The Farm

Last Friday evening, after coming back from office, I was browsing my bookshelf and this book caught my eye. I bought it from a bookshop sale sometimes in June and never got an opportunity to read it. The book I am talking about is - The Farm The Story of One Family and the English Countryside by Richard Benson.

It brought back some of my childhood memories when I started reading it. The working life in Yorkshire countryside and countryside in Western Maharashtra isn't much different after all. The book itself is witty, at times tragic and makes you emotional. I spent first 15 years of my life growing up in the countryside and witnessing quite a few things written in this book. I used to spent lot of time after school and in summer vacation helping my Father run his Agro-service center. Like Richard I was inept at many things (and I was too lazy to do anything). One could never trust me in doing any DIY work or any job with tools. My elder brother, like Guy in the book, was good at everything. I abhorred any housework and instead enjoyed playing Cricket for hours.

Lords to Oval and a Win

I looked at my last blog and thought of writing one more on the topic. What a change? Honestly, Indian team did play like a Team. In hindsight, the jelly bean incident was helpful (one of the many factors). There were lots of positives and I am not sure about Dravid's follow-on decision. We can go on and on that decision. The positives were Anil Kumble, Dhoni (and his wicket-keeping), Zaheer, RP Singh...for England I though Sidebottom was brilliant and Tremlett had a good start as well. I hope we continue the same in One day series.