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Kolhapur - City of Goddess Mahalaxmi - Train Journey Facilities

2012-02-08T06:47:00.000+05:30

कोल्हापुर और रेल सुविधाएँ

कोल्हापुर श्री महालक्ष्मी का निवास नगर दक्षिण महाराष्ट्र के इतिहासिक और स्वतंत्र भारत के बड़ी तेजी से प्रगति की राह पर अगरसर शहरों में से एक है , परन्तु जब आवागमन की सुविधाओं विशेषकर रेल यात्रा की बात आती है तो यह प्रगति पथ का राही शहर पिछड़ता ही नज़र आता है | दक्षिण महाराष्ट्र का महत्वपूर्ण नगर होने के साथ साथ कोल्हापुर पर्यटन के हिसाब से भी महत्वपूर्ण है इतना ही नहीं प्राकर्तिक सोंदर्य से परिपूर्ण कोंकण क्षेत्र के लिए भी कोल्हापुर प्रवेश द्वार का काम करता है | श्री महालक्ष्मी का गृह नगर होने के कारण प्राचीन काल से ही कोल्हापुर को दक्षिण कशी भी कहा जाता है | प्रश्न ये है कि धार्मिक महत्त्व और पर्यटन की इतनी संभावनाएं होने के बाद भी कोल्हापुर कियूं रेल सुविधाओं के आभाव से जूझ रहा है |

कोल्हापुर की रेल सुविधाओं के आभाव का मूल एक तो कोल्हापुर पुणे मार्ग पर एकल रेल लाइन तो है ही साथ साथ नियोजित विकास का भी आभाव है | प्रायः यह कहा जाता है कि कोल्हापुर रेल सुविधाओं के विस्तार में कोल्हापुर रेल स्थानक के लिए सिमित स्थान होना एक बहुत बड़ी रुकावट है परन्तु यदि थोडा सा भी ध्यान दिया जाये तो शहर के मध्य भाग से केवल मात्र ५-६ किलोमीटर की दूरी पर बसे गांधीनगर [वलिवाड़े] को शहर के दुसरे रेल स्थानक के रूप में विकसित किया जा सकता है | अथवा ऐसा भी किया जा सकता है कि मार्केट यार्ड के पीछे जन्हाँ पर अभी मालगाड़ियों के रुकने का इंतजाम है उसे नए रेल स्थानक में बदल दिया जाये और मालगाड़ियों के लिए गांधीनगर अथवा रुकड़ी [शहर से लगभग १२-१३ किलोमीटर दूर] में इंतजाम किया जाये |

कोल्हापुर पुणे मार्ग पर दोहरी लाइन का इंतजाम होने से न केवल समय की बचत होगी परन्तु साथ साथ इस मार्ग पर रेलगाड़ियों की संख्या भी बडाई जा सकती है इसके सिवाय पुणे रेल स्थानक की कुछ गाड़ियों को कोल्हापुर तक बड़ा कर न केवल पुणे रेल स्थानक का भार कम किया जा सकता है परन्तु साथ में कोल्हापुर से दूर दूर के शहरों के लिए सीधी रेल सेवा भी उपलब्ध करायी जा सकती है |

कोल्हापुर पुणे मार्ग के दोहरीकरण के लिए कई बार सर्वे भी हो चूका है परन्तु निधि के आभाव में हर बार इसे स्थगित किया जाता रहा है यहाँ पर मेरा एक सुझाव हैं कि महाराष्ट्र में वैसे भी सहकारिता की परंपरा राही है और निजी निवेशकर्ताओं के द्वारा सड़क निर्माण में महाराष्ट्र देश के अन्य राज्यों से काफी आगे है अतः ऐसा भी किया जा सकता है कि पुणे कोल्हापुर रेल मार्ग के दोहरीकरण के खर्च के के लिए निजी क्षेत्र को निवेश करने के लिए कहा जाये और खर्च हुई रक्कम १% के माहवारी व्याज के साथ वापस कि जाये जिसके लिए इस मार्ग पर यात्रा करनेवालों से जब तक खर्च वसूली नहीं हो जाती है तब तक अधिभार लिया जाये | यहाँ पर ध्यान देने कि बात होगी कि यह अधिभार किसी पूर्व निश्चित समय सीमा के लिए नहीं होगा जिस दिन भी खर्च कि गयी रक्कम और व्याज पूरा हो जायेगा उसी दिन से यह यात्रा अधिभार बंद हो जायेगा | वर्तमान में तांत्रिक सुविधाओं के कारण ये संभव है कि इस मार्ग के हर रेल स्थानक पर इस योजना का खर्च और प्रितिदिन जमा होने वाले यात्री किराये और अधिभार का विवरण प्रदर्शित किया जा सके जिससे आम आदमी को जानकारी मिलती रहे और पारदर्शिता भी रहे |

इस समय, जो निश्चित ही पांच वर्षों से कम का होगा अथवा ऐसा नियोजन किया जा सकता है जिससे इस मार्ग पर यात्रा करनेवालों को अधिकतम पांच वर्षों के लिए अधिभार देना पड़े, के लिए रेल परिचालन का खर्च रेल विभाग द्वारा किया जाये | रेल विभाग को इन पांच वर्षों में जो आर्थिक नुकसान होगा उसकी भरपाई भविष्य में होने वाली आय से हो जाएगी | निजी निवेशकर्ता को लाभ के रूप में इस मार्ग के रेल स्थानकों पर स्वयं द्वारा अथवा उनके द्वारा नियुक्त संस्था द्वारा १० वर्षों तक खानपान सम्बन्धी व्वयस्था करने का अधिकार दिया जा सकता है, साथ ही मार्ग के मुख्य मुख्य रेल स्थानकों पर ५०० वर्ग फीट तक का स्थान वाणिज्य गतिविधियों के लिए २० वर्ष की कालावधि के लिए मुफ्त दिया जाये |

कोल्हापुर रेल विकास के लिए कोल्हापुर को कोंकण रेल से जोड़ दिया जाये जिसके लिए १०० किलोमीटर से भी कम के नए रेल मार्ग की आवश्यकता है | कोंकण रेल से जुड़ने के कारण न केवल कोल्हापुर सदूर दक्षिणी राज्यों से जुड़ जायेगा परन्तु देश की आर्थिक राजधानी मुंबई के लिए एक नया रेल मार्ग भी उपलब्ध होगा | इसी प्रकार कोल्हापुर नागपुर के नए रेल मार्ग [पंढरपुर होकर ] पर भी रेल गाड़ियों की संख्या बढाकर कोल्हापुर रेल सुविधायों का विस्तार किया जा सकता है |

Calangute & Baga Beach – Beach Paradise Goa

2011-01-13T09:08:00.003+05:30

Once again I was at my favorite leisure land, world best knows as the Beach Paradise Goa. It was early morning start from Kolhapur at 7 AM (though initial schedule was at 6 AM) on the misty morning of November just after the Diwali. NH4 was covered under the blooming dark cloud of fog and presenting a real heavenly feeling but just after 40 km we were forced to divert as we were heading to Panaji capital of Goa via Amboli route.

This took about 2 hours drive from Gandhinagar Kolhapur to reach at about 9 AM at Amboli, to miss the most famous cloud play of Amboli and watch the splendid view of Kokan skyline. Any way we decided to stop at famous seasonal waterfall of Amboli and have memorable pleasant time of about 45 minutes there.
It was about 12:30 PM when we crossed the Mapusa by pass and by the time, delayed start from Kolhapur has forced us to change our schedule and instead of Colva Beach in south Goa we were heading for the Calangute Beach in north Goa.

This was the first time since 1993, that instead of going for have accommodation first we were on the beach and started enjoying till the mesmerising sunset. It took about 80 minutes to find hotel room at walking distance of just 5 minutes from the famous Baga beach. Having dinner and spending more than 2 hours [9:15 to 11:30 PM] at beach shack of Baga beach is worth to remember.

Bheemunipatnam Beach

2009-02-15T00:17:00.000+05:30

Bheemunipatnam Beach
Bheemunipatnam beach is the safest beach in Andhra Pradesh for the swimming lovers. Beach is located at confluence of the Gosthani River and the Bay of Bengal. High scenic beauty, blue marine water, impressive shadows of tall and close location to city are making Bheemunipatnam beach ideal for long romantic beach walk of honeymooning couples. At several places of state Bheemunipatnam beach is referred as Bhimli beach because Bakasura was killed here by Bhima [one of Pandavs] during the Mahabharat era.
Complete Tour Guide for Popular Indian Beach

Indian Cities - Agartala

2009-02-11T22:59:00.003+05:30

Know About Agartala
Agartala is the capital city of Tirpura state and situated almost on the boundary of India with Bangladesh. City offers truly suspenseful exotic world heavily enriched with genuine diversity of flora and fauna because nature has blessed the area so abundantly that one will love to visit here again and again, beautiful palaces, gardens, hills, temples and lakes and picturesque surroundings will force you for just one word Splendid and Amazing. Architectural monuments and The red government buildings are adding to tourist value of city.
Agartala City Tourist Spots /Must Visit
BenuVan Vihar
Kunjavan Palace
Maharaja Veer Vikram College
State Museum
Ujjayanta Palace

Agartala: Spoken Languages :

Kokborok (Tripuri language) - Manipuri - Chakma - Nepali - Hindi - English.

www.amarbharat.com for complete travel info about Agartala

Goa Images, Reflections and Reality Thank You [3]

2009-01-19T06:06:00.000+05:30

Goa Images, Reflections and Reality Thank You [3]

After a considerable long absence at blogosphere I am back though this might not be my usual presence at the platform because still the work responsible for keeping me away is at progressive stage of being completed but some thing can be termed as new experience or tour finding is forcing me to share with you all. This is my third article in the series and probably this might be shocking for many.

Goa, the beach paradise, is our favorite family vacation hangout, probably due to close location [hardly 270 minute driving] and calm cool enjoyable sea water deposits. This happen on the last 15th Jan when family members decided to celebrate my 27th Wedding anniversary [16th Jan] at this beach heaven destination, to give me some moments of relaxation, as presently I am working with www.amarbharat.com a website on tourism of India covering more than 10,000 tourist spots and detailed description of over 1000 cities, beaches, Hill Stations, Monuments, Religious places and Wildlife destinations, considering the solitary human power at disposal this is a real huge asking and quite tedious job. My data collection for another tourism site www.magicofgoa.com [scheduled to be launched in May 2009] is almost at final stages so I suggested going by bus instead of our own vehicle as this will generate effective opportunity to learn more about the local culture and life style of Goa people.

We left Kolhapur for Goa by bus at 11:30 pm which eventually was out of city limits only after the date has changed but surprisingly at 3:00 am when bus stopped for tea we were at the distance remaining for reaching to Panjim, the capital city in two digits [Kolhapur Panaji distance is about 220 km and normally bus journey takes 5-6 hours because Ghat roads] considering the spacey highway we though we will be reaching there by 4:30 am but when we awake again bus was at Mapusa, the commercial city and famous Friday market of Goa, hardly 13 km from Panjim, it was over 4:45 am anyway we were at Panjim by 5:15 am and here I learned that Goa auto rickshaw drivers are not different from rest of country in showing there unity, as while we were getting down from bus one auto rickshaw driver asked me about our staying hotel and ask to pay Rs. 60, which according to me was almost 150% of normal fare, but considering early morning hours I suggested him to take Rs. 50, though as per our pre scheduled program this was our morning walk as the distance between the bus stand and hotel is less than walk of 15 minutes. Auto Rickshaw driver refuse to take Rs. 50 and before we reach to auto rickshaw stand by crossing the road reached there. We took tea there and while we were taking the tea I just to know asked few drivers about the charge to our hotel and all were asking to pay Rs. 60. Don’t you think this is a common attitude found in your city also? Can’t we say Goa is not different from rest of India?

After a little relaxation and having bath we were out of hotel around 9:30 for having breakfast at one of our favorite restaurant [we visit Goa almost at regular interval of 12-18 months so this is natural happing of having favorite spots for staying and dining] and cross the Mandovi river by Ferry boat to reach Gurudwara at Betim on the other shore of river. Ferry boat station is at walking distance from Panjim Market, location of our staying hotel. This might be surprising news, existence of Sikh Gurudwara in Christianity dominating land of Goa, but this is a reality and surely many images of Goa are intended to bound broke with this. Rest of our day was spent in lazing on sea at Calangute beach and enjoying the water sports facility available there.
Next day morning we were intended to go to famous Colva beach which is about 40 km from the Panjim city, we were at bus stop around 9:30 am and what travel information we got from enquiry counter was not seemed adequate but surprisingly one of Kadamba driver helped as in providing more appropriate looking information, he suggested us to get the non stop Panjim Madgaon bus and get down at market and take shared taxi from behind the Kamath Hotel, which will charge Rs. 10/- per person instead of bus fare of Rs. 8/- but will save time of about half an hour. We decided to fallow these instructions and eventually a shocking experience was stored there. Panjim Madgaon bus took almost 70 minutes, 10 minutes higher than information we got for reaching Madgaon market. After getting down from bus we crossed the road to reach taxi stand. Here was the surprise stored for us as we have been told by taxi drivers as we are tourist so we have to pay Rs. 100 for four persons anyway we agree to pay just because we were stranger to place and don’t wish to interrupt our pleasure but here we come across with another surprise that taxi driver left stands with only four of us in taxi instead of normal seven passengers. It took about 25 minutes to reach the beach.

While returning from the beach we were with ample time left so we decide to travel by local bus. The bus journey from Colva beach to Madgaon bus stand [via market] took about 35 minutes instead of one hour as we were informed at Panjim bus stand. I am concluding this with putting a question to be answered by blog readers which was asked to me. While traveling one foreign couple was seating behind us and bus conductor after collecting the fare money said “Thank You” to that couple. The question was it normal Indian attitude of “Athiti Devo Bhav” [Guests are God] or the expression of decade old inferiority complex? Because we were also guest and so many other Indians tourist were on the bus but none of us was greeted with same words “Thank You”.

India Travel Destinations - City Agra

2008-11-06T06:41:00.001+05:30

India Travel Destinations - City Agra
Agra - Uttar PradeshCity of Taj Mahal, most visited tourist place of the country and included in Seven Wonders of World & World Heritage List of UNESCO. Agra is situated on bank of river Jamuna and famous for leather Industry. Important industrial town of Uttara Pradesh.
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Scripted Retirement

2008-10-10T00:00:00.001+05:30

Scripted Retirement
This is my second blog in the “Scripted” series, I believe you all will enjoy this and Waheguru will bless me for keeping this series in continuation.
Script and Indians are very closely related as our script, what is more popularly called “Destiny” become functional even before our birth on the earth and creates several challenges and problems for facing in a scripted manner.
Indo- Australia test match series is on and in this cricketing land all eyes, from game lovers to selectors, officials of the game to politicians and even the international cricketing scenario is aiming only at the performance of “Prince of Kolkatta” just because Dada already announcement his retirement from the cricket of international level, this series is going to be last opportunity for this great fighter of the game and most successful Indian captain to be representative of motherland on the cricketing field.
There are many talks about the retirement of some senior players from the Indian Cricket team and most people don’t hesitate to say that Sourav Ganguli is the first victim of the policies of BCCI in this regard. Some television news channels have projected this retirement announcement as the scripted retirement under sweet name of “Golden Hand Shake”. There seems to be ample space available for this suspicious happening being a scripted retirement as just 15 days prior to retirement Gaungli was confident of at least two years cricket left with him.
If the retirement of Bengal Tiger is scripted one than surely the script for this start functioning since the Indian tour to Zimbabwe with the dispute between captain and officials. What more can be said about this script, at one time, one of official was reported for saying Ganguli will not be part of Indian team till he is in the selection committee. Country has witness a huge controversy on this issue and finally this great fighter was reselected into Indian squad though not in Captain’s capacity. Things doesn’t stopped here he was kept under such a constant pressure that even though he was getting runs but his confidence and killing attitude, which has made him most successful Indian captain of the history, was missing altogether. All this resulted in making Dada isolated and concentrated within self and look India has suffer all this in the formation of two groups senior and younger in the team. Fortunately or unfortunately meanwhile India went on to win the inaugural Twenty-20 World cup in absence of these five senior players and this almost closed the doors of ODI for these masters of the game. Here I would like to mention that this will be more appropriate to say Pakistan last the match rather than India won. Destiny was on the side of India and was forcing Pakistani players for committing unforced errors. While I am writing this, there is news quoting Ganguli that he was intended to be in the team on his own merits and not on the mercy of others [selectors] and continuously on going humiliating treatment which he was receiving has forced him to announce retirement.
Whatever may be it a scripted or normal retirement but one thing is sure tigers are always path creators and leaders and this great fighting cricketer sourav was, is and will remain known as Bengal tiger. This is certain that retirement announcement of Dada is going to prove a mile stone in the Indian cricket and will prove path indicator for the players for whom age has and will start playing role of all important hurdle.
Time will surly salute Dada for the cricketing skills and making the Indian squad who not only capable of winning the game but successfully takes the war on the fields of opponent and dare to response off ground tactics in the language used by the opponent.

Indian Cities - Tourism Vision

2008-10-08T07:09:00.003+05:30

India is at the leading and prime position among the lands of oldest human civilization hence in compare to any other country more ancient cities can be located here. This may the ancient university at Takshshila or the Bodhgaya of Gautam Buddha, many Indian cities Like Ayodhya have the history dates back to Ramayana. Many of Indian cities are very closely related with Hindu incarnations just like Mathura, Virundavan (Uttar Pradesh) and Dwarka with Lord Krishna , Kashi or Varanasi with Lord Shiva, Ayodhya and Rameshwaram have close association with Lord Rama, Amritsar (Golden Temple) is also said to be capital of Sikhism. Some cities like Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) and Nasik (Maharashtra) are related with mass religious celebration like Kumbh Mela.

During the long history of existence country went under the rules of rulers from the different dynasties who were believing in different religious faiths. the cave temples at Ajatha, Elora, Elephenta, Badami and Mahaballipuram , Sun temples at Konark, Khajuraho temples an Madhya Pradesh are symbols of Hindu religion, Biwi Ka Makbara (Aurangabad Maharashtra), Taj Mahal (Agra), Qtab Minar and Red Fort (Delhi) and Khwaja's Dargah at Ajmer (Rajasthan) are some of monuments related with Islam and Mogul rule in the country. Churches at Goa, Kerala and at many other cities are the true representation of Indian respect for the Christianity. Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) is the seat of Dalai Lama and Sanchi, Sarnath and Bodhgaya are the most famous places for Buddhism pilgrimage. In nutshell one can find some cities on Indian land related to all religions with which human beings believe in.

After independence from British rule in 1947 country has traveled miles and miles on the front of development and modernization. This may be the completely planed city of Chandigad, economic capital of country Mumbai with sky touching multi story buildings or the cities with fame of being I T cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune, every where a fine blend of ancient culture and modernization is the prime attraction for the visitors.

