Observe the pattern of Terrorist attacks in India ?

Did you observe the pattern ?

Everytime there is more tension between Indian & Pakistan, there is a terror attack in India!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What does this tell you ? If there is tention, between the GOVERNMENTS of PAKISTAN & India, there is a terror attack in India somewhere ?

HORRENDOUS !!!

The hatred is coming from the deepest and the deepest parts of my heart !!! Here is an account of the latest Blasts in Pune.

Not sure about 'em sick & corrupt minded people going to heaven, but one thins is for sure, BASTARDS are going to ROT in HELL !! Pardon me for the language, as I said the hatred is coming from deep within my heart ! Period.

Why Mahathma Gandhi deserves to be 'the Mahatma' despite some bloopers !!

Well this has been one of the most discussed/debated issues, right up there with say the 'Indo-pak' debate or 'Sachin Tendulkar being the best batsman, debate. I am sure what I am going to say here today has been said hundred times before, but I do need to say this, as I just cannot digest the way a lot of Indian people treat 'The Mahatma' - MohanDas K. Gandhi, without the slightest of the tiniest ounce of respect. Don't already conclude where this post is heading, please read it till the end, before you conclude.

Time and time again, many Indian people have insulted and abused the Mahatma. Biggest of their concerns was his soft-corner to Pakistanis and Muslims and the 55 crore bounty he wanted to give Pakistan despite the lack of interest in doing so by the Indian Government, among other things. For an intense discussion on this and much more please follow this blogpost by my friend 'Anand' which contains a 'nice discussion among various friends about the Mahatma.'

Another major concern was this excerpt taken from the 'Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol.LXXXVII, p.394-5'

"I would tell the Hindus to face death cheerfully if the Muslims are out to kill them. I would be a real sinner if after being stabbed I wished in my last moment that my son should seek revenge. I must die without rancor. You may turn round and ask whether all Hindus and all Sikhs should die. Yes, I would say. Such martyrdom will not be in vain."

Now here is my response to it. I urge everyone to read this with a clear mind, please.

Firstly, agreed he was cynical in asking Hindus to put down their lives for Muslims, but hey, why do we get so emotional about it, isn't that the exact same thing ' the great mahatma' said 30 years before to make the Britishers leave our country. Did he not ask all the people to put down their lives for the freedom of the country ? When it worked then, why didn't it work now ? That is because of the sparks put in by the Muslim leaders and misinformed people like Nathuram Godse, who had only half-knowledge about things beneficial for the country in the longer run. Someone great truly said, 'half-knowledge is dangerous'. It indeed costed us the 'Great Mahatma'.

Mahatma has achieved so many things which we couldn't have achieved by going through violent means. He is known the world over, for this unique method he employed - Nonviolence. He was just being true to his ideals of nonviolence and urging the folk of his own country- India to follow the path of nonviolence. Be it for achieving freedom or when Muslims were going to attack India, for a separate country. He tried his best not to separate the two nations, but after he realized it was not in his control anymore, he just urged his countrymen to follow the path they have been following successfully, that of nonviolence. In line with that, I believe he said the above statement, if at all he did.

Secondly, just because he asked us to put down our lives to Muslims, didn't mean that was going to happen. Take the case of the Britishers before, everyone agreed to put down their lives for the freedom of the country. Did all the leaders die ? Did all the people die ? NO. True few of them died, but most of the people who died were because of the violent routes they took, how many people who took nonviolent ways got killed? Not many, but ironically the Mahatma was one of them, thanks to the misinformed people. Also, the final choice was with the people, he did not force anyone to do anything, he had his own teachings. Did anyone have a better plan, if they did why weren't any of those plans successful ? I believe the tension between India and Pakistan presently could have largely been avoided if 'Mahatma' was indeed not killed at that time.

And lastly, Gandhi is after all human and mistakes do happen, but he deserves the tag of Mahatma, more than any other person would have deserved. If anyone, it had to be him .....For all the great things he has achieved through nonviolence, he definitely deserves the respect and the title of mahatma, true he did some blunders, but hey he is human !! When sachin can make mistakes, Mahatma Gandhi also can ;).. they are both human, after-all..... but they are 'Maha-Purush' or 'Mahathma' meaning a 'Superlative Human', but still human.....RESPECTTTT !!!! :D

A little background about me. I am Indian :).... I don't like the aftermaths of the Indo-pak separation and wish it never happened and also hate what Pakistan do to India, every day.... Also I totally am a violent person ;), but I just respect what Mahatma Gandhi has achieved through nonviolence. It makes me question my own violent ways, but I have enough reasons to justify my violent actions and will take another post to explain those. Also I hate being humble and modest, which is the 'international identity' of Indians. I would like to change that, but what to do, being humble is in our blood :P :)...

But all said and done, Gandhi is indeed a Mahatma ! :D .. but then people can have different opinions, ... but I would just hope that people have a little more tolerance towards Mahatma, look at the 1000 good things he has done for India, instead of focusing on few blunders.. and if you actually read what I said above those blunders ain't that bad either, just a mis-interpretation!!

To a more tolerant Indian attitude to 'The Great Mahatma Gandhi' on his 140th Birthday celebrations.
Oct 2nd 2009.

Jai Hind !

Constraints faced by youngsters in Indian politics- Are you a 'doer' or a 'talker' ?

This article is a result of someone, asking me an innocent question- 'what my contribution was to the people back home' ? Also am I a 'doer' or a 'talker'. Here is addressing the questions and the constraints faced by the youth of India in today's politics.

I came to America with certain aims and I haven't yet achieved all of what I want to achieve. And me going back to India and future plans are all dependent on what I am planning to achieve here. So, I am helpless, until I achieve it and the way the things are going, it looks easily no less than another 5 years before I can achieve, what I require to go back to India and do whatever I want to. That's adding to my frustration and I end up writing articles like these, because as I am "trying" to achieve what I have to, there are people dying in India and no one seems to be actually doing anything about it. The terrorists and others are not waiting for me to come back and do something. They are happily doing what they have to do. That is adding frustration. A vicious circle, I want to go back and 'do' something, but I cannot because I have to achieve, what I have to achieve before going back.

Lemme tell you something, before I actually answer the question of 'what did I do to help people back home'?

I am sure everybody has plans like I do, for India ( yes it's safer to say everybody, even though it is NOT true ), but with a country of 1.13 billion ( 1,129,866,154 to be precise) and a further 33,599,855 population of Indian origin people outside India out of which 3,357,530 Indians are in America, not even a single one is presently doing anything to save India from the problems it is facing. It would be unfair to say, none of those people are acting, but the % of people from the TREMENDOUSLY HUGE Numbers that I have shown, that are acting is very very less.

