An article I wrote for some xyz youth magazine.. Yeah! What ever!
With 2008 behind us, it’s time to say goodbye to some wonderful moments, welcome some wonderful moments & say, ohh ! This again, how wonderful. I thought, before welcoming 2009, I’d look back at 2008 and how it moved me... or so it wished to !
Entertainment: - This year, over 125 mainstream Hindi movies were released. Some of them made my heart beat haule haule while others were simply ugly or pagli and even though there’s stiff competition for the best movie, best actor/actress, best new comer and yada yada; the competition down under (and no, I’m not talking about Andrew Symonds’ acting skills) is also quite tough. 120+ minutes EACH, of Jimmy, ugly aur pagli and kyaa kool hain hum (yes!) made it to my “Things I could have survived without” list.
Ugly aur Pagli: - With binge drinking, a lot of puking, a lot of violence (yeah! right) and an actress ready to shed clothes like a tree in autumn, this should have been a must watch for every guy but, now, I’ve realized that some things are good only if you are a part of it. Who's the man ? Ranbir is!
Jimmy: - With an epic like gunda under his belt err... Or yet lower, I thought I had seen everything Mithun da had to offer. I was wrong and, I think I speak for both, Muhammad Ali and Michael Jackson (MI-MOH a la Amit + Asha = Amisha, only that both his parents would be men, then) when I say, neither of them would have been proud of it. Mr. Jackson was seen filing a law suit for his name being misused. Although, he confessed that he was doing this so that for once, he could be at the other end of the court room.
Kyaa Kool hain hum: - Yes, from its date of release, I have been trying to watch this movie in 1 go or at least watch it to the end but, I’ve failed miserably. In 2008, I made a strategy to watch a 2 minute clip of the movie if I were happy (to regain normalcy) and a 3 minute clip if I were sad (since it made me realize that there are far worse things out there).
Disclaimer: - This outrage against Balaji telefilms should not be linked with the production house robbing me of an article titled (K)ab bas ?? By ending the saas-bahu sagas.
Science: - If it’s science, it has to be Chandrayaan, you’d think. No, I'd say. Even though Chandrayaan was Shahrukh Khan of science this year, but I’d like to talk about the Harman Bawejas, the Mimohs (oh! I already did). Scientists have discovered methods to grow paddy 4 times in a year. If you think I’m mentioning this because it affects the common man, it shows the impact of science on us... You’re wrong. I’m saying all this because this means more biryani, more pulao, more kheer and oh! Yeah, we can even think of exporting the surplus and generating some jobs and ending my joblessness.
Technology: - Is it a bird ?? Is it a plane ?? Is it a super hero who wears his briefs over his pants ?? No, silly. It’s the launch of iphone in India. The much awaited iphone finally hit India and now, is resting in pieces. We talked to Ms. Eve Works (a random person, good at math and as American as an apple (please excuse the pun) pie with a simple mantra in life: - “an apple a day keeps the viruses and bugs away” and, although this philosophy once led her to her NeXT life but, with apple being “in” again, she’s good). Ms Works said that, “after working on complex algorithms, I have come to the following conclusion:-
a) An ipod + a high end phone cost less than an iphone.
b) A phone has to have the basic function of voice clarity at the time of call. “
Amen to that.
Politics: - I won’t talk about 123. Not because it flashed across, 456 times, in 789 newspapers and news channels but, because, I’m still confused about it and, the political parties haven’t made my task any easier. A party, which once mooted for the deal, when it was in power, is completely against it, now. A major ally of the government backed out of the deal, the reasons of which are still a little unclear to me.
Instead, I’ll talk about something I know.
Finally, after 12 years, right to education bill was cleared and the icing on the cake for students was the inception of new IITs (the number of campuses remaining the same is a topic for another day). On this occasion we talked to Inder, a 20 year old entrepreneur (who always wanted to go to an IIT and would have received free education had this bill been passed earlier). “I always dreamt of IITs and now, I own it”, he said. IIT aka Inder’s International Tea is a famous tea stall near NITs, yeah, you guessed it - Narender's ITing (eating ?) Station. We talked to a Sr. official in the government about this issue and this is what he had to say “it is all because of our party that young people like Inder are becoming entrepreneurs. Had this bill been passed earlier, he would have been yet another jobless engineer, in this time of recession. Soon he’ll have franchise stores all over the country, create job opportunities and who knows, the youth of Honolulu might hang out @ IITs in the years to come.”
