herbs and spices and fried in oil). Talking about seafood, the restaurant also offers prawn varieties such as Chemmeen Curry (prawns marinated in spices and cooked in coconut milk), Chemmeen Curry Kuttanad (prawns marinated in spices and herbs and cooked in red chilli sauce) and Chemmeen Fry (marinated in soul lime and herbs and golden fried). The last one can also be had as a starter. “To maintain the look, we have not removed the shell of the shrimp. You may think it is a live prawn that’s been served,” the chef. You may also opt for crabs. There is Njandu Fry (crab steamed and filled with onions and red chillies), Njandu Roast (crab roasted in oven) and Njandu Curry (cooked in raw coconut sauce and spices). Not to mention of the Beef Kerala Fry and Beef Varutha Arachathu (curry). Veggies need not despair as there are some homely dishes like Aviyal (an assortment of vegetables), Toran, Pachadi Pulisseri and Teeyal. The Teeyal is a typical south Kerala dish, which has now become popular in North Kerala too. It can be made of ulli (onion), vendakka (ladies-finger) and pavakka (bitter-gourd) among other things. The Italian fare includes starters such as Cocktail Di Gamberi (prawn cocktail), Pastas like Tagliatelle or Spaghetti Bolognese (a choice of Tagliatelle with Bolognese sauce), seasonal specials like Cotoletta Di Polle (fillet of chicken breaded, fried, and served with French Fries) and Pollo All Arrabbiatta (pieces of chicken in tomato sauce with a hint of chilli; served with Tagliatelle or Spaghetti). For reservations, call 25432035/736/757.

Fashion goes remix: retro & trendy

Fashion goes remix: retro & trendy

Naveen Namboodiri
Past simple present progressive — that’s the story of men’s fashion this year. Vanity is alright so long as you are okay with it. Be fashion-conscious — it’s in. And don’t worry too much about becoming a fashion victim. There’s a potpourri of styles to keep up with and anything practical — or practically anything — goes. All said and done, follow these dos and dont’s prescribed by Bangalore’s well-known fashion gurus.

Paresh Lamba Minimalism is in, but don’t let it stop you from being innovative. The retro look is back but don’t get trapped in a time warp. Mix it up with something trendy. There’s lot of “de-construction” happening in men’s wear. Shoulder pads are out and the slimmer silvet is in. Be practical and wear something you are comfortable with. Try contrasting colours. Darker shades like charcoal grey, black and blue still hold good for formal wear, but it’s okay to have purple and pink stripes on black suits. You can be more adventurous with colours in casuals. Colours like olive green and peach will rule the roost this summer. Start growing your hair. The short, gelled look is slowly fading out. Practicality is the new watchword. Try creating looks that you can carry with elan. Thanks to more exposure to world fashion, men are bothered about their looks. This has given a fillip to the fashion industry. Guunjan Sandhu Men of substance are staging a comeback. So, go out clean and well-groomed. Use moisturiser and after-shave lotions to look metro-sexual. Style your hair in whatever way you feel like — ironing, streaking or dyeing. Thanks to fashion divas like Manish Malhotra, being stylish is now acceptable. Skin care and grooming regimes are going to take up a lion’s share of men’s lives in 2006. At parties, formal suites are out. So, dazzle in kurties, smart shirts with toned applique, striking leather arm bracelets, beaded chains and shoes with colours that go with your outfit. Prasad Bidapa 2006 is going to witness a riot of colour. You will have men sporting pink, lavender, lime, cream and golden yellow colours. Ties will become narrower. As far as shoes are concerned, go for international brands. You get some classic varieties at Clark’s. The messier you hair the better.

From Malgudi to Bangalore

From Malgudi to Bangalore, Swami has come a long way

Naveen Namboodiri
Swami is still on the move. No, he isn’t catching thieves in Malgudi or breaking windowpanes of his school any more. The small screen wonder of ’80s has grown up — from Master Manjunath to Manjunath Nayaker. Some things, though, never change. Swami is still a charmer. Cricket is still a religion for him, as was when he, along with his neighbourhood friends, painstakingly stitched together a cricket team for the Malgudi Cricket Club. As the senior manager (PR & Liaison) of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited, Manjunath Nayaker is now designing expressways and elevated monorails for traffic-choked Bangalore.