My point is this. I am at a stage of my life, where in I am still 5-8 years away from SIGNIFICANTLY doing something for the country. I do not want to plunge into it prematurely and end up like the others, we have the passion, but if we do not channelize it properly, we cannot go nowhere in the India political system, handled by people whose only aim is to bring one down, under all circumstances. Now my question is, what happened to the previous generation of people , who should have 'politically-matured' by now. That is, for many other Indians, 2008 or much earlier should have been the ideal time to mature and plunge into politics and contribute to a better India. Where I ask, are those people, my time hasn't come yet, but where are the people whose time has come and gone away and now they say, " the future of the country is in the hands of the youth, not us, we are no youth anymore". So when the time comes, no one jumps into it and I hope I wont do it.

To answer the question on 'what did i do to help the people back home'. I was part of various NGO's back in the day, when I was in Hyderabad. There are up to 10 organizations, that I have been part of at some part of my life in India. Also, I always took it upon myself to write articles to keep reminding people of what is happening around them ( not that they didn't know ). Also, me and my family did our best to help the down-trodden people. My parents, every month contributed about 30% of their salary ( apart from other goods, etc) to help people 'directly' who needed basic amenities of life. They did not make 'donations' to NGO's per se, they wanted to help the people first hand. Those ideals rubbed onto me and I helped them in their cause. That has been my contribution in India, so far. I came to America, with certain goals to achieve and I am trying to achieve it for now. I wish to go back to India and with what I am going to achieve here, invest and help my country in ways, about which I will talk when the time comes. I hate the concept of talking a lot and not actually doing anything. So you will know of my future contributions, when the time will come. I am ready to get into politics, to help India's cause, will you?

Now with the 'innocent' question answered, would you please let me know of your contribution to India. Sure, there are 'talkers' and 'doers' , but there is a third kind who are neither. Which one are you ? I have always been a 'talker' or rather a 'writer' because I consider myself 'MEDIA', which is one of the 'Most Important systems' of a county. Also, I have been a 'doer' as I mentioned above and plan to 'DO' a lot of things in future, which are not appropriate to talk right now. I am curious to know, about your contribution, it is not an innocent question, it is a very curious question.


To be fair to Indians, surviving in Indian politics where as I said before, people's only aim is to bring you down, is very difficult. If you jump in, you are up against an entire nation of a million parties and a zillion politicians. That's why I say, that this generation of India, has to be different. If a huge bunch of Indian population jumps into it, no crazy politicians can do nothing. It is a time consuming process, results won't show up immediately, but it has to start somewhere. Well, yes, we see more number of youngsters these days in politics, but they can be counted .The country has some promising younger politicians, but they are all denied the reins of power. Only the older people get a chance at the big seats of Indian politics, citing 'experience' as a criterion. So if someone, starts young around 25-30, by the time he/she gets 'experience' it will be a few years, making them ideal to run the government. Recently, a group of IITians stood in an election in Tamil Nadu, but they lost badly, now that shouldn't deter us, results won't show up immediately, if we have an insurge of young politicians, in the long run, things will change for sure. Also there should an age, when people should 'retire' from politics. After a certain age, they should be deemed incapable of holding positions, maybe the very good (who are very rare in our political system), can be part of advisory committees, but that's what their role should be limited to.

To name a few 'young' politicians - Rahul Gandhi, Omar Abdullah, Aditya Sindhiya, Dayanidhi Maran, etc, but as you see most of them youngsters are from the family of politicians. You do not see people without political background jumping into politics, do you ? The day that happens in large numbers, only then will India see a better day ( I might have missed few names of politicians who are not from political families, but the point I am trying to make is that the number of such people is significantly 0. ) Also young doesn't necessarily mean late 30's, 40's and 50's. We need more people who are around 30. The country needs to be run by technocrats and not illiterate old people. Politics is much more difficult than building a microprocessor chip, we need young Indian brains in politics, not in chips anymore.

The reality is that politics is not as enticing as the other professions for today's youth. For an youngster to get into politics,is not an easy job. The rules of entry are not clear, people who deter you are a lot, there are serious financial constraints and also lack of family support in issues like these. You hear parents or family members say very often, 'Why should my son be the one to change the country. Why can't we all have a normal life. Why don't you get married and have kids' ? Surely, no single parent wants their child to be the 'scapegoat'. But what if every family comes forward, there wouldn't be a concept of scapegoat, then. Owing to these constraints, you see youngsters using other sources to vent their anger or passion to save their country. I chose the media and am trying to create awareness among my fellow beings ( not that they do not know all this !!!!), there are others who become naxalites or terrorists or 'religious-warriors'. There are yet another group of people, who choose to be part of NGO's. That's been the trend, especially for NRI's, who often feel guilty of not being present in their own motherland and often have to bear the abuses of their fellow countrymen from India regarding their ' Intelligent escape from the miseries of India'. There are many who have given up their 'high-paid careers' to be part of NGO's to do something for their country. But NGO's are more of a 'help the already suffering people', rather than 'change the conditions causing the suffering'. It is more reactive than proactive. Also NGO's are not exactly exercising power, as they are trying to improve the system. I have a tremendous respect, totally believe in the concept of NGO's, have myself been part of a large number of NGO's and plan to set-up my own in the future. But the point I am trying to make is that we need more youngsters directly involved in politics. It is great that there is a huge involvement of youngsters and NRI's in the NGO-NPO system, but the call of the hour is 'political system'. There are other youngsters who are lured by the wrong set of parties, owing to the above mentioned constraints, you see a lot of youngsters with passion ending up in places like Bhajrang Dal or Raj Thackeray or Gurjjar type of agitation or naxalites. Most of these youngsters are uneducated ( there are educated youngsters too ) and they are challenged to be leaders and end up following the orders of people above, blindly.

With so much of Indian support all over the world, if the country's future figured in the plans of at least a few % of that huge population, India would have been a much better place. Of course, the people back in India, right from the common man, celebrities, merchants, politicians are not helping the cause. I am sure each one has their own reasons, to turn their backs to India. It is understandable, you cannot expect a farmer who is not provided with the basic amenities to fight for India or expect a kid born in a poor family, who doesn't have money to eat one proper meal a day and so in the process turns out to be a 'goonda' or a goon to be honest and help India's cause. Also you cannot expect a middle-class guy in India, who has to pay the taxes, pay the corrupt people at each level and still support his family decently, to help India's cause. This ain't a movie like 'shivaji' or 'aparichitudu' or 'bharateeyudu' or 'nayak' where in one person can change the fate of the entire nation. This is reality, where every single person, has to be a hero. With many heroes and young leaders with passion, India can have a chance again, else it is going to be worse than what it is now.

Sure, India has been progressing in various areas, with many young people showing lot of passion for the country and opposing what is happening in the country, but lemme tell you that, everyone is just emulating what everyone else is doing i.e Raise their voices, but the people who are actually going to do something, well not many. It is easier to go with the crowd, than actually doing a different thing.