What can we say ? India shining or is it Bharat moving towards nirmaan ?
Friday, January 9, 2009
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Har Ghar Kuch Keheta Hai
What is this world coming to, I say ?? You type in "I'm yawning" in your google bar.. and you get over 4 million search results.. you type certain other words and voila.. it takes .25 of a second for google to dig up over 700 million search results :| even when you type.. i am bored.. you get a website, with that domain name !!
I fiddled and fondled with it and found an interesting link .
Here's a picture of my house
Further, it says :-
Based on your drawing, this is a summary of your personality:
Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends. Your life is always full of changes.
You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You see the world as it is, not as you believe it should be.
You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for love. It's also safe to say that others don't see you as a flirt. You don't think much about yourself.
I fiddled and fondled with it and found an interesting link .
Here's a picture of my house
Further, it says :-
Based on your drawing, this is a summary of your personality:
Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends. Your life is always full of changes.
You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You see the world as it is, not as you believe it should be.
You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for love. It's also safe to say that others don't see you as a flirt. You don't think much about yourself.
Friday, November 23, 2007
just a passing thot..
There are times in life when, while shaving you might think that you know how to use the razor
& right at that moment, when you are thinking of how good kareena kapoor was looking in the new movie, you'll wipe the blade wid ur hands just to realise that ur thumb is bleeding.. that's how life is..
just when you think you are in control of everything...
BOOM.. out go the lights.. & when they are switched on again,
you are forced to re-think what you were doing & what you have to do..
maybe when you thought that, you could crack a stoopid aptitude test
& you get scores as low as McGrath's batting avg.
you think to yourself.. was I backing myself or was I overrating myself..??
At these crucial moments, just hang in there..
and if, for even once in your life, you thought you could , then, believe me, you can !
There are a gazillion people out there who think that you can't, but, if you too become one of 'em.. maybe you should stop thinking !
Eb-dee eb-dee eb-dee ebdee- That's ALL FOLKS !
& right at that moment, when you are thinking of how good kareena kapoor was looking in the new movie, you'll wipe the blade wid ur hands just to realise that ur thumb is bleeding.. that's how life is..
just when you think you are in control of everything...
BOOM.. out go the lights.. & when they are switched on again,
you are forced to re-think what you were doing & what you have to do..
maybe when you thought that, you could crack a stoopid aptitude test
& you get scores as low as McGrath's batting avg.
you think to yourself.. was I backing myself or was I overrating myself..??
At these crucial moments, just hang in there..
and if, for even once in your life, you thought you could , then, believe me, you can !
There are a gazillion people out there who think that you can't, but, if you too become one of 'em.. maybe you should stop thinking !
Eb-dee eb-dee eb-dee ebdee- That's ALL FOLKS !
Sunday, October 14, 2007
friends forever..
My colg life has been as pathetic as one can imagine & still he'll be in a distant galaxy. Butt, if there's one (6) things that i have earned here.. it is frnds like
Archana, Dhiraj, Diksha, Heytesh, Kunal & Shashank.
They have been there for me whenever I've needed people to comfort me, they have been there
whenever I've needed someone to confide in, they have been the people who've guided me and even though my troubles
are far from over..
i feel like writing about them.
Archana--> ok, I'll confess today, the reason i started talking to u was errr <> :D I had a crush on her, back then(as if dis is news for u). As the days passed, i realized how beautiful a person u are, how very mature u are, how very caring u are, yada yada. But still, I liked her more! :D
I then realised that just like every other mortal, u too have an other side, but, unlike others, your other side was also as good as your other side (yeah, the other-other side, I mean, you know :D ), with the adjective "more" in front of all those words i mentioned earlier. had it not been for you, there wouldn't have been anyone,
who wud hv patiently heard
my crappy line : "i'm in looooooooooooooooooooooove" 4 lac, 39 thousand 2 hundred and still counting times. njoy ur life at infy. It is b'cuz of you dat i've started respecting girls.. ab toh plz jaane se pehele rum raisin de diyo.