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India Travel Fun – Making of tourism fun

2008-10-06T23:30:00.002+05:30

India Travel Fun – Making of tourism fun
My regular blog readers might be wondering over my long absence from blogosphere but a few of you might know about my professional life related with visulaisation of concepts and shaping them into informative source for the internet in the form of a web site or web portal. Since last 2-3 months I was over busy with my professional life, two of simultaneously on going projects renovation of http://www.thesindhuworld.com/ premier community portal of global Sindhi community and designing http://www.indiatravelfun.com/ a web portal dedicated to tourism of India. As both of these were time bonding projects so it was hard to find off time for my passion. The Sindhu World was completing two years on 29-08-2008 so the renovation work was to be completed before that and by the blessings of Waheguru we had launched renovated version of site on 01-09-2008 though http://www.thesindhuworld.com/ is still not matching with my dream designing but surely this new version is more user friendly and enriched with information.
We had decided, World Tourism Day [27-09-2008] as the deadline for launching our project http://www.indiatravelfun.com/ related to tourism industry and tourist info of India. Surely this second task was more stressful and truly a challenge for our creative team as there are numerous sites already exists for providing information about India tourism. The work started with searching of a suitable domain name, extensive search, a true long exchange of thoughts, and deep insight helped us almost finalizing the domain name and we were just one step away – making click on “Book this domain”, when all of sudden a lightening went through my thought process and finalized domain name was altered. For what purpose we use the word tourism, when another word “travel” best known to masses is there, surely just because this traveling is different, this is travel for the fun, starts with fun, loaded with fun and ends with fun hence before going online I was certain about the domain name and fortunately my search for http://www.indiatravelfun.com/ showed the availability of domain name so without vesting a single second, the domain name was booked.
As the work got momentum with designing the hugeness of information and time available started threatening us because visiting more than 150 cities which we intended to include in “City List” of the site in the time period of less than 40 days and collecting information related with Hotels and Travel agents for every city was truly high asking, finally this was decided to go with available information for the “Travel Tools” and for the rest provision should be made for the online registration. Major part of “Hotel and Travel assistance listing” is free so we believe all the Indian hotel owners, travel agents and tour operators will become part of this information as and when they came to know.
We are strong believer and confident about the utility of information available at http://www.indiatravelfun.com/ alike for the Indian and foreigner travel lovers just because the information is inclusive of 50 + Beaches40 + Churches50 + Monuments and World Heritage Sites25+ Gurudwara [Sikh Temples]50+ Hill Stations50+ Masjids & Dargahs200+ famous temples [Hindu & Jain temples]50+ Wild life destinations125+ Cities Once I had read somewhere “The best tool for sharpening your creativity is be critic of own”. Surely I will like to have a critic look at my own work and share my conclusions with all of you.

Kolhapur Ganesh Festival – A comfortable stay

2008-09-04T22:42:00.000+05:30

Kolhapur Ganesh Festival – A comfortable stay

Human beings are with the tendency of searching the occasions to celebrate and enjoy and Indian land is with ample opportunities for locating such occasion very frequently. On the world tourist map Kolhapur city is famous for the Mahalaxmi Temple, Panhala Fort, Silver Ornaments [Kolhapuri Saaz] and being the sugar belt etc. [visit www.tourism.kolhapurworld.com for details]. During past 20-30 years traditional Kolhapur Ganesha celebrations are also included among the tourist attractions of the city.

This year Kolhapur Ganesha celebrations are falling between 3rd September and 14th September 2008 and all the hotels at city are ready to welcome the guests. Important aspect of tourism is the comfortable stay at the target destination and Kolhapur hotels are not legging behind on this front and are even able to provide facilities and luxurious comforts matching with the five star hotels of metros. Some of the leading Kolhapur hotels are
Hotel Greenland
Hotel Virshali
Hotel Victor Palace
Hotel Pearl
Hotel Shalini Palace
Hotel Rajat

Hotel Greenland can be said the Gem of tourist comfort crown of Kolhapur hotels as when you entered the city from the Ujalewadi airport this if the first hotel on your way to city heart and even if you are traveling to Kolhapur by train or bus, you need not travel more than a kilometer from the railway station and central bus stop to reach this comfortable stay at Kolhapur, beside the other facilities this easy accessibility makes Hotel Greenland first choice of the visitors. Calm surroundings, spacious rooms, affordable tariffs and facilities of Garden seat out and conference are making Hotel Greenland priority choice for the families and corporate houses. Hotel Greenland also moves with time and offers online booking facility for the details of facilities offered and booking visit www.hotelgreenland.in

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Political Bribery in India

2008-07-24T02:29:00.001+05:30

Political Bribery in India

This is often said that even being the second largest human population, India is legging for behind as for as the controls of global markets are concerned, but at least news being telecasted on Indian television channels are proving this wrong because according to these news price of vote of a single M. P. for vote of confidence is something between Rs. 25 carore to 100 Carore. The most interesting thing is, this is happening of a country in which almost one third families are forced to fight their livelihood with daily family income less than Rs. 100 only.

On the 22nd July 2008, a strange happening took place in the parliament during the debate on motion of confidence moved by Prime Minister, due to withdrawal of support by Left parties. All of sudden few B J P , MP’s opened two bags and stated showing the Indian currency, which was allegedly handed over to them for being remain absent at the time of voting on motion of confidence. According to reports published in the news papers of 23rd July, this bribe offering people were in contact of these MP’s since last one week or so and these MP”s have a word about this with their party leader.

This was not the first incident of exposing the unconstitutional relation between money, power and politics because in the past also various television channels have conducted sting operations, in which representatives of channel were offering bribe and politicians accepting it. This time this happen in the parliament house hence not only the 22nd July will be considered as the most black of Indian politics but also the incident become center of focus.

Incidents of these kinds are giving birth to a series of questions because a clean and bribery less social life is the indicative of moral life of the country. A few questions from this series of questions are:

Is the accepting bribe is not a crime? If yes should these MP”s from BJP bee punished for this?
If the bribe offering persons were in the contact of MP’s for a period longer than a week, why the police complain is not lodged against them for this unconstitutional act?
Should the television channels be allowed to do Sting operations without informing or getting permission from constitutional authorities?
Offering a bribe is a crime in our country. Should some person be allowed to commit this crime under the sweet name of sting operation?
Should this recent Indian attitude of committing a crime for exposing the crime be allowed to grow and spread? Will this be beneficial for social and public life of the country?

I am concluding this series of questions with a thought provoking and discussion oriented point. In our country citizens have fundamental right for freedom of expression, why the MP’s and MLA’s are kept deprived of this and are forced to vote according to party whip or otherwise loose their membership to the house? Are the MP’s and MLA’s are elected to represent party in the house or to be present as the citizen representative of the area from where they won the election?

Why to Visit India

2008-07-20T21:24:00.001+05:30

Why to Visit India

People often ask this question just because in the past this happens to be vision of some people to look at India as the backward, facility less and land of religiously divided narrow minded citizens where sufis and sadhus are busy in cheating huge illiterate masses. These people had tried to disperses their this wrong vision about the land of Vedas, Work field of Buddha and Mahatama Gandhi, a country among the top seven countries in terms of land, second in population, highly populated democratic set up of ruling, country with almost 1000 languages and dialects, a true diversity in religious faith with about 80% Hindu population but freedom for Muslim, Shikh, Zoroastrians, Jains, Buddhists and all other small communities, a country from which citizens have highest ratio in the technical staff of companies like Microsoft, Doctors, Engineers and other professional of which country are always in demand in European countries, America and United Kingdom and above all world’s most progress economy of last 2-3 decades.

I am aware of the fact many of you might undergoing the disputed and confused mental status about traveling and tourism in Incredible India, so I am putting another seven important reason for India tourism.

1] Probably India is the only country with a long, over 7000 kilometer long coastline, hence there is beyond imagining attractions for lovers of aqueous. Water streams of north Indian states like Jammu Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttara Pradesh etc. are ideal places for water sports like, for skiing, fishing, yachting, kayaking etc.

2] From Goa to Adman Nicobar Island you will find a great number of beaches. India is the only country where you can plan a beach tour for the duration of your vacation and still either you have to make hurry or leave something unseen for the next vacation.

3] There is Himalayan mountain range as northern boundary of the country; South and east are the land of Indo- Gangetic area, where as in the west one can find desert like Thar, with all these diversified landscape no other country can match with India in greatest opportunities available for the eco tourism.

4] Mountain Railways, included in the list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO is a life time memory and one of major reason for visiting India. There are some luxurious train tours like “Palace on Wheel” where almost all five star tourist hotel facilities can be enjoyed while traveling. One can find these trains in many Indian states like Rajasthan and Maharashtra.

5] With being the land of World Oldest knowledge books “Vedas” and largest university at “Nalanda & Takshshila” country is in abundance with historical monuments. This is ideal place for historical research scholar and citizen having interest in knowing about the historical facts of development of human societies. Tajmahal of Agra included in Seven Wonders of the World is one of the major attractions of India tourism for the world travelers. India is also land of forts and Palaces [many of palaces are turned into tourist stay homes hence this provided a chance of living with kingly status] that creates opportunity in looking back into history.

6] Another tourist attraction for India tourism is religious tourism, Char Dham Yatra, Kailash Mansarovar are the famous pilgrimage traveling. Urse of Khaja Mainuddin Chishti, at Ajmer in Rajasthan attracts Muslim devotees from all parts of globe. Dharamshala in the Himachal Pradesh is major activity center of Dalai Lama, Sanchi is centre of Buddhist religion, Golden Temple Amritsar is the most scared worshiped place of Sikhism, In the states of Kerala and Goa not only higher population of Christians can be observed but also one can find many historic Churches, Cathedrals and monuments related with the history of Christianity. Cave temples of Ajantha, Ellora, Elephanta and Badami are also among the tourist attractions of India.

7] Along with diversity of human culture, customs and traditions, India is richer with the huge number of flora & Fauna, hence is an ideal spot for the nature lovers. There are numerous reserve forests, National Parks and Bird Sanctuaries with tourist stay facilities to welcome one who find it interesting and thrilling to watch the wildlife in natural habitat. Abundance of forests provides scope for herbal treatment of diseases, Kerala beaches are world famous for herbal body massage.

With the high speed roads, mega highways, government help for developing the infra structural tourist facilities, increased internal air travel facilities and economically less expensive India is turning into” treasure trove" in true sense. I am sure for your next vacation; your dream tourist destination will be none else but India, Incredible India, a traveler’s paradise in all means.

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Aashad ekadashi at Pandharpur

2008-07-15T06:39:00.002+05:30

Aashad ekadashi at Pandharpur

India is the country of festivals and religious celebration. On 14th July 2008 a grand celebration was held at Pandharpur - famous religious city of Maharashtra to mark Aashad Ekadashi.

From Maharashtra and all parts of world over 8 Lakh devotee were present to give a shape of human ocean to narrow street of the city and take Darshan of Vithal [Lord Krishna] and Rukama.

Tourism and Rains

2008-07-01T21:58:00.000+05:30

Tourism and Rains

When any body thought of touring India, he/ she often advice to avoid planning the tour in the months from July to September, just because these months are the rainy season in India. This is decades old understanding that during this season Indian situations and infra structural facilities are not adequate to meet with these wet, cold and humid climates. Unfortunately commercial of some well known hotels located at some of famous Indian tourist spots and cities, offering a cut in price of packaged tours, prove helpful for making this myth more and more, stronger.

This was the fact that India have sufficient heavy rains and in the past roads were not equipped with the facility of facing the excess flow of rainy flood water as a result of which, often the roads get blocked for hours and hours, days and days. Surely in those conditions tourist were forced to stay at a particular spot for the duration longer than the planning and have to suffer economically, beside that they might also forced either to cut down some places from their scheduled tour itinerary or to extended their tour period.

Rain water had flown very heavily in these 60 years of independence and country has marched a long on infra structural front also, along with so many modernization steps and technological achievements. Most of the Indian roads barring a few remote and hilly regions are know equipped to face these seasonal flood situations and keep on going with traffic. This makes the above advice a myth in true sense.

Rainy Tourism in India

India being a country, rich with nature, flora and fauna, hence there are abundant opportunities for tourism in this season, as during this time earth goes under lavish green cover, water reservoirs gets filed with water and water falls starts getting over flowed.

India is country of festivals also and many of Hindu festivals like, Nag Panchami, Shrikrishan Janamashtami, Puri Rath Yatra etc. are celebrated during this season, hence this is the most appropriate time to visit and get experience of Indian life with ancient glory and present modernization along with having a look on nature at its best.

One has to plan the tour properly to enjoy fullest without much disturbance from rains. If we look in India rains gets starting with south India and goes on in the north direction, hence one should start the tour in July by visiting Kerala, witnessing mesmerizing water falls, boat race etc. and keep on moving in north to reach Mathura for the Janamashatmi [Birthday celebrations of God Shrikrishna].

India tourism goes to dead end in rainy season is purely a myth and you can prove it so by enjoying the Indian rains.

IPL Semi Final Roads

2008-05-26T21:55:00.001+05:30

IPL Semi Final Roads

Most of the cricketing experts of the country and even the common cricket follower citizens were considering and rating Jaipur’s Rajasthan Royals [JRR] as one of the weakest team of the IPL at the start of the tournament, surely they will say this is the glorious uncertainty of the game that this Halla Bol squad become the first team to qualify for the semis.

There was nothing wrong with consideration as none of the blasting names like Sachin, sourav, shewag, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Sanath, Symonds, Eshant Sharma, Shoaib Akhtar, Bret Lee and so on was associated with JRR, In fact this is the only team which was unable to find a suitable Indian player from the selective chunk to lead the team and was depending on retired Shane Warne for the purpose.

Besides this our Indian attitude of looking at things and happening with specific economic vision was also responsible for this view towards the JRR by the critics and masses. We Indians have a tendency of establishing a relationship between price and quality, more we pay more we become assured of quality and surely the JRR is the team of players with lower remuneration.

I recall early days or rather the days before the actual start of the tournament, when all the eight teams have finalized their player, my son was discussing about the winner of the tournament. He was not just surprised but eventually was shocked to hear name of JRR from me. As like the most of Indians, three best teams for him were the Kolkatta Knight Riders, Delhi Dare Devils and Mumbai Indians. I was supporting the JRR from the day one just because to me T-20 is the place of exhibiting all round skills and Halla bol squad is composed from many players having this ability. Most of the players included in JRR’s Halla Bol squad have to prove worth of their playing skills from this or that point of view and this attitude was going to make them the most competitive and dangerous team of the tournament.

Individual efforts are the key to team success but surely the clubbed one and not the isolated. Look at the highest run scorer of the tournament, Gautam Gambhir, baring the last match, middle order of Delhi team failed on whatever chances they got and as the result Delhi team is left with option of praying God for the semifinal birth. At the time of writing of this, JRR and Kings XI have qualified and three other teams
Delhi with 15 points from all 14 matches
Chennai 14 points from 13 matches and
Mumbai 12 points from the 12 matches are beetling out for the remaining two semis slots. Eventually Delhi team is on the mercy of performance of rest of two teams. Chennai will go under the “Do or Die” status when tomorrow they will took ground against Hyderabad but before they need to keep a hawk-eye on the match of Mumbai with JRR as defeat in that match for Mumbai will not only almost block the entrance of Mumbai in last four but also bring a respire of relief for the Chennai as their win tomorrow will change the point table to
Chennai 16 points from 14 matches
Delhi 15 points from 14 matches
Mumbai 12 points from 14 matches
If the Chennai and Mumbai both loose their, these matches Delhi will qualify as the third semifinalist and forth one will be decided only after the match of Mumbai and Bangalore. Here Mumbai will under tremendous pressure as they will have to play not just for a win but also need to take care of over all run rates.

All these if’s and but’s will be going to get answer in next 72 odd hours but one thing is sure, last league match of the tournament between Kings XI and JRR, is going to prove the real thriller as both the team are already qualified so they will battled out just for the pride. Once again the Kings will be forced to face the music of Halla Bol.

IPL Broken Images of Cricket

2008-05-18T22:20:00.001+05:30

IPL Broken Images of Cricket

The much talked, most awaited and creating records of beyond imagination payments for the cricketers, T-20 championship organized by BCCI, Indian Premier League is reaching to point of completing inaugural session with tremendous media responses.

IPL is unique in many ways this was not only the tournament in which sponsored paid in Lakhs of rupees for every run scored or every ball bowled by the star cricketers. This tournament also provided space for the breaking some of established norms and images of the game and players on and off the field. This was of thought of centuries that cricket is the game of gentleman but can we say the same after the opening biding of cricketers resembling with the slave market of old days?

Cricketing skills were the matter which was meaning most for the game but IPL has changed the vision, now in the cricket it is money that matters most. Look at some of Australian players, for whom India was the country with most discomforts and Indian players were not having value higher than the forest grass, all of them are not only staying for almost two months on this land of most discomforts but also playing in IPL under the leadership of Indian players, who were never looked by them even as human beings, surely the only reason is the monetary benefits. This is the financial influence of IPL which forced PCB to suspend the ban of Rawalpindi express Shoaib Akhtar.

IPL also broke the image of several established cricketing names, Look at the performance of Ricky Pointing, Shahid Afridi, V V S Laxman, Anil Kumbale and even Rahul Dravid.

Before the IPL the whole world was sounding with the voices of favoring younger generation for this shorter version of the game. Experience and cricketing skills started to be being under shadowed by the physical fitness; surely IPL has succeeded in broking this age myth. Look the best performers of tournament, majority of them are over thirty, till date highest wicket taker Shane Warne is no more representing his country, second fastest century scorer Santh Jayasuriya is of 39 years of age even the fastest century is scored by recently retired Adam Gilchrist. Though Delhi boys are calling “Uncle” to speedster Glem Mac Grath but surely the players who faced him in IPL have a kind of fear in their mind along with respect for this ace bowler. Diving catches of Sourav Ganguli, running back catches by Romesh Pawar and even the reflex ion return catch taken by Shane Warne surely are the practical lessons for youngsters about the fielding excellence.

IPL has also broken the myth of cricketing stars, over the years the game was revolving around the star performers. It was even beyond imagination the current status of Decan Recharges and Rajasthan Royals. At the start of tournament Hyderabad was among the favorites of winners of the tournament and Jaipur was among the weakest teams of tournament. Surely the presence of not so many star cricketers was the reason for considering Jaipur for this status. This surely the planned game of Halla Bol squad which proved once again that cricket is a team game and mutual efforts are more valuable than the star performers. Frankly speaking I am not discarding the star performers, they have their own values, they can win some matches for the team but for a constant good performance by the team they have to perform in tandem. Performance of Knight Riders is lowered after the home return of Maculum but even after the successive failure of middle order Delhi is performing satisfactory with support of their star materials Gautam Gambhir, Shewag and Shikhar Dhawan.

When the concept of T-20 was introduced it was thought that this format of game will prove helpful for increasing the dominance of batsmen and bowlers will be at the suffering end. IPL also proved this though a myth with the performance of Sohail Tanvir, Laxmipati Balaji, Amit Mishra and even the old wine Shane Warne. Till date most of teams have played 9 – 10 matches out of maximum 14 league matches and highest aggregated individual runs scored are just over 300 runs which mean just over 30 runs per match, where as the highest wicket tally is 14 which means 1.4 wickets per match. Here we have to keep this in mind that in every match batsman have chance to bat for all the twenty overs but bowler is restricted to bowl just four overs in a match.