The youth of India is definitely involved in everyday system, but you see them mostly venting their anger in 'destructive ways' , rather than 'constructive' or 'productive' ways, helpful to the country. The dharnas, the protests, stone pelting, burning down public properties, burning Effigies, are all done mostly by youngsters who lack a sense of direction. That's why the call of the hour is for educated youngsters, who can channelize their angers and get into the real politics and 'make an effort' to change the state of India. For all we know, the coming year 2009 and the following year too, will have many many terrorist attacks, it is imminent, but it has to stop somewhere and it will, only if educated youngsters- technocrats with big degrees plunge into the real politics in huge numbers .

Jai Hind and to a better tomorrow, may the force be with us.

Another Terrorist attack - Now what ?

As much as I hate writing about stereotyped subjects, I can't help but vent my anger when it comes to the stereotyped subject of late, in India-‘Terrorism’. Guess we have all talked and read all about terrorism and we know it all, don't we or rather we presume. That's the point, everyone knows everything, but when it matters most, when it comes to changing the tide, everyone plays ignorant. We are the youth and we have always heard people say the future of the country, lies in our hands. Well, it is time now for us to actually go out and change the future of our country. Now is the time to act, else we will also end up saying, the future of the country lies in the hands of our next generation.


So I have been following the whole Mumbai blasts during the last week. I am surprised (or not surprised) to find that everyone blames everybody else for it - the politicians or the navy or the police or the media. It's an easy thing to do, isn't it blaming the politicians. Going with the crowd, trying to fit in, we say, " F*** the politicians". Why did you elect them in the first place, if that were the case? In the case that you voted for the opposition, do you think the situation could have been any better, if not worse? It is highly unlikely. Or do you belong to the group that didn't vote, well you have no right to talk, because you never had a say in the battle to decide which politicians donned the power seats. You had already given up on them, didn't you, so why act as if you are part of this system now? Instead of blaming the politicians, let’s have introspection. A government is just as good (or bad) as the people who have voted (or not voted) for it. Let us cast our votes and in the case that you do not like either of the parties or candidates cast a neutral vote or a 49-0 vote. Sadly, not many people know that, one can go to a poll booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn't want to vote anyone! This way, one can bring it to the notice of the proper officials that they do not want these candidates in the first place. Would you stay quite when the movie doesn't play in a theater you paid the money for or if the food is stale in a restaurant you paid money for? Then why do you keep quite when 'stale' and corrupt politicians get elected, feeding on your own income tax which is thousands of time more than a movie ticket or a restaurant bill?

The youth of the country needs to look into politics as a career. The Country needs us.

Please be clear, I am not saying the politicians are good, but what are we doing to make it a better place? Why don't we, the youth of India, get into politics? The Indians are world renowned for their intelligence and wit, so why don't we use it to make India a better place. The few people, who do use it in politics, use it for the bad or the dark side of the force, as they say. It is very easy to go with the flow and accept whatever the crowd says; we need leaders, leaders who can stand on their own word, against the common perceptions. Let us all be leaders. Gather a group of like-minded people for the common good of the country and get into politics. You will find many people, who are in the search of a leader. We have helped the world and USA enough with the number of Doctors and Engineers that we produce; let us help our own country now by producing more youth politicians. Don't again wait for others to plunge in, you be the one to plunge in and lead your fellow Indians.

TAKE THE INITIATIVE, DON'T WAIT FOR OTHERS TO LEAD, BE the LEADER!!!!

The youth of today has lot of passion and wants to contribute to the country, but they are clouded by the sense of procrastination and not taking the leadership into their own hands. We always wait for others to take the initiative. There are many people out there, who are very angry about this situation and write blogs like these, but the one different is the one who motivates others, educates others and takes the initiative to do something, which the common man doesn't do. But we all have our limitations (excuses), for not taking the initiative. People do not want to be the leaders, as they do not want to be in the firing line. There are others who cite career, family obligations, fear of death and other logical, but not valid excuses for not leading from the front. We want others to take the initiative and only then will we join them for support. What is it that they have, that you or I don’t? Well, nothing but the sense to act now and being the leader, instead of looking around for leaders. There is nothing more wrong in us, that's the only thing. So, let’s act from today and lead from the front. You can convince yourself all you want, just think if you are doing the right thing by convincing yourself. Would you be still able to convince or forgive yourself, if you lose a dear person in the blasts? No you wouldn't.

Where are the days, when people used to be all patriotic and quoted great quotes like, “Ask not what the country has given to you, but what you have given to the country"? Just because we are not under the British rule or fighting world wars anymore, doesn't mean there is no need to be patriotic anymore. Do that thing which justifies all the people- you, your family and your country fellows. If each one of the billion people, starts thinking this way, it is obvious that there will be a change. Also think not that your actions don't affect your country, that you are just one person. If every person thinks that way, we will have a country where most of its people, think, that the other person is going to do it and it is not his/her job. Be the change you want to see in other people. Remember small drops make an ocean. We are the largest democracy in the world; let us make it count in things other than world leaders in AIDS, corruption, pollution and poverty.

DEMOCRACY is the only thing for US, but with a FEW CHANGES and a large group of FRESH YOUNG LEADERS

Our political system is the biggest and the only true democracy in the world. With the varied number of religions, castes, cultures, groups and differences we have, the fact that, we are still operating as one of the top countries in the world, is in itself an achievement. But, we cannot be happy with that, because apart from that there is nothing good to talk about our government. Let us change that. Forget about other ideas like communism, socialism, and military rule or tyrant rulers. If we adopt either of them we will end up like the other countries of China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran to name a few, which are either deprived of freedom or are always under the cloud of fear. I am sure, no Indian will like living in such a society. What we need is fear, the fear of not being close to, what our constitution makers dreamt of making 60 years back. Democracy is the only way for us, but with a few changes.

Changes in the number of parties we have. Having a zillion parties, doesn't help anyone. It only divides the people further, each one trying to pull the chair of the other, in the process setting aside the needs of the country. 2-4 competing parties all over the country should be the way to go. Also, the reservation system based on castes should be abolished and in its place, a quota system based on the financial income of the household should be established. Thus, giving chances to the ones who actually need it.

Democracy is for us and let us clear the clogs in our 60 year old Constitution. Any of the true political leaders of the yesteryears, wouldn't be proud with the way we are progressing. Do you want the efforts put in by millions of our ancestors, in making our country free, go in vain? Is this why they freed us? Definitely not! Let us put an effort now. Giving up, without putting an effort is the meekest thing ever.

Think about it guys, this is your country, only you can save it and no one. The country's politics awaits you. I am planning to get into politics in the near future, but I need more support from all of you. Do I have you, yet?

Three Solutions to infinite Indian Problems- Jai Hind !!!!