Dhiraj--> if there's one guy who can challenge me in being a lazy ass, a glutton, being caught up
in a reverie of useless thots at crucial tyms, having aspirations as high as the Mt. Everest, and going thru alternate phases of despair and megalomania.. u'll be the one giving every tom, d*** and harry a run for their money. Ur raam-pyaari, has had to bear with my huge body, quite a lotta tym. I confess it today dhiraj, had it not been for u, i might not have given a few xamz..
it was the thrill of listening to numb-encore 5 mins before the xam dat i used to drag my sorry ass down to the metro stn. People generally make new frnds when they are happy(atleast i do), bt i started tokin' to you when i was in deep shit.
Strategizing, re-strategizing, re-re-strategizing, re-re-re... for the xamz, and then, in the end, dozing off, 1 nite before the xam with just half or at the most 1 unit done. I owe my raheesi waale shonk to u, man. U've taught me, dat if dere's a good frnd wid u, when life sux, how to njoy the blowjob
Diksha--> thanks for being dere, babe. you are solely responsible for, well,
if not getting me outta, the shit i am in, rite now, atleast making sure, dat i don't sink in, completely.i still can't thank you much for all dat you have done for me,
woh 4 baje
apna syll na khatam
hone k bawajoot mujhe fone pe samjhana, meri padhai ko le k pareshan hona.. and <> (I hv vultures hovering around to read what I rite, hard luck, guys :D) I don't learn good things from ppl dat easily, but u've taught me that everyone has a point of view, n if u don't agree with it, atleast try to respect it. majje maariyo convergys k software dept. mein
Heytesh--> The only reason i'm writing all this today is b'coz teri placement ho gayi hai, *CC. Now, plz, no more cribbing, no more saying, abe fatti padhi hai yaar, no more papa daantenge, no more ab fone rakhta hoon, bhai, no more ghar pe baith k kuch na karna instead of wasting tym wid frnds. The day our colg started, i had 2 options (u kno, wat i'm tokin about), i chose to stick wid u, n even though i think of regretting dat decision, i'm still happy, cuz i might not hv found a frnd like you, otherwise. From getting the question papers from the fotocopy walah,
to spending 4-5 hrs at mallik pool walah @ 3 Rs/ frame, to wandering at 12 midnight, a day before the semester xamz, and being a constant morale booster whenever
it was anything related to **CP. You have been my partner in crime, man.
You've made me learn how important true frnds are. You've been responsible, for teaching me a lesson called frndship. Saale, shanky ko mere prakop se bachane ka vardan mila hai joh tu Satyam mein hain aaj.
*CC--> aka chunky chakravarty (a hybrid of chunky pandey n mithun chakraverty cuz of his polka dots waali trousers, chain waale shoes, strobe lights maarti shirts).
**CP--> ek bandi. period.
Kunal--> Kunal wears a cap, i can do it. Kunal plays a guitar, i want to do it. Kunal clears tonnes of xamz in 1 go... errr.. umm.. yeh kaise kar leta hai tu, bhai ?? I'm a fan, man.. a real fan. Your fundas sometimes amaze me, but you stand by them, n that personifies ur inner strength. You have a piece of advice for every soul who seeks ur help, n that sets u apart from most. You are the one person i look upto. You have been a constant source of inspiration n a perfect example of the kind who works hard and parties harder. Gr8 to have a sr. n a frnd like you. Engg. done, Infy done, ab all d best for the GMAT, man !
Shashank--> aka shanky aka SG Ahh.. the guy responsible for making me the khurafaati guy i've been these 3 and a half years. Dood.. i dunno what i wud have turned out to be, had you not provoked me after our maths class.
n yea, had it not been for CC, you too wud not have been the same guy dat u are today. A computer genius, but,
i guess i leave a thumping impression on ppl ;) . U r the biggest under achiever i've ever come across. U n CC are the protagonists of the golden days of my engineering. woh teri gaadi mein raat-raat ko ghoomna, daroo peena, sutta marna, confirming d syllabus at 3 in d mrng for a 10 AM test. CP ka txt dekh k khush ho jaana
aur in sab k beech teri constantly maarte rehena, aur tera naa sadna. Thanks, man. Tu jitni bhi ladaiyaan kar le, saale, main fir bhi teri marunga ;),
besides telling me dat ppl w/o brains can survive, u've also taught me the importance of being patient.
