Cricket: Much Art Less Matter

A lot is being said about Indian winning streak and the 'talent'. somethings are right and some are pure imaginations.
what is so good about beating bowling disabled Oz. their best seamer was Shane Watson. piling up runs on dead tracks was very boring to watch. Krejza was impressive and reminded of old days of spin bowling. Shane Warne was the last one who bowled conventional loops. Like harbhajan of 2001 or mishra of mohali. lets see how far he goes. I like Sehwag bowling. Wish he becomes regular. the only good match to watch was mohali. good track. reward for good batting. reward of good bowling. Rest was why Test cricket is out of fashion. but frankly there are no reasons to be on high that we have beaten Oz. it was not the Oz we know. and remember, a defeat was not far either in banglore and nagpur.
Ishant is one of my current favourites. he can be the biggest thing since Sachin. a lot of other people had promise in past but Ishant is the most likely to deliever. with likes of McGrath and swing bowlers dominating, we had forgotten the what was the genuine tearing fast bowling after Allan donald or Ambrose and Walsh. tall, higher bounce, accurate, excellent seam delieveries. harminsons and flintoffs carry the art but are inconsistent.
now what do i call noise? dhoni- excellent leader(best) but i would like to see how good he bats in South Africa and Australia. Fab four are fab four bcuz they scored all over the world against every kind of attack. same with Yuvraj. Satan @ dead tracks but he cant play quality spin. As Simple As That. He must work that out. and he does not have good record when the bowl seams around. Habhajan singh always bowls flat.
and what is so great about scoring 387 on one sided track. where bowler thinks that he bowled a good over as long as he's not been hit for a boundary. today was a better track. see i like to see a competition. between bat and bowl. one sided contests re turn offs. like recent test series.
and now bowling comparisons. Indian new ball attack is sure no2. Oz is third only when lee is on form. and where clark is potent(not in india). English attack looks so better with Broad. he was bowling well in England. but so did debasis mohanti. he is a good prospect and unusually for England, he is just 22. perhaps, what i am trying to say is that there will be better cricket with England around than Oz. test cricket is cricket and one dayers and T20 are the interfaces for people who do not understand cricket(but all the money).
and i forgot to tell that Yusuf Pathan can be India's Symonds. today could be just he the trailer of a academy award sweeper.

Hinduism and terrorism

If anything hurts me the most as an Indian citizen, is the communal divide. the cast divide. "the religion is widespread mental illness" sounds sarcastic but is infact ironic.
So many times, we remember the abstract concepts and forget the basics. and sadly yet comically, we dont realize when they have started contradicting each other. this is called blunder and fetches a failure in exam.
the religion and humanity can be respectively abstract and basic concepts. the contradiction is wide open and its amazing that people can not see it. this blunder has divided us before and its one of the greatest threat to us as a nation.

there is new brand of terror that is Hindu Terrorism. that is 'good' as per BJP. this is 'nationalistic'. How much it can get complicated just to define brutal murder of innocent public. You or Me, walking though for evening shopping and a dustbin blasts off and some people get killed. and some people joke around themselves that his bomb has killed more people than other's. As if you or me are some toys. or some people are more deserving to be a human than us. Religion teaches us compassion for other people. If anybody thinks that other people are less human, in my understanding, that is the only reason one can justify with killing some unknown innocent person; its simply a delusion. and in a society, one is free to have delusions, but listen, as long as it doesn't conradicts with my freedom to live my way.

when we turn nationalistic in kashmir, we forget to be human. if one reads stories of people who lived there or people of Punjab in 80s, perhaps one can understand. the movie Machis by Gulzar or there is a movie by Ashok Pandit(?? a kashmiri pandit) on the forced exile of pundits from valley. What is the pain if someone outsider rules without needing to answer about his actions like the Police in Punjab or army in Kashmir. not very different from Anarchy.

What.. exactly what can be the justification of Hindu bomb. That tit fot tat??
I am sorry but you have forgotten to be a human. that you can not see the person who is getting killed is some innocent child or woman. Or an old man. or some working class person whose children go to school. who will be held responsible for their uncalled struggle for living, rather going to school. If you pick a rifle and shoot a terrorist, that can be understood. but everybody is not a terrorist. who will take care of a person who becomes disble for life??

That then who will be responsible for Hindu children?? obviously, Muslim terrorism is a term in which if remove word 'Mulsim' its understood that all terrorism is Muslim. Muslims need to a do a lot of soul searching. I read about a national Uloom (???)convention in Hyderabad of all clerics called for national integretion. and to make amendments and declaring terrorist acts anti-Islamic. it brings a bit of good feeling. but the rust runs deep into religion and calls for a kind of movement.

Now, suddenly there is new radical Hindu face. more dangerous than anticipated. 'Sadhu' is supposed to be beyond wordly things. and sarcastically, they are involved in blasts.