[I am re-posting an article that I wrote on the Indian Independence day, Aug 15th 2005, when I was still doing my undergraduation in India. Sad to say, the situation hasn't changed any further till today, Nov 11, 2008, it has in fact become worse. As I write in the last sentence of the blog, I hope we change for good, and we don't move backwards, but I guess that was inevitable.:(.. I still stand on my '3 Solutions'. Read further ......]

This is an old story retold again n again n again .........

Hello there .... As is the normal case , u might have forgotten the significance of this day...well , u gotta be debased if u thought it was just another day .. Just another Monday .. just another boring day .. just another bromidic start to a grumpy week ahead ....just another day in this stereotyped world of ours ...........

well stop cursing me now .. n stop scrutinizing everywhere and asking everyone what day is it today ....n please don't even think of looking for it in the calender , because u would never find the calender in the RUMMAGE , which u may call ur ROOM/HOUSE/DORM etc ...

Well Wake up to this new Hi-tech age of the ASSIDUOUS and HECTIC life of an average Indian ...Well i wish i cud say anything better bout me ...But i at least know today is OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY and am writing this article ..i know u r giving me one of your insane looks , u might be thinking " You are not the only one who knows about that, i even know this is our 58th year of liberty " !!! Well , First of all KUDOS to ya for knowing that , now let us see what is it that I am trying to address today !!!!! Well the prob is this .....

* A COUNTRY OF POPULATION 1,080,264,388 (rem it keeps changing every few seconds ..LOL..) , Doesn't EVEN PRODUCE A SINGLE GOLD- MEDALIST IN THE OLYMPICS ....

* MOST OF THE ATHLETES , WHO R SUPPOSED TO BE THE CREAM OF INDIA , ALWAYS TEST POSITIVE DURING VARIOUS DRUG TESTS ....

* INDIAN CRICKET ADMINISTRATORS R TRYING THEIR LEVEL BEST TO EMULATE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN INDIAN (insane ) POLITICS ...A CRICKETER GETS SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS /REGIONAL / COMMUNAL / LINGUAL FEELINGS RATHER THAN , BY THE CRITERION OF PERFORMANCE ...

* THE SUPPOSEDLY RESPECTABLE MOVIE STARS , DO INSANE ACTIVITIES, LIKE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LESSER KNOWN ARTISTS , TRY TO EARN MILLIONS OF MONEY BY DOING HORRENDOUS ACTIVITIES , HAVING LINKS With UNDERWORLD , INVOLVING IN INFINITE SCANDALS N SCAMS , the list is endless ....


* MOST OF THE GOODS ( read as ALL commodities ) , MANUFACTURED IN INDIA ARE ALL SUB- STANDARD ...THE people AT THE TOP EAT MONEY OF THE people LIKE LEECHES and IN RETURN GIVE THEM NO QUALITY GOODS ...(P.S nobody has a right to question them !!! ) ..

*INDIA WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE THE LARGEST MOVIE BASE IN ENTIRE WORLD , ONLY PRODUCES 3 'GOOD' MOVIES with a message, which can change the people ( aren't movies supposed to be a powerful media ? ). The 3 movies are " APARICHITHUDU " , " BHARATHEEYUDU /INDIAN " , " OKE OKKADU /NAYAK " IN 7-8 YEARS ...MOST OF ITS CRAZY MOVIES REVOLVE AROUND --- LOVE/ LUST / VIOLENCE / SENTIMENTS / FACTION / ABUSE AMONG OTHER THINGS which surely provide entertainment, but don't address the tag of being called a powerful Media. They influence the citizens in areas of violence, romance, etc but do not even try to influence them in other matters, which are more important .... Kudos to the Media...

* A COUNTRY LIKE US STARVES FOR WATER IN THE OFF SEASON. BUT WHEN THE RAINS COME, they destroy everything through floods. THEY CROSS THE STORAGE CAPACITY OF THE DAMS and THEY FINALLY END UP Flowing INTO THE SEAS , THE people just FEED ON THIS STORED WATER FOR FEW MONTHS , BUT AFTER THAT AGAIN , ITS THE SAME STORY ..Y CANT V DO something better TO STORE THIS EXCESS WATER ... All the government does is to allocate millions and millions of rupees to these so called 'Irrigation projects', which come to a halt as soon as they are started. But of course the respective political heads see to it that the money allocated is used ( It is residing safely in their personal SWISS bank accounts !!!!!)

* INDIA LEADS THE WORLD IN AREAS WHICH ONE HAS TO BE REALLY SHAMEFUL - AIDS / CORRUPTION / POPULATION / GROWTH RATE / UNCLEANLINESS / ILLITERACY / POVERTY / WATER PROBLEMS / HOMICIDE / CHILD ABUSE / ABUSE OF WOMEN / POLLUTION / BAD WORLD ECONOMY / ...... etc etc .......

* INDIA IS THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD .. IT HAS People FROM VARIED RELIGIONS /COMMUNITIES ETC ... EACH ONE BELIEVES IN A SEPARATE GOD and PRAYS TO THEM ...Y IS IT , THEN NOT EVEN A SINGLE ONE OF THEM PRAYS TO BE LOYAL TO HIMSELF , AT LEAST FOR THE FEAR OF GOD !!! Strange not even so many Gods from so many different religions can do anything to make our country a better place.

Of course, managing such a diverse population with such varied religions, castes, languages, cultures is a task which no country other than India can pull off. It is truly the only democratic country in the world, but that's where one should stop talking about its democratic nature, because once you start scratching more, only bad shyt is going to ooze out.


* INDIAN POLITICIANS ARE ELECTED BASED ON HOW THEY BRIBE THE PEOPLE ( that's very sad ) ... AFTER GETTING ELECTED , EACH ONE COMPETES With ONE ANOTHER ON HOW WORSE CAN ONE BE !!!

the list is endless ..ITS A CRUEL VICIOUS CIRCLE !!!! ..i guess i have put forward few of the millions n millions of probleme that we have in this country here ..

now here's a small list of how we can ATTEMPT to change it !!!