I am concluding this in a very pleasant mood as my favorite IPL team Rajasthan Royals yesterday made almost certain a semi final birth for them by forcing Royal Challengers to bow down before the Hall Bol attitude. Team of the famous wall never looked in position of sustaining or overcoming the Hall Bol cricket played by this desert cricket team leading the point table. I feel sorry for the Delhi team as rain has taken a certain looking win from their hands with yet another defeat at the hands Kings XI.

Killer Last Over

2008-05-09T20:58:00.000+05:30

Killer Last Over

This title “Killer Last Over” strikes my mind while watching the IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings. This was an important game for both the teams as both have lost their last match, In fact Super Kings were the suffering end in their last two encounters. Neither of them was in mood and in situation to face yet another defeat and looked much desperate to record a win. Especially for Dhoni’s super Kings this was a do or dies game after two successive and humiliating defeats at hands of Rajasthan Royals and Decan recharges.

As usual coin favored lucky fellow Dhoni and he invited home team to exhibit their batting skills, might the last two batting collapse of the team forced Dhoni for this decision otherwise this is almost a set trend of Dhoni to bat first after winning the toss. Delhi openers Shewag and Gambhir were in mood of giving yet another demonstration for their firing start and Delhi went on to score 46 runs with both the openers at the central 22 yards long strip, but before the Dhoni feel guilty of committing a mistake, stamps at the batting crease uprooted twice for the home team.

Fielding side was assuming a relief breeze after these two dismissals but Gambhir and Dhawan made sure non existence of it, as this pair went on to register the highest partnership of the tournament. Delhi went on to finish the allotted 20 overs with formidable total of 187 runs.

Till the end of 19th over of batting of Super King all was demonstrating daring and devilish powers of Delhi as the opponent need to score 15 runs from the last 6 ball of their inning. M.S. Goni went on to stroke the first ball of the over for the maximum and this over proved the Killer one for the Devils as with the last ball Kings made sure the killing of the devils. This was not the first instance as previously one such over, when Rajasthan Royals utilized last six balls to score the required 19 runs for victory and discharge the powers of one of the stronger contestant team of the title. While writing this match of Kolkatta Knight Riders and Royal Challengers went under the same phase of Killer over as Royals challenger were need of scoring 19 runs from last over for a victory. Mark Butcher started the over with hitting Sharma’s first ball across the boundary on ground levels, but this time Eshant was with very rigid frame of mind not to follow Australian Symonds at least for this and made sure a 5 run victory for the Riders.

IPL images & reflections

2008-05-07T07:06:00.001+05:30

IPL images & reflections

Cricketing world is under the phase of being redefined under the influence of IPL a T20 cricket tournament, a BCCI organized sponsored competition. Primary image of Indian Premier League [IPL] is a tournament organized to face the challenges created by Indian Cricket League [ICL] organized by a private body of former cricket players lead by Great Kapil Dev Nikhaj, ever first genuine all rounder and most inspiring captain of India and sponsored by Essel group. IPL is also looked as the efforts of BCCI for keeping the undisputed and undivided rights of conducting the game of cricket on Indian land.

Look at the dominance and inflow of money with the IPL. Sponsored have paid approx. Rs. 43 Lakhs for the solitary run scored by star Indian wicket Keeper Mahindera Singh Dhoni in the match against the Rajasthan Royals. Delhi’s speedster Eshant Sharma, playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, is bowling in the tournament at the unbelievable rate of over Rs. 1.3 lakhs per ball. A few Australian players, like Bret Lee, Pointing, Symonds etc. who played in 3-4 matches of IPL and returned back to join their National team for touring to West Indies, have landed on the kangaroo land with money purses heavier even then that of an Australian player might have only after playing for two years for the national team.

Dominance of IPL, which in fun often called as Indian Paisa [Money] League on Indian land, is very much clear from the Shoaib Akhtar episode. This speedster from Pakistan was banned for five years by PCB for misbehavior on and off the field. This fast bowler was supposed neither to represent country nor to play any kind of cricket in the Pakistan, however PCB has allowed him to play cricket in other parts of the globe without representing Pakistan. IPL rules are very clear about the playing of banned players so even being very much eager Kolkatta Knight Riders have denied the participation of this speedster. This is the true reflection for the influence IPL have on the world cricket that PCB has forced to adjourn the ban till 3rd June 2008 so Shoaib can play in IPL. [Earnings of shoaib from IPL is much higher than what many players might earn by playing five years for the national team of Pakistan]. Just consider on one side PCB chief initiating a judicial suit against this fast bowler and on the other side same PCB is making sure for a crystal clear way of participation in IPL by this star speedster.

Another reflective image of IPL lies with creation of new line of difference among the players [though this was in existence with English County Cricket but was not so deeper]. Prior to IPL, players were getting unanimous remuneration for their participation in same tournament representing same team. These unanimous and equal rates of payments are now deposited with history. Look at earning of some of young star performers of IPL like, Virat Kohali, Yusuf Pathan, Sohil Tanvir etc. they are going to earn for playing in whole tournament much lesser than what some of their other team mates might be earning for playing in single match of same tournament and representing same team. Surely this earning difference is working with the psychic of players, deeper this valley of difference of remuneration, more the ups and down in the performance of the team.

Look at team performance of Rajasthan Royals, at the start of tournament team was with the lowest ranking for winning the tournament and today when we are at almost halfway of tournament, this, Halla Bol squad of Rajasthan Royals are leading the point table, just because with this team the money difference valley is narrowest in comparison on other teams.

Last but not the least image of IPL, this tournament has not left anything unturned for making this gentleman game, a racecourse. Starting from the franchise of team to picking the players for the team, nothing was hidden, each and every thing was available for biding and all this was giving the look of crucial olden days of Slave market.

Positive and shining reflection of IPL lies with the performance by the Indian players which is on the way of proving that this is the tournament of dominance by Indians in the cricketing world. Highest Individual inning record is not with an Indian but a musical chair race is on between Rohit sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Shewag for being the highest run scorer of the tournament at present the “Orange cap” is changing hands in succession with them.

Pakitani speedster Sohil Tanvir exposed the magical rabbit under hat by taking record 6 wickets for just 14 runs while playing against the Super Kings but still Indian Irfan Pathan playing for Kings Eleven is the highest wicket taker of the tournament till date. All rounder Yusuf Pathan is miles and miles ahead of well known names from other countries and playing in IPL.

Coming to captaincy, the only foreign captain Shane Warne playing for Rajasthan Royals is on success run and creating new definitions for leading a cricket team but still with the daring decisions MS Dhoni and innovating inspiring game plans Shewag and Yuvraj are the front runners. It will be a genuine treat for cricket lovers from all part of world to be witness for the captaincy tactics, after a long time, of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as and when he comes out from injury and start leading Mumbai Indians.

Historic Indus valley land: Sindh Part II

2008-05-06T21:30:00.001+05:30

Historic Indus valley land: Sindh Part II
Before I start here, I feel this is my most obligatory duty to pay homage to ever inspiring memories of my parents Dadanbai & Dr. Premchand Manghirmalani, as whatever you are going to read are the memories of both of them, which I am trying to present with addition of some of recent facts.
Historic rulers & Political Status
On the political fronts life of land of Sind was started with the Vedic life style. Brahmanism and Buddhism also found this land for flourishing. Raja Dahar was the last Hindu King of Sind. This land in the Indus valley also witness ruling by the Somara Dynasty, almost for 200 years, Samma rulers for almost 100 years. Though Humayun visited Sind during the reign of Samma rulers but Mugul rule started only with the Emperor Akbar and lasted till the time of Nadir shah and before the British rule Sind was under the governing of Talpur Mirs. After the Independence in 1947 Sind become part of newly formed country Pakistan and presently is the second largest provision with Karachi being the capital city. It is a historic fact that Islam was propagated on the land of Sind under the influence of powers of sword [for details visit “Sindhi Deity Jhulelal” in the Sindhyat section of www.thesindhuworld.com] and Hindus were saved by Lord Jhulelal. If we go back to Vedic era, the north region of India, Pakistan and east Afghanistan were referred as the Sapta Sindhu in the Rig-Veda. For the travelers from Arab and Persia this sub continent was composed of two countries Hind [entire ancient India] and Sind [part of present Pakistan] in fact the names Hind and Hindu have origin with Sind and Sindhu.
Till the time of King Jayadarth [Mahabharat era] inhabiting population of Sind being called as Sindhi, was mainly of the follower of Vedic [Hindu] religious life style. As the land went under rule of various dynasties with different religious faiths hence the indigenous population was affected from the disciples of that religious faith. There was an infiltration of migrated population of Rajputs [Yadav & Parwar], Jatts, Baluchi, Arabs, Persians, Turk & Mugals and most of them got accustomed with social life of Sindhi, this might be the reason for the recognition of Shah Abdul Latif as one of greatest sindhi poet. It was time of rule by Mohamad Bin Qasim and period after that Islam also become a dominating factor in the religious world of Sind and as a fact in the present times in the Pakistan there is population of Sindhi Muslims also along with Sindhi Hindus, where as in rest of entire world most of the Sindhi population is of Sindhi Hindus. During the times of Sikh Guru, Dhan Sri Guru Nanak Dev sahib Sindhis were highly influenced with the religious thinking and ideology of Guru Sahib, might the resemblance with Hindu life style was the reason for that because it is a historic fact that in those times Islam was under propagation in Sind under the shadows of sword. The natural result is that though present Sindhi are looking at Lal Sain Uderolal [Jhulelal] as their deity but still recitation of Gurbani is the part of daily life for many Sindhi families and Guru Nanak Jayanti is among the most celebrated religious Sindhi festivals. After the partition in the year 1947 Sindhis along with Punjabis have been forced to migrate to India as situations at that time were not suggesting for being favorable for a future religious freedom in that part globe, though a considerable population of Sindhis was forced to stay there only due to the fact that historically sindhi cultural have roots with the river Sindhu. Barring a selective chunk who is still Hindu, majority of this Sindhi population has adopted Islam. In the religious world of migrated Sindhi, settled in India and other parts of the globe some Hindu based religious panths like Prem Prakash Mandal, Sant Mirankari Mission, Radhaswami started to be religious faith for considerable Sindhi population [For details visit Religious faiths at www.thesindhuworld.com ] .
Sindhi Language
Sindhi language is one among the Indo-European language which has a close resemblance with Arabi in script of writing [with 52 alphabets, written from right to left] and Sanskrit, Urdu and Hindi in spoken styles. After the independence from the British rule, especially in India there is a dispute over the script of Sindhi language as the interim at present for Sindhi language Arabic and Devnagiri scripts are used. Sindhi speaking population can be observed through out the world though the majority of population is with Sind [Pakistan], Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and the Union Territory of Delhi [India], Hong Kong, Japan, the Gulf countries [Asia region] beside that various cities in America, Australia, UK and South Africa also have considerable population of Sindhi speakers. Common spoken Sindhi is “Vicholi” dialect; other five dominating dialects of spoken Sindhi language are Siraiki, Lari, Lasi, Thari or Thareli and Kachhi. Leave apart the religious faith but this is fact that including the Sindhi Muslims almost 80% of population is Sind is of Sindhi speakers and this is an interesting fact that after independence till 1972 official language of Sind was not the Sindhi but Urdu which was spoken by population less than 10% of total population. Sindhis of Sind Pakistan, who at the time of independence opted for joining Pakistan, are feeling cheated and most worried by the dominating status and preference given to immigrant Urdu speaking Muslims being called as Muhajir and probably these are reasons for the movements like “Jiye Sind”. According to reports of World Sindhi Congress, Sindhi students are finding hard to get admission in Karachi University, which was among the major Sindhi educational institutions in the pre independence era.

Historic Indus valley land: Sind

2008-05-04T21:53:00.002+05:30

Historic Indus valley land: Sind
Before I start here, I feel this is my most obligatory duty to pay homage to ever inspiring memories of my parents Dadanbai & Dr. Premchand Manghirmalani, as whatever you are going to read are the memories of both of them, which I am trying to present with addition of some of recent facts.
Geography and Statics
This was the Indus River commonly known as the river Sindhu [in the Sanskrit language Sindhu Means Ocean] which works for the fertility of this land and well being of native on its banks. In fact the this land derives name Sind from the river Sindhu, the name mentioned in world’s oldest knowledge books Vedas, more times even the holly river Ganga. Area wise Sind is larger than England in the lower Indus basin with Arabian sea Indian ocean in south, Plains of Punjab in north, desert extended to merge with Thar desert of Rajasthan in east and Khirtar mountain range in the west. The human population was in the proximity of 5 millions [at present about 50 millions].
The river Sindhu covers a length of almost 3000 kilometers and all most one third of it is in the Sind. This was common saying that this land is Gift of river Sindhu to human beings another such gift of nature is the Egypt of river Nile. Less rains and hot climatic conditions, average temperature above 30 degree Celsius with world’s hottest city Jacobabad being part of Sind, river Sindhu was working as the life line for the citizen. Among the major cities Dadu, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Larkana, Nawabshah, Tando Adam, shikarpur etc. of the sind, Hyderabad was the city with a some what pleasant climate and cool breezes while the Jacobabad and Sevahan were the among the hottest places of the region. [According to records of meteorological reports in the year 1919 mercury went to touch 52 degree Celsius at Jacobabad].
Economy
Sind was an agro based economy. The main crops were the Rice, wheat, cotton and sugar cane but rice was cultivated in abundance and Larkana was famous for its very fine quality rice crops though Dadu and Thata were not legging for behind in the cultivation of rice crops. Cotton was the main crop of Hyderabad and Nawabshah, and production of cotton has included sind on the world map of textile industry. Sugar can was cultivated in the southern parts. Sind was also producing good quality fruits like the Mango and Banana. Rice Mill was the main industry in the Larkana and Dadu districts.
Beside the agricultural and textile people of Sind were also earning very handsomely from their skills of pottery, leather work and art of weaving of carpets. Specific and very unique way of polishing the ornaments also brought considerable praise for the natives of Sind besides adding to their physical wealth. Mahoan-jo-daro have very distinctive illustration that native of Sind were well versed with these artistic works since the ancient times at least in the pottery.
[ Still to come Part II]

India Tourism: The Sindhu world Renovated

2008-05-04T00:25:00.000+05:30

India Tourism: The Sindhu world Renovated

Friends sorry for my long absent but since last one month or so I was over busy with renovation and up gradation of www.thesindhuworld.com the virtual home of world wide scattered Sindhi Community and as the natural result my blogging was at the suffering end. Now the renovated and upgraded version of the site is functional from 27th April 2008 and that busy schedules are over baring SEO work of few pages, so I am back and promise for regular blog posts.

In this renovated and upgraded version of www.thesindhuworld.com we had tried for increasing the utility of the portal even for Non Sindhis by adding a separate section on the tourism of India.

India with rich flora and fauna, cultural and social heritage, religious diversity and long illustrated costal area is the land with tremendous scope for tourism to meet with all moods, tastes, and interest of human world. In this section we had tried to cover almost all aspects related with a holiday in India, because India is the only country where theme tourism is practically possible. Here in India only it is possible to go on Pilgrimage tour, Beach tour, heritage Tour, Mountain Tour and Wild life tour. In the section “India Tourism” you will find information about
* 100 odd Indian cities
* About 60 Hills Stations
* More than 50 Wildlife Sanctuaries / National Parks / Tiger Reserves
* 60 odd Forts, Monuments and World Heritage Sites in the country
* Location of almost 400 Temples, Gurudwara, Churches & Masjid [Mosques]
* More than 60 most famous Beaches with a brief description of each.

You can assess this information from the home page of the site or can directly go with link www.thesindhuworld.com/india

Do visit site as and when with time and keep us updated with your views about the site.

Crazy Four

2008-04-07T07:26:00.000+05:30

Crazy Four

No dear, still the movie is not released and still the piracy is not reached to such extent which I heard during one of movie award ceremony anchor was saying on his cell phone that still she has not performed, so how you are commenting on her performance, the person other end replied, you don’t our piracy powers we can make piracy even before the performance. This was an imagination and fortunately in our country situations are not such, so don’t worry you are not going to read yet another movie review.

There is no shortage of crazy people at the blogosphere and they never miss any chance of exhibiting their craziness even if they have to cross the civilization line at some occasions. April 1st, is the day of these crazy people and every year on this day craziness go to touch new heights. Though I never preferred to be counted among these crazy people but how can I deny that laughter is the shining, inspiring and positive side of my life, any way here are the four crazy events which missed to hit the news headlines yesterday. Here are these crazy four:

1. All political parties of the country are showing concern over the price hike of commodities and every one is with own reasons but the most interesting reason is of Shri Lalu Prasad according to him writing off the loans has made the farmers lazy, they stopped working for crop yielding and this shortage is being reflected as the price hike.
2. Lalit Modi sems to be in trouble with IPL as many senior players from all countries have refused to honor their contracts with IPL. Players are protesting Dhoni’s recent statement for the senior players and not agree to play with or against the Dhoni. Reacting over this BCCI spoke person said BCCI is not against the senior player, Board not only agreed to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of World Cup win but also felicitate every team member with Rs. 5 carore to each. He asked senior players to rethink in these changed situations and in the light of these new developments.
3. ibibo has announced a monthly prize of Rs. 1 Lakh for the user who asks most number of useless and silly questions. For example: Name Five bloggers who are HOF members? Or Recently I visited Gangtok, capital of Sikkim, can any one tell me is Sikkim a part of India?
4. The last news is from the glamorous world of movies according to Babita mother of Karina, Shahid and Karina will marry in 2020 as recently both have signed 12 movies in which couple will play the lead role and shooting of these will go on till the end of 2019.

Just I was to finish these crazy news, one of our special correspondence step in with the breaking news government is legalizing cricket batting, very shortly details will be announced remember we are the only one for brining the exclusive breaking news for you. HAVE A FUN OF APRIL FOOL.

Formal Chat

2008-03-29T00:44:00.000+05:30

Formal Chat

It was to almost 11 pm and at my home all was set for going to bed, she was about to switch off the light when my cell started to sing “Azi ruthkar kar Kanha Jayaega, Jahana Jayaega Hume Payaega.” I was surprised, why Kishori is calling me at this time but the answer was only best known to him so I decided to pick the call not because I was much eager to know the reason but as I know the fact on the basis of my past experience if I don’t pick, Kishori will keep on disturbing at least for next 2 hours with numerous old songs and unfortunately today I was not in position of switching of my mobile as one of our relative was coming from Pune and was reaching Kolhapur late in night. For my new blog readers Kishori Lalsingh Pahalwan is a traditional wrestler who turned into politicians. Any way I picked the call and this was Kishori at other end.

My regular blog readers will surely recall my last meeting with Kishori Lalsingh Pahalwan for knowing his reactions for the recommendations of sixth pay commission. Before he complains about not meeting with him since last seven days, I promise him to be there in at his palace like house in the morning to give him company on his routine morning walk but before my wife put off the lights my mobile once started singing “Aayega Ayega Aayega Aanewala Aayega”, You correctly judged this was again Kishori for being sure about my company on morning walk on next morning.