I wanna thank you all, for giving me the best days of my engg. life.
Khuda bless.
Shine on.
Archana, Dhiraj, Diksha, Heytesh, Kunal & Shashank.
They have been there for me whenever I've needed people to comfort me, they have been there
whenever I've needed someone to confide in, they have been the people who've guided me and even though my troubles
are far from over..
i feel like writing about them.
Archana--> ok, I'll confess today, the reason i started talking to u was errr <> :D I had a crush on her, back then(as if dis is news for u). As the days passed, i realized how beautiful a person u are, how very mature u are, how very caring u are, yada yada. But still, I liked her more! :D
I then realised that just like every other mortal, u too have an other side, but, unlike others, your other side was also as good as your other side (yeah, the other-other side, I mean, you know :D ), with the adjective "more" in front of all those words i mentioned earlier. had it not been for you, there wouldn't have been anyone,
who wud hv patiently heard
my crappy line : "i'm in looooooooooooooooooooooove" 4 lac, 39 thousand 2 hundred and still counting times. njoy ur life at infy. It is b'cuz of you dat i've started respecting girls.. ab toh plz jaane se pehele rum raisin de diyo.
Dhiraj--> if there's one guy who can challenge me in being a lazy ass, a glutton, being caught up
in a reverie of useless thots at crucial tyms, having aspirations as high as the Mt. Everest, and going thru alternate phases of despair and megalomania.. u'll be the one giving every tom, d*** and harry a run for their money. Ur raam-pyaari, has had to bear with my huge body, quite a lotta tym. I confess it today dhiraj, had it not been for u, i might not have given a few xamz..
it was the thrill of listening to numb-encore 5 mins before the xam dat i used to drag my sorry ass down to the metro stn. People generally make new frnds when they are happy(atleast i do), bt i started tokin' to you when i was in deep shit.
Strategizing, re-strategizing, re-re-strategizing, re-re-re... for the xamz, and then, in the end, dozing off, 1 nite before the xam with just half or at the most 1 unit done. I owe my raheesi waale shonk to u, man. U've taught me, dat if dere's a good frnd wid u, when life sux, how to njoy the blowjob
Diksha--> thanks for being dere, babe. you are solely responsible for, well,
if not getting me outta, the shit i am in, rite now, atleast making sure, dat i don't sink in, completely.i still can't thank you much for all dat you have done for me,
woh 4 baje
apna syll na khatam
hone k bawajoot mujhe fone pe samjhana, meri padhai ko le k pareshan hona.. and <>
Heytesh--> The only reason i'm writing all this today is b'coz teri placement ho gayi hai, *CC. Now, plz, no more cribbing, no more saying, abe fatti padhi hai yaar, no more papa daantenge, no more ab fone rakhta hoon, bhai, no more ghar pe baith k kuch na karna instead of wasting tym wid frnds. The day our colg started, i had 2 options (u kno, wat i'm tokin about), i chose to stick wid u, n even though i think of regretting dat decision, i'm still happy, cuz i might not hv found a frnd like you, otherwise. From getting the question papers from the fotocopy walah,
to spending 4-5 hrs at mallik pool walah @ 3 Rs/ frame, to wandering at 12 midnight, a day before the semester xamz, and being a constant morale booster whenever
it was anything related to **CP. You have been my partner in crime, man.
You've made me learn how important true frnds are. You've been responsible, for teaching me a lesson called frndship. Saale, shanky ko mere prakop se bachane ka vardan mila hai joh tu Satyam mein hain aaj.
*CC--> aka chunky chakravarty (a hybrid of chunky pandey n mithun chakraverty cuz of his polka dots waali trousers, chain waale shoes, strobe lights maarti shirts).
**CP--> ek bandi. period.
Kunal--> Kunal wears a cap, i can do it. Kunal plays a guitar, i want to do it. Kunal clears tonnes of xamz in 1 go... errr.. umm.. yeh kaise kar leta hai tu, bhai ?? I'm a fan, man.. a real fan. Your fundas sometimes amaze me, but you stand by them, n that personifies ur inner strength. You have a piece of advice for every soul who seeks ur help, n that sets u apart from most. You are the one person i look upto. You have been a constant source of inspiration n a perfect example of the kind who works hard and parties harder. Gr8 to have a sr. n a frnd like you. Engg. done, Infy done, ab all d best for the GMAT, man !