** THE MOST BASIC THING IS , BE TRUE AND LOYAL TO YOURSELF !! IF U believe IN GOD , ALWAYS FEAR THE JUDGMENT DAY (as you call it in your own religion ) ..WHENEVER U R BOUT TO do ANYTHING BAD , JUST FEAR THE GOD .. Remember you will have to pay for your deeds. Remember the "Power Of Karma". This is one way to keep control over your actions. WELL IF U R AN ATHEIST , THEN U JUST have to BE TRUE TO YOURSELF and still believe in the "power of Karma" , because ONLY THEN WILL GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO YA !!! Just because you don't believe in something, doesn't mean there is nothing out there, right ? So irrespective of your belief's you will have to pay for what you do. So do good and u will b good and the people around you and in the country will be good too. If you are good to someone, there is no reason why they will be bad to you. ( It's easier said than done, but it has to start somewhere, right ? )


* SECONDLY , THE RESERVATION SYSTEM HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM ALL SPHERES OF INDIA ..The society needs to be divided into 2 CATEGORIES - ONE, ABOVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ANNUAL PAY and ANOTHER BELOW IT ...THOSE BELOW IT HAVE TO BE GIVEN REDUCTION / DISCOUNTS / INCENTIVES, irrespective of their religion/caste, etc ... THIS 'LINE' HAS TO REVIEWED ANNUALLY ...BY DOING SO we are providing FAIR JUSTICE TO EVERYONE and GOOD N ABLE people WILL MOVE UP IN LIFE and SHAPE INDIA INTO A FLYING GOLDEN BIRD, that it was before tragedy struck it !!! I know there are problems to this solution too, like what is the authenticity of the 'annual income' of a household, among other things. But as we know, where there is a will, there is a way. It has to start somewhere, so why not start with this good idea. People who need reservations, because they cannot afford basic education, etc, will be provided and people who can do without them, will not be provided. This will eventually result in a balanced economic system.


* THIRDLY , THE POLITICAL SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TOO ..We need just 2 PARTIES and BOTH OF THEM Have TO show why either of them need to be elected FOR A SINGLE TERM .. BY DOING SO ,people WILL GET UNITED ...and the chances of VOTES being BIASED would reduce.... Also by doing so we are cutting down one of the main reasons, politicians are demons that we see today. The WANT for POWER is being cut, by limiting the number of POWERFUL SEATS AVAILABLE to rule India. This has its limitations too, in that, how can 2 parties represent the multitude of people in India, but it can be done, with representative from all groups in these 2 parties and they compete with one another for the betterment of India. I would want to go the extent to say that 'democracy' is not the way for India, but let me not get into it for now. I would like to first start with this idea proposed above and see how it goes. If it doesn't go too well, maybe tyranny would be the answer. But as I said, I am not going there for now.

I believe THESE three are THE three MAIN Things TO BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ...IF WE IMPLEMENT THEM , I M SURE IT WILL AFFECT EACH and EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF OUR LIFE and IT WILL SURELY ELIMINATE most of the things I mentioned before ... For example, it is also going to take care of our medals tally in the Olympics, because what we are trying to achieve in politics and reservation will also rub into the sports system and with corruption out of the way, better and deserving athletes will get a shot at limelight.

Now it's upto the people of India ... if they wish to see INDIA as a bright star in future which they haven't been able to achieve in 58 (shameless) years , they need to implement these things ...

well for starters ,one can forward this message to others, just the way we forward messages to our friends, when it is about some scandal or controversy which excites us. Sadly things about changing the country don't excite no one and we don't forward stuff like this. As I said, the power is in your (our) hands.

Next year i write this mail , i hope my word list reduces n i hope we will take at least one step forward. I pray to God we don't step backwards !!!

Cheers

WESTERNIZATION or DESTRUCTION?? -Time to change Indiaa

[ I am re-posting an article I wrote on January 15, 2005 when I was still an under-graduate in Hyderabad, India. This blog was questioning the so-called westernization and Technological advancements in India back in the day ( or is it ?) ]

The first fortnight of the New Year is over and sadly , I haven't grown any taller or slimmer... just that i realized I CUD CRY TOO.. I HAVE FEELINGS TOO.. nah nah , my results haven't come yet .lol..the CRUELTIES n ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENTS of the world made me realize that..
so u think people have gotten over TSUNAMI already .. maybe not !!(in fact will never)... but things r generally "supposedly" returning to normal ... LALLU wants to run JHARKHAND , MICHAEL JACKSON wants a private trial with unsuspecting vertically challenged lawyers , BRAD PITT n JEN split n JEN moved in wid her HAIRDRESSER , BRITNEY SPEARS wrote a small making up note to CHRISTINA with only , get this , SEVEN SPELLING MISTAKES. Luckily , a public interest litigation has stopped BRITNEY writing her own lyrics for good of the society :D .. i think that's the end of the fun in this blog...

OF late whenever I open any newspaper, Magazine or switch between channels on the Idiot box, all I see are these key words-

VOYEURISM , SPY CAMS , HIDDEN CAMS , CHILD ABUSE , PEDOPHILIA , TRAFFICKING , ABUSE , TECHNO GIZMOS , STAR N CELEBRITY SCANDALS , ..........................( n a lot of other obscene stuff , which i am scared to mention , lest crazos might brand my blog as OBSCENE itself .)..... Now all this i am talking about is INDIAN ( newspapers/magazines/journals/news channels/news sites...).. keyword is INDIAN .. now that's really troubling me ...
IS THIS the MODERNIZATION/WESTERNIZATION one has been talking about of late ?? .. about 4-5 years ago i was happy INDIA was moving western ways .. now if u ask me, i wouldn't buy this idea anymore ...I DoN't call this MODERNIZATION..it really hurts me so much ( n i am serious)..each term i used above is in itself a very dangerous one , leading to a worse society ...

Here are a few incidents which have come to light of late

* DPS SEX SCANDAL- .. a schoolboy, a school gal, a camera phone , an MMS , emails of almost every person now ...

* MATINEE MASALA - a star duo( read as kareena and shahid Kapoor) "supposedly" embracing each other in a night club...

* MISS TAKE - former MISS JAMMU ANARA GUPTA being arrested for allegedly appearing in a porn cd ... but after more than an year's torture by her, forensic experts prove shes not the one in the cd .... ( sheesh call that justice ? )

* ROOM WITH A VIEW - a landlord caught after hiding spy cams in 3 rooms occupied by outstation girls .....

* ATM- TRANS-ACTION - a senior television journalist getting cozy with her male colleague in an ATM ..

* BOY, WHAT A FRIEND - a cd showing obscene stuff in which the gal's boy friend named CHAMPION alias TANVEER ANSARI , forced the girl to do insane stuff ...

* SHOWER SEEN - this talks about catching popular film actress "TRISHA" , showering by a hidden camera .. obviously the gal denies everything ....

* MANY OTHERS ....so many others stories to follow .. every day the newspapers talk about many such insane activities .. who can forget the recent killing of a gal in Briton by an Indian national ...n should we talk about Cyber crimes ... arising due to chatting n giving out private information on the net ... The will open yet another can of worms... All this means is that there is a

DEATH OF PRIVACY !!!!

If u have ever owned a credit card , a cell phone , a passport, a motorized vehicle , joined a club or social organization , sent an e-mail, engaged in an e-transaction, taken a loan , had yourself admitted to a private nursing home , taken medical insurance , .. it is almost certain that somewhere or the other personal information about u has been stored... Is this technology such a good thing ? What good is technology when you have no privacy ? where is security in this world???

what is happening?

is HOMO-SAPIEN becoming a HOMO-SPY??

is TECHNOLOGY inventing VOYEURISM , or as some would have it , is VOYEURISM spurring on TECHNOLOGY ?