He vividly remembers his Malgudi Days. “Playing Swami was a tough challenge. I had to do justice to an immortal character created by one of India’s finest storytellers (R K Narayan). We had a grinding schedule in Agumbe near the Western Ghats, where the shooting was on. I had to learn Hindi and English, mug up pages of dialogues and shoot day in and day out. But we kids had our share of fun too,” he says. Manujunath had not read Swami and Friends then. He looked up to director Shankar Nag, who in turn put his faith in the 10-year-old boy. The off-screen chemistry they shared reflected in the success of Malgudi Days, the first Hindi TV serial to be made in South India. Malgudi Days catapulted Master Manjunath, till then known only to Kannada cine goers, into national limelight. But little did he know that he had become famous in households across the country. “I didn’t know I was famous. I didn’t know we were recreating a literary masterpiece. What I knew was that I was working for Shankar Nag. And that I had to deliver the goods. It helped in a way,” he says. Acting, however, was nothing new to Manjunath. He had donned the grease paint at age three, for a Kannada movie called Ajith. Manjunath first met Shankar Nag on the sets of Hosatirpu. After three films with Nag, Manjunath acted in the Rekha-starrer Utsav. He has since acted in 68 films, including two English, one Telugu and one Kashmiri. “Life was like a roller-coaster ride. I used to shoot extensively for months together and then return to studies. Coming from a middle-class family, money mattered. I continued acting till age 19. Then I decided that enough was enough.” Armed with an MA in Sociology, Manjunath worked for an ad agency for some time. He also had a brief stint as project leader of onlinebangalore.com. “I am still passionate about acting. But I don’t want to make it my calling,” says the actor-turned corporate executive. Manjunath cherishes a compliment he received from R K Narayan. “After all that hype over Malgudi Days, we had a party at Woodlands Hotel. Narayanan, who was present on the occasion, told me: Manju, you are exactly what I imagined Swami to be. That was the biggest recognition I had ever received.” Manjunath is all for renaming Agumbe as Malgudi. “Malgudi is a place we all can relate to. The Market Road, the snuff stalls, the Regal Hair Cutting Saloon, the Sarayu river, the railway station, Gaffur’s taxi and the reading room, all these are not just figments of Narayan’s imagination, but symbols of our picture-postcard villages.”

Bluejacked, with mobile virus!

Bluejacked, with mobile virus!

Naveen Namboodiri

It’s the weekend and you are shopping at one of Bangalore’s bursting-at-the-seams malls. Your bluetooth-equipped mobile flashes this message: “I like your shirt.” Don’t look startled. You’ve been bluejacked, say by somebody who prefers to be known as King of Hell. It’s one of those umpteen ways modern technology can be misused. Bluejacking, for the uninformed, is the business of sending unsolicited messages from mobile to mobile, enabled with bluetooth technology. The target

The ‘bluejacker’ can search for his ‘targets’ — other phones with bluetooth, within a range of ten metres — and send across anything from text messages to pictures to addresses. Most ‘victims’ will have no idea as to how the message popped up on their phone. While bluejacking is not illegal, it could well land you in trouble. The thumb rule, therefore, is to send innocuous and inoffensive messages that will bring a smile, or perhaps a bewildered expression on the reciever’s face, but not raise tempers. The flipside An innocent caper it may be, but bluejacking has it pitfalls. The biggest problem is that the ‘bluejacked’ often end up with virus that slows down his mobile. Says Shwetal, who works for a leading media house, “I usually keep the bluetooth option on my phone off for fear of receiving virus. Many of my friends’ phones have conked out after receiving virus from anonymous people.” One of the virus, Cabir, arrives in the message inbox as a caribe.sis file. If a user installs the .sis file, the worm will be activated. Once activated, the worm writes “Caribe” on the screen and is active every time the phone is t urned on. If the bluetooth option on one phone is active, the virus will jump to the other bluetooth-active instrument even before the user can disable it. The other virus that bluetooth phone users dread is Comwarrior that appears as comwarrior.sis. Says Manjunath, a college student, “Often, the virus transmits on its own. Your are in a crowd and your phone suddenly flashes a number. Within seconds, the virus is in your phone.” Charan, a software professional, however, says one need not be unduly worried about receiving viruses. “I got a picture message and saved it in my phone. Till date, I haven’t faced any problem. Don’t worry. The virus is absolutely harmless. It will create messages like Internet Installer and try to to send it to numbers selected from your phone. But it cannot do that. Viruses like Cabir can only slow down your set.”