Coaches Win Matches!

                                                              

                                               

Cricket is always referred to as the game of the gentlemen.  Last week this long time belief has taken one more body blow! Gentleman coach Kumble is made to quit.  Players have become more important and captain Kohli is proved supreme. It is even being argued..........unlike football, cricket does not require a strong coach!  But our beliefs and history speak otherwise.  Let us examine past cases one by one.

Yes, Ram's story is Ramayan.  But could he have conquered Ravan alone?  Clever Ram accepted Vibhishan as his friend, philosopher and guide.

In the war against Ravan, Vibhishan divulged all secrets of Ravan's army and helped Ram in devising the right strategy.  Ram faithfully followed Vibhishan and went on from strength to strength.

During the climax, when Ram was puzzled in his final war with Ravan, it was Vibhishan who advised Ram to first destroy the 'amrut kalash' inside Ravan's chest in order to kill him.  And Ram did exactly the same to become victorious.
Rightfully Ram recognized the services of Vibhishan and anointed him as the King of Lanka!

             

Arjun chose Krishna instead of  several battalions of  army. At the beginning of the war when Arjun was down and out with sunk morale, it was Krishna, the master coach who reminded him the duties of a warrior by narrating the 'Bhagavad geeta'.  

Whether it was neutralizing Bhishma, Drona or Karna, Krishna's strategies came in very handy for Arjuna in delivering the winning blows.  'Saama, dhana, bedha, danda'........now famous as the 'chathuropayas' is the brain-child of Krishna, tested and proved during the Mahabharat war. Exactly for this reason krishna is hailed as the hero of Mahabharat, although he was only a non-playing coach throughout.

Chanakya, the legendary coach was the 'guru' who identified and inspired Chandragupta to establish the Maurya dynasty which produced the noted successor, Ashoka, the great! 'Chanakya Neeti' became the master strategy for all rulers to come over the centuries. Chanakya's 'Artha shashtra' has become the basis for all successful economies which have transformed the world!


The present Shah-Modi combination is reminiscent of Chanakya-Chandradupta days.  In the recent past we have seen this 'duo' delivering several master strokes in order to lift our country and their party to greater heights.



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glory by taking up the cause of teaching and coaching. Towards the greater cause of national integration they have taken up coaching IIT aspirants from Kashmir.  Nine Kashmiri youth have made it to the entrance of IIT this year. It is heartening to see our Army Chief talking to qualified Kashmiri girls who have marched ahead of boys.

What is common between Microsoft CEO Mr. Satya Nadella, Nokia CEO Mr.Rajiv Suri, Super Chef Mr.Vikas Khanna and India's first woman surfer Ms.Ishita Malaviya? They were all coached by our beloved 'Manipal' during their budding stages!

Let us turn to the world of sports.

Reigning Football champion Germany (2014) owes its trophy to its present coach Joechim Loew.  Since 2014, five major players have retired including the Captain.  But the coach continues and he is in the task of rebuilding the side with budding youngsters.  Loew is confident of defending the title.

Tennis clay court king Nadal with 15 grand slam titles dedicates his success to his uncle and coach Toni Nadal. Nadal says that his coach is very tough on him since childhood and occasionally puts too much of pressure. Toni does so because he wants Nadal to succeed.

Badminton coach Gopichand's role as a coach in shaping Saina Nehwal, Sindhu and even Kidambai Srikkanth is too well known.  India's achievement in Badminton has gone less noticed when compared to cricket.  Gopi and his pupils deserve highest credit as their game happens to be very tough with fierce competitors like China.

What is common between these three pairs?  They are all Cricket World Cup winners!

Former legend Bob Simpson, took over as coach (1986) when Australian cricket was in doldrums. He forged a great alliance with his pupil Allan Border to make his team a world beater again in all formats.  Simpson as a coach ruled Australian Cricket for almost a decade.

Lesser known cricketer John Buchanan (Coach 1999-2007) took Australian cricket to greater heights in combination with Ricky Ponting.  They together won two consecutive world cups and conquered all countries in their own backyards.

South African legend Gary Kirsten proved to be a seasoned campaigner and combined well with our 'captain cool' Dhoni.  They together won a world cup besides taking India to the top of test cricket for quite a long period.  Earlier John Wright and Saurav Ganguly too worked together well while bring great laurels to Indian Cricket.

Today while Indian Cricket is still at top of the world, the turn of events during last week has seen dumping of its gentleman coach Kumble for wrong reasons.  Probably these are the most disgraceful days for Indian cricket.

During 2016, when former all-rounder  Ravi Shashtri was its director-coach, there was no reason to remove him at all.  Ganguly's personal equation with Shashtri was not okay which lead to dumping of Shashtri, bringing disgrace to Indian cricket.

Surprise choice was India's legendary bowler Anil Kumble.  Never before such an Indian cricketing giant was chosen for the role. An humble student of the game for more than 3 decades, Kumble took up the task with great interest and enthusiasm and achieved a formidable record during last one year with young Virat Kohli.