Shashank--> aka shanky aka SG Ahh.. the guy responsible for making me the khurafaati guy i've been these 3 and a half years. Dood.. i dunno what i wud have turned out to be, had you not provoked me after our maths class.
n yea, had it not been for CC, you too wud not have been the same guy dat u are today. A computer genius, but,
i guess i leave a thumping impression on ppl ;) . U r the biggest under achiever i've ever come across. U n CC are the protagonists of the golden days of my engineering. woh teri gaadi mein raat-raat ko ghoomna, daroo peena, sutta marna, confirming d syllabus at 3 in d mrng for a 10 AM test. CP ka txt dekh k khush ho jaana
aur in sab k beech teri constantly maarte rehena, aur tera naa sadna. Thanks, man. Tu jitni bhi ladaiyaan kar le, saale, main fir bhi teri marunga ;),
besides telling me dat ppl w/o brains can survive, u've also taught me the importance of being patient.
I wanna thank you all, for giving me the best days of my engg. life.
Khuda bless.
Shine on.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
ohh darling... yeh hai India
I came across an article about some online survey conducted by a leading kaan-dome manufacturer a couple of days back.
My question to durex guys is very simple.. Bhai, yeh log India ke hi hain ?? and more importantly.. koi is survey ko maan-ne waala mila ?
Almost three-quarters (74 per cent) of Indians surveyed are comfortable with telling their partners what they like in bed..
if its chai, coffee, doodh, juice etc they are tokin about, it is understandable.. but plz don't tell me it
is something related to the "s" word.. (aunties n uncles might be reading this, so i can't rite the
complete word).
The survey throws up interesting trends showing that Indians do not shy away from trying
out new things and style in the bedroom..
obviously.. where else do these guys expect us to try out "side parting" or "center parting" or
even the new clothes maa bought for us..??
Indian bedrooms are the scenes of a range of antics for some, with sensual massage (55 per cent),
abe move/iodex ki massage bol naa..
sexual fantasies (58 per cent) and looking at erotic materials (55 per cent)
yeah.. i too read the magazine section of the local daily..
..wearing sexy underwear
abe.. i'm still having difficulty digesting all the aforementioned "facts" lekin inhone toh Rupa ki baniyan clad sunny-handpump-marunga paaji ko bhi seriously le liya !!
Almost six in ten (57 per cent) Indians think it is acceptable for products aimed at improving
sex lives to be available in mainstream
stores.
yea, condoms (any object other dan dis, related to sex is as common for Indians as finding bobby darling ki foto in a straight guy's bedroom) shud be available in retail stores,
so that people are saved from the
"embrrassing situation" they face, while asking for a chatri or a topi from a pharmacist.
Currently just 9 per cent of Indians use vibrators compared to 21 per cent globally
although 13 per cent of Indians are interested to have a try,
abe.. symbian 60 n symbian 40 series fones are the "in" things these days in India.. ppl like to
keep their fav song as their ringtone taaki baaju waali phoolmati ko pata chal jaye ki mehenga fone hai.. yeh vibrator pe rakhne se thode hi hoga..
Indian men have averaged six lovers...
lemme c..
1) cd
2) story
3) sun tv after midnight, mute pe
4) my left hand
5) my right hand
6) Aishwarya
yea.. so d count does reach 6, after all !! :)
neways.. all said and done.. i do feel dat dis survey is true.. as true as Shakti Kapoor saying, sab ladkiyaan meri behenein hain.. chak de or shud we say.. f*** de, India ;)
My question to durex guys is very simple.. Bhai, yeh log India ke hi hain ?? and more importantly.. koi is survey ko maan-ne waala mila ?
Almost three-quarters (74 per cent) of Indians surveyed are comfortable with telling their partners what they like in bed..
if its chai, coffee, doodh, juice etc they are tokin about, it is understandable.. but plz don't tell me it
is something related to the "s" word.. (aunties n uncles might be reading this, so i can't rite the
complete word).
The survey throws up interesting trends showing that Indians do not shy away from trying
out new things and style in the bedroom..
obviously.. where else do these guys expect us to try out "side parting" or "center parting" or
even the new clothes maa bought for us..??
