Sneaking Back

When they left Shah Rukh Khan bade them goodbye. Our cricketers thought that was enough for them to win the cup… but we all know how it turned out.

They returned in batches. In the dark (okay that was because of the flight schedule). One by one they were whisked away through back entrances and underground tunnels.

Heroes to Zeroes. What a difference one month makes. Forget SRK. Even the security guards barely showed up.

My personal view. Leave them be. Don’t overdo things. When they win, we go delirious. When they lose, we go delirious.

Holiday Plans

Now that the school holidays are almost here, I am facing a barrage of questions from my son regarding how I plan to “entertain” him. He has made a list of demands all of which have been rejected by me because it involves travel to exotic locations or buying him expensive gadgets.

I have suggested a 9 point programme to him:

1. Wake up at 9 AM

2. Laze Aound with Friends

3. Lunch at Noon

4. Snooze after lunch

5. Repeat Step 2

6. Watch TV

7. Dinner at 9 PM

8. Sleep at 10 PM

9. Goto Step 1

Weekends same as above but everything advances by 1 hour.

He rejected this summararily and walked away muttering something that sounded like “cheap”.

I might have to take him out 😦 … No time.. No time… Does anyone wan’t to adopt him for the Holidays?

Law is Equal?

I love this.

A clerk in the Registrars office is caught accepting a bribe of Rs. 500 and is suspended from service. No Salary.

Vijay Times reports that Congress Leader D.K.S is going to be charged with a “Criminal Case” of not disclosing assets worth Crores. The fine for that. Simple Imprisonment and a 500 rupee fine.

Kya justice hai !!!

Justice Served

I still remember feeling “numb” when IOC employee Manjunath was murdered in 2005 for doing his duty. I didn’t know the man, but seeing his parents and the anguish they were going through was enough.

The murderers have been brought to justice. One got the death penalty and all the rest got life.

Now the appeals process starts…. sigh !!!

Just to prove my point on the long and winding road of justice, theres another news clip today about 3 people being convicted of the 1984 riots in Delhi.

Just 3 People???? Are they joking? An entire community was targetted and all they can do after 20+ years is convict 3 people?

Maddur Station

This story comes from the “Uncle Archives”. My uncles Ravi and Prabhu both went to NIE Mysore and were avid cricketers. Ravi in fact played Ranji for M.P, University Cricket for the University of SouthHampton, and county cricket for Hampshire before moving to the USA in the mid 60’s. Some of the stories they have are stuff that urban legends are made of.

So once they are all coming back to Mysore from Bangalore after playing a tournament (for Sunny Side Cricket Club..I think). The train stops in Maddur for a few minutes and restarts again. As it started, one of the guys puts out his hand to take an orange from a vendor who was carrying the basket on his head. Now, because of the train moving, his hand hits the basket, and the entire contents spill over the platform. The vendor of course starts shouting, and the engine driver sees this and stops the train. The vendors friends are all getting into the compartments to search for the “loafers”. In the meantime our heroes(my uncle including), are scared out of their wit and the entire team (YES the entire team) squeezes into the bathroom and locks the door. People are piled on top of each other. A few minutes later, the guys give up their search and the train restarts. Our “dirty dozen” does not come out of the toilet until they reach Mysore.

I still don’t understand how their equipment and other things were untouched.

Should the World Cup continue?

Bob Woolmer’s death has cast a shadow on the entire tournament. The zing is just not there. I know that there are a lot of financial implications, but should this tournament go on?

In the meantime businesses like Airtel are making money out of this tragedy. See the post on Churumuri here.

Will businesses go all out to make an extra buck?

Whats your opinion?

And THAT is how you pulverize a minnow…

While Virender Sehwag was showing us why he’s not the brightest bulb in the box, so to speak:

“I was not worried about anything. This innings was long due and I was expecting it for a long time”

And the news editors were trumpeting a return to form for the “destructive opener” and congratulating India on a “record victory” over a university-class team:

Sri Lanka showed us how to pulverize a second-class (as opposed to the fourth-class Bermudans) team: Sri Lanka 318/4 (50 ov) Bangladesh 112 (37.0/46 ov).

I will be truly stunned if we manage to beat Lanka on current form.