Friday, July 2, 2010

Football a true world sport.... Waka Waka, Wavin Flag

A look at this year’s “FIFA 2010” prompted me put down thoughts.

Football had always a sense of magic around it, nothing to beat the euphoria and excitement around this game. I am a diehard Maradona fan and of lately little Messi's. Unlike any sport, the long lasting impact is huge. Every season comes up with a completely new theme blowing fire into players, fans and organizers alike. It comes in the form of hit songs, a new Adidas Jabulani, the venues, the jerseys and each component has its own story.

Coming to us, we too have cricket, but the impression that the cricket world cup leaves us with is in reality quite short lived. IPL is making wonderful and unique attempts in branding cricket in a positive direction and I hope it continues to grow ad-mist recent controversies .

But the Indian government and our people have to look urgently at the future and bringing up a brand new generation in sports. We need more quality sports facilities especially around residential areas. Parks are good, but we need stadiums, grounds and indoor facilities. I was recently looking at a place to play basket ball around my home. Not one available anywhere around. There are a few premium clubs, but who can afford its membership?

With out proper facility, many sports are dying in this great country.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

T20 and India

A miserable performance from the champions and dreams of a billion Indian goes crashing down. It was a shame to see India play the way they did in the super eight and as a spectator it felt that most of them did not know even the basics of cricket. We performed below par in almost every aspect of the game, starting from bowling, and batting, fielding. The running between the wickets was a disgrace, so bad that Ravi Shastri even commented on it. Clearly there were neither strategies in place nor any contingency plans.

The answer for this poor play I believe was simple

  1. 1) Lack of practice
  2. 2) Poor selection

Blame it on the IPL, blame it on the parties or anything else, but one week of practice is definitely not enough to go into a tournament, definitely not the world cup. The IPL should have got over at least 3 weeks before the world cup or at least the playing 15 should have been released like other countries did. This was a mistake by the BCCI, the team management, the coach and the captain. They should have realized that they are going to the West Indies, where pitches never favored India and planned a proper coaching and practice schedule.

I remember when we used to go for school basketball tournaments; we started exclusive practice at least 3 weeks before although we played every day.

All said and done, we are always a good team and will always be champions. We have 2011 coming up and we have to stay focused and not let IPL, ICL or anything distract the Indian team.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Educational Reform - One entrance exam for science colleges

Well done Mr. Sibal and your team!

I believe this should have happened ages back. Its a great start to educational reform. right now students are sick of writing multiple exams to get into various institutions. CAT has proved to be a success story! why not science institutions?

You can't keep dividing rural and urban India, the gap must be bridged along with other reforms. Sibal is intelligent and surely good reforms will follow.

I wish and pray that they do something similar for school nursery admissions as well :). It's a nightmare for parents applying.

Friday, February 12, 2010

A Rise in Muthaliks!

People increasingly getting into these kind of terrorist outfits?

I like almost every common man is very concerned to see a steep rise in elements like Muthalik.
Groups like the "Ram Sene" or any Sene are filled with uneducated and mostly illiterate people. The sad reality is that a vast majority of them are unemployed, goons or anti socials.

  • Why do a few rouges call themselves custodians of Indian Culture and only target the youth and women?
  • What is their answer against corruption?
  • What is their answer against poverty and unemployment?
  • Can they stop Prostitution?
  • Can they ever take on any government for lack of poor infrastructure?
  • What about Medical Aid to poor?
  • How about increasing agriculture in India?
  • How about providing safety for Indian Women
  • Education?
They do not have the brains nor the guts to stand up for real issues. Moreover women and youth will be soft targets for cheap political mileage.

The answer I believe is simple:
- The idle mind is the Devil's work shop
- The law must act swift and fast, spare none...



Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Guardians of the Law are answerable to none?

Can common people ever get justice? Shocking to read the following headlines
"Top Cop get 6 months for Molesting a child.." , "Brutal Murderer, Kerala Cop gets life...", "Cops gets suspended for taking bribe..."
  • Why is so little punishment given to a child molester ?
  • How can a brutal murder by a cop given only life?
  • For the guardians of law (cops and other public servants) it must be stricter, swifter and the quantum of punishment must be 10 times more severe.
  • 19 years is ridiculous.