Next Morning I was there but as this was raining so for a while we sit in open shed and with the sips of hot tea Kishori started the discussion. Netaji seemed bubbling with vocabulary as he started on the cricket a topic of my choice; apparently he looked worried over the recent development of Indian cricket team on the issue of senior and junior players. He was also not happy with BCCI, for not helping out to Sunil Gavaskar for the fight against the ICC, this supreme authority looked determine to force Gavaskar to leave the President ship of the committee on the issue of his criticize of match referee Mr. Proctor, on the issue of Sydney test between India and Australia.

We were on the walk on specially constructed covered footboard with the boundary walls of the house and hot tea was not proving sufficient to melt the ice of silence which started to get deeper and deeper between both of us. “S. P. Sir, how are your relation with Mr. Chandra?”

I was surprised at this sudden question but our previously on going discussion and my common sense spontaneously suggested me that Netaji might be talking about Shri. Subash Chandera, the chairman of Zee Television Network, so I replied “NO, Kishori Ji I never met with him, but what happen?”

“Nothing abnormal but there were reports that when you were in Delhi for the five day shooting schedule of “Public Ka Vittmantri” at Zee studios, he was also there so I thought you both might have developed a good understand for each other in these five days.”

I was wondering over the imaginary powers of Naetaji, what a thought as I and Subash chandera both were in the capital city of the country and not only both we meet but find time sufficient to develop understanding for each other, but my thought process was interrupted with the voice of Netaji.

“Look how he is working, he has engaged Mithun dada for giving fight to SRK in Kolkatta, I am wondering for his wisdom how he forget that original Dada [Sourav] is with us. I was thinking of conveying a message to him, as the Maharashtrian king of farmers is controlling the activities of the cricket in the country and presently he is not opposing the high command but in fact proving a great help for us at center in keeping the left parties under control, so activities of this type by him might provoke anger of high command and if it happen it will be much troublesome for his business enterprises.”

There was nothing to reply but the eager and concentrated eyes of Netaji were prompting me for being vocal but before this influencing atmosphere results in an action from my vocal chord, Neatji’s Cell started to sing “Aaya aaya Tufan, Bahaga Bhaga shaitan”. I don’t know who was at the other end but this call has disturbed kishori such that he dropped his routine walk and we started to return back. I asked permission to go back to my home; Netaji was still in some what worried mood and told me.

“Sir ji, keep in touch and keep on visiting at regular intervals and yes do think of my today’s question about cricket and do come with some positive thoughts for our next meeting”.

I left Netaji with his cell phone which by this time have started to sing “Jina Yahan Marana Yahan Iske Siyai Jana Kanhan”.

She in sixth pay commission

2008-03-27T00:51:00.002+05:30

She in sixth pay commission
Salary is the most important matter, that means most for the employees, hence first day of month – salary day – holds greater value than any thing else in the life of salaried class. Even the imaginary world of silver screen is under the magical effect of this world “Salary” and hence since the year movie heroin says like this to hero and who sings:
“Bibi Boli Ghar Zara Jaldi Se Aana, Sham Ko Piyaji Humko Cinema Dikhana,Karo Na Bahana, Aaj Pahali tarikh Hai.” [Wife says, Come a bit earlier in the evening and take me for the movie, Oh! Dear don’t give any excuse after all today is the first day of month]
Things have changed a lot since the shooting and presentation of this song on the silver screen and Indian women had progress to status at which instead of waiting for the salary day of husband she is working to get salary for the self.
Recently the sixth pay commission submitted recommendations with almost 40% salary hike. I thought of knowing the reaction of people over these recommendations specially those which have a relation with women employees. Like increase in leave period and hike of education allowances for two kids etc. the first person which visualized in my mind was Mr. Kishori Lal Singh Pahalwan, a wrestler by family tradition who turns into politician and presently working for the social welfare of women. This is another thing that three on going court cases of crucial and abuse behavior with women [two by his divorced wives and third one by present wife] hardly keep him free, but being very influenced person he is treated as the most active politicians of the area.
I reached to his place looking house at the out shores of city early in the morning because this is the only time when he can be in normal mood. Kishori was preparing to have a routine walk and ask me to company him for the purpose of saving time. Since the Netaji is a wrestler by family tradition hence he never forget to have a morning walk for at least 4-5 Km, due to this habit he never go away from the city and his house other wise he is with all the political qualities of a national leader. Since he become active in the politics it become hard for him to keep the routine of morning walk as if he goes out complaining common people force him to interrupt his walk. He talked with high command on this matter and state government asked the city authorities to allot him the land kept reserved since several years for constructing stadium for his residential purpose. In the long green back yard of this residence we were walking.
“Have you heard about the recommendations of sixth pay commission?” my world tried to break silence of last five minutes.
“Yes! Though I have not seen the details but is sure whatever recommendations Justice Shrikrishna have made, all of them were in accordance of will of high command” Kishori replied.
But Sir?
“No No” I was forced to stop by high pinched voice of Netaji. “Don’t use any harsh words, we are leaders of public and if we stop thinking about the welfare of deprived working class people, where these people will go?”
“But sir, I was intended to know your reaction for the recommendations made by sixth………..”
“You critics? I think even God is not able to satisfy you” I was wondering how this word criticism entered into our conversation but It is has nothing to do with Netaji. He kept on saying
“Look since the centuries Indian women are in the phase of secondary social status. What is harm if we are trying to give her 50% reservation in the politics after all they constituents almost half of the country population”.
Netaji was in the full swing of bombarding me with words and I prefer to play the role of silent listener.
“High command is much concerned over the recent social trend of pre birth killing of girl child and probably this the reason for withholding women reservation bill, other wise this might have been presented in the parliament many years ago” Netaji stopped for a while.
“But sir, I was trying to know about the sixth pay commission “I tried once again to get reaction.
“We know that, but did you know how hard is for the Indian women to work in the office after looking at domestic house hold works?” I was forced to move my head in negative style.
“If we are giving a little bit relaxation to her while she works in the office, what is wrong in it? I say nothing is wrong; after all we are working to provide her a little bit relief for the sufferings of centuries.“ Netaji stopped to have a deep breath in the pleasant morning air and I thought, this is the most appropriate time to get back to home for my routine work of blogging.
I failed to get reaction of Kishori Lalsingh Pahalwan but I request you all not to behave like the Netaji and express your reactions for my, this blog at the space provided below for the comments.

Cricketing controversy

2008-03-22T02:40:00.000+05:30

Cricketing controversy

It is often said success always try to run into your head and at least at present most of the Indian cricket lovers and former players are of the opinion that success is running into the head of Indian captain M S Dhoni especially after his statement about the inclusion of the senior players into the plating squad for the ODI.

Why there is so much unrest and anguish for the Dhoni? If we look at the history of the game, this is always the captain of the team who is blamed most for the defeat of the team and has to face the criticism, even at some times is forced to leave the captaincy of the team. It is still alive in the memories that not only S. Shrikant [after the defeat in Pakistan] but many more Indian captains have gone under the same situation. In these conditions if a captain is expressing his preferences and priorities about the team composition and asking for selecting team of his choice than what is wrong in it?

We are living in the age of professionalism and killer instant has become the most important aspect of the game for the winning. Every captain is supposed to come out with a definite game plan for the victory. Cricket being the team game one has to depend a lot on the performance of other players of the team as for as winning is concerned. In these conditions it is natural right of the captains to have the players in the team who can be the most suitable for implementing his game plan for the victory.

If we look at Dhoni’s statement in this context nothing will appear abnormal and he can be appreciated for having a clear attitude but one thing which might Dhoni forget and which is causing the evolution of this storm is that we are Indians and we have a great respect, higher than human from any other part of the world, for our elders and heroes. When we talk of senior players like Sachin, Dravid, Sourav Ganguli or Even Laxman all of them have a proven record of serving the game and playing for the pride of nation. There abilities and commitment towards the game is beyond doubts and have given their best years of life for the success of Indian cricket team more ever still their game skills and playing abilities specially of sachin Ganguli are adequate to meet with the modern demands of the game even in the ODI format of the game. Secondly still in our country, sending the old aged parents to old age homes is treated as the mark of failure in fulfilling the responsibilities.

Players like the Sachin and Sourav have done a lot for the game and still they are performing well hence as the mark of respect we must leave it with them when they decided to call it a day for themselves. Here, I would like to quote Ishant sharma, when after returning from successful tour of Australia, he was asked about the experiences there, his reply was the that the most moral boosting thing of the tour was the sharing the thoughts and game plan with the players like Sachin, who had spend years on the cricket grounds almost equal of his age. Surely the physical abilities of human beings are always show a decline with growing age but that doest prove sufficient to mark end for the utility of the person concerned. The age factor has started to work against the fielding capacities of these senior players but still their talent, commitment and experience are compensating their this shortcoming and more importantly they are working for guiding the younger players and helping to build the future team by their presence in the team.

Can Dhoni even dare for dreaming of defeating Australia in Australia if he can keep performance of senior players like Sachin apart? The killing instant and aggression which is shown by the Indian team in the recent one year or so is an overnight developed attitude? Surely not, the present killing instant, zeal of winning and will of raising the performance under the pressures are the result of hard work and dedication of the players like Sachin Sourav and Dravid for over the years, considering all this we cay surely Dhoni has done a thing which doesn’t stands with the moral behavior of Indians.

If we go with the verbal meaning of statement given by Dhoni, This is objectionable at least the timing and way is surely but if we look at this as the attitude it will look a very great vision. Any way it will be more interesting to see reaction of Dhoni for such statement in coming few years. After all players like Sourav Ganguli, the most successful and inspiring captain has been force to leave the space vacant for captaincy by other and same will happen with Dhoni in few years from now. Most probably Dhoni missed that, surely it is the youth who can build the future building but this is to be build on the foundation stone provided by the elderly persons.

Twist of Selecting Indian Cricketers

2008-03-16T21:13:00.000+05:30

Twist of Selecting Indian Cricketers

The mighty Australians are still not able to digest the ODI home series defeat at the hands of young Indian team and Indians are willing to keep continue to be in celebration mood for the this victory and winning of under 19 world cup cricket on the same day. As the world witness many sunrises since these two happenings hence the things started to settle down in to history book.

It is often said that every sunrise is bound to bring new hopes and new challenge together. Sunrise of this March 17th is going to bring a genuine challenge for the selectors of Indian cricket team as they have to pick the team for the home test match series against the newly ICC ranked No. 1 team of South Aferica. The twist of selection lies in the untold war of seniors and youngsters and gets more twisted turn with the report of physical trainer about the fitness problem of many players. It is fact that in the recent almost one year dominance of youth has been increased in the Indian team but no one will dare to deny the role played by the seniors in the recent victories of the team.

Forget about the selection committee because they know their job better and Indians are become habituate to bear the shock of one / two unexpected inclusion / exclusion in every selected team. Here we will try to find out the ideal composition of the cricket team.

The ideal composition of team is the five batsmen one wicket keeper batsman and five specialist bowlers with at least one batting all-rounder. Considering the Indian strength over the years with the aspect of batting and spin bowling and recent development of speedsters the ideal composition of team will be six batsman, one wicket keeper and four bowlers.

India is emerging as the new champion in the world cricket not of recent wins like the Twenty-20 World cup, beating Australia in Australia and winning the under-19 world but because of the strong bench strength on which Indians seems to be marching ahead of rest of the world.

Though it is said openers are the problems for the Indian team but look at options available for the selection committee
1. Gautam Gambhir
2. Wasim Jaffer
3. Aakash Chopara
4. Virendra Shewag

When we turn to middle order the option range become much more, wider with
1. Rahul Dravid
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Sourav Ganguli
4. V V S Laxman
5. Yuvraj Singh
6. Suresh Raina
7. Robin Uthappa
8. Mohd. Kaif
In the bowling department options available for the selection include the names [Zahir Khan being not fit is excluded from the list]
1. Anil Kumbale
2. Harbhajan Singh
3. Piyush Chawala
4. R. P Singh
5. S. Shreesanth
6. Ishant Sharma
7. Praveen Kumar
8. Murali Kartik
Indian players are facing the pressures of long schedules ahead of them at least till the end of this years they have to play back to back matches and series and surely it will be a true test for them to play the IPCL in famous Indian hot summer of months of April and May though the matches will be played late in the evening and will completed in just three hours but being of twenty 20 format, these three hours will be sufficient to absorb much of water from the fitness ocean of the players. Keeping all this I will pick the following 15 players [in order of batting]

1. Virendra Shewag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Saurav Ganguli
6. V V S Laxman
7. M S Dhoni
8. Irfan Pathan
9. Anil Kumbale
10. R. P Singh
11. Pravin Kumar
12. Ishant Sharma
13. Yuvraj Singh
14. Robin Uthappa
15. Piyush Chawala

I had preferred to rest Harbhjan just because of long schedule ahead and give yet another go for the young Piyush chawala to prove his worth. Having just one spinner in the playing eleven might also invite criticism from the giants of the game but considering the ability of rolling the arm over of Sachin and Shewag I can justify my selection however picking the playing eleven will be the right of team management who will be in better position to have measures of ground realities on those particular days of match. There is dispute over the fitness of Yuvraj and if he is rule out this ground I will prefer to include Suresh Raina, even S Badrinath who is not included in the options any where might get consideration here.

We the Indians

2008-03-15T04:15:00.000+05:30

We the Indians

It is said that we are living in the democratic set up with all the freedom of expressing self and raising a voice to protest if any injustice at any walk of life. Have you ever though about these expressions and protesting voices? How much these are real and our own one?

At different walk of life we come across with the bios behavior of livings from the human world. The most recent one which may be quoted as the illustration is one that of Mr. Proctor, ICC match referee, at Sydney cricket test match between India and Australia. Australians had put allegation of racial comments against the Indian off spinner Harbhajan and even in the lack of decisive evidences match referee went on to punish Indian players, in the vision of Indian media this was the classic example of bios behavior, thanks that ICC appeal commissioner disagreed with the views of match referee and the probable division of cricketing world has been avoided. Don’t you think there is a little bit truth in the views of Australian media that decision of ICC appeal commissioner is influenced by the monetary powers held by BCCI in the cricketing world?

Look at Indians how easy to influence our thought process just because we are living with national quality of very short memory with an attitude of compromising with the situations with almost nil opposition. It is not the recent development that, though it appears like that, politicians always find ample space to get our emotions going on fire even for the issues which can be ignored continently for the sack of safe guarding of our social life. Look how the numerous televisions channels in the country are exploiting us for their huge economic gains. These channels are prompting us for being active on the issues nothing to do with our day to day life, neither day have an impact on our personal or social life. The most recent one is number game dispute among the Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan [the two actors from bollywood]. Does this number game war is going to affect life of common Indian in aspect? Surely the answer will be negative one but still these channels are projecting it as the most important happening of Indian social life and prompting people to express one’s views over the issue by SMS, so it can add enormously to the earnings of channels.

British rulers were aware of this attitude of Indians; hence they start working on it for influencing Indian thoughts for safe guarding of their rule over the country. They had opted education system for the purpose because any other method is capable of influencing one generation for a shorter period where as the affects produced through the education system not only goes for a considerable larger / huge period of time but also go on affecting generations and generations. Unfortunately after the independence no serious vision has been developed towards the educational system and almost the same system kept in continuation, look at the results, present Indian youth is considering self as the improvised version of human beings over own parents. The worst and dangerous scenario is that youth as started to treat the older generations as primitive one, unable to cope with changing times and subsequently making self deprived of rich life experiences of parents and grand parents. All this is prompting youth to fall pray of confusing thoughts and conflict over the choice of life style and thus get own life encircled with numerous avoidable pressures and stresses.

Look the effect of these influenced thoughts process; it keeps us so busy that we are unable to concentrate on the important issues of the life. How and to what a great extant we are fearful about the AIDS that we are not able to even think of non moral behavior of younger generations, being created as the result of their early exposure to condoms and other contraceptives, which are hugely advertised as the mean for the safer sex to safe guard one from this deadly disease AIDS. Is the AIDS more deadly in compare of the development of social attitude of youth by these aggressive advertisements? In fact it has increased the sexuality in our social life to such a great extant that in a country where women was worshiped as the Goddess in the past, presently is unable to find a safer place for calm and fearless existence.

I believe my this writing will sufficiently influence your thoughts and surely will prompt you for giving a second thought to things before acting and expressing reactions over a social happening.

Depression & Tears

2008-03-12T23:10:00.000+05:30

Depression & Tears

It is often said that crying and giving way to tears is the sign of coward ness, but have you ever thought these tears, the droplets of salted water coming out from your eyes can prove a relief for your nervous break down? Can help you to come out from all your agony and depression and allowing you to enjoy the life at its normalcy and it’s fullest too.

Before I start with, it will more desirable to know and become familiar with the situations providing the space of existence of spontaneous flow coming out from eyes and termed as tears.

Physical troubles are the more or less are the most common situation which often result in out flow of tears, A deep sense of insult also gives birth to tears, immense joys can also brings tears out from the eyes, an achievement beyond imagination can also fill the eyes with tears. It is also said that woman look most beautiful and lovable when her eyes are filled with tears. [Though it is fact that charm of her face is unmatched while having own child in her lap.]

The pressures of modern life style and coping with the new socio-economic environment of human societies are creating numerous occasions for falling pray to depression, a situation which with holds one’s wisdom and almost kidnap your all the creative powers.

It might be the not completing the office work in time or finding sufficient time for the wife/husband, kids and home. Paying the EMI’s and finding adequate funds to meet with regular monthly house hold expenses, worries about the education of children or the behavior of the grown up children, coping with hard and sticky minds of old age parents are the some of the various situations of day to day human life which are always intended to introduce depression in the life of modern human beings and bring them to status of temporary instability related with the mental capacities. The most, worst thing of this is, most of us are not even aware of remedy for getting rid of it.

Here is one simple solution; Movies are the integral part of modern living norms of the most of human societies. When feel depressed, play back a movie which has allowed spontaneous flow of water from your eyes in the past and allow your tears to come out from your eyes.

You might be surprised to see the magical effect of these tears, all your depression will not be there and you will feel living a normal life. Friends next time when you fall pray to this depression instead of going to a psychologist try this and see how your depression is being washed out by your own tears.

Educational Outsourcing

2008-03-06T08:21:00.000+05:30

Educational Outsourcing

Internet is no more a source of immense information and knowledge, in fact for the Indian students, house wives and retired persons it is emerging as the source of employment opportunities as in the America and European countries demand for the professionals for the educational tuitions is growing at very vigorous rate and these countries are looking at India as the outsource for the purpose.

Outsourcing is the term used for completing own work with the help of external agency. As there is lot of Indians with good command over the English language and computer skills and technological excellence of country is on the constant boost hence the country is emerging as the most reliable and trusted source for the various types of outsourcing. Comparatively low human labor rates than European countries and America are also helping India in this arena.

The recent trend of outsourcing is “e-tuitions”. Look at the per hour rates of private educational tuitions in U.K. [26 to 30 ponds] and America [45 to 50 $] but if an Indian is engaged for e-tuition the expense is reduced to something between Rs. 300 and Rs. 500 only. This is happening because traditionally Indian women are house wives and modern educated one are grabbing this chance because it provide facility of working from home and that too in the leisure time. Indian students perusing higher studies like the in Engineering, Medical and Management faculties are utilizing their after study time for earning handsomely. There are many I. T. companies from America and Europe working on the rate difference and earning many time more than any individual tutor.

e-tuitions have a kind of social effect on the life of Indians beside the economic gains. In the western world there is an emotion of hate for the hardworking talent Indians with a common complains that Indians are reducing the job opportunities for the natives. This educational outsourcing is proving turmoil for the fire as here Indians are getting jobs even without landing on the land of that particular country.