Indian bedrooms are the scenes of a range of antics for some, with sensual massage (55 per cent),
abe move/iodex ki massage bol naa..
sexual fantasies (58 per cent) and looking at erotic materials (55 per cent)
yeah.. i too read the magazine section of the local daily..
..wearing sexy underwear
abe.. i'm still having difficulty digesting all the aforementioned "facts" lekin inhone toh Rupa ki baniyan clad sunny-handpump-marunga paaji ko bhi seriously le liya !!
Almost six in ten (57 per cent) Indians think it is acceptable for products aimed at improving
sex lives to be available in mainstream
stores.
yea, condoms (any object other dan dis, related to sex is as common for Indians as finding bobby darling ki foto in a straight guy's bedroom) shud be available in retail stores,
so that people are saved from the
"embrrassing situation" they face, while asking for a chatri or a topi from a pharmacist.
Currently just 9 per cent of Indians use vibrators compared to 21 per cent globally
although 13 per cent of Indians are interested to have a try,
abe.. symbian 60 n symbian 40 series fones are the "in" things these days in India.. ppl like to
keep their fav song as their ringtone taaki baaju waali phoolmati ko pata chal jaye ki mehenga fone hai.. yeh vibrator pe rakhne se thode hi hoga..
Indian men have averaged six lovers...
lemme c..
1) cd
2) story
3) sun tv after midnight, mute pe
4) my left hand
5) my right hand
6) Aishwarya
yea.. so d count does reach 6, after all !! :)
neways.. all said and done.. i do feel dat dis survey is true.. as true as Shakti Kapoor saying, sab ladkiyaan meri behenein hain.. chak de or shud we say.. f*** de, India ;)
Thursday, October 4, 2007
chala Utsav hero ban-ne
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
...and history was made...
Well, by this tym, every cricket crazy blogger would have dedicated a post or 2 as an ode to our men in blue. Well, here are my 2 chawanniyaan..
The first thot that came to my mind when I read about the fab 3 opting out of the tournament was, oh ! great, atleast our feilding will improve, but then again, if we have youngsters like myself or, for that matter Romesh Powar, I thought again. Anyway, he was not included and neither was I, so this story ends here.
At the end of the tournament, Dhoni mentioned that no one gave his men any chance, n i shamefully admit dat i was one of them. Our juggernaut continued to roll, and we kept on winning, with just 1 pit stop. Pummeling England, halting the proteas and thrashing (15 runs in this format is thrashing guys..esp if its against) the aussies.
The green brigade lost to their arch rivals in a match to determine the leader of a group, a group who no one was giving a damn. A group, whose participants were being thot of, as teams to fill in the
7th and the 8th spots for the super 8's.
This loss somehow injected a new life into this team, they marched into the finals with thumping authority, destroying the ever improving Sri Lankans, the mighty Australians, the giant killers - Bangladesh and the high flying kiwis.
On 24th of september 2007, 5:30 pm IST, 2 nations were quite.. very quite.. glued to their tv sets, their radio sets or
whatever piece of media they cud lay their hands on, to witness history.
It was India versus Pakistan and no one could have scripted a bigger finish to the tournament.
No one expected a final featuring these 2 teams. A final featuring best 2 teams of the tournament.
Dhoni wins the toss, and elects to bat on a placid track.
No Veeru in the team.. I'm not sure - to be happy or remorseful for team India cuz Veeru has been
as mercurial as k series ki vamp throughout this tournament (like always).
Dad is back from work, oh ! no.. how messy the house is(thanks to moi), anyway, he's too excited about the match so he doesn't pay much heed to the trash. Asif starts the proceedings for Pakistan, n Gautam Gambhir takes guard against him. Gambhir pushes the first ball into the covers and runs straight away, Yusuf Pathan hestates but responds to his partner's call. Malik throws the ball to the striker's end, the keeper collects it and whips the bails off,
the Pakistanis are confident, that they have got their man, but the replays show that he's just in. Pathan after missing a ball,
hits Asif for a straight six, so, Sehwag's ommision is a boon in disguise for team India after all,
but,
Pathan gets out in pursuit
of quick runs. The Indian innings just seemes to fall apart, after that. Uthappa
gets out trying to
break the shackles. Yuvraj, the man who got India into the finals is slowed down by the spinners. Gul hustles in and hurls them from sky and Yuvi is all at sea.