Will we all end up, willy nilly , as PEEPING TOMS - or as their victims ? actually, at this very moment dun be surprised if somone sitting in another part of the world is peeping over ur shoulder n reading this very blog along with u !! WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SATELLITE SPY CAMS ( forget web cams! )..

who r we to blame .. i am asking this from an INDIAN point of view .. we were supposed to have the BEST N OLDEST N........ CULTURE of all time.. where has that disappeared ( don't be offended by my asking this as if i am so different from ya all.. ).. we should have picked only the good of the WESTERN WORLD .. but we hav showed a more liking to the bad as well .. Well, that's why the age old syaing goes, 'Everything comes at a price, be ready to pay for the side affects too, just not for the good part' .......

this never happened in INDIA .. u c people smoking cigarettes n drinking alcohol at a very young age ...what about this culture of Scandals like the DPS and others I mentioned above... .. this is really hurting .. its been there for like few years now .. been happening in most top bracket schools of top metros of India ..only this time it has come to notice ..

who is to be blamed ?? RAUNCHY VIDEOS being aired on tv ?? LACK OF SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOL?? national geographic/ discovery / fashion channels??? AIDS AWARENESS prog being shown on TV?? TEEN- AGE ?? talk bout the word "SEX" being a " TABOO" ... ?? what ?? what r the answers?? for most people " OBLIVION " comes to the rescue !!...... Just because we dust the dirt under the carpet, doesn't mean the place is clean. Guess for all of us, it is good enough, if we don't see it or if we don't talk about it. No one care what actually happens below the surface or behind the screens.

one thing which is scaring me now are the AFTERMATHS of TSUNAMI ... so much of destruction everywhere!! ......'child abuse'?? the thought itself is scary .. TSUNAMI has given the TRAFFICKERS a perfect opportunity .. already false vows have started and many people have been kidnapped .. INDONESIA has woken up , so did SRI LANKA, to stop trafficking of ppl......what about INDIA though ?? no answers yet ?? sad to say that INDIA actually encourages such ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENTS to happen .. everything for money .. no UNITY ...200 years back BRITONS invaded us , taking advantage of our GREED FOR MONEY AND LACK OF UNITY .. even today child abuse/ pedophilia/ trafficking/ still exisst in this country only because of the people and politicians .. so many people are illiterate or lack common sense .. this became obvious when in a popular show called INDIAN IDOL , ( Indian version of American Idol) people started voting for a part. candidate without much thought process ...They give more importance to regional, caste and religious feelings, rather than taking the side of truth and honesty.....For the rest who are literate and have white collar jobs, they are blinded by money, power, sex among other things. Corruption is at its highest. For no reason this era has been called 'KALI-YUG' in the hindu sacred books....

LACK OF UNITY/ ILLITERACY /CORRUPTION/ POLITICAL WHIMS/ POVERTY / GREED/CASTE SYSTEM/ QUOTA SYSTEM ..are few of the reasons for our fate even today ...

so people .. let us all join hands today ( n i really mean it ).. let us all be united .. and then try to remove the anti-social elements from our country.. selflessness .. is required... Be the one to make the decisions and take the first step, instead of throwing the lead to others.... let us make our country a better place to live in .. HOW DARE THE BRITONS CALL OUR PLACE ONE OF THE WORST PLACES TO RESIDE IN?? let us prove them wrong .. The whole fact that we are still one of the leaders in world in may areas, despite being ruled and exploited totally by the Brtions, years back is an achievement in itself, which talks a lot about the character of the Indians. Let us make it a better place, let us make India, the best place it was before anything ever happpend to this land of angels and gods....

P.S: I wrote this blog with lots of emotion.. It was not written to offend anyone's views. Please overlook that, if you feel so. hope u understand my grudges.....

Let us start doing something good for our country.. MAKE IT A WORTHY PLACE TO LIVE IN ...we r no less than any of the SUPER POWERS .. TAKE A CUE FROM COUNTRIES LIKE AUSTRALIA N AMERICA .. they are also as big nations as us ,, but still they are super powers ..Why?.. We can whine all we want.. I gave few of the reasons why this is happening, but talking about them is one thing and actually doing something to change it, is another thing...So let us start doing something...... let us stay UNITED ..

UNITED WE STAND , DIVIDED WE FALL...

Remember WE ARE INDIANS and Let's FEEL PROUD ABOUT that

Cheers and Peace

teri Maaaaa(nn) Ki... -Harbhjan/India/BCCI vs Symonds and co/Aussies/ICC/Peter Roebuck

[ Here I re-post another article I wrote, when I was terribly disturbed by the series of unfortunate incidents that happened in the Jan of 2007 in Australia, during the most awaited India-Aus test series. At the end of the day, it will remain that Aussies cheated their way to win the series 2-1, nevertheless, the writing on the wall, which everyone knows is that " India is the superior team and the only team of the two, which plays the game in the 'right spirit' ". These incidents hurt me the most and here I am expressing it. ]


I couldn't express my disgust anywhere else, so I am back here rambling about cricket. If I had the chance I would have machine-gunned the entire A(u)ssie team. I suggest you read till the very end, to get the gist of all the things that's been happening in Australia over the new year.

Well I am talking about the aftermaths of the IN-famous Sydney test between India and Australia , which resulted in Australia winning their worst match ever. That this match turned out to be their record equaling 16th consecutive test match win, is another totally sad fact. That India eventually broke their record in the very next match , yet again, shows that , the game is a great equalizer and that's the only totally true and marvelous fact. Well, it's difficult to say justice prevailed finally, because what remains on paper and records finally is that A(u)ssies retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy for 2007-08 by beating India 2-1 at home. For centuries to come, that is going to remain on paper, when it should have been 1-1 and they shouldn't have won their 16th consecutive test. But one thing, they deserved to lose it for the second time, for the second time, they could not make it 17 in a row and the 2 times, it was India who stopped them in their tracks. I am proud of that. I am sure the agony of the Aussies is unexplainable and inexpressible as, SO FITTINGLY , so painfully, they couldn't make it No. 17 , yet again !!! Go feeedd losers...

As if that wasn't demoralizing enough, India's hothead Harbhajan singh was slapped with a 3 test match ban and a high level of racial abuse offense.

What followed is all history now. Justice always prevails and India has a say in cricket. We are the rulers of present day cricket, BCCI is.

Click here. That should give an exact account of the turn of each and every event regarding the sydney test and the ban on harbhajan.