If we look at the essential requirements for the e-tuitions one needs a good computer, internet with sufficiently high speed and with VOI facility and a good quality web camera. All this is not a huge investment and even available at net café’s of many cities in the country. The dominance of Indians can be reflected from the fact that over 70% e-tuitions of U.K. and USA are given by the Indians. There are very high chances that future professionals of these countries will be one, educated by an Indian teacher.

Train in the Sky [Journey to Delhi]

2008-03-03T17:48:00.000+05:30

Train in the Sky [Journey to Delhi]

Surprised to read the title, how unknowingly to me, Indian railway has gone to such progressed status? This might be the question you may be asking to self? No dear still the services of Indian railways are limited to terrestrial faculty only, I am talking about the “Budget Air lines” opening a new, affordable and time saving travel alternative available for the Indians.

I was bit excited on the morning of 5th February 2008 as it was first chance for me to board on a domestic flight covering the distance between Pune and Delhi. The first thing which surprised me was the instruction of Airline “ We prefer reporting time two hours prior to schedule time of flight”, as I was traveling from Kolhapur to Pune by train, which was schedule to reach at Pune early morning, well ahead of schedule time of flight, so it was not a problem for me.

My son’s friend Deepak was waiting for me at Pune station, after detraining he took me to Pune Air port at Lehgaon, where we sit for discussion on share market and mutual funds. I was traveling Delhi for the shooting of first nine episodes of “Public Ka Vittmantri” and as this was one of the nine topics on which every participant was supposed to express the expectation of common people from the forthcoming union budget of the country. Deepak being an investment guide was the perfect person to learn more about the faculty.

At about 10:30 Deepak asked my permission for reaching to his office on time and after that I was there at the front desk of “Indigo” after handing over my check in luggage I was with boarding pass and about 80 minutes of time before the boarding. Really it was pity that at waiting lounge Tea was almost tasteless and I was forced to go out to have one with smoke at canteen outside. Surprisingly I was allowed to step out even with boarding pass.

Almost one hour before the schedule time we have been asked to proceed for security check in and wait in the departure lounge. Fan wings of the plane started moving almost 15 minutes after the schedule departure time. I asked the lady from the cabin crew after we were stable in air for some biscuits and water. The service was very prompt but I was still drinking the water she returned back and asked me for paying Rs. 20/- for the two pieces of cookies, for which you might not preferred to pay even Rs. 5/- while buying from the market. The surprised were still not finished as I have to wait almost one hour for collecting my check in luggage at Delhi Air port. Yet another surprised was stored there for my return journey by “go air” where even drinking water was the paid service.

I am not objecting for the paid catering service, my objection is with the quality and rates, when the air line companies are realizing that they have to remain within the budget of middle class economy on the fare fronts why the same realization is not visualized for the catering? Surely paying something between the Rs. 80 and Rs. 150/- for a vegetable sandwich or Rs. 10/- for a 200 ml drinking water bottle is not within the affordability of Indian middle class economy.

As for as the leg space is concern it was even narrower than the leg space of 2X2 Asiad buses but as the most of the passengers were traveling a distance to be covered in the duration of 2-3 hours hence this can be taken as the avoidable discomfort.

My, this travel experience will remain incomplete for me if I forget to mention Mr. Bharat, the cook at guest house of Zee at Delhi. Host in true sense, humble in nature, a person with ability of understanding your choice of food within seconds. As the concluding remark I wish to thank Mr. Dinesh Joshi [from Zee Business] producer of “Public ka Vittmantri” for taking efforts for making my stay at Delhi comfortable.

Loans and Farmer Suicides

2008-02-02T21:09:00.000+05:30

Loans and Farmer Suicides

Indian mornings are become used to read / watch news of suicide by the farmers especially from the states of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. As the economic growth of the country is going high so the tendency of suicide is increasing among the Indians, surely this is matter of analysis is there any relation between the economic growths and suicidal death tolls?

Statistical figures are suggestive that if we compare the farmer suicide tolls in the era after 1991, the year of start for the second phase economic reforms in the country, with the time prior to that, we are bound to find that in the recent times death tolls are many times higher to era prior to 1991. I am just an awake citizen neither an experts of human psychology nor have much experience in the field of consumer and personal loans, however my findings might prove sufficient to suggest solution roads for the experts of the field and governments.

Liberal economics policies of Indian government are working for raising the economic growth rate and GDP of the country. Markets are not going under the phase of deficit of liquidity. Ample amounts are available for the taking in the form of various loans from the banking sector and financial companies. Indian markets, over crowded with commodities of physical comforts are proving almost non resistible temptation for the Indians who are looking forward to raise the living standard with the availability of these commodities at home. Just look at life of common Indian, not only in the cities but also in the village mobiles have become essential for normal living. A significant growth in the family earnings and too much easiness in availability of loans are the prompting factors and increasing the buying powers of middle class Indians. I have tried to look at city life of medium population cities like the Kolhapur and surprise to know that almost every forth person from the business class and working class is in the loan web if not for more at least for one type of loan. In the villages of developed states like the Maharashtra, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh etc. situations are more resembling with the life of small cities and might this be the root cause of increased suicidal tendency.

In the agricultural sector Indians have covered miles and miles on the road of progress. Increased irrigation facilities and supportive activities like the poultry and milk producing cattle are working for boosting the earning capacities of the farmers. It is a fact that still a lot of Indian land is without irrigation facilities and factors like the increasing competition and high going expenses of meeting with care of birds and cattle are proving obstacles for the farmers for being with sufficient liquidity of money. Uncertain climatic conditions like the heavy or less rain, extreme high or low temperatures are also working for the decline in the income of farmers. In all these situations, loans taken not only stands as it is but keep on increasing with the interest and penal interests of banks, co-operative societies and financial companies. If one can work on the number of ceased vehicle by the finance companies for non payment of EMI’s the picture will be clear about the repayment capacities of small city and village population of India.

It is often said loans/ Debts are the guest of the life; they entered into your life with greeting, welcoming you as the realization of dream and keep on living and growing with you. Only very strict and time bound economic disciplines are the only remedy for getting rid of these. Is the common Indian farmers are with the wisdom of having such capacities? Is the question and answer to this is, where the solution for the suicidal tendency is lying.

Cricket Kings

2008-02-01T00:03:00.000+05:30

Cricket Kings

At last the test series between Australia and India ended and as per the Australian plans Australia won the series with 2-1 to keep their winning record intact though their image of being the undisputed kings of cricketing fields is not as the same as was prior to this series and even the ground behavior of Australian players and sportsmanship were put under the question mark at several occasion during the series.

This series will be remembered for the disputed umpiring decisions favoring Australia, allegation of so called racial comments by Harbhajan and controversial decision of ICC match referee Mr. Proctor over this issue. The issue sounded to such great extant that at one stage it was threatening a division among the cricketing nations of the world. Thanks to decision of excusing Harbhajan from such serious but base less allegations by the ICC appeal commissioner as neither there was any decisive evidence for supporting so called allegations nor even Andrew Symonds was able to recall the exact words of Harbhajan. However Harbhajan is punished with 50% cut in match fees for using abuse words on the ground in response of controversial exchange of words started by Australian player Symonds.

This is appropriate time to look in to the background of all this. Over the years sledging was the effective weapon of Australian cricketers on the ground and no one from the rest of world was not in competition with them at least in this aspect. Since last one year or so young Indian cricketers not only started to tackle this successfully but also started to answer in the language of Australians. This forced Australia to get exit from semifinal of inaugural T-20 World Cup held in South Africa. The war of supremacy on the sledging grounds was at the peak during the Australian cricket tour to India last year and Andrew Symond, Harbhajan and S Shrisanth were the front runners, unfortunately Australians found themselves on the losing side. Hence this tour by Indian cricketers has been taken as the revenge grounds.

Australian players and media are taking the decision of the ICC appeal commissioner not as the justice but as the victory of money powers of BCCI with blaming the Cricket Australia for bowing down under the pressures of monetary powers. How wrong they are? If the ICC was favoring the Indians was it possible that Harbhjan is punished for responding and Andrew Symonds, who himself admit, who initiated this controversial word exchange will be allowed to escaped from being punished? No dear this is pure justice though Symonds was guilty of taking the initiative but Harbhajan was punished for using abused language. Surely in the present times escaping from the temptations of the money powers is almost impossible. I wish to put a question for all the Australian cricketers, many of them are participating in IPCL a tournament being organized by BCCI in the hot summers of Indian climatic conditions and paying very handsome amounts to players, If the Australians players are thinking they are with the resisting abilities for the powers of money, let it prove by saving self from dehydrating Indian heats and opt to keep self away from this tournament, remember this tournament is not going to be played for the national pride and glory. This is a professional league tournament in which players will play for the city which can bid most for them. It sounds funny that a person available in the market for a bid is blaming others for acting under the pressures of money powers.

Most of the cricketing world is looking this as the end of sledging war between the players of two countries where cricket is much more than just a game. Frankly speaking still some suspecting snakes are on the move in my mind, as S Shrisanth was not part of Indian Test squad and now is in Australia for the tri angular ODI series. In all probabilities Australian players will not leave any space vacant for irritating Shrisanth and warm blood of this young Indian speedster might response on the lines of Harbhjan, after all Shrisanth is more vibrant in expression of aggression on the ground when compared with Harbhajan. There are some chances that might the Harbhajan face some adverse comments from the Australians during the ODI series. Let us hope things will not take the same turn again allowing cricketing lovers from all part of globe to respire with relief and enjoying the game in coming days.

Yet another defeat of mind game on the cricketing field

2008-01-28T21:40:00.000+05:30

Yet another defeat of mind game on the cricketing field

As it was predicted Adilede test match between India and Australia ended with the assured and planed result by Australian players of draw. Though in the pre lunch session on the fifth and final day Indians scored runs at strike rate of about 4 runs per over but again Australians with slow over rate of just 12-13 over per hour succeeded in keeping India deprived of to be with time for declaring second inning and sufficient time to bowl out Australia in the second inning.
Adilede proved the surface of liking of Ricky Poiting [who criticized Perth pitch for being more supportive for bowlers and Australia lost the test in four days] as here five batsmen succeeded in hitting the knocks of ton, 3 from Australia and Sachin and Shewag from India. The Adilede will be remembered for the Yet another century by master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, 100 test wicket and 1000 test run double by Irfan Pathan and retirement of Australian star wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist.
Fifth day’s play of cricket was also witness the reintroduction of famous Australian non cricketing tool called “mind game” into the playing arena. The Australians, who are at back foot on the moral grounds and in the fields of sportsmanship, came forward with statement of producing some new evidence in the case of so called racial comments allegation against the Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh. The new evidence is the transcript of recording by stump camera. I don’t think that ICC match referee Mr. Proctor had ignored this, in the conditions of lack of decisive evidences and even when the ground umpires were not supporting the allegations. Surely Mr. Proctor had gone through this before reaching to decision. As I recall in those this news was in the air that stump camera were unable to record the conversion between Harbhajan and Symonds. So the question is now from where this recording is made available? If the ICC match referee Mr. Proctor in these conditions had ignored this important aspect, surely it will prove more than sufficient for putting a question mark on the reliability and ability of ICC officials.
To me this has nothing to do with evidences; all this was the part of mind game tool of Australians players aiming to disturb Indians players so might like the Sydney test they got out cheaply and Australians will have a go for easy victory target. Unfortunately Indians have started to understand the game plans and non cricketing tactics adopted by the Australians over the period of last 10-15 years with more clarity than past and started to answer in their language, Shewag slow down his game in post lunch session and till tea in the play of 2 hours scored less than 30 runs and make sure that Australian game plan “mind game” ends with failure.
Anyway the test match series is completed but the forthcoming ODI series is still hanging in the atmosphere of speculations and doubts. In the next 48 hours appeal of Harbhjan will get decision from the ICC appeal commissioner. Indians player and BCCI are determined to withdraw from the series in case of adverse decision. Practically also They should be, because there are no decisive evidence supporting allegation, Symonds already admitted that he was the initiator for the disputed conversation between him and Harbhajan, Hyden is unable to recall the words of Symonds, ground umpires are not supporting the allegations and above all the most trusted personality of cricketing world Sachin Tendulkar, who was at pitch with Harbhjan at that time had endorsed Harbhjan’s statement of not using word “Big monkey” for the Symonds.

Let us hope for the justice and lifting of the bam from Harbhjan so the cricketing nations may remain united and should not divide on the racial and regional grounds.

Adilede Cricket of 90 over

2008-01-27T22:27:00.000+05:30

Adilede Cricket of 90 over

Will the play of 90 over left in the Adilede test prove adequate for the fall of 19 wickets; this is the question which is bubbling within the minds of most of cricketing lovers through out the world.

If this has been the shorter version [ODI] of the cricket I might the first one to support this but this is traditional test cricket and for this surely even the acute optimism will oppose supporting happening of this tomorrow at oval. Though this is a fact for a result in this test early fall of just 9 Indian wickets is sufficient but considering the attitude shown by the Indian cricketers after the humiliating treatment received by them in Sydney test and the disputed umpiring decisions which forced India to lose this match, will surely prove reason for fall of 19 wickets.

In the present scenario, oval test is with the assured result of draw. Australian might have the satisfaction of going beyond the huge 526 runs scored by India in first inning but the time consumed by them in the process has forced the only possible result “draw” for this test. This test will be memorable for Ricky Pointing, not for scoring 140 runs even when he is running with out of farm, but for the satisfaction that during this inning he didn’t fall victim either to Harbhajan or to Sharma and succeeded in breaking the tandem.

Australians by batting at slowest possible rate of scoring had not only managed to get assured draw result for this test match but also handed over the powers of taking initiatives rested with hands of Indians. At the end of forth day Indians are eventually 8 for loss of Irfan Pathan’s wicket [after deducting first inning lead of 37 runs by Australia]. This is now left with Indian players to turn the final day in to ODI match by score vigorously in the first 50 over of the day and declare their second inning for asking the Australians to go for victory target in the vicinity of 250 in the remaining play of 40 odd over for a victory.

The forth day’s play brought glory for the budding all rounder Irfan Pathan as he become the 7th Indian player with double of 100 test wickets and 1000 runs. It was the same ground where this Indian speedster has taken his first test wicket in 2003 -2004.

There is nothing much considerable to write about as this test mach is heading towards a draw but who know what will happen tomorrow after all cricket is the game of glorious uncertainties.

Cricket for assuring a draw

2008-01-26T21:45:00.000+05:30

Cricket for assuring a draw

The title itself is expressive to describe the third day’s play of Adilede test between India and Australia. When the sun rays started to heat the earth surface Australian were at 62 runs with all the ten wickets in hands and after hard work and sweating for whole day manage to score 322 runs for the loss of three wickets that means in the day’s play of 90 over than scored just 260 run, well below the strike rate of 3 runs per over.

The highlights of day for are the two surprises; it is become a hard composition for me to recall when last the Australians were so slow with the bat, since past few years cricket lovers are used to see Australians cricketers scoring runs at the average of nearly 4 runs in an over even in the test matches but today the body language of Australians was suggestive of their attitude of playing for assuring a draw result in this test to keep their record of series win intact.

The other surprise of the day was to watch an Indian speedster persisting with speed in vicinity or almost of 140. Down the memory lines baring the few early day’s of Shreenath, I can’t recall anyone from India can match with the Eshant Sharma’s today’s constant bowling speed. Hyden went on to score 30th knock of ton for self but surely the over all scoring rate of Australians for clinching the match towards a draw.

Yet another surprise is fleshing on my television set as I am writing this, Adam Gilchrist , yesterday only he become the world record holder hunter behind the wicket, announced his retirement from test match at the end of this test match and from ODI after the conclusion of coming tri series between Australia, India and Shri Lanka. I think the decision of Gili had come at most appropriate time for as his form has started to show the signs of decline and before people start asking and talking about his retirement, this was the most suitable time to leave the ground with pride and honor. Contribution of this talented Australian player can be narrated in converting the special slot of wicketkeeper into place of all rounder.

Since the Sydney test Australian cricket seems to be on the decline as still a proper substitute for the Glen Macgraw and Shen Worn is under the search and surely the retirement of this hard hitting wicket keeper and ODI successful opener with strike rate of almost 97, will create a vacuum in the batting line of Australians and might affect adversely their status of world champions of the cricket.

Back to third day the disappointment of the day is surely the Indian off Spinner Harbhjan, who through out the day seems to struggling for landing the red leather circle in the right area and went wicket less at the end of the day. Indian attack was sustaining the absence of injured R. P. Singh and situations were ideal for scoring at brisk rate by Australia as the pitch has become considerably favoring slow for the batting without signs of deteriorating and notable help to spinners, but Australians seems with the mind of slowing down the happenings of the ground.

If the famous forth day of Adilede doesn’t comes to life tomorrow, Australians by their slow scoring rate have almost assured a draw for this test match and win the series with 2-1 lead including the disputed Sydney test.

2nd Cricketing Day at Oval

2008-01-26T00:21:00.000+05:30

2nd Cricketing Day at Oval

Just three more allotted days are left for the conclusion of four match test series between India and Australia. Yesterday at the end of the day I had allowed both the team to share the honor of the day but today Australians have kept me deprived of writing the same. The second day of this final round of war belongs to Indians especially to the rear guard action by the bowlers with some beautiful and purposeful batting.

The overnight Indian pair of last recognized batsmen Dhoni and Sachin were out by adding just 8 and 30 runs respectively to their score of previous day and Australians were with the real chance of limiting the Indian first inning under 400 hundred but what you can call it last three Indian bowlers were allowed to score more than 150 runs with the wood in the hand. I know surely a few eye brows were stretched when yesterday I had wrote about the limitation in bowling attack of Australia but today’s play was the evidence for support to my views.

Gandhian approach adopted by the Indian captain Anil Kumbale, at the issue of Braid Hog at Perth is looking like to pay the rich dividend as the body language of the Australians was for below the standards set by them. It might be the criticism from all part of own country and pressures of media over the ground behavior of the cricket team after the Sydney Test, also forced Australian players to try to be more gentleman and in this effort process they last their natural sting. This was not the same Australian team on the field for which I am used since years to watch, so many catches were dropped and even the lower order batsmen were allowed to score runs freely at will. It was not the success of Australian bowlers but in fact failure of Harbhajan Sing and Anil Kumbale for raising their batting talent for scoring knocks of tons. The killing instant, which had made Australians world champion since so many years was missing all together through out these two days. Though Australian opening pair is intact but the runs scored in 20 odd over are not matching with the famous Australian striking rate.

