ICC twenty20 World Cup

Its NOT raining pains anymore, on the contrary its raining sixes. Indian cricket went into deep coma after their performance in the ICC cricket world cup 2007 (50 over version). Getting a defeat from Bangladesh and getting eliminated in the first round was the worst, one could think of EVER!!. That post-pathetic period is a past now. Its a new team, its fresh team and its a new format. Man, what a concept! I can't believe the big-baap of BCCI (read ICC) has developed such a fascinating concept. Ideally speaking, itz 'No Mercy' for bowlers in here. The game along with the commentators, narrating us 'each bowl, each movement, each cloud detail' is designed beautifully. It's fast, it's short, it's exciting and it's fasinating ;) And what ingredients are needed to make it exciting. Here is the list -

Arun Lal
His former Indian player tries his best to create that extreme hype needed to glue the viewers to their idiot boxes. His wordings sound as if his butts are fully loaded with anxiety pie or anxiety kababs. He will let you know each n every detail of the match...
... “AAauur ek buuuri khhhabar, upar se badalon se baarish ho rahi hai”...it seems obvious, but in his words, it sounds more real!

Zaheer Abbaas
He is a former Paki captain. And from a background like that, his speech naturally floods out urdu amidst his cricket commentary. Actually speaking, his cricket description in 'urdu-hindi-english' trio can go to extremes.
“Ye dekhiye ye kya ho raha hai, kuch cameramen ke lens ki wahjah se batsman ki aakh mein lashkaare jaa rahe hai...batsman ko pareshani mehsoos hote hue”
“Mere nazariye mein Gayle aise maarte hai, jaise koi baadshah chakka maar raha ho”

Vinod Kambli
He is the school partner of Sachin...but that partnership never really reached the ODIs. His commentary contains tons of tapori elements of Mumbaiya language.
“Aur ye phir lapeit diya hai..aur ye chakka”
“Bhaut le rahe hai bowlers ki”

Star Cricket's Cricket Crazy
Cricket Crazy is a prelude as well as an extension to the cricket adventure. Dunno the names of the hosts, but I can confirm that they are real maniacs. All they do is 100% pure mindless bakwaas, that will surely drive you crazy. “Some Couples are made in Heaven”...and I feel they are among them

Mohinder Amarnath
You must be knowing him (he was a part of '83 world cup winning team). This man can't hide his emotions no matter what happens. And he can't hide them while doing commentary too. And what to say about his singing talent. He will sing songs of praise when somebody hits a six, he will sing when somebody needs motivation, he will sing war songs to keep the fighting spirit alive, he will sing festival songs for celebrations and he will also sing when it rains (“oh aaj mausam bada baiimaan hai, bada baiimaan hai aaj mausam, aana wala kooiee tuuufan hai”)...the 70's retros are back thanks to him, that too on a sports channel...waah!!..an Indian Idol in making through singing commentary.

The GAME 'T20'
T20 is a critical commercial venture in order to globalize the sport. It's short and it's exciting. The biggest accomplishment of 20-20 has been the fact that it has brought the crowds back to the ground. Also, the tournament has seen many sitting-on-the-edges matches (close encounters), thereby seeking more attention of the viewers. However, you will also find a large number of guys debating about the 'quality' content in the game. Is there any part of technique in the game or it is just a show of power?? But then you will find people like me saying “if you want to admire that sport, you have to like every version of the game”.

RELIANCE MOBILE 'DANCING DOLLS'
Select two white girls and two off-white boys, give them one VCD of Prabhudeva or Mr=Ms(??) M .Jackson, lock them up in a room having rollercoaster functionalities. The next day, put up a blue stand, write those golden words on it ('RELIANCE MOBILE') and ask those two white girls and two off-white boys to do some aerobatics on it. Thats it...you will be witnessing 'dancing dolls' doing modern day mujra on it. And, what do the dancing dolls get in return for those acts of gymnastics??...any guesses...RELIANCE SHARES obviously :p. Only, Reliance, can come up with these kind of stupid ideas!!

...And the main statement of this write up – more than a billion people are HAPPY today, because they belong to a country namely “INDIA”

INDIA – world T20 champions

Nokia 3250

Life these days is a bit hazy and messy. The rate at which different things are happening to you is even higher than the breathing rate. So, thought to write on a gizmo somewhat responsible for taking the essence of life from the life, 'mobile'. A mobilephone isn’t a big thing these days…everyone has it – from school-lads to MCD sweepers. I had a different story; I bought my cell after the successful completion of my second year of engg with my OWN money (proud of this fact).
3rd July 2006, I went to the most expensive showroom in South Delhi and walked out with Nokia 3250 leaving behind a lumpsum of Rs 16200 (even paid all the taxes and VATs)...and I have no regrets.... Here are the reasons of me liking it :

Advantage 3250 –

1) The mobile USP’s lies in its camera…extremely unique. The 2-Mpix camera is placed on the left sideline of the cell. In addition to this, camera can be rotated by 270 degrees.

2) No 'hanging' problem with Nokia 3250; one of the most successful musiZ phones which Nokia brought to India; when compared with N-70, 3250 got the upper hand quite easily.

3) Battery – very reliable

4) Durability – Like many sincere careless teenagers, the first ritual I performed with my 3250 was dropping it (that too in front of my parents). NOKIA stands out for durability…line true for its most handsets.