Last one week's development is the result of the 'cold war' between the 'two' going on since more than six months. Gentleman Kumble has quit and Captain Kohli has made his writ run on the game.  We can very well imagine what might have happened in the dressing room.  We all know Kumble too well who has played his game with world-class distinction under various captains and coaches for nearly two decades for the country. Whether it was the pain of broken jaws, operated knees or unceremonious drops, Kumble has played the game with dedication and humility.  What is wrong if 

he expects similar commitment from his players as a coach? Is any player including Kohli larger than the game? Some fame, name and money has rushed to the head of present day players and they feel offended when somebody speaks to them about discipline and commitment!

Kumble can be a tough man too when it comes to upholding the honor of his team and his players.  Remember how he handled the 'monkey gate' issue as a captain in Australia during 2007?

One bone of contention said to be between captain Kohli and Kumble is the selection of the final eleven. If an experienced coach like Kumble does not have a say, why there should be a coach at all?

During the recent tour of Australian team, Kumble was for including the left arm chinaman bowler Kuldip Yadav for the Ranchi test (series was level at 1-1) itself.  Kohli opposed and Kuldip could not play.  When Kohli had to sit out of the final test at Dharmashala, Kumble prevailed upon the acting captain Ajinkya Rahane and included Kuldip.  Kumble was proved right bang on as Kuldip destroyed first innings of the touring team with a 4-wicket haul paving way for test and series victory.  If Kohli is not happy with Kumble for this event, tell me who is to be kicked out of the team?

Many times I think that professional cricket managers like Srinivasan (may be there are charges against him)  could have managed this situation in a better manner.  The Supreme Court appointed committee of administrators having no cricketing background too are adding to the confusion.  What if Kumble has asked for better packages for himself and his supporting team? Why they did not stand up to the support of the great cricketer in order to uphold the dignity of the game?

Last but not the least it was painful to note that yesterday Kohli has deleted the 'welcome tweet' he made one year ago for Kumble as new coach.  There can't be a more childish act than this.

With this type of treatment to the illustrious coach Kumble, will the next incumbent dare to discipline the captain and his heavy weights? Will any former player worth some name and honor dare to take up the job itself? Its time people who matter should sit and think over. Let everybody know that players come and go, but the game continues for ever!

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Learn Handwriting Analysis in One hour!

       Handwriting Analysis      

(Graphology)  

                                                                                                                    

                                                 

Do you know Handwriting Analysis (also called Graphology)?

Your answer may be ‘NO’!....................but my answer (on your behalf)  is ‘YES’!!  Make a small beginning by taking the following test.

Whom will you appoint as your Personal Secretary?

                                                                                     

                                                           (Sample Handwriting A)

                                                           (Sample Handwriting B)

If your answer is ‘Sample Handwriting A’, it is obvious that you know Handwriting Analysis!........Great!! Go on reading and this article for you!!!

Your handwriting is not your handwriting!

Your handwriting is unique.  In fact your handwriting is not your handwritng!................Surprised?
……………..Because it is your ‘brainwriting’!!  Whether you write with your hand, feet or mouth, it

is all the same, because it is the brain that writes.  Thus when you write you leave your brain print on the paper.

Therefore your handwriting can be a way to understand your personality.  Your conscious mind determines WHAT you write and your subconscious mind controls HOW you write and  generally you have no control on your subconscious mind!  Your personality characteristics can be analysed by size, pressure, speed, spacing, slant and over seven hundred features of your handwriting.

History of Graphology:

Chinese were the earliest to study handwrirting analysis. An Italian Physician called Camillo Baldi (Circa 1600 AD) can be called the ‘father of Graphology’.  During Circa 1800, Gemans took the lead in study of  the subject.  In the recent past a systematic study of English handwriting is done by Erika Karohs, a British national.

How it is used?

Graphology is extensively made use off in the following ways.

Personality Analysis: Graphology is a way to understand yourselves and also personalities around you.  This science is used by modern managements to know about their executives/employees in order to make efficient and useful ‘work allocation’.

Child Monitoring: As responsible parents you are all concerned with the wholesome development of ‘personality’ of your children. Handwriting analysis can be the useful tool!  In fact you will be surprised to know that you can achieve better ‘personality development’ of your children by mending their handwritings in the desired way.

Graphotherapy: By practising the desired ‘handwriting styles’, it is even possible to improve your/your children's  ‘personality and behaviour’ too! Thus handwriting analysis can also be an effective tool in  improving your  ‘personality’ also and this science is called ‘Graphotherapy’.

Criminal Investigation: Handwriting analysis can be effectively used in identifying criminals and forgery cases.

Handwriting Analysis Techniques:

Emotional Depth:

 Read the following samples.  It reveals about the ‘emotional depth’ of the man’s  writing!   

                                      

Obviously those who exert high pressure on paper while writing are highly ‘emotional’ and those who exert low pressure on paper are less emotional by nature.

 Heart or Head?:

A careful reading reveals that those who write with ‘right slant’ are friendly, kind and generous and those who right with ‘left slant’ are not so friendly, kind and generous.  But there are people with ‘mixed up slants’ and often these people are in a ‘confused’ state of mind and are likely to be indecisive.