During that time one writer Peter Roebuck -very acclaimed English turned Australian citizen said how Australians are killing the spirit of the game, how Ricky ponting should be sacked and how crazy is India for still not packing their bags and going back home. Well I was surprised back then, reading those articles, but now I am not. He was very predictable this time around and did what was expected of him. He goes out blazing all cylinders on Indian board-BCCI and Harbhajan Singh. Read it for yourself, what I think is one of the cheapest, biased and most useless piece of crap that he has written in his illustrated career as a cricket columnist.

Now coming to the facts. The way I look at it and it surely makes sense to me. Think about it

1. Symonds agreeing to the fact that he started the feud.

2. Symonds saying 'Playing cricket on the field is no place to make friends' , clearly shows the Australian attitude and ready to be sparked attitude.

3. Symonds already being involved in a similar situation back in India and he agreeing yet again that he started the feud in that case too. But strangely he hasn't been charged with anything, where as the Indian HOTHEAD harbhajan was banned for 3 tests and when India decided to walk out of the CB series, it has been reduced to 50% of his match fee. Even then Symonds wasn't charged anything. That's shocking and unacceptable.

4. The whole "sparking the Harbhajan Feud" looks very pre-planned. The whole pre match agreement done by ponting was done having this in mind. The Aussies if one can remember, made it clear to the 2 Indian Hot heads- Sreesanth and harbhajan during the one day series in India, ' mate ! come down to Australia, we will show you what you have just done'. Unfortunately sreesanth missed the tour due to a shoulder injury ( though he is coming back for the one day series now- I Can't wait to see what happens next ) , but harbhajan made it and so they decided to give it to him.

Harbhajan tucking his bat at Lee, sparked the feud that the Aussies- Symonds, Ponting , Hayden , have been planning for a while now.

5. The craziest decisions was yet to come- Mike Procter the ICC referee had taken the most horrible decision that ever was , slapping Harbhajan with the ban. Firstly, there was no proper evidence back then. Nothing on the tapes back then proved anything. He next dismissed the only other Indian in picture- Sachin Tendulkar ,saying he wouldn't have heard anything. How then that Hayden /Clark could have heard something? The umpires were also taken out of the picture ,as they said they didn't hear anything. How the BLODDY HELL, I ask, did Mike Procter take a decision like that, a big decision abusing someone for racism ,is no mere joke. He based his decision on the evidence of Hayden, Symonds, Ponting, Clark, all of them who have been either at the end of Harbhajan's feuds or whose integrity in that match, was anything but contentious. Doesn't all this look pre-planned and the Aussie domination. Someone needed to break that.

6. So the BCCI then reacted to the horrible decision , the correct thing it did. Sunil Gavasker ICC's working member, couldn't keep his mouth shut any longer and so he erupted and all the people out there go on talking about how big a racist Gavasker is. Well, that's the way to be mate ! 'If you act smart, we will act smarter' ! Sunil is a true embodiment of that. Way to go mate !! If you guys can't take it, then dare not give it the next time to someone else!!... right mate ?

7. So now that the BCCI has seen the way things are going-Aussies achieving what they wanted to, people like Procter and ICC supporting the wrong Aussies, BCCI decides to show who the real power in cricket was. Well It is undoubtedly that and will remain that way. So better not act smart. If things go out of way, BCCI has to step in and restore justice, at whatever price, if it means calling their team back home and that they showed by hiring a chartered plan, Hell yes , they will and they should do it. !! You guys break the rules, we need to restore them. and of course since the path you have chosen is dirty, we also need to take the dirty path , Mate !!!!

And now Peter Roebuck goes crazy over this point. Well, Mate !! I know you got almost kicked out of your new nation- Australia for those absolutely correct comments u made a few days back - about sacking ponting and how aussies can't take it when someone gives it to them. So what does he do ??? Write this crazy article which makes no sense at allll...


At the end of the day justice prevails and BCCI wins and you know how all this started ???

Harbhajan responding to the Ill abuses of Symonds saying " teri MAAA(nn) Kiiiii ( heard /decoded by symonds as MAAANKIIIII - MONKEYY ). If you have no evidence, you don't accuse anyoone. I think that's what even kids know, you don't need to have a degree in law to know that. Strangely people who took decision were no kids, yet they take decisions the way they did !!!!

It is clear the grudges people have against the all conquering Indian team and the world cricket being run by THE BCCI !!!!... it will remain that way !!!!

India’s World Cup 2007 Fiasco- It came to an end, even before it started!

[I am re-posting an article I wrote when I was disappointed with India's lackluster performance in the WC 2007, when they were eliminated by Bangladesh ( Pakistan got eliminated by Ireland..lol ).. I am happy to see the transition in the team India right now, on Nov 13, 2008, when they are the unofficial No.1 team in the world, as they trash A(u)ssies 2-0 in the test championship !!!!] ...


I AM WORST AT WHAT I DO BEST – Kurt Cobain

WE ARE WORST AT WHAT WE DO BEST-Indian Cricketers


Yup, so India has been knocked out of the world cup 2007. Put in a better way, India hasn’t qualified for the world cup. Would it be a saving grace that Pakistan has been kicked out before us ? That too they lost it to Ireland, no one even knows that countyr plays cricket, right ? Not really. Its time for introspection. And then of course India has to sack the famed Indian super cricketers, ala PAKISTAN.

Here’s something, what we think, Dilip Vengsarkar & co. should do immediately,

· Sack Dravid as Captain, keep him as a player.
· Captain DADA- Sourav or Sachin. Mostly, Sourav because he has the true leader ship qualities of Aggressiveness, Innovativeness and Zeal.
· Introspection needed by Sachin. He is a class act, will surely come back hard.
· Sack Harbhajan Singh , Anil Kumble and Ajit Agarkar from ODI’s.
· Bring back proven customers like Kaif and Powar and give them more opportunities.
· Time to look around for new players, who have potential to perform under pressure.
· Look for pacers who are willing to bend their backs and are innovative.
· Make people like Irfan Pathan and Munaf Patel play more First class matches and improve their fitness levels and get back their pace.
· Time for Ajit and Harbhajan to don their state caps.

The famed Indian Batting line up, supposedly the best Line-up in present day world cricket, the batsmen who have more than 50000 runs among themselves, will remain strong only on paper. Twice in 2 matches they weren’t able to score 200 with this line-up. All this at a time, when people keep underlining the fact that our strength is our batting. That should talk amounts of how weak our bowling is, in that case.

So here’s the big question? Does India have the KILLER INSTINCT? I am a big optimist when it comes to Indian cricket, I can call BULL-SHYT as a fertilizer for India’s sake. But I Guess each and every one of us, however patriotic we might be, should wake up to the fact that INDIANS (cricketers) LACK THE KILLER INSTINCT. Well, India will beat everyone for the title, “ THE CHOKERS “. Tell me when was the last time, India came out of a pressure cooker situation? Whenever pressure has been applied over Indians, they crumble like delicate glass. They are not able to break out of such situations, time and again. They lack the self-belief.

