Do you know the biggest joke of 2008 till now...It is Shah Rukh khan saying
"Let me make it clear. None of the franchise owners think of the business aspect. We want to instill a sports culture in the country and nothing better than involving in cricket. I have a passion for sports from my childhood. I don't know whether I will be successful in doing this but I wanted to try out new things,"
IPL is not about devoloping sport or cricket,it is about money,about exploiting a cricket crazy nation to the maximum extent and deriving money out of it.Incidentally the ICL has been a blessing in disguise for the BCCI.As Harsha famously says
"The BCCI wants to be the leader in Finance and Australian Board in their cricket.You get what u want to get. "
If the BCCI has been loyal to the former cricketers and showed greater importance towards talent and quality rather than money and fame,the ICL wouldnot have started.
Sandip Patil ,who took Kenya to the 2003 World cup semis was treated very badly.
What do these guys who in their AC rooms chat about business all the time know about the passion and spirit needed to play a sport.
If the dollars involved are mere numbers to us,here are some
"Overall prize money is US$5million, with the winners getting $2m. The remaining money will be given in the form of awards like ‘man-of-the-match’ etc.\
The BCCI has earned $723.59m from the ‘sale’ of the eight teams. On top of that, the Board will get around $1billion from the sale of TV rights."
It's a ugly feeling for any cricket lover when a player of lesser talent is compared with a legend.A Shane Warne being considered lesser than Yousuf Pathan,A Glenn Mcgrath being neglected,A shivnarine chanderpaul being considered a underdog,A Mike Hussey getting the same money as a Parthiv patel.
When the venture started ,i had that ecstacy of the chance to enjoy the epic duels of Sachin-Warne,Sachin-Mcgrath once again in my life.
And to that expectations and the fuzz that i thought this IPL would bring to cricket is begginning to fade...Alas the old warhorses are still in it to redeem me...!
And coming to the team i support...
I started watching because of two persons
one is Sachin Tendulkar
and the other is Harsha Bhogle(responsible for the second stage of becoming an ardent fan)
So,i can't imagine myself supporting a team that does not contain sachin or the one that plays against a team that contains him.So Sachin has always been my hero ..So it should be obvious that i ve become a Mumbai fan already...
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Shame on us
Can anyone answer
who scored the highest number of runs in the 2003 cricket world cup?
Sounds rubbish,doesnt it.
Try to answer this..
Who was the last person to be awarded the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy?
Tough one ,isnt it ...
It is Captain Vikram Batra ,who was awarded posthumus.
It is a shame we remember the names of famed sportsmen and give attension to celebrities who do us nothing ,And care little and hardly remember about people, who die for us leaving their families behind and neglecting all human comforts.We talk about injustice happening to the cricket team and have neglected one of the most shameful events that has happened to us ...
Naib Subedar Bana Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal in India in 1988, for conspicuous bravery and leadership under most adverse conditions. The peak which he captured was renamed Bana Top in his honour. At the time of the Kargil War, he was the only PVC awardee who was still serving in the Army.
The following is a news about him two months ago from the tribuneindia.com website....
some excerpts
"The Tribune had carried a report on October 8 mentioning the plight of Bana Singh who was being paid a petty allowance of Rs 166 per month by the state government in recognition of his bravery, while his fellow soldiers in Punjab were getting Rs 12,500 per month."
"Bana Singh told The Tribune that for the past 20 years he had only got assurances and nothing else. About six months ago he met Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to present his case. The J&K Ex-Servicemen League also took up his case with the government. A four-member committee was also constituted for the purpose. But what happened to the committee report nobody knows, laments the PVC winner.
who scored the highest number of runs in the 2003 cricket world cup?
Sounds rubbish,doesnt it.
Try to answer this..
Who was the last person to be awarded the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy?
Tough one ,isnt it ...
It is Captain Vikram Batra ,who was awarded posthumus.
It is a shame we remember the names of famed sportsmen and give attension to celebrities who do us nothing ,And care little and hardly remember about people, who die for us leaving their families behind and neglecting all human comforts.We talk about injustice happening to the cricket team and have neglected one of the most shameful events that has happened to us ...
Naib Subedar Bana Singh was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry medal in India in 1988, for conspicuous bravery and leadership under most adverse conditions. The peak which he captured was renamed Bana Top in his honour. At the time of the Kargil War, he was the only PVC awardee who was still serving in the Army.
The following is a news about him two months ago from the tribuneindia.com website....
some excerpts
"The Tribune had carried a report on October 8 mentioning the plight of Bana Singh who was being paid a petty allowance of Rs 166 per month by the state government in recognition of his bravery, while his fellow soldiers in Punjab were getting Rs 12,500 per month."
"Bana Singh told The Tribune that for the past 20 years he had only got assurances and nothing else. About six months ago he met Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to present his case. The J&K Ex-Servicemen League also took up his case with the government. A four-member committee was also constituted for the purpose. But what happened to the committee report nobody knows, laments the PVC winner.
Jammu and Kashmir has been embarrassingly indifferent to gallantry award-winners like Bana Singh.
He said it was Capt Amarinder Singh who had announced Rs 10 lakh cash award for him in October,2006. The cheque of this amount was presented to him by his (Amarinder's) successor, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in March this year."You can make out as how our government treats servicemen who have risked their life for the unity and integrity of the country", he regretted.
Here are the full details..(copy and paste the links)
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061029/j&k.htm#4
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071202/j&k.htm
Is this how we treat the "Bravest of the Brave",who risked his life for the sake of his motherland
We can imagine how much money our cricketers and politicians are earning and we fail to recogonise if not praise the greatest deed a man can do for the country...Shame on us ...I am not proud to be an Indian now
Friday, February 8, 2008
Livewire-08
A typical college Symposium,a once in a lifetime experience of organising a grand function with a budget of more than 3,00,000 in a college where academics are considered secondary and costlier decorations,lunch are looked to be the real victory,a class of 66 students working together to make the function a grand success,yeah,it is coming shortly ,LIVEWIRE-08,a National(at least ,we got a paper from Bangalore!)Level Technical Symposium.....just keeping me from blogging useful stuffs for almost 20 days now..
Many questions will arise regarding the very existence of these functions spending this large sum almost for nothing ,but i am slowly realising the completeness a college student gets in understanding the complexities of the real world problems after organising such a function ,this is really an awesome experience.
My second part of this post is about the one hourspeech made by Harsha Bhogle in IIM-A about excellence,What a speech!An amazing insight into what a man can learn from sports.I bet this would be the best ever speech u would ve heard in ur life...Here is the link..
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=harsha+bhogle+iim+a+speech&sitesearch=
Before that..read this brief profile of this hugely respected and talented gentleman's profile
http://espnstar.com/cricket/harshaup/hu_bio.jsp
Many questions will arise regarding the very existence of these functions spending this large sum almost for nothing ,but i am slowly realising the completeness a college student gets in understanding the complexities of the real world problems after organising such a function ,this is really an awesome experience.
My second part of this post is about the one hourspeech made by Harsha Bhogle in IIM-A about excellence,What a speech!An amazing insight into what a man can learn from sports.I bet this would be the best ever speech u would ve heard in ur life...Here is the link..
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=harsha+bhogle+iim+a+speech&sitesearch=
Before that..read this brief profile of this hugely respected and talented gentleman's profile
http://espnstar.com/cricket/harshaup/hu_bio.jsp
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