For India, failure of star wicketkeeper Dhoni is surely proving a corner of concern; this hard hitting batsman seems to forget that wood in his hands is for hitting the leather and not for protecting the self body. This is the series of failure for the Dhoni in the games away from the lands of subcontinent. England tour of India last year and even the Twenty-20 world cup [India won this] in South Africa are the stories of failure with bat for him. Today Dhoni manage to get 8 runs from the 10 balls faced by him before being caught in deep but surely 14 runs from 64 balls are putting a question mark on his ability for playing on the pitches overseas. Neither the oval strip was adding evil to action of leather circle nor the Australian bowlers were at their best of known temperament, the situations were very much ideal for batting, but Dhoni fail to utilize this by showing the lack of application and dedication as shown by the spinner duo of Harbhajan and Kumbale. If this trend of failure is kept in continuation by Dhoni in the coming ODI tri series, surely the Indian cricket selectors will start thinking in terms of coming with two options for the slot of wicketkeeper batsman in the team and might come forward with the two options, on the terms of two separate captains for test matches and shorter versions of the game, Dhoni for the matches in the subcontinent and some one else for the overseas tours of Indian cricket team.

Indian Cricket: Crises of Opening

2008-01-25T09:40:00.000+05:30

Indian Cricket: Crises of Opening

Indians were with yet another opening option at Adelaide oval, this time Irfan Pathan was asked to move up in batting line to open with the Shewag. If we look at the changing opening pairs, tried by India, ever since, their last tour to Australia [2003-2004] the number goes in to double figure. In fact during the last tour Indians were without this problem of opening pair, as in the course of that series Aakash Chopara and Shewag opened the inning and starting from this were done that for 8 matches. In the 15 innings of these 8 matches pair was able to score 672 runs at the average of 44.8 including three century partnerships. Aakash Chopara was dropped from the side for the 2004 Nagpur Test match against the Australia and ever since than he is still struggling to find a place in Indian team.

India is unable to solve this problem ever since the retirement of Sunil Gavaskar almost 20 years back and always preferred to experiment with this important batting slot either for the lack of availability or for adjusting some one into playing eleven, most of the times this player is Stylish batsman Yuvraj Singh, as seen in the first two test matches of current series where Rahul was forced to open with Jaffar, In the third test Shewag was opening with Jafar.

Gautam Gtambhir also patterned with Shewag for opening the Indian inning in 12 matches and duo scored 1002 runs at average of 55.66 in 19 innings, but again to adjust the Yuvraj, Gambhir was dropped during the match against the Pakistan in the year 2006. Mean while even Laxman was asked to open with Dravid during the Indian tour to Pakistan.

This is the third time that Irfan went into ground as the opener for India the previous two occasions were in the 2006 against the touring Shrilanka at Delhi, in second inning he was partner of Gambhir and scored a good 93 runs, the next was in the same year at Nagpur against touring England though this time his partner was Jaffar.

39th Test Century

2008-01-24T22:07:00.000+05:30

39th Test Century

All the weapons of battle are lying grounded as umpires call it a day at Adilade on the day one of the forth and final test match between India and Australia. At the stumps India manage to score 309 runs in day’s play of 86 over by loosing half of the team. Cricketing experts and Indian media are favoring the Indian team for honor of the day for scoring these runs at the rate of little more than 3.5 run per over for lost of just five wickets, but if you took the fame of Indian bating line up, nature of oval strip and limitations of Australian bowling attack in these ground conditions surely you will agree with me that honors are shared between both the teams.

India started the match with positive attitude as not only included five specialist bowlers in the playing eleven but also opted to bat after winning the coin. The limitations of Australian attack become clearly visible as opening pair of makeshift opener Irfan Pathan was allowed to build a satisfactory partnership of 34 runs with the Shewag. Pressures of being dropped from ODI were soundingly reflecting from the play of Rahul dravid and Sourav Ganguli both were looked under tremendous mental pressures and dual status of being caught under the situation of neither able to concentrate on present nor assured of the future.

The day ended with a pleasure and surprise for the Indians as the cricketing God Sachin Tendulkar went on to score 39th test century in his career extended to 146 test matches. I don’t think achievements of sachin needs to be described because in my views like the Amitabh Bachan Sachin is also beyond any comparisons. The surprise of the day was not umpiring decisions as Rahul Dravid escaped from almost being LBW and Shewag was given out on the no ball of lee as people are become habituate of these mistakes by the so called 12 elite umpires of the world.

The surprise of the day was the Wicketkeeper star batsman M.S. Dhoni, who retuned back to pavilion unbeaten at 6 runs scored from 54 balls. As per the media reports Dhoni has opposed the selection of Sourav for the triangular ODI series for considering the Bengal tiger culprit of not rotating strike. I wonder what he will be thinking about self after his static show of today. Surely India was not in position of affording one more wicket after the dismissal of Laxman and Test match is all together a different ball game from the limited over format of the game but surely the number of balls faced and runs scored are not matching to any standard of hard hitting fame this wicket keeper and ODI captain hold.

In a cricketing development in the country BCCI today announced the names of franchises for the various teams for the proposed 20-20 tournament IPL the significant names and teams are Mukesh Ambani – Mumbai, Vijaya Maliya – Banglore, Shahrukh Khan- Kolkata and Preeti Jinta- Mohali. Soon the bids for cricket players [ though a few players kept in the listing icon will be away from this bid] will also took place for the tournament, which will be telecasted by SET MAX.

India with positive cricketing move

2008-01-24T09:06:00.000+05:30

India with positive cricketing move

Once again the supremacy wars are resumed at Adilade in Australia between the existing champions and emerging champions.
India knowing the fact that, a draw here will not solve the purpose of regaining the pride lost by the disputed umpiring decisions at Sydney. A win here will not only help to level the series at 2-2 but will also work as the moral booster for the younger Indian players who will take the top two teams of last ODI world cup in a triangular contest.
Though I was with mind of not commenting on the behavior of Indian cricket selectors but forced to right, as they wish to give time to selected player to be prepared mentally for this tour. My question is that is it affordable to allow new players time for getting mentally prepared at the price of disturbing the mental status of players in the ongoing series. It will be surely a painful and humiliating for Rahul and Sourav to learn that they are not part of ODI squad and surely this will play with their mental health.

India has come with a positive mind of frame by selecting five bowlers in the playing eleven and on the day one at lunch were satisfactory progressed to 90 odd runs in 26 over for lost of Irfan and Dravid.

Playing with five specialist bowlers is a clear message to Australians that Indians are going with the mental status of going all out for repeating the Perth result and keeping the hopes of leveling the series alive.

Australian cricket in retrospect of WACA defeat

2008-01-21T08:27:00.000+05:30

Australian cricket in retrospect of WACA defeat

World champions of cricket were beaten by touring Indians comprehensively at WACA on Saturday; the defeat is more painful and humiliating because of being under the favorable ground conditions for the home team and that too on the track with fame of being one among the fastest track of the world in the presence of four topmost speedsters from the Australia. Surely the doubtable LBW umpiring decision went against the Andrew Symonds in second inning will find a place in defeat analysis of Australian team management but baring this and decision of giving out to Sachin Tendular in the first inning, umpiring standards in this match were good hence all this will be considered as the human mistakes of umpiring and surely ignore during the serious analysis.

Sydney storm was proving a cause of precaution for Australian cricketers for opting use of their famous non gaming tool sledging and defeat has proved how effective this tool is for the Australian wins.

Aggressive and grouped appealing, yet another tested Australian winning tool was on the hold during this match because of the fear that umpiring disputes of Sydney might force ICC match officials to go harsh with Australian players in this aspect and come forward with decision of ban for Australian captain or few players. Yet another and more important reason for keeping this tool on hold was the question mark on the sportsmanship and compatibility of Australians for playing the game in its true spirit.

In absence of these two non gaming skills Australian cricketers seemed hampered to such great extend that team was forced to pay the price in the form of defeat. In fact all the time during this time Australians were looked as without answer for the calculated aggression and calm body postures of Indians.

Including the forth speedsters in the playing eleven proved yet another nail in defeat coffin of Australia. Look at the result Australians are facing a punishment for slow over rate in the form of 10% cut in match fees [captain 20%] but more importantly on the day 3, when Indians were struggling by loosing five wickets in the pre lunch session in the second inning, Australian captain was forced to choose the part time bowlers to boost the over rate and those 21 over proved sufficient for Indian recovery, set an almost impossible victory target of 413 runs for the home team. This was the last nail in the defeat coffin of Australians.

Cricket is the game of diversified abilities and skills; you can’t emerge as winner by concentrating on just one aspect of the game. Look at the Indian attack of medium pacers, no one of them was considered for anything heroic and nor any of them performed in the manner but 2-3 wickets by each of them accumulated the reason of collapse of famous strong batting line up Australians have. Absence of Hyden and non performance with fame by Roger can also be considered as the reason for this failure.

Don’t assume that I am ignoring the talent and skills Australians have but the proper implementation of these was surely lacking at WACA. Might the defeat has been avoided if the any of 1-2 top order batsman had shown the aggression shown by the Jhonson towards the dying moments of the game, because in those situations it was quite possible that famous nervousness and Indian attitude of being relaxed at regular intervals had helped Australians to clinch an impossible looking victory.

As for as the Indian team is concerned, this is yet another among several lessons for them since the famous overseas win against the mighty West Indians under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar, playing like the single unit is always bringing victory for the team and glory for the nation. Surely all the four playing days Indians were appearing more coagulated unit in compare of Australian players. It can be said fortunate for Indians that their famous relaxing attitude after taking eight second inning Australians wicket did not proved price paying factor, other wise there were chances that night those two additional over for search of a paid wicket bowled by captain Anil Kumbale might resulted in an Indian defeat. Similarly during the ninth wicket partnership famous Indian nervousness was there Indians were seem running without ideas, they started to set the field according to play of lower order Australian players.

War of supremacy between world champions and emerging world champions will resume at Adilade in few days from now. A good cricketing show is ahead, hope the Indians will keep the Sydney humiliation alive, which resulted as their win at WACA and Australians will leave nothing unturned for bouncing back from the defeat shadows.

Excluding Sourav Ganguli from ODI cricket team

2008-01-20T21:16:00.000+05:30

Excluding Sourav Ganguli from ODI cricket team

It seems that controversies and selection of Indian teams are running on the parallel lines. Can you recall a single selection without producing a controversy? It seems that Indian selectors are running with the habit of having the surprise element in every of their mutual decision during their gathering for the selection of the team.

Every time the selection committee comes out with one two strange and not standing to reason decisions over the inclusion or excluding some of the players. Today Indian selectors announce the team for the ODI tri nation series being held in Australia in next month. It is good to see many youngsters are getting chance to prove their worth and represent the country but surprisingly the player scoring most runs in the ODI format of the game during the year 2007 was missing the place in the list of selected team for the first tournament of the year 2008.

Sourav Ganguli might be wondering about this because during the year 2007 he had scored over 1200 runs with 12 half centuries in 32 ODI matches but all this ignored by the selectors. Will this decision boost the moral of Ganguli for giving more than 100% during the Adilade test which going to prove a question of do or die for the Indian team in Australia? Here in India news channels are playing a movie song “Hum se Kiya Bhuli Hui Jiski Saza Humko Mili” [what is my sin for which I am being punished] with the news of excluding Sourav from the ODI squad. There is difference of opinion even among the selectors over this issue and every one seems to have own reasons of excluding the Bengal Tiger from the team. The probable reaction of sourav surely will be “Not Again”.

In my opinion selectors are gambling with youth Indian brigade though the experiment at Twenty -20 world cup was successful but surely the ground realities at Australia are very much different from the South Africa and top two teams of 2007 ODI World cup will in different mood so this is going to prove an acid test for the Indians. Nothing is better than exposure for gaining the experience but surely this is not allowing any one to play with career of inform player with proven track record. Sourav Ganguli is capable of place in the team even ahead of youngsters like the suresh Raina and Yuvraj. The selected sixteen are:

1. M.S. Dhoni [Captain]
2. Yuvraj Singh [Vice captain]
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Virendra Shewag
5. Gautam Gambhir
6. Dinesh Kartik
7. Suresh Raina
8. Robin Uttappa
9. Irfan Pathan
10. R.P. singh
11. S Shrisanth
12. Eshant Sharma
13. Praveenkumar
14. Rohit Sharma
15. Harbhajan singh
16. Piyush Chawala

Wining Cricket at WACA

2008-01-19T19:12:00.001+05:30

Wining at WACA

Predictions of this test match not seeing the fifth morning by Australian captain Ricky Pointing proved right by the Perth pitch, though without bringing a smile on the face of Australian captain, as the curtain for cricketing actions at WACA were brought down Indians even well before of the sunset for the forth days play by wining the test, creating a history of being first victorious team from the Indian subcontinent and more importantly proving all odds wrong and snatching the smile from the some what arrogant Australian captain.

After the Sydney storm Indians were at the bottom of demoralization and to come over from there to victorious position was almost equal to climb the Everest without having oxygen cylinders and that too in the winter season. All the anger and anguish generated from the worst umpiring decisions, which forced the team to face a defeat at Sydney, so called allegations of racial comments against the off spinner Hrabhajan singh and disputed decision of match referee over the issue might proved inspiration for the Indian cricketers to cross all the barriers and went on to achieve what can only be described only as the Himalayan task.

Defeating Australia in Australia and that too at the Perth was the unrealized dream of all the cricketing nations of the world. Ever since the era of captaincy by Tylair, Waugh and Pointing Australians were the almost non beatable cricket team and twice created world record of 16 test matches wins in a raw. Australian cricket team is also world Champion of ODI version of the game though the Australians failed to appear in the inaugural T-20 world championship final but no body from the cricketing world thought of the down fall of Australian cricket.

Win by India at WACA is just not a defeat of world champions in a test match but it means a lot more. This was second occasion where wounded Indians had shown there anger in the cricketing answer in recent times. Six sixes of Yuvraj, during the T-20 championships and this win at Perth both are generated from the insulting and non justifying treatment with Indians. At the Perth Australians were undefeated since lost 11 years, no team was able to beat Australians in Australia since last 25 times, and last time Australian cricket team was beaten by the same country India in the year 2003 at Adelaide. If we look at the concluding indications of WACA win
Don’t try to hurt Indian emotions with insulting and non justifying treatment because the rearguard action to this will be most painful.
This is not just yet another defeat, but breaking of dreams, Australians team and Captain Ricky Poiting were dreaming of 17th straight test win and creating a new record.
This is not the Australian cricket team, which is unbeatable but the Indian team is unbeatable team provided if the Indian players keep playing as single unit.
No surface can prove hurdle for the exhibition of talent and skills of the game, for win one needs to be stickled to basics of the game. I don’t agree with Poiting’s statement of criticizing complain about the 22 yard strip of Perth because no batsman succeeded in scoring a century after all bowling is all important part of the game and Australians included Tait in the playing eleven considering the nature of pitch.
Cricket match can win only by performing at ground and not by creating atmosphere of a kind of mental terrorism for the opponents.
You can beat Australian cricket team even at home provided you can match talent of the opponent and be ready for replying Australians in their own language not only in the cricketing skills but even on the sledging fronts. Similarly you need to have the calm body postures of Kumbale or Dhoni for reciprocate the arrogant attitude of Australian cricketers; they are arrogant because no body was there to match with their zeal of winning.
Subsequent dismissal of Ricky Pointing in the series by Harbhajan and Sharma or dismissal of both the Australians openers by Pathan in both innings of this test match, are indicative that one can work and expose weaknesses of Australian players and went on to win the matches.
You can match even to talent of world champions under the favorable conditions for them with you limited experience provided if you can come out with positive attitude and cumulative efforts.
This might be the occasion of emergence of new world champions in the form of Indians though still India a lot to achieve and improve before claiming the right of being the world champions but surely after the Twenty-20 world cup this is second alarming call for Australians for their position of world champions.

Windy WACA was sounding through out the day, as the Indian victory started to become visible even at the stumps of third day’s play. If you ask Dhoni which sound was favorite for him the sure reply will be the sound of dislodging of bells during the stumping of M J Clark when the kumbale’s ball excluded the bat of probable future Australian captain going down to track.

The most important lesson of Perth win for Indians will be not to flow with this win because it is sure Australians will come all out for a win at Adilade to get revenge of defeat not only for this test but also for the defeat of 2003, here Indians will have yet another chance to add the wound pains for Australians because the players are not only in demoralized mood but the ground situations at Adilade are not as favorable as the WACA was for the Australian players.

Heated Perth set to enter into History

2008-01-18T20:52:00.000+05:30

Heated Perth set to enter into History

All is set for the start of yet another time journey towards the destination of history when the first ray of sun will touch the kangaroo land at Perth on the forth morning of third cricket test match between India and Australia.

Whatever may be the result, whoever may win the beetle but surely a page is going to be included with cricketing history. Australians will come all out for 17th straight test win where as the Indian tigers will not leave a single cricketing tactics unused for being the first team from the Indian subcontinent with a test win at WACA.

The saga of probable win by Indian team seems to be started even in the pre lunch session of the third morning though Australians succeeded in sending the three Indian stars Sachin, Saurav and Ganguli before they prove much trouble for the scoring sheet writing person but at the lunch night watchman Irfan Pathan was not out at 45. After the lunch this was Australia’s favorite V V S [very very special] Laxman, proved once again thorn in the flesh as this stylish Indian batsman not only scored almost a three quarters of century runs for self but also with the help of bowlers like R.P. Singh succeeded in stretching the Indian lead to cross the 400 mark which surely will unsettle the mental status of Australians, who were asked to chase an uphill target of 413 runs for the victory.

This time Australians were got the chance to start the victory run chase at the comparatively batsman favoring time under which yesterday Indians went to get a good start of 52 for 1 from the eleven hours but it seems that psychological barrier of the target over the 400 runs prove much stronger than the favorable conditions because when umpires call it a day Australians were struggling at 65 for the loss of two wickets and are still have to score almost three and half centuries, runs higher what is not done by any team since few decade at WACA.

Ricky Pointing escaped from the very strong LBW appeal, might be the line of contact between the ball and pad, slightest away from the stump line run into umpires mind and proved life saving for the Australian captain who once again proved fortunate in the fading lights of the day when the Kumable’s sharply turning and bouncing ball went just over the stumps excluding the bat of Ricky Pointing. Hussy seems to be encircled with the dual mind status go for run or play the role of sheath anchor.

The forth morning is set to bring the acid test for the famous long Australian batting line and zeal for the win as the play of the third day will replayed on their minds and surely will keep them restless before the judgment day. Indians are just 8 steps or good wicket taking balls away from once again being the hurdle for the Australian’s world record of straight test wins. Indians are aware of the situation of “Now or Never” for the win at the Perth hence surely every player will take the fielding position with boosted attitude. Presence of Sourav Ganguli, who captained India at Kolkatta, when Indians stopped the victory chariot of straight test wins by Australia, will surely inspire the younger players of the team for repeating the result.

It is a fact that India is in good command, but Australians will also come out with their famous never die spirit, there minds will be heated more the mercury of 39 of yesterday at Perth. Surely if the Indians can get rid of their famous attitude of being relaxed at regular intervals, start the day with the killing instant and can keep it alive till the dismissal of last Australian wicket, than there will nothing between them and first team from the Indian subcontinent winning a test match at WACA. Hope to see you all on the other side of the day with the news of Indian win.