One would ask why? That’s a very difficult question to answer. But let’s start with the leader. If someone were to ask me, who my favorite cricketers of all-time were? Dravid and Sachin, would be me apt reply. But of late I have had grave doubts about both of them. I will tell you why.

I am not questioning Dravid’s batting even now. I have a problem though with his Leadership skills, creativity, innovativeness and zeal. Dravid’s body language is always down. When the chips are down, it looks as if he never makes an effort to lift them up. His bowling changes, field placements and everything on the field lack the freshness and innovativeness required of a true leader. He just has 2 plans I guess- Plan A and Plan B. If both of them fail, he is left stranded. Agreed that he is not backed by his players with their performances, but that’s what a captain is for, to lift the morale of the team. Long back, when Sourav was faltering as a captain, just like everyone else, I immediately jumped to have Dravid as a captain. Because we always knew he was a good student of the game and had a cool head. But now, as he has doned the role of he captain, it has become very clear that he is not the right person to captain India.

Sourav has been a great leader in this aspect. Always leading from the front. Very aggressive. Lifts the morale of the team when chips are down. Much more innovative and creative than Dravid.

Next the little master, the batting genius Sachin Tendulkar. I have fought many battles with many people, both verbally and physically, to state that, SACHIN IS THE BEST BATSMAN OF THIS GENERATION. I have been an ardent fan of his since life existed on Earth. But after seeing his performances of late, I am having doubts about Sachin too. There was a time when I had more confidence in Sachin, than I had in myself. But tell me, how many times has Sachin performed for India OF LATE, when it mattered most?
Over the last 2 years, Sachin has started losing his sheen. People like Ponting, Yousuf and others, who are nowhere, close to Sachin’s class are taking over him. One thing that has to be considered in this situation is the PRESSURE ON SACHIN TO PERFORM. I can undoubtedly say, the burden that he carries on himself is, BY FAR THE MOST ANY SPORTSMAN EVER CARRIES/CARRIED. Trillions of people, expect him to score a century every time he takes to the field. That’s too much of an ask. But well, he has handled the pressure brilliantly for ages and so he has been called the best in the business. But of late he has been failing when it matters the most. How can we forget the 2003 WC final, The test series against Australia, The Recent ICC knockout, the match against Bangla and of course the horrendous dismissal against SL in WC’07. I guess, he is just trying too much. His contribution to the team and his 100% on the field were never in doubt, but performing when it matters, definitely is in doubt now. His peers like Lara, Ponting are smiling for that very reason. They are performing under pressure. Knowing Sachin, I am sure he will rise through all this, but all said and done, we are out of the WC yet again and Sachin’s promise to bring back the WC, sill remains a dream.

Sachin, please start playing well, I can see you play this way. Dominate the bowlers again and show the other batsmen, who the real batsman is !!!

Well, I don’t want to question the integrity of other batters in the team. That will be too hard on them. Robin Uthappa has been given a license to go haywire and that has cost his wicket. He is very young and will learn. Dhoni faltered badly, but I guess, it’s just bad luck. Let’s move onto the bowlers now. The spinners to start with. Harbhajan Singh. He should be sacked right away. His ODI stats for the last 3 years are bad, worser than a part-time bowler.

He hasn’t been taking any wickets. And almost all batsmen in world cricket, right from Australia to Bermuda are picking his doosra and spanking him all over the ground. I see no reason in persisting with him. Next, Anil Kumble. He has been one of the biggest serving cricketers in the true sense to play for India. He is a true workaholic. But I fell he is past his prime at least in the ODIs. But still he was persisted with. They said the experience would come handy. Then why wasn’t he picked? When it was already clear that he would have to sit out in big games, why was he in the squad? Ramesh Powar would have been hitting himself hard to find out the reason, why wasn’t he picked? But its time he is back into the squad and we say good-bye to 2 QUALITY SPINNERS- Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble.

Then my other favorite. Ajit Agarkar. I have been a staunch supporter of him for ages now. Almost 300 wickets at the age of 28, I always believed if persisted with, he would become the highest wicket taker in ODIs ever. Such amazing are his strike rate and wicket taking abilities. But the one thing he has been fighting all his life is INCONSISTENCY. He was the spearhead of the Indian attack many times in the past and he has faltered very badly. This world cup was no different. He was given the new ball and he sprayed it all over the place. Where did all his experience go? Munaf was denied the new ball too, thanks to Ajit. Sadly, I have to say this, but its time he is bid farewell and should be made to tread the path taken by Zaheer Khan.

Munaf came into the scene a year back, as a Tear-away pacer. Now His average pace is hardly 130Kmph. Where has all the speed gone? I agree he is concentrating hard on his line and length, so the deficiency in his pace, but this is unacceptable. Chaminda Vaas came down to bat towards the end of SL innings and smacked Munaf cleanly over his head for a SIX. Tear-Away pacer indeed!! Why isn’t he given the new ball?

Does any Indian Pacer ever BEND HIS BACK? Does any Indian pacer ever BOWL A YORKER, forget the TOE-CRUSHING YORKER? Where is the pace guys? How come the pace dies away? Irfan Pathan bowls around 115Kmph now a days. Sourav bowls around 115, so what is the difference between Irfan and Sourav now? Does one have to compromise so much on pace, to have a good line and length and swing the ball? I don’t think so, because except for Indian pacers, every pacer from every country bowls with more variety, speed and control. Indian Pace attack was so monotonous and so dead. And people said, we are strong contenders for the world cup. Heck, even I said and thought that.

I agree it is very easy for me to say all this, sitting back in my house, But as a fan, as an observer, as a great follower of Indian cricket, these are my observations. I hope India will work over them. Well, I have a feeling India never believed that they could ever win the world cup. They lack the self-belief. Here is where Greg Chappel comes into the picture? Hasn’t he been instilling these points into the players? I am sure he did. It would be pointless, accusing the coach (in some cases, killing the coach too ..lol..) for the poor performance of the team. Blame the Captain and the players.

I agree that Indian players play with huge amount of pressures than any other cricket playing or for that matter, any sport-playing nation. That is the connection between the Huge Indian population and cricket having a religion status here. I sympathize with Indian cricketers in a way in this aspect, but then the main reason for disappointment has been the manner in which India has lost matches and been kicked out of the World cup. They never had the killer instinct in them to rise out of the ashes. They surrender meekly. They don’t put up a fight. Sadly, they love being crowned, ‘the Undoubted chokers’ title.


Well, Next time I write a blog about Indian cricket, I am sure it won't be this disspointing, bcs I know Indian will bounce back. Please make the correct changes and give deserving players more chances.

India WIll shine

Cheers