He is soon taken out of his misery. So are we.
I get up to open the door, and hear a huge roar and a commentator screaming something at the top of his voice. As mum enteres, she enquired about the score n dad says in an i-told-you-so manner.. "Dhoni out." What ?? How ?? He can't be, he was the one we had our hopes rested
upon. What now ?? Will we get to 150 ??
I forgot that we still had batting to follow and a little man was still there, weaving a majestic innings for his team. Gautam Gambhir is still there on 62 and Rohit Sharma has joined him. But still, Gambhir won't be able to hit Gul or Asif. He's a small man, and these guys are quick !! Rohit is new to the crease and to the international arena, they won't be able to post a competitve score.. would they?? Thank god, it's not a Friday!
17 overs gone, and 120 on the board.. damn... we shouldn't lose this one.. Gul steams in..
Gambhir lines this one up and hits it baseball style over the leg side. A Powerful drive over the leg side and the ball thuds into the scoreboard. Oh ! great, that eases some pressure.. 130 in 17.5 , we should reach 150 from here on.. Gambhir facing Gul.. plays a cheaky shot to short fine leg and Asif accepts a simple catch gleefully over there. 18 gone, 130 on the board,
and more importantly, Gambhir out.
What..?? Gambhir out too..?? We need atleast 160, else this is gonna be a cake walk for them. Yasir Arafat bowls in the 19th over, he should be targetted, this has to be THE over.. 2 full tosses, and 2 sparkling fours.. ahh.. 160.. please, god, 160.. End of 19th and we're stuck at 143.
The wrong footed Tanveer comes in to bowl the final 6 deliveries. 19.1 and its 145/5. A slower delivery.. the ball loops up towards the boundary, Hafeez is there and should take it ... No! He gets both hands to it, but ends up palming the ball over the ropes... its a SIX !
ahh.. we get to 157. A respectable total.
After anxious 10-15 mins the Pakistanis walk-in to bat.
RP Singh is in fine bowling form. 5th bowl of his 1st over, Singh to Hafeez, OUT ! RP Singh follows up the fullish delivery with one back of a length, getting it to move away every so slightly and Hafeez, with minimal footwork, is tempted into a dab outside off stump only to see the outside-edge fly into Uthappa's safe hands at slip! India breakthrough. Oh ! man that psychopath has the bowl. He has to be good, or we'll lose the match here and now. Four followed by a six and another four. You stoopid fellow, all the hard work put in to score those 14 runs, u've given them away in just 3 deliveries. Another 4 to end the over. Damn ! Singh to Kamran Akmal, OUT, cleaned up! He misjudged the bounce and he's out ! Sreesanth bowls a maiden.
woah.. what ?? how ??
We want Nazir. He is taking the game away from us. Its already 53 and we are only half way through the 5th over. Oh ! great, things don't look good for Nazir, the groin injury he was carrying from the semi finals is surfacing again.Younis eases into a nice offdrive and calls for the run towards mid-off, Nazir is late to react, Uthappa swoops in, and hits the stumps. He's out !
Younis and Malik are scoring in singles and getting the odd boundary, and Joginder Sharma with his gentle medium pace comes in to bowl his 2nd over. Joginder bowls a fuller delivery and immediately gets Younis to go over the top. No power in the shot, and Yusuf pouches an easy catch. Out comes Misbah. We have to get him. He has got the Pakistanis home more often than not, in this tournament. The runs have dried up. 11 over gone and its just 76/4. Pathan to Malik, short of a good length bowl, it doen't come on the bat that well and Malik is caught at mid wicket. ohh wow ! Malik out.. but is this a blessing in disguise for them ?? Out walks Afridi. Battle of the pathans. plz, god, plz, the one in blue should win this battle. First bowl, a bouncer, declared as a wide. Second ball.. fullish and outside the off stump, Afridi gives it everything, but it takes the bottom of the bat and the ball loops up in the air.. someone get under it, plz.. plz... oh ! its Shreesanth under it.. plz for god's sake.. dun think about slicing a batsman with a pocket knife for a few moments and catch the ball. yahooooooooooooooooo he catches the ball. It's almost over now, for them. If only we get Misbah.. 4overs since the last wicket. They have accumulated 26 runs and have lost Arafat in pursuit. Misbah has the tail to bat with him. It is a daunting task for them now. Bhajji comes in for his 3rd over and 17th over of the innings. it's a six.. Misbah clears his foot and heaves the ball over midwicket.. he declines the single of the 4th ball of the over.. haa.. he thinks he'll hit both these balls out of the ground.. Misbah lines it up and clatters the 5th ball into the stands over midwicket.. and another one.. 6 of the last ball too.. 17 gone and its 123/7. Ohh great.. Tanveer is on strike. This should be the match for us. First ball, Shreesanth bowls a fullish delivery on the off stump and Tanveer flicks it for a six ! And another one.. same ball, same shot ! Last ball of his over.. Its just 20 to get from 2.1 overs.