5) Dedicated music buttons that the back. All you need is to flip the lower part of 3250 and cell changes to i-pod ;)

6) Softwares esp. the photo editor…but nowdays, softwares aren’t a big issue!!


Disadvantage 3250 –

1) For all those going for superb flashing looks, 3250 is not your baby (though it’s available in four colours – black, silver, green, pink).

2) Slightly burly.




My adventure with 3250 –

3250 has been my BEST PAL. Past one year, it’s with me 24*7…in all dark and happy acts. The idea of ‘SPEAKing PICtures’ became possible thanks to 3250. Blogs like ‘Bunking and Ragging’, ‘CSI trip 2006’, ‘Toiletry Mystery’, ‘And YES I finally DID’ etc has seen important contributions from my cell. Movie Reviews of ‘Guru’ and ‘Casino Royale’ too saw its artistic usage. In addition to this, I used it for a low level string operation in ‘But this is reality’. Apart from that, the cover pic of the blog ‘Anything For You, Ma’am’ got me the first prize in various digital photography completions. Ending with two beautiful lines :

“ When you are a young man, you do fall in LOVE with your first purchase, and perhaps this was my first love...this line stolen from BLINK...is 100% true... . LIFE is not defined by the number of breaths you take, but it is defined by the number of moments that take your breaths away”...and I got a lot of these, thanx again to 3250.

"Keventers" pe Cheers

“Mummy, meri class mein ek ladka tha...vo har roj doodh peetatha....bechara fail ho gaya”
(mom...there used to be a BOND in my class...a milk addict...and guess what, he achieved the status of a failure)

This above-mentioned line was said by a little girl in a TV commercial for a milk-products company. So, what moral it gives to you....I got it...”doodh jahan se bhi piyo, tasty piyo” and in that sense Keventer is the place to buy it from.

Keventer, established somewhere in 1940s offers the best milk-shakes at the most nominal prices. Taste is not the point to talk about here. Queue outside the counter will speak about its glory. Apart from the taste, its the location – CP (central Delhi), that too in the inner circle.

Apart from the milk-shakes, the menu-board also has some timepass snacks (so-so), ice-shakes and some simple ice-creams. A trivia - the shop is more than 60 yrs old and 40 yrs back, the shakes were priced at Rs 5. Another thing which I like about Keventer is the usage of DMS bottle for its servings; transfers memory back to the kiddish way of drinking a full glass milk ;)...so
“CHEERS” drinkers :-)

INDO-US deal : civilian SPEAKs

I seriously don't know why I am writing this stuff. I usually write non-serious, informal stuff; something which you expect from a college goer. But sensing our country's current affairs, I am compelled to voice my opinion about the Indo-US deal.

Throughout this week, all I could see in newspapers was shear crap politics; the topic of discussion being the Indo-US deal. India as well as US have finally managed to agree upon a common ground on 123 agreement. Just to give you an overview about the importance of this deal. Post 50 years, fossil fuels (petrol, coal) would be seldom available and hence, cost of basic amenities like electricity will boom like rockets on Diwali. Needless to say more, I think you must have by now developed some views about our ever increasing energy needs. India currently produces very less power using Nuclear energy (on the contrary front, France can be taken as an example). Also, India currently has all the technicalities to produce nuclear power but the not the fuel. Under this 123 agreement, India will be provided with the much-needed nuclear fuel by the Nuclear Fuel Suppliers Group (disclaimer – dunno about the technicalities) and for obvious reasons, US will play an important strategic role (or i should say a superpower's role). All is done, both parties have finally reached a middle ground. BUT now 'Left' have problems.

They are keen to stop this deal at all costs (even at the cost of the current Govt., though I doubt!!). Can't say about the threat level, since their past threats of withdrawing support haven't being as dangerous as they sounded. But why are they opposing??

Everytime, I read about this issue or see it on TV, the only reason they shout is 'India's sovereignty'. Let me explain you this too. In International law, sovereignty is the legitimate exercise of power by a state. So, Mr. Left thinks that by signing this, Mr. US will bind us i.e. India's power to explode nuclear stuffs in future will get nullified. Agreed, but try to think practically. Will anybody, under any conditions, give you the permission to exercise your power (read explode bombs)? Obviously NO!! then why are we confusing ourselves?

Once thing is damn important, we have to be clear in our foreign policy. And, if we aren't clear, I would shout my stand that please dunno step into the international arena until you are clear with your stand within the Govt. We have to assess pron-cons of this double-sided sword with US. Also, we have to see to what extent will we bend towards these superpowers. We can't be alienate ourselves, if we are aiming to be a developing -> developed country!!

Lastly, I would urge guys like Mr. Prakash Karat (CPM general secretary) to please “mind your language”. Some of his lines, as quotated by “THE ECONOMIC TIMES” in there issue of monday 13th August, 2007 (page 3 – the political threatre, first article) are :

“You should ask the Congress party whether they want to run the government,”
(apply deductive logic to it and you will find a threat-connotation in these simpler words).

“Any debate or discussion in Parliament would show that the government is not in majority in Parliament,”
(then why was Parliament established??, as far as i know, its a platform of debating...GOD knows)

Inference - who is laughing? Obviously, our dear neighbours; thanks to the pro-Chinese stand taken by 'Left' (and they have always some hints about that). I don't know, what will happen in future and as a layman, can't even suggest...SO, lets hope for the best and lets revisit our honourable preamble (it carries good words BUT questionable relevance) -

PREAMBLE OF INDIA

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;