If anybody has doubts where this radical avtars of religions are heading, must get informed of the history, and present as well. Nazism, fasism, even marxism(russia didn't even have currency for several years), KKK in USA are the ideas deep buried. some ideas are not yet buried. presently, look at afganistan, pakistan, African Muslim countries. or the naxalites, maoists. or even the Salwa Judum(a radical movement against naxalites). the Idea has invariably backfired.

we need to take a lesson. and we need to condemn these kind of things. strongly. killing of innocent public never can be justified. as clear.

somedays one might always want to remember

it was kind of farewell to say.. my last day at school.. 5 or 6 students.. all female.. 2 poor Hindu and 3 to 5(on various days) Muslim(atleast middle class)girls.. i was never sure what would be coming my way while i had orientation at rasta.. a lot of gud memories and some a bit uneasy ones too..
its sad to find that people even in cities ignore studies.. studies for women is 'against religion' in islam.. so they told me on 2ond or 3rd day that if they can practice 'integrity' they might continue studies till 12th or till they get married.. and that their brothers dont want them to study.. one (call R)gets threats that he will kill her.. (not kidding) but her father is supporting.. and wants her to study.. and i found her atleast engineering material.. only that i called her father.. she went to Madarsa till 5th and knew urdu, farsi.. poor english.. then she said she was ill for 3 years and then her mother was in bed after her youngest brother' birth.. for 3 years more.. so she skipped school.. again not kidding.. i had a right guess about her father and mother.. both were illitrate.. it was ignorance on their part.. i asked Mr. Riyasat Saifi if anybody had ever told him that she was a good student.. he said no.. i told him that she is.. and to take care of her studies.. and make sure she doesn't miss school.. he agreed and was happy with what i said.. i even told him that she might fail this time becuz time is less but don't take her out of school.. he was a humble person.. and loving father and said he will take care.. problem is that R is the eldest child and bears several responsibilities.. well catch is i didn't inform the co-ordinator that i had called her parents and that didn't go well with them..
SH is another confident girl but her brother threatens her too.. i dont know why..
SG is better prepared than others but she is a follower of Cramming philosophy.. phew..
SV is a very shy Hindu girl.. one day i tightened her and next day she went missing.. she was brought back after a visit to her home.. got mind but absolutely no aptitude for studies.. she was getting better each day..
NH is naughty and never concentrates..

first day i was teaching them a lesson about women empowerment.. Muslim backdrop in lesson.. i was a bit perplexed and asked them after lesson if i told them anything wrong?? they said no..

and poems about krishna... narottam dass and soordas.. and civics.. it is odd thing for people who have no general awareness.. and everybody lacked it.. i started explaining them the concept of a family to a community to a city and hence to a country.. and then constitution.. huh.. 3 days.. 3 repetitions.. 6 hours..
federalism and democarcy and secualrism.. these topics went on and on.. again and again..

i find myself into a rare catagory(around me) these day.. better than working hindi and somewhat working english.. so medium of study hardly matters..if i am not teaching language at higher levels..

so the discussions evolved.. topics revolved around need of constitution and its features.. and assginment included obama and malegaon blasts.. and cricket.. and kashmir.. and religion..

and my insistence that they must keep on studies as long as possible..

it appeared that they got me.. R gave a small golden Ganesha(great gesture??) and 3 others pens.. and poor NH and SV smiles.. SV brought me some snacks.. she's not been able to buy books.. i m looking at matter.. nice gestures.. all promised to study as far as possible.. they themselves said.. i didn't ask.. and i told them i'll not use their pens.. i'll keep them with me..
it was heartwarming as i was not considering going to school today.. but went there to say them goodbye.. and got my gifts.. it was 11 or 12 days only i went there.. there a sense of achievement.. predictable with me; i forgot my part and didn't give them any treat..
R says she wants to become an Aalia or Aalima(urdu teacher).. and given her background, it would be great.. she got 98 in urdu.. i know how to write my name in urdu.. full name..

why religion is mentioned about each student is that while only poor hindu girls were there but muslim girls were from capable but ignorant or unwilling families..
that is their real problem.. just that they are not realizing that lower education rate is and will be dragging the community back economically too..
i dont want this to be true but increasingly i feel there cud be some analogy with nazism.. its not much different.. and fathers want them to study and brothers threaten.. radical youth.. like the financial meltdown.. it can get overlooked but sooner or later.. there will be decisive global war on muslim fundamentalism.. becuz whole world is a direct contradiction with muslim fundamentalism.. radical govts are getting elected.. iran.. indonesia.. even Pakistan who once had Benazir.. is under threat of taliban like things.. HuJI political wing is getting foothold in Bangladesh..

umm umm.. over..