By the time IPL entered the semi final stage, few things are clearly visible:
1. In 20-20, big names couldn’t accommodate themselves with this format. Sachin, Saurav, Dravid, Laxman and their teams are out of tournament. Except one or two good innings none of them either could play to win matches for their teams nor could they motivate the other youngsters to do the same. They also were major flop as captains of their teams. Although they keep on claiming that they are fit for 20-20 and they should get a chance to represent India but the answer is clear to everyone who understands cricket.
2. Some less known players has been performing consistently and looked better than lots of 20-20 players of Indian team. These performing (young) players should be given chance to represent India on the basis of their superb performance through out this tournament. They have showcased their talent to the cricket world and looked like they have been neglected by selectors earlier.
3. Most of the under 19 players of Indian team which won the world cup 2 months back are not really under 19 years of age as they looked older than the age they may have shown on certificates to play in Under 19 world cup. I also had a feeling that during World Cup 2008 a good amount of makeup work had been done on the faces of some players to hide their real age. They were really looking under 19 in the world cup.
4. I liked ICL too but IPL looked more competitive. BCCI with its politics and pressure on ICC and other cricket board managed to make IPL mega success and steal all limelight although this type of tournament and league was brain child of ICL organizers and BCCI just copied the idea.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
UPA's four years in office
Yesterday, UPA government celebrated four years in office threw a lavish dinner party and UPA chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi had all praise for the Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh. So far so good. Patting own back has been in our culture since ages and this one thing Ms. Sonia Gandhi has certainly learnt from our culture.
Now let’s look at the ground realities. Let’s start with our economy. That’s because Mr. prime minister is famous economist. I am not an economist so I would not understand all the big numbers and different term/criteria to measure the economic performance but certainly I do understand the extra pressure coming on my pocket. I will start with the prices of essential commodities. Since august 2003 I have been staying in same city and almost in same locality so I guess the prices I consider must not have any external factors to influence. In 2004, one kg of rice (whatever I and my family eat daily) was costing me Rs 19/-. The same quality rice costs me Rs 28/- per kg. Simple mathematics shows almost 50% rise in price. Similarly 10 kg wheat flour (atta) of a particular brand was priced Rs 135/- to Rs 140/- and now it costs me around Rs. 200/- to Rs. 210/- Price rise for mustard oil has been shocking. In 2004 I was buying one liter mustard oil of a specific brand at Rs 52/- per liter and now its simply Rs 82/-. Simple mathematics tells me its price rise of around 60%. Similarly price of almost every essential commodity increased in range of 40% to 60% during the last 4 years and our prime minister celebrated 4 times and some sycophants kept on praising him and patting his back. When this government took over the office, I always thought people like Mr Manmohan Singh as PM, people like Mr. Chidambaram as FM and people like Montek Singh Ahluwalia in planning commission will take our country to great economic path and we need not to be worried about the prices and economy of our country. But unfortunately it proved wrong. I am not sure how the poor people are managing their budget because their salary has certainly not increased in 40 to 60 % range in last 4 years or so. There is a famous saying in hindi “Jyada JOGI Math Ujad” and this saying is perfectly matching this government on economic front. Now come to the security front. Everyone knows how our government is reacting with all naxalite and terrorist threats over the years. There is no concrete plan to tackle the security problems (at least didn’t get visible in last 4 years or so) and in some cases also looked like the government is trying to appease certain section. That is basically compromising with the national security. They were trying to have a nuclear deal with US which might have taken care of some of our energy needs in coming year but that also couldn’t get materialized. Only one thing they can claim is the rail passenger fare which didn’t increase in last four years but then we all know the how the facilities is getting deteriorated in Indian Railways. Almost no minister now travels in rail so they need not to worry about the facilities in train and railway station. We also know that how if you book rail ticket from a computerized centre of a different city; you need to pay extra money. We also know that how much the charges of tatkal booking tickets increased and number of tatkal reservation seats has increased in last four years. Sometime I felt Mr. Laloo Prasad is better economist than PM or FM because he is sneaking in your pocket and you even don’t come to know about that. You always feel that rail fare is not increased.
Apart from rail fare, another good thing was the image of PM Manmohan Singh. He is really an honest person and in current political environment, if you see an honest person at powerful position you don’t loose hope with democracy. We had some hope when we saw several young people won the election and were active in parliament (they were called as BABA log in parliament in 2004) but all the hope were shattered. No one did anything and looked poor copy of their father, mother or uncle who was also the same kind of politician (TANY TANY FISSSSSSS…). They just kept on talking big (in hindi LAFFEBAZI) and are slowly getting converted from young to old with time………..