Philosophical or Physical?

Observe below the three ‘zones’ of writing and the baseline.  It reveals a lot!

 

Those who write with well formed upper zone parts as below are philosophical and religious. Further they have good imagination and ideas.

                             

Those who write with well formed middle zone parts as below lead a happy daily life and they try to live in the present.

            

                

Those who write with well formed lower zone parts as below have good health and physical abilities.

                                                                 

                                                                                                           

Observe the baseline of the sample below. This base line is highly consistent and straight. 

Such people are methodical and consistent.

Dominant Character:

                                             

Those who write with big font size obviously are commanding and dominating.

Ambition & Optimism:

                                      

Those who write with ascending base line as seen above are generally ambitious and optimistic

 whereas those who write with falling base line as above are depressed and  are low in life goals.

                                           

Well balanced and Sytematic:

                                                             

Look at the sample above.  All round the paper you can observe even sized and fair margins.  Obviously such people are well balanced and systematic in life too.

Print Type of writing:

                                                                  

Those with print type of writing as above are not friendly.  They are not instantaneous in expression of their feelings. They weigh carefully each and every step.

High ‘t-bar’:

Handwriting experts attach a lot of importance for letter ‘t’. Letter ‘t’ (small letter) has two parts. ‘t-bar’, the horizontal line and the ‘t-stem’, the vertical line.

Look at the meaning of placing ‘t-bar’ high on ‘t-stem’ as explained in the pic.

                                                        

 Stubborn Character:

                                                       

Observe the widely open ‘t-stem’ and ‘d-stem’ towards the lower portion.  Such people are stubborn and won’t give up easily.

Analytical thinking:

                                                      

People who form sharp angles while writing letters as above are said to be ‘analytical thinkers.’

Why this article?

The cases of handwriting discussed so far are only illustrative but not exhaustive. This article is aimed at initiating you for exploring more on handwriting analysis.

Now let us try to apply all our learnings on a ‘sample handwriting’. Whose sample handwriting to analyse? Let me present the handwriting sample of the greatest man of our times………..Mahatma Gandhiji!

Mahatma Gandhiji’s Handwriting:

                                                          

Gandhiji’s Personality as revealed in his handwriting:

Dominance: As revealed by his big-font sized letters

High self-esteem & enthu : As revealed by his consistently long and high t-bars.

Loner: Lower stem of letters like ‘y, g’ don’t end in loops.

Stubborn: Widely open ‘d and t’ stems towards the lower portion.

Analytical thinker: People who form sharp angles while writing letters as above are said to be ‘analytical thinkers'.

Defiant: Dominant ‘k’ buckle

Argumentative: prominent ‘p’ loop

I am sure you will agree with me that Gandhiji’s personality is very much revealed in his handwriting.

Narendra Modiji’s Handwriting:

Observe the following in Modiji’s handwriting:

1.Well formed, consistently spaced words and lines: Methodical and systematic

2.Small sized and consistent font size: High degree of concentration in work

3.not much of linkages between letters and almost print type of writing: Not instantaneous in expression of his feelings. He weighs carefully each and every step.

4.’Y and g  lower stems’ consistently don’t end in loops: loner
5.'Straight or left-slant in letters': Head is stronger than the heart! Difficult for others to approach him.
6.Mid-zone parts are well formed but upper and lower zones are not prominent: lives in the present.

Tell me whether this technique works on Modiji too or not?

Signature Analysis:

We bankers are fascinated towards signatures of our customers.  Signature analysis is only a shorter version of the Handwriting analysis…………….something like T-20 cricket and Test Cricket.  While signature reveals in brief, handwriting reveals in detail!

Can I improve my personality by changing my handwriting? Whether Graphotherapy works?

Certainly yes on your younger children and also on you! But it depends on you and your efforts. Over a period of time it certainly yields results! Try the following.

1.Always maintain consistent space between letters, words and lines.  Maintain uniform margin all around.  You will start becoming methodical and systematic.
2.Watch the pressure you put on the paper while writing.  Let this be neither heavy nor light.  By this you will acquire better emotional stability.
3.Slant your letters towards the right.  You will start becoming more friendly and popular.
4.Always keep your cross bar on letter 't' at the top and longer.  Your aim in life will grow higher and your enthusiasm level too will improve.
5.If you are stubborn/adamant in nature, keep an eye on your 'd and t'  lower loops. Keep them as narrow as possible.  You may improve.
6.Let your font-size be consistent and smaller.  Your concentration power may improve.

I hope that you are convinced now that the science of Handwriting works! Of course it is said that ‘every rule has an exception’.  While handwriting analysis results are generally true, there may be some exceptions too! Also many experts have opined that Handwriting Analysis is not a 'perfect science'.  But tell me which Science in this universe is 'perfect' and always works?

Thank you for reading my article.  I wish you pleasurable time analyzing the various samples of hand writings of people around you, including yours!

Note: Neither I am a Handwriting Analysis expert nor I am a Psychiatrist.  I am only a humble student of the science of Handwriting Analysis.  Accepting/not-accepting the claims made in this article is left to your judgment and further exploration. 

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