Sachin's Wrong Habit

India is proud to have a player like Sachin Tendulkar. He is one great man who is also God fearing. Till now many have used adjective like extraordinary, outstanding, one of the greatest player in the history of cricket etc. But how many have used words like 'unlucky' ?There is almost each one of the greatest players who have gone through a thing called "bad patch." There is presently Sehwag, Ganguly upto some extent. But the "bad patch" of Sachin, is all the different from others. Because maybe is himself is different. He himself had admitted after getting out on 97 against Pak in the 4th One dayer that he has come across a 'wrong habit'.This man has an uncanny record of getting out in the nervous ninties not ones not twice but a whooping six times in 2007 alone. And a total of missed centuries is 7. Add those 7 in his current 41, and he will soon have created a record of a half-century of centuries.Indian bowlers should consider themselves lucky to be Indian. Not because any other reason, but just because Sachin is in their team. They just don't get smashed all over the ground. They don't get nightmares like Shane Warne. Jawagal Srinath had once confessed to this fact. Anyways, many more will write much more about Sachin. Keep a look on it.

What may I write?

I feel like writing a lot. But can''t make up my mind, about what to write. So then I decide to write nothing. But I can''t do that either. Because writing is my hobby. Yeah ! It''s just a hobby that, I, somewhere deep inside feel, can be converted into a money earning source. But how is that going to happen ? Is my writing as polished as to do so ? Can I consider a ghost writer ? No. No. I am afraid. Of the ghost ? Nooooooooo ! But of getting something written for me by someone else. So I drop the idea of ghost writing and ghost writers. The readers will think, its not me, who the writer is. Someone else will write for me, if I pay. But no one else will develop my writing skills. I will have to do it all by myself. And not depend on any (ghost) writers. Because (ghost) writers just do not exist. I may not be J. K. Rowling to get a rags to riches turnover, and neither be a Arundhati Roy to get a Booker in the first instance. Being Shobha De too is no easy. But by thinking like this no one stops wiriting. You and I write too. Not every businessman is as successful as Bill Gates, or the Ambanis. But thinking this, others have not stopped their business. Have they ? So keep your thoughts positive. Observe each and every minute thing. You will find a story involved in almost everything around you. Always keep your eyes and ears open. Sooner or later you will be able to find and produce and create something of your own that will have a © symbol against your name.

The Superstitious

It''s human - to not get away from a thing, with which one is associated or to stick to something which even if is unhealthy - mentally or physically. To get things done in the wrong way, illegal way, unethical way is the order of the day in India. That''s why corruption is so strongly rooted here. The same is about superstition. Even in the highly technically influenced 21st century, almost each one of us has, and believe - knowingly or unknowingly - in one superstition or the other. The same has happened today. That''s 07/07/07. A date that comes ones in a century, which gives you pleasure of reading it as mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy or even howsoever may you like it. On this day many a couple, who were engaged to be married, chose this date. The reasons ? Well, they best know it. But this is not happening only in a country full of superstitions and superstitious people - India - but its happening all over the world. Now, why have alllllllllllllll the people the world over have suddenly gone so superstitious ?? The answer is may be (I say may be because this is a very very personal thing) because no one wanted to miss the once in a lifetime opportunity of 07/07/07. Another thing, the importance of 7 is also mentioned in the Bible, in the Quran, in the Gita, well 7 seems to be just about everywhere. Interestingly, there are more 7s associated. A bride takes 7 pheras with her husband, then she takes 7 oaths, then (the worst ?) -- both the bride and the bridegroom promise each other to be with each other all the 7 lives (which they think that this''s their first life :) ). And even the new 7 wonders too are to be announced today. Wouldn''t life have been gloomy without 7 ? What do you say ?

My TV Show

love watching serials on different channels. But the programme. I like most is the Zee Horror show. That day, as usual I watched the programme. In that there was a man with an axe in his hand. He had fiery eyes and an eerie laughter. Even though I was afraid I could not avoid the temptation of watching the programme.After that I went to bed. In the middle of the night I started having a nightmare. I dreamt that I was being chased by `that man.'' His eyes were glowing in the dark, his axe was glittering and he had such a terrible laughter. He was running after me. I ran and ran but was soon exhausted. I stopped because all my energy was drained out. The man reached me and seeing me helpless he raised his axe to kill me. ``Motherrr.. help meee......'''' I cried out, piercing the silence of the night. Hearing my shouts, my parents woke up, switched on the light and came up to me. When I told them everything they started laughing. My father told me that those ''eyes'' were nothing else but the dual lamp-set placed before the idol of Lord Ganesh and that ''axe'' was actually the axe in the Lord''s hand and was shining because of the radium coating on it. ``But what about the laughter," I asked. My father had a ready answer, ``Have you forgotten that people play cards in the next corner! They are the ones who laugh so loudly.'''' Hearing all this, what else could I do other than laugh and that too at myself.

India Vs. Pakistan

This India-Pakistan Series as usual promises to be a cliffhanger. The series till the last match was well tied at 1-1. But after India's superb win yesterday at Kanpur has thrown opened the series alive. And that was a win India needed. It served two purposes. As a patriotic Indian, I wanted India to win, of course. And secondly, for the sake of the game of cricket. Its good for any team to take a lead early on.
The India-Pak enmity is well known. It was fueled by the last ball 6 by Javed Miandad. In 1996
World Cup Quarter Final India had ousted Pakistan. In the 2003 edition of the World Cup too India had convincingly beaten the Pakis in a league match. Which many Indian fans termed as the virutal Cup being leafted. Then there was India's world record chase. India then had scored 325 to win the best of 3 finals. Then when India toured Pakistan in 12 years, there too India had won both the One Day and Test Series.
The enmity continued in the first edition of the T20 World Cup, where the Pakistan Captain pretanded not to have known the bowl out rules. How shameful an answer for such a responsible man. That was a way to hide all that went wrong. And the best came at the finals. When again the match went to the wire. And the Indians were the only team that could have lifted the cup. (The tournament too had no other choice other than India!!!)

But now seems that its too much for the Pakistanis, and thats why they keep loosing their tempers and get the support of sledging. Like this one:


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Revenge Series !?

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Some other day, before that start of the India-Pak Series, Lawson, the Paki couch had said that, India Vs Pak is greater than Ashes. And that it is an Asian Ashes. But I personally feel that, the enmity between Australia and England is and has grown just due to cricket. And there is no any special reason for it. On the other hand, why India and Pakistan are called so arch rivals?! Well, all know that. These two countries have a different reason that make them stand against each other so hard. Such enmity didn't ever exist between Australia and England. I didn't get to read why Mr. Lawson termed it the way he said, but surely India Vs. Pakistan is always a crunch series, a crunch game. Where not only a game is played, but pride is on the line.

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