Perth Pitch: Cat comes out

2008-01-17T22:12:00.000+05:30

Perth Pitch: Cat comes out

As the most of the cricketing experts were writing about bounce and speed of and Australian captain Ricky Pointing was predicting about his surprise if the Perth test going into fifth day’s play. In all the probabilities it looks that test is not going to witness its fifth sunrise, at least the stamps time of second day’s play is supporting this very strongly but cricket is the game of uncertain glories and every thing that predicted before the last bowl is, may remain in the circle of predictions only without taking the shape of reality.

A great fearful atmosphere was created by the Australian players about the speedy nature of the pitch; they even considered this 22 yard strip as the most fast one of the world and included Shaun Tait in playing eleven to complete square of all speedsters attack. India also made changes; Shewag and Pathan were in replacing Yuvraj and Harbhajan.

When the coin favored by matching with the calling of Indian captain and India decided to bat the decision was seen under the clouds of doubts, but the Indian tigers wounded from the Sydney test were with a different game plan, as they have to prove a point that Sydney defeat was not a cricketing defeat but was the result of ever worst umpiring seen by the world. India went on to score a satisfactory total of 297 runs in the 84 over bowled during the day’s play. The picture might look rosier if Sachin might no fall pray of yet another wrong decision of umpiring and might the casualness in shot selection shown by the Laxman and Dravid has been avoided.

The secod day’s provided the space for pitch cat to come out, as in the day’s play of just over the 75 over proved sufficient to see as many as fifteen [15] returning back to pavilion. It was not surprising as it was already predicted and assumed that 22 yard strip will prove supportive for the Australian speedsters. The surprising was that India not only score 330 runs in the first inning to gain some what respect though it was not matching with the required score of a team bating first and willing to win the match.

Here on wards the pitch cat, which was handled by the Indians with great caution, care and some extant with authority, started to prove a deadly composition for the Australians. The 22 yard strip proved nourishing for the swing of Indian medium pacers [baring sharma who was bowling in vicinity of 140] and all was started by Irfan Pathan and R. P. Sing, soon the mighty Australians were struggling at 61 for 5 wickets of top order batsmen. Thanks to nocks of 66 and 55 runs by Symonds [fortunate being dropped] and Gilchrist respectively to help the team to cross the mark of 200, as the team is dismissed for paltry 212 runs allowing India to enjoy a considerable lead of 118 runs. In the 11 over play of second inning India scored 52 runs for the loss of one wicket to take the over all lead to 170.

Still two sunsets and one whole day are left before the schedule time of match is called over and if the pitch cat keep on behaving on similar lines with same handling by the Indians, it seems possible in all probabilities that India will go on to stretch the lead in the vicinity of 450 than surely world will witness the acid test for the Australian batting line after so many years at WACA.

Whoever team go on to win but surely the Perth test seems to be an addition to tally of test results. At present India is holding upper hand and a strong rear guard action is required by Australia to save the test. I am looking forward to watch the concentration of Australians under the pressure and assuming an Indian win at the WACA.

The second days play also brought the glory and memorable movements for Indian Mr. Perfect ten, skipper Anil Kubale, who went on take the test wicket tally to 600 wickets with the wicket of Symonds. Jumbo with this succeeded in proving once again that still he is effective even on the pitch which was made to favor speedsters.

Long 26 Years

2008-01-16T22:09:00.000+05:30

Long 26 Years

People often call, recognize and introduce her with symbolic words calling her “Better Half”. Today on the 16th January, while looking back in time stream, after spending 26 long years of life journey in her company in the most important phase ”Grahasth Aashram” of life. According to Hindu life vision life is composed of four phases “Brahamcharaya Aashram”, “Grasth Aashram”, Vanprasth Aashram” and “Sanyas Aashram” namely each phase composed of time period of almost 25 years and among all the four phases Grahasth Aashram is considered as the most important because all the other three phases of life are being supported from this “Grahasth Aashram” only, hence if the people calling her, the better half what is wrong in it.

She is the better half of life in true sense because all your achievements and success are her gift for you. I even fear to imagine if she has not kept me free from the stresses of day to day life, I might have not even dreamed of reaching to all the success destinations crossed by me during all these years. She enters into your life only after leaving a rich world of affection behind her and makes your life full of happiness and enjoyment and gives a meaning and purpose for your existence on the earth. Look at her, she has to starts all it from the beginning, she come from a different family and a little bit different social atmosphere, has to forget all her previous customs, traditions, habits and liking to shape and get accustom with all the way may be the new customs, traditions, and different set of habits, liking and disliking in very short span of time to become integral part of your life. I with my personal experience can say how difficult it is to get rid of just one habit as since last 15 years or so I am trying to give up my almost 30 years old smoking habit but still running only with failure. How great she is, she not leave a single habit but changes all of her habits completely in no time to adjust with life style adopted by you and family members of your family.

The most important contribution to your life by her is the day when she gives you opportunity to be called and known as the father and helps you in performing the most important obligation “Kanya Dan” for reaching to life aim of human beings Salvation. Just imagine of your life desert turned into a flowery garden by her allowing you to go for your life aims with her attitude of scarifying her dreams and life aims for sheer success of yours. She has faced all your anger, agony and non satisfaction at several walks of life and still comes with you with a smile and inspiration for your success.

On this 26th celebrating day of marriage anniversary I am recognizing and saluting all the efforts of her for making my life meaningful with some definite purpose of living and allowing me to live with a social respect and great degree of success in all these year. I wish and believe ever mighty and omnipresent “WAHEGURU” will keep on blessing us not only for the rest of this life but many more lives if we are bound to exists in them. I also wish to acknowledge that it is all the way sounds of “Shobha’s” laughing, which has made all these long 26 years into happening of yesterday.

India after Naino

2008-01-16T12:17:00.001+05:30

India after Naino

India shining was the slogan during one of recent general elections of the country though the BJP creator of slogan loosed the polls because people were unable to see and visualize shining of India, but at present in true sense India is shining at least in the industrial sector with the introduction of “Lakhtakiya car” Naino.

Entire global industrial world is looking at Ratan Tata with the vision of being impressed with the talent, excellence and keeping the word of giving a car in just one lakh of Rupees. In fact the dream of small and budget car for the common Indians was the vision of Late Sajay Gandhi but it is unfortunate that we his dream realized in the form of Maruti, which was a small car and even being the cheapest in the market was out of the budget commodity for common Indians. It is fact that “Naino” is family car for small family, Tata succeeded in keeping the promise, Naino will cast around Rs. One Lakh thirty thousand including the road tax, insurance etc. but the question is that is the Naino is the dream car of Indian families? Will this fall in the affordability of common Indian?

This gives arise to yet another question how the common Indian is defined? If we wish to say that families living the multi story flats in the cities are the common citizens of the India surely our perception will be treated mismatched with the reality because still about 60-70 of Indian population is village population. The question is what are the criteria of affordability of car because car is not like the High definition consumer electronics or the Plasma television with one time expanses, one need to put the petrol for keeping the car in running and petrol rates are raising at regular interval of not more than of six months, beside that you need to drive your car to service station and pay for its smooth functioning, hence only the price of the car will not determine its affordability.

Now I wish to turn towards the income aspect of Indians the true measure of determining the affordability of a car, as for as I recall in the year 2005-2006 per capita income of India was a little bit higher than Rs. 3,000 this include income of big shots like the Ratan Tata and a village farm house labor, surely this is not meeting with the standards of affordability of car. If we work on the grounds of reality, surely only the families with a monthly income of Rs. 20,000 or more are in the position of meeting with the affordability of having a car. Look at the Indian pollution at the most 30-40 % population is with the monthly family income crossing Rs. 10,000/- and even if we go to extreme lines we will not consider more than half of this 30-40% population with a monthly income exceeding Rs. 20,000/- which means at present only 10-15% of Indian population is with the affordability of Naino and in these conditions we can’t say this is the car of common Indians even after being feature rich and with lowest market price.

Naino is surely going to impact the automobile sector and city life of the Indians to a great extend, in few years from now surely the three wheelers from the metro roads of the country are going to be replaced by the Naino, a price drop in the two wheeler segment, if the Naino, after starting a run on Indian roads from October 2008, meets with the same low expenses standard of price in aspect of maintenance, most of the major cities will under go traffic problems generated from the issue of car parking and surprisingly a boost of business for the finance companies dealing in the sector of automobile loans. One thing is sure petrol consumption will increasing and a price hike of life essentials will become unavoidable making the life struggle of common Indian more stiff and more painful.

Perth: Proving ground for Indian cricketers

2008-01-15T14:41:00.000+05:30

Perth: Proving ground for Indian cricketers

Third test between India and Australia is to commence in less than 24 hours from now. All is set for a pace attack by the Australia as the WACA pitch is set to favor the pace battery since so many years and with the fame of proving a grave yard for the batsmen from all corners of the world. The beauty of life and game lies with the constant flow and Indians have to forget the happenings, controversial umpiring decisions, and non sporting behavior of Australian team at and during the Sydney test. Though the fetch of the series is already decided with 2-0 unbeatable lead in four test match series by Australia but still battle is on as Australia will go all out for a straight 17th test win and India will fight it for regaining the pride and honor by winning the rest of two test matches of the series.

As this is the all out, do or die situation for the Indians, needs to prove it was not the defeat of skills and talent of Indians at the Sydney but the umpiring was the reason of defeat hence for India the only option left is “Offence is the best defense” . India needs to come out with sheer aggression and attacking the Australians all the way when the team will take the field at WACA tomorrow. Every Indian player need to adopt the causal and not bothering about opponent attitude of Dhoni, shown during the Twenty-20 world championship in South Africa and get inspired from the success run of sourav after the come back to team, experience of Sachin of playing at WACA will be there to help and if the Indian team members decide to concentrate on the role play of self, Indian victory will not be a miracle for me.

Ever since the first foot landing on the Kangaroo land, Indians are facing the problem with the settling of famous bating line up. Failure of in form batsman, of recently conclude home series against Pakistan, Wasim Jaffar is proving itching of wound for the Indians. In these situations I will select the following playing eleven for Perth Test, in order of batting
1. Virendra shewag
2. M.S. Dhoni
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Sourav Ganguli
6. V V S Laxman
7. Captain’s Option
8. Irfan Pathan
9. Anil Kumbale
10. Eshan Sharma
11. R. P. Sing

For the captain’s option I will come with two names to choose from Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Kartik. If the Yuvraj is chosen by the captain he will play at number seven but if Kartik [ To whom I am including for his performance at Canberra and to provide a little bit relaxation for Dhoni with availability of another wicket keeping option in the playing eleven, as this might help Dhoni to concentrate on batting and return back to his normal game of hitting hard to red leather] gets favor from the captain, I will prefer him to see at opening slot with Shewag and Dhoni at his normal position of six down. Sachin and Yuvi [if included] will fill the gap in the spin attack created by excluding Harbhajan, Rolling the arms by the Saurav will not only help the speedsters to change the ends but also will add a different variety in the Indian attack.

We will play with more sportsmanship

2008-01-14T20:45:00.000+05:30

We will play with more sportsmanship

Under the series of efforts for digging out the cricket from the Sydney storm ICC chief match referee Mr. Ranjan Mudgale asked to both the captains Anil Kumbale and Ricky Pointing for having a talk before the Perth test match. Reports say that before the meeting of two captains Ranjan went on to have individual talk with each of them. Look the statements of two captains after this meeting Indian captain anil Kumbale came out with words “We will forget what had happen” while the Australian captain Ricky Pointing said “ We will with more sportsmanship” though neither of them talked about the incidents and happening of the Sydney test but every body can understand the reference of the statements.

In a surprised move Indians have withdraw the charges of abuse worlds against the Braid Hogg just after this meeting of two captain though it is said that decision is taken in favor of betterment of the game and creating a better cricketing atmosphere among the two teams but surely Indians will not be free from the blame of framing the charge as the reciprocal action of allegations against the Indian spinner Harbhajan.

Yesterday night my son was asking me about the fate of Harbhjan, as the issue is still alive with the electronic media of the country. I told him whatever may be said or done but in my views Harbhajan is not going to come out spotless from this issue of racial comments. At the most he will get freedom from the charge of racial comments but surely either will get a worming or face a suspended sentence for being part of words of war though this will be amazingly surprising that the other player involve in the exchange of words will have neither to face the match referee nor have any punishment.

In my views withdrawing the charges against the Hogg is going to work against the Indians and surely will prove a question mark on the reliability of Indian players in the future. I can’t understand how the BCCI and Indians have forgotten “Sustaining an action of Non Justice is not lesser than doing a Non Justice.” As reports say Indian captain acted as per the instructions issued by the BCCI in respect of issue related with Hogg.

Midnight Bold & Beautiful

2008-01-14T11:07:00.000+05:30

Midnight Bold & Beautiful

Since the dawn of 2008 Indian news papers are being published with news of abuse behavior with women and girl even the year end of 2007 was not free from this kind of news, as in the Mumbai, city with fame of being safe for women, two girls, who after midnight come out from the New Year celebrations being held at near by star hotel for a walk on sea shore were fall pray to abuse action by moss. It seems, at least appear from the various news headlines in the year so for that diversified culture, traditions and customs are finding their union point in shameful actions of eve teasing and abused behavior with women and girls.

Why the women are not safe? Why they are forced to go under the situations of abuse behavior here and there and that too in a country with long history of respecting women, rather worshiping the feminine powers in the form of various Goddesses? Are the few question will can put a question mark on sociality of any human society. It is the fact that incidents of eve teasing and abuse behavior are on the higher sides than what are reported or find a place in the news headlines. Isolated incidents can be classified as the physic and actions of sick individual mind but surely when almost all corners of the country reports the similar kind of action it proves to be alarming and needs a proper attention after all we are living in a democratic set up with principles of equality and in the modern times high economic demands are not allowing Indians women to keep them limited within the four walls of the family. Servicing women has to travel, even at late night hours, meet and interact with people from the different sectors of the society. Surely this type of actions will result in demoralizing women and forced the country to foot back on the front of economical development. The probable three most significant reasons for these incidents are:
1. Transitional period for the Indian societies
2. Improper meaning of women liberation
3. Behavior of women or girls

Free India is still under the transitional mod for the adopting the modern life style based on complete freeness and equality among the both genders of human beings. Conventionally Indian women work areas were limited within the boundary walls of family but temptation of higher living standards and economic obligations of the modern times had forced her to step out and march shoulder to should with men in the monetary earning areas. This is proving a hard to digest food for the male dominated economic world of Indian societies as at several places women are marching to higher hierarchy of administration and thus resulted in being the reason of developing the inferiority complex among the men. Secondly still the Indian men had not developed the attitude of observing women at work place in the office and commercial establishments.

When the Indian women started to steep out from the four walls it prove a pleasant wind wave for them as since the centuries they were kept limited to some strict restrictions. The flow of breaking the traditions and social prohibitions was so strong that most of Indian [women and men] failed to get the measures and understand the meaning of women liberation in true sense, unfortunately the electronic media, exposing the western life style went on adding the confused and controversial vision towards the new life styles and subsequently for the women liberalization. In the blind trend of following the western world in aspect of freedom to women, under the broken status of social prohibitions Indian societies fall pray to dual metal status either to proceed further with the women liberalization of put the back foot on this front. Here the natural human tendency of welcoming the change, enter the arena to play the most important role and thus Indian women started to come with exploring with many new horizons of working out side the home. Revealing and exposing dresses were not remained to feminine world of cellulose silver screen but started to be part of day to day life of Indian women world. During all this an important thing the difference of social obligations, society structure and living styles of Indians and western world either conveniently kept forgotten or forced to remain behind the curtain.

Recently a read a news about the “one pm girls and women” of Delhi, though it was said in the news that majority of them are of the foreign origins but a considerable chunk of these belongs to native high society page three cultural and newly rich families, it fact the increasing number of these is the root cause of increased eve teasing and abuse behavior with women. Here I would like to quote one of my working women friend of late 80’s, according to her your prestige, pride and dignity at office and in the society is depending upon the liberty you allow to your self and to your friends during the interactions with each other. In the same news a village girls from the West Bengal working at Delhi was quoted with she never feel any fear or come across such incidents while moving alone on the Delhi roads even at late night hours or having an occasional drinks at bars of capital city. Though all this was abnormal in the early days of city life but soon I learned to enjoy the life at fullest as it is certain and essential to define some limitations for the self, I kept on preventing me from crossing these limitation and move freely.

I would like to conclude this with; lust is the ever increasing and never satisfying physical want of human beings since the centuries and centuries. Revealing and exposing dressed up women always proved temptation for the men; do we wish to give a message that women liberalization means the freedom from clothing’s only? Surely not, than please avoid those while moving in Indian societies, keep your self dignified and enjoy the life to its fullest.

Sledging Cricket

2008-01-13T13:04:00.000+05:30

Sledging Cricket

Cricket in the modern times is no more a game. Slowly and gradually turn into a war of supremacy being fought on the fields with non costumed weapons of the skillful actions with the ball and bat with the physical fitness abilities expressed in the form of fielding are proving yet another important weapon of the war.

The game of the cricket was the dominating area of the West Indian countries for several decades till the mid of 80’s when Australian cricket started to emerge as the new leaders with the concept of “cricket is a game neither played nor won on the ground but the mental power and proper implementation of tactics is going to take you to the position of being victorious.” This theory succeeded and since the late 80’s Australian cricket team replaced the mighty West Indians from the status of being the undisputed world champions of the game. In fact this was the start of replacement of talent and skill by the technical excellence and man power.

Sledging- a word or bunch of words pronounce by a single or group of fielders to disturb the concentration of the batsman become a lethal weapon on the cricketing grounds. Here also the Australian players were the front runners; rather we can say they succeeded in adding new word “Sledging” to the cricketing vocabulary.

Huge monetary inflow and immense popularities has made the situations more complicated and a win on the ground become more meaningful than any thing else. Indian entered into arena with the victory of 1983 ODI championship and started to cover the grounds at vigorous rates. Packer’s cricket forced the establishment of ICC and since the Presidential period of Shri Jagmohan Dalmia commercialization and financial growth started to boost. Mean while the Australian concept of “Mind game” was on full swing and Australian cricket team was on the run of being the strangest from the stronger by wining tournament after tournament. Successive win series of Australia inspired other cricketing nations to opt the mind game tactics. Who will forget the hard hitting of Sanath Jayasurya and Kaluvitarana in the ODI world cup or action of Kiwi team opting an off spinner to open the bowling attack in the same format of the game.

Winning started to become a habit of Australian players. Winning is that kind of human want, more you have more you desire to acquire, hence this want resulted in creating a desire among the Australian players and a change in their attitude and ground activities started to be visible. A few lines “Ricky Pointing has turned the bunch of talented Australian players into squad of wild dogs” of famous Australian cricket writer “Peter Rebock” are more than sufficient to address the attitudinal change of Australian players. Anything less than victory was not acceptable to Australian players and beside their winning zeal, talent, dedication they were ready to go for anything for the victory. The recently concluded Sydney Test Match is more than sufficient to tell the levels were Australian cricket team can go down for a win. The Sydney match will not only remembered for the disputed umpiring decisions against the Indian team but the dispute over the allegations of racial comments on the harbhajan Singh, Indian off spinner and recommended ban by the match referee Mike Proctor even in the lake of clear and decisive evidence.

