Mongoose Cricket Bat

Hey folks, now there will be a mass destruction weapon in the hands of Batsman, hopefully it can be seen in IPL 3. The Mongoose cricket bat specifically designed by Mr Marcus Codrington Fernandez to meet the new distilled demands of Twenty20, was unveiled first at Lord’s.

The Mongoose bat with a handle as long as the blade, MCC has given its approval to this bat’s design as well as ICC. It will be a nightmare for bowlers & fielders too,  means even if the balls hit on the tip of the bat too it can easily cross the ropes. The first person to use this bat was former Australian batsman Stuart Law during a county Twenty20 match.

Chennai Super Kings' Matthew Hayden is signed as a Brand Ambassador for it. 

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IPL 3 trophy unveiled & News Bytes

Along-with Rohit Sharma, Lalit Modi has unveiled IPL 3 winner's trophy.

NEWS Bytes:-

• HDFC Standard Life has announced its second year of association with Rajasthan Royals.
• Gaming Company Indiagames got the official gaming license for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2010.

The state of Paranoia

After hearing above line from someone I would have straightway tracked my mind towards “Only the Paranoid Survive“and the toward “Andrew S. Grove”, but recently someone connected this to an urdu ghazal……..
This person is a Kind-of-expert in urdu language, esp. Awadhi (the sweetest form of hindi, as we nawabi people says)
He quoted me a very interesting classic ghazal from some Siraj Aurangabadi…
Khabar-e-tahayyur-e-ishq sunn, na junoon raha na pari rahi
Na toh tu raha na mein raha, jo rahi toh bas ye be-khabari rahi
Crux of this is: The only thing which is left now is the state of self-unconsciousness: where neither you exist nor I.
On further discussion he explained me that the state of “be-khabari ” or “Self-consciousness” is also a state of paranoia. This term paranoia was derived from the Greek term Paranous, which roughly meant "beyond the mind" (para = outside; nous = mind).

Tata Crucible Lucknow 2010 - Campus Quiz

News from Lucknow chapter of 2010 is that a record 450 + teams have participated in the campus edition of Crucibles.I think that is a record number.Perhaps Lucknow is the only instance of a venue where twice two prelims have been conducted for a quiz.

Some of the domains from which questions were asked in TC Lucknow as follows :-

1. Crowd sourcing

2.Golden Arches Theory

3.Universal Post union Logo

4.Smart basics - Ginger

This coverage of the lucknow edition has been in a shrinked manner.Will post in detail once our Lucknow correspondent resumes normal service.

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Team Bizdom

Hybrid's History from Lexus

Lexus launched a new campaign that showcases its hybrid vehicle line and reminds company's five-year history of putting hybrids on the road.