Now let’s look at the ground realities. Let’s start with our economy. That’s because Mr. prime minister is famous economist. I am not an economist so I would not understand all the big numbers and different term/criteria to measure the economic performance but certainly I do understand the extra pressure coming on my pocket. I will start with the prices of essential commodities. Since august 2003 I have been staying in same city and almost in same locality so I guess the prices I consider must not have any external factors to influence. In 2004, one kg of rice (whatever I and my family eat daily) was costing me Rs 19/-. The same quality rice costs me Rs 28/- per kg. Simple mathematics shows almost 50% rise in price. Similarly 10 kg wheat flour (atta) of a particular brand was priced Rs 135/- to Rs 140/- and now it costs me around Rs. 200/- to Rs. 210/- Price rise for mustard oil has been shocking. In 2004 I was buying one liter mustard oil of a specific brand at Rs 52/- per liter and now its simply Rs 82/-. Simple mathematics tells me its price rise of around 60%. Similarly price of almost every essential commodity increased in range of 40% to 60% during the last 4 years and our prime minister celebrated 4 times and some sycophants kept on praising him and patting his back. When this government took over the office, I always thought people like Mr Manmohan Singh as PM, people like Mr. Chidambaram as FM and people like Montek Singh Ahluwalia in planning commission will take our country to great economic path and we need not to be worried about the prices and economy of our country. But unfortunately it proved wrong. I am not sure how the poor people are managing their budget because their salary has certainly not increased in 40 to 60 % range in last 4 years or so. There is a famous saying in hindi “Jyada JOGI Math Ujad” and this saying is perfectly matching this government on economic front. Now come to the security front. Everyone knows how our government is reacting with all naxalite and terrorist threats over the years. There is no concrete plan to tackle the security problems (at least didn’t get visible in last 4 years or so) and in some cases also looked like the government is trying to appease certain section. That is basically compromising with the national security. They were trying to have a nuclear deal with US which might have taken care of some of our energy needs in coming year but that also couldn’t get materialized. Only one thing they can claim is the rail passenger fare which didn’t increase in last four years but then we all know the how the facilities is getting deteriorated in Indian Railways. Almost no minister now travels in rail so they need not to worry about the facilities in train and railway station. We also know that how if you book rail ticket from a computerized centre of a different city; you need to pay extra money. We also know that how much the charges of tatkal booking tickets increased and number of tatkal reservation seats has increased in last four years. Sometime I felt Mr. Laloo Prasad is better economist than PM or FM because he is sneaking in your pocket and you even don’t come to know about that. You always feel that rail fare is not increased.
Apart from rail fare, another good thing was the image of PM Manmohan Singh. He is really an honest person and in current political environment, if you see an honest person at powerful position you don’t loose hope with democracy. We had some hope when we saw several young people won the election and were active in parliament (they were called as BABA log in parliament in 2004) but all the hope were shattered. No one did anything and looked poor copy of their father, mother or uncle who was also the same kind of politician (TANY TANY FISSSSSSS…). They just kept on talking big (in hindi LAFFEBAZI) and are slowly getting converted from young to old with time………..
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
sad part of entire story
So almost after one week of Jaipur serial bomb blast, our PM Mr. Manmohan Singh realized that the main problem is less number of police force in our country. Not sure why a prime minister equipped with all kind of resources took more than four years to find out the "root cause" of increasing terror threats in different parts of our country. But please hold on.... if this is really the main cause then who has stopped him to increase the number of police personnels in the country? That is one question probably neither no one ever asked him nor he would like to answer. In last one year or so, many bomb blast has taken place. This shows the failure of intelligence agencies of our country. Prime Minister may again has an execuse that even the intelligence agencies doesnt have enough man power but why does he forget that all these agencies are mostly busy with investigating some political cases and wasting thier time in less important investigation. Even we keep on hearing (several allegations) time to time that these agencies work on the direction of ruling parties to spy against opposition political .
As soon as this kind of incident takes place, our "beloved" ministers Mr. Sriprakash Jaisawal and Mr. Shivraj Patil come into action in front of TV cameras and repeat the same statement like "we wont compromise" or "we will take stern actions" and once the heat goes away and attention of nation diverts with some other issues, no one knows about what kind of stern actions they are taking. At least some results should have come and visible to nation. I will request these responsible persons to talk less and act more to make our country a safe place.
As soon as this kind of incident takes place, our "beloved" ministers Mr. Sriprakash Jaisawal and Mr. Shivraj Patil come into action in front of TV cameras and repeat the same statement like "we wont compromise" or "we will take stern actions" and once the heat goes away and attention of nation diverts with some other issues, no one knows about what kind of stern actions they are taking. At least some results should have come and visible to nation. I will request these responsible persons to talk less and act more to make our country a safe place.
Vijay Tendulkar
Yesterday Vijay Tendulkar passed away. I had heard his name in my childhood days but could come across his work only when I was in college and was seriously looking for a good script for college one act play competition. I got a chance to come thru his play “Khamosh Adalat Jari Hai…” (hindi translation of “Shantata court chalu aahe…”)
His style was unique and the script looked so heavy to us that we were hesitant to start rehearsals and take the play to the stage because we felt that we may not do the justice to this play with all of our skills and efforts. Thus we had to abandon idea of staging this play and start with some other play. Later I realized that Aakrosh and Ardh Satya (hindi movies) were written by this same person. He had revolutionary way to narrate his story which was always hard hitting to audience. May his soul rest in peace....
His style was unique and the script looked so heavy to us that we were hesitant to start rehearsals and take the play to the stage because we felt that we may not do the justice to this play with all of our skills and efforts. Thus we had to abandon idea of staging this play and start with some other play. Later I realized that Aakrosh and Ardh Satya (hindi movies) were written by this same person. He had revolutionary way to narrate his story which was always hard hitting to audience. May his soul rest in peace....
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