Sledging and disputed decision which were used to be part of the game, started to find and occupy central place for every cricketing talk and discussion. Some one started to blame the officials for creating disputes, to some others the way of Australian won at Sydney was the objectionable, some others started to put the lights on how the Indians are meeting with double standards of umpiring decisions from time to time, but no one seems to go down to reasons of present storm which is threatening a division among the cricketing nations. Why the mighty Australian players are in the complaining mood? And how it becomes possible that masters of sledging fall pray to it? Are the some of the questions, answer to which might prove path indicative help to scholar investigating truth.

“A complain is intended to get birth from the fear”, is the most common saying and might be the strongest reason of complain by Australian players. Look at the recent records of the game, Indian is the only country, with proven strong bating line up and versatile and promising bowling attack, looked as the challenging team for the champions on the cricketing grounds. Recently concluded first world championship of twenty-20 format of the game, where Australians were not part of the final by virtue of semifinal defeat at the hands of India, is the best illustration of growing powers of the Indian cricket team. The defeat was not the reason of fear among the Australian players; it was the expression of change in attitude by the young and comparatively inexperienced team which proved a worry for the champions. The traditional weapon of sledging, used by Australians on the grounds over the years against the opponents was started to be part of game plan of Indians since this tournament. Might be the ideal of young Indians shifted to revolutionary thoughts of subashchandra Bose and Bhagat Singh from the principle of tolerance, peace and non violence of Mahatma Gandhi and they started to believe in the policy of “Treat for Trait” and taking the war into the territory of opponent. This feeling was much more painful for the Australians when compared with the defeat in T-20 championship. I don’t think it will be hard to find the reason of complain by the Australian players. After all we human beings are with the tendency that we can resist a competition in our good quality but never tolerate a competitor in our bad qualities.

Australians on the Cricket Field

2008-01-12T19:27:00.000+05:30

Australians on the Cricket Field

The fire and heat generated from the so called allegations of racial comments by the off spinner Harbhajan Singh, is not only reaching to every elite and common of entire cricketing world but also forcing to come out with own views over the allegations and decision of match referee over the issue.

Most recent reports says that BCCI, handed over the authority of taking the final decision in this regard to President Sharad Powar, who went on to say that Indian option of calling the tour off, is still open, if the ICC appeal commissioner is going with decision of match referee. He also expressed unhappiness over the behavior of the Australian players and cricket board for being the reason for these situations. Shall I need to memorized that Sharad Powar was the person who almost thrown out from the dais and pointed out a place away from the central stage by the Australian cricket team lead by same captain Ricky Pointing during the prize distribution ceremony of ICC Championship at Mumbai. It was tolerance and sportsmanship of Indians that Sharad Powar took this shameful Australian action as the act performed under the influence of over enthusiasm and not only excused the Australian players for this insulting and shameful public behavior but also not complained about it to ICC. Might Mr. Sharad Powar had not shown that generosity and lodged an official complain with ICC. Surely in that case ICC will be left with only option of coming with very strong action against the Australian captain and players, because there were crystal clear video evidence for this shameful action of Australian players, but that not happened and right looking attitude for own actions of Australian players allowed to grow. Whatever the crises entire cricketing world is presently facing is generated from this attitude of Australian players.

Whatever you earn through the hard work of years might slip from your hand by just one wrong behavioral action; this is what a common Indian father teaches to children. No doubts Australians are the most talented and skilled one in the entire cricketing world, their zeal for winning and putting in the efforts, dedication for the game and professional attitude has made them mighty and almost unbeatable team of cricketing world, but it is also a fact that over the years, especially after the Ricky Pointing started to lead the team, their behavior on the field is not matching with the behavior of undisputed kings of the game and a champion team. The door for criticism has made opened not by any one else but by the Australian players, the Sydney match referee only went on to put the petrol in the fire.

Allegations against the Harbhajan, has asked the entire cricketing world to come with words about the ground behavior of the Australian team after all the art of sledging was originated and implemented by the Australian cricketers over the years. The filtering in reports says that many past and present cricket players are putting their words opposing the action of Australian players for reporting about Hatbhajan. According the kiwi player Patel, Australians have used more abused word than the “monkey” for him at several occasions though he refused to say something about the guiltiness of Harbhajan. In a column with Dominikan Post Morison, who represented country in the decades of 70’s and 80’s, say that if the Australians cricket players are with a little bit honesty than surely they will feel shame of the self action. To the former kiwi captain Fleming all this was started as the child play of school going children and went on to be a complicated matter with decision of match referee as there were no sufficient evidences. Fast bowler Doll also seems of this vision according to him match referee had not played his role in proper way, there was nothing in the matter specially in the lack of clear and strong evidences.

Indian Cricket and Match Referee

2008-01-11T16:54:00.001+05:30

Indian Cricket and Match Referee

Entire cricketing world is respiring again with relief as the Indian tour to Australia gets resumed yesterday with the practice match at Canberra. Fears of division among the cricketing nations, if not removed, at least went under the cloud cover of suspects till the ICC appeal commissioner decides the fate of the charges of so called racial comments, framed over the Indian spinner Harbhajan, by the Andrew Symonds and other Australian players during the Sydney Test of on going series.

Cricketing world is sounding with some voices of bowing of ICC before the BCCI on this controversial issue but if you look into history evidence will prove, non reasonable special behavior of match referees, going harsh with Indian or rather with the players from the sub continent always provided with a reason for the clash between BCCI and ICC. Look at the present issue, there were no audio / video proofs and even other evidences were not even sufficient to issue a warning for Harbhajan but match referee Mr. Proctor decided a three match ban for the Indian player.
This action of match referee prompted to look at some of the post records of the same person. In the year 2003 he conveniently over looked at the clash of Birayan Lara and Steev Waugh at Antigo but not hesitate to issue one match warning for the Indian captain Sourav Ganguli at Brisbane during the last Indian tour to Australia for the slow over rate bowling 9 over short, even there is provision of curtailing the match fees in the situation [For players 10% and for captain 20%] but Proctor prefer to go with level two offence and wormed Indian captain about the extreme punishment.
The same match referee Proctor went on to pose a five match ban for the past Pakistan Captain Rashid for making an appeal for a catch not taken properly against the Bangala Desh but at Sydney he prefer to keep quite when Sourav Ganguli was declared out by the way of catch taken in disputed manner by the Australian fielder Clarck not only this but he also over looked the appealing of Australian captain Ricky Pointing for taking improper catch. History will never forget the Oval Test between the Pakistan and England, where the issue of ball tempering gets more complicated shape and structure with the role played by Mr. Proctor in the same capacity of match referee.
The biggest dispute of the history between the ICC and BCCI was the 2001 Port Elizabeth issue, here once again the match referee Mr. Mike Denis was the accused of providing a space for the clash by banning six Indian players including the mighty Sachin Tendulkar. Mike Denis proposed a ban for Sachin for so called charge of ball tempering, Captain Sourav Ganguli for not keeping the players under control, Virendra Shewag for excessive appealing and one match suspended ban for S.Das, Harbhajan and Deepdas Gupta for the same reason of excessive appealing.
Hopefully the appeal commissioner will look into matter with a justifying vision and Harbhajan will come out spotless from allegations of so called racial comments. Indians have a long proven tradition of tolerance and fighting against the racialism but surely all will go behind the memories, rather out of cerebral hemisphere, if the self respect and national pride of Indians is challenged with an unnecessary and non proven blame. I am concluding this with instead of looking at dispute as the war of supremacy between ICC and BCCI or with the market oriented vision, look as the thing of national pride, honor and blame on attitude because this will not help to see and understand the dispute in true sense but will also prove help in reaching to proper and justifying decision and keeping the integrity of cricketing world intact.

Divided Cricketing World

2008-01-10T12:19:00.000+05:30

Divided Cricketing World

In India there is a saying meaning never try to cross the limits, you never no your which of your slightest mistake might going to prove the blinder one and may cause the question of life and death. Cricketing world is presently going through the same phase of existence over the issues of storms generated from the disputes over the Sydney test match between India and Australia and turn of situations taken place there after.

One thing is sure umpiring standards at the Sydney were the ever worst and partial ever since the history of the game. In my previous blog post I had already wrote that neither Australia won nor India lost the Sydney test but umpires allotted this test to Australia so the Ricky Pointings team may equalizes the Australian recode of 16 successive test victory and move to Perth, where the ground situations are comparatively more favorable for the Australian team, to go on creating new world record of successive test match wins. All of this was going on smooth roads but might the successive dismissal by the Indian spinner Harbhajan was playing with the mind of Australian captain Ricky Pointing or might the thought process of Andrew Symonds went on to see this as the most appropriate time for taking revenge of harsh treatment given to Australian all rounder at Mumbai by the cricket lover during the last tour of Australia to India. Recall the statements of the player just after the Australian tour to India was ended, in Australian press for requesting the Australian people not come with reciprocal action during the tour of India to Australia. Any way charges of racial comments were framed against the Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh and series of mistakes ends when the South African match referee Mr. Proctor banned Bhaji for three test matches. India which has a proven record of opposing racialism reacted with natural hard stand over the issue. A cloud of suspect created over the smooth conduction of the remaining part of the Indian tour to Australia.

ICC was forced to appear in the dispute and for settlement of high tensions created, came forward with withdrawing the participation of disputed umpire Steev Buckner and suspended, not given the clean chit, orders of match referee against Harbhajan. British media, West Indian Cricket board and some others are blaming ICC for bowing down before the economic powers of Indians [ India contributes almost 70% of ICC revenue] and deciding the issue in favor of Indian team. Here I will love to include two things first I will salute to Australian citizens and press for taking the true sportsmanship over the issue even though the mistake coming players were representing their own country. Second I would love to see the reaction of British media or the West Indian cricket board if instead of India might the English or West Indian was playing in the Sydney test against the Australia, here I am leaving apart the issue of charges of racial comments.

As for as my cricketing knowledge suggest, Australian players were the first to bring the sledging in the game of cricket and implement it successfully against the opponents over the years under the sweet name of mind game tactics. Surely it is amazing even to listen that Australians players are complaining about the reciprocal action from the irritated opponent. In my view the true racial behavior is this and not the reaction of Indian spinner, I am sure Harbhajan has not reacted in the manner in which he reported by the Australian players. I wish to say to Australian players to remember this neither the love nor the war, where everything will be treated fair. This is the game of cricket, an exhibition ground of skills and talent; learn the lesson from the Sydney and stop so called mind game of sledging opponents, other wise the cricketing world will under go many such occasions of reaching to dangerous dead end of division.

Cricketing World after Sydney summit

2008-01-09T03:29:00.000+05:30

Cricketing World after Sydney summit

A new chapter has been started in the history books of the world cricket. Sometime in the futures this might be called as the effects of Indo – Australia Test match at Sydney. The cricketing achievements like the 16th successive win by Australian team, 38th Test century of Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, 29th test century of Haiden etc. will go in the darkness of background generated from the unfair partial and one sided decisions of umpires Steeve Buckner and Benson. Even the TV umpire [third] was not hesitated for being the part of non rational and non justified umpiring as he refuse to declare Australian Batsman Andrew Symond out stumped even when the TV coverage was clearly showing that batsman was not in the crease when bells dislodged by the Indian wicketkeeper M.S. Dhoni. In this atmosphere ICC match referee had also played his part not only justifying the catch of Sourav Ganguli taken by Clarck, where as the reply made it very much clear that catch was not completed as with the falling of the fielder on the ground ball went on to touch the ground, but also went on recommending a three match ban on Indian spinner Harbhajan for so called racial comment “Big Monkey” for Australian player Andrew Symonds, though neither there were any audio/video evidence nor the ground umpires supported the blame.

ICC later on, under the pressures of Indian players and BCCI, who threaten to call off the tour, agreed to prevent further participation in the series by disputed ground umpires and allowed Harbhajan to play in the series till the ICC chief match referee look into matter. Though for a time being things seems to be settled down and it appears that series will go according to predefined schedules but that will happen only if ICC reach to a decision within next seven days, the ultimate time given by the Indian players. If ICC fails to resolve the issue within time limit or the Appeal commissioner upholds the decisions of match referee there are more chances that Indian players will refuse to be further part of the series and might BCCI will also decide in favor of calling the tour off.

I am being a strong positive minded person hence even these most dark situations are the brightly shining one for me, you surely will agree with me when we together will have impacts of all this on the cricketing world. Technological excellence has provided a space for the highlighting the mistakes committed by the field umpires. Like the Tennis we can’t allow to umpires to stand on the ground just for calling the over and let the other decisions be made with the help of technology. I am also not agree with upcoming demand of challenging umpires decision by the captain as this will result in loosing the friendly spirit in which game is being played. I would like to increased active participation of ICC match referee, who is at present there just to relax and once a while impose a fine for slow bowling rate or helps the ground umpires in deciding the number of over in a rain curtailed match and seldom be the part of controversy like the Sydney test match. As the ground umpires are observing the match without the help of technology so they are bound to make mistake and help to create situations resembling with Sydney test hence my suggestion is that match referee must be given powers of rectifying the human mistakes committed by the field umpires. Whenever an appeal is made by the fielding side, the decision of field umpires must be reviewed by the match referee within next five minutes and in case of mistake batsman should be called back or called of the ground accordingly. This will not only release the tension of field umpires but will make the game more fair and interesting. As for as the front foot No ball is concerned on the terms of tennis a sound activated system can be activated.

Racial Sydney Cricket

2008-01-08T10:17:00.000+05:30

Racial Sydney Cricket

Disputes of the suspended Indian cricket tour to Australia are going to prove as much as higher dispute as were the shadows of match fixing or the rebel tournament in the Australia and it might even result in the division of cricketing world. Whatever may happen to be the end results of the dispute but surely economic crises are waiting there. If ICC doesn’t come forward and BCCI, the board / country generating about 70% of cricketing revenue, comes forward with threatened action of calling back Indian team and abundant the tour, Cricket Australia will have to fight a long fight for getting the economic compensation, not only this but telecasting companies will face a huge revenue loss by loosing the advertisers, BCCI not only will pay to players but will also not get the guaranty money for Australia tour. The only favorable thing for the economics of the cricket is that with real huge population and cricket being the national passion in India, BCCI can over come these huge losses estimated to 100 carore with some what comfort because if BCCI appeals surely Indians will come forward because the issue is no more a cricketing issue but become related to pride and honor of the country and even a buck from every one will prove sufficient to meet the losses of BCCI.

All this was started with a so called racial comment “Big Monkey” by Indian spinner Harbhajan to Andrew Symonds while the spinner was bating. The dispute went on further as surprisingly ICC match referee Proctor went on to pose a three match ban on Indian spinner. The decision of match referee created clouds of suspects because 1. There were no audio / video evidence supporting the charge. 2. Ground umpires were not supporting the charge. 3. Sachin, one of the most trusted personality of cricketing word, who was with Harbhajan all the times during the exchange of words with Andrew on the ground, was witnessing in favor of Indian spinner. 4. Among from the duo of Haden and Clarck who witnessed in favor of charge, Clarck was never in the frame of TV coverage of exchange of words between the disputed players. In these situations the only probable reason of such non rational behavior by the match referee, comes to mind that as per the cricketing calendar India and South Africa have to clash after the Indian tour to Australia and might the South African referee be intended to shield the South African bating from the attack of this Indian spinner but when we consider the ground realities this seems a remote possibility.

One sided umpiring decisions, against India during all the five days of Sydney test and ban on Harbhajan cross the limits of Indian tolerance and naturally a wave of anger flashed through out the country. Every corner of the country started to sound with protesting voices of this unjustified and unfair decision and demands of calling back touring Indian cricket team. I am wondering how the “Big Monkey” becomes a racial comment because to my knowledge scientific world believes that human beings are the developed version of monkey like ancestors. I will also blame the zero tolerance shown by the Indian team from the day one of landing on the Australia for the current tour. It was sure to see a unpleasant end of Sydney test, if might the Sourav had been the captain of Indian team, when the Rahul Dravid was ruled out in the second inning but as our present gentleman captain Anil Kumbale preferred to go with zero tolerance hence India not only forced to loose the test match but also facing the charges of racial comments.

If we go with the Australian press, majority section is with Indians. Even the most famous Australian cricket writer Rebock went on to blame captain Pointing for turning the bunch of talented Australian cricket players into squad of wild hunting dogs.

At present it seems that play in the series will resume only if the ICC agree to Indian demand of withdrawing charge against the Harbhajan and insure no further participation of disputed umpires in the series.

In my own views the ideal solution over the dead lock is coming forward by the Andrew Symonds and other Australian players for withdrawing their, complain against the Indian spinner. It will not only take the on going series back to smooth tracks but will also indicate that Australians too have a big heart and sportsmanship in true sense. The cricketing world will be saved from the division and no cricketing board or ICC will have to face economic crises.

Suicidal Spots of Sydney Cricket

2008-01-07T13:31:00.000+05:30

Suicidal Spots of Sydney Cricket

It is unfortunate in the true sense that frequent users of technological excellence forget that the same technological excellence is taking their actions to drawing rooms of the world families. Just look at how the Indian fall pray to what should be called only as the undignified and as per the will behavior of the umpires on and off the fields at Sydney during the second test of Indian tour to Australia.

Day [1]

1. Ricky Ponting was caught behind by Dhoni, when he was on 17 was given not out by umpire Benson after the batsman went on to score 55 runs though it was unfortunate that Pointing was forced to leave the ground when he should be given the advantage of doubts but by this time he had succeeded in preventing the collapse of Australian bating order to great extant.
2. Field Indian team when under the horrible experience when every body at ground hears the sound of Andrew Symonds snatching Sharma’s ball which rested in the hands of wicketkeeper Dhoni but strangely umpire Bakner was not able to listen or see this. This might not was sufficient hence the third umpire even after a clear TV reply refused to with hold the stumping appeal against the same batsman and rule him not out.
This was the first turning point of the game because after this the team which was struggling for survival at 134 for 6 went on to end the day with a 400 plus score.

Day [2]
3. Steev Bakner refused the stumping appeal of stumping once again against the Adrew without referring to TV umpire though reply were with evidence that might the third umpire be forced to decided otherwise.
4. Wasim Jaffer was given out on the No ball bowled by Lee.
Day [4]

5. Umpire Benson refused the LBW appeal of Kumbale against the Michel Hussy, when batsman was at just 22.
6. Benson repeated the mistake when Hussy was 45 and touched the ball of R.P. Singh and Dhoni took a clear and clean catch. Hussy was allowed to score 145 runs in the second inning.
7. Symonds was LBW on the hetrric ball of Kumable after the dismissal of Hussy and Clarck on the previous two successive balls but Bakner allowed to the batsman to score 61 runs.

Day [5]

This might be the worst day not only for the Indians but for the entire cricketing world. It was seemed like that pre scripted drama of Australian won was at the climax. Dhoni was ruled out on a ball which might go anywhere just for not offering the shot but look at two shocking decision of the umpires earlier in the day.
8. Rahul Dravid was ruled caught behind by umpire Bakner when Symond’s ball was miles away from the bat.
9. All the limits of justice were crossed when umpire Benson instead of asking to third umpire discussed with Ricky Pointing about the catch of Sourav Ganguli and put his finger up only after the Pointing, with a witty smile indicated Sourav out by holding is finger up.