For the second time in my life – after about 10 years – I did some clay shooting. This was in Chicago area. I was as terrible as the first time.
I was not exactly killing it. More like emotionally scarring them. Threatened to hit them any moment – but never really did.
I think I managed 13 out of 50. That said, it was very enjoyable. Got to meet some great executives and some really sharp shooters.
Last night, I was listening to Ataullah Khan’s rendition of “Idhar Zindagi Ka Janaza Uthega”. It is a beautiful poem written from the point of view of the man who realizes that the lady he loves is getting married to somebody else that night.
And I realized that most of the ghazals and qawwalis (or a large fraction of them at least) are about unrequited love.
In the Western world, it happens differently:
Man loves woman.
Woman does not return the love.
Man moves on to next woman.
But from the subcontinent I come from, it is like:
Man loves woman.
Woman does not return the love.
Man sits down to write a poem!!
🙂
I had run into this problem long time back. I ran into it again last week. Thought will post it. See if you can solve it without using Google to find the answer. If not, then Google it – pretty interesting, huh? (I will post the answer later).
A basketball player keeps track of his throws for a full calendar year. He, of course, misses a few shots and succeeds with a few more. He missed the very first shot of the year. But he ended the year with 83% successful shots. You have to prove that there had to be a point where is success rate was exactly 75%.
Hint: this is not necessarily true for any number – e.g. 60%. But it is always true for 75%.
In fact, can you guess what are the other % (other than 75%) for which this is also true?