This match is Pakistan's for the losing. Only some miracle can save India, now. A quick yorker on the off stump. Tanveer loses his off stump but he's got 12 from only 4 balls and done hit bit. Its 138/8 at the end of 18.
You moron, Shreesanth..
you've cost us the match.. A match that was our's for the taking.
Dhoni calls in Singh to bowl the 19th over. A good tactic.
There might not be a 20th over if he
doesn't bowl, NOW.
A very good over till now. 17 needed from 8. Gul to face Singh.. Leg-stump yorker from RP.. too good for Gul as he loses his leg stump.
come on RP.. don't leave this to the last over.. get him out. You have 1 delivery and no. 11 facing.. an attempted yorker outside the off stump.. Asif pokes at it and gets a 4. A priceless boundary to end the penultimate over. 13 of 6 now. Joginder Sharma, it is.. he has to replicate his heroics, once again. A wide to start of with.. and a SIX of the 2nd ball.. just 6 required of 4.. damn.. !!
Sometimes it all comes down to one decision, just 1 whiz-bang moment upon which everything rests..
should i peep into my neighbour's answer sheet ??
should i leave this chapter for tomorrow ??
should i say i love you ??
should i play an Ashraful ??
It was this whiz-bang decision onto which Misbah arrived after a masterful batting display.
He goes for the scoop shot over short fine-leg the ball loops up in the air. The hearts of 2 nations stop beating for what seems like eternity before the ball comes down and Shreesanth pouches it.
1 minor mistake by Misbah separated them from history, 1 minor error after a masterful display of batting for nearly an hour, just 1 minor mistake... but why in the blue hell should i tok about that..screw it.. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON and thus was born a knock knock joke :D
Knock-knock !
who's there ?
Misbah.
Misbah who ?
Miss bah 5 runs. :D :D
The first thot that came to my mind when I read about the fab 3 opting out of the tournament was, oh ! great, atleast our feilding will improve, but then again, if we have youngsters like myself or, for that matter Romesh Powar, I thought again. Anyway, he was not included and neither was I, so this story ends here.
At the end of the tournament, Dhoni mentioned that no one gave his men any chance, n i shamefully admit dat i was one of them. Our juggernaut continued to roll, and we kept on winning, with just 1 pit stop. Pummeling England, halting the proteas and thrashing (15 runs in this format is thrashing guys..esp if its against) the aussies.
The green brigade lost to their arch rivals in a match to determine the leader of a group, a group who no one was giving a damn. A group, whose participants were being thot of, as teams to fill in the
7th and the 8th spots for the super 8's.
This loss somehow injected a new life into this team, they marched into the finals with thumping authority, destroying the ever improving Sri Lankans, the mighty Australians, the giant killers - Bangladesh and the high flying kiwis.
On 24th of september 2007, 5:30 pm IST, 2 nations were quite.. very quite.. glued to their tv sets, their radio sets or
whatever piece of media they cud lay their hands on, to witness history.
It was India versus Pakistan and no one could have scripted a bigger finish to the tournament.
No one expected a final featuring these 2 teams. A final featuring best 2 teams of the tournament.
Dhoni wins the toss, and elects to bat on a placid track.
No Veeru in the team.. I'm not sure - to be happy or remorseful for team India cuz Veeru has been
as mercurial as k series ki vamp throughout this tournament (like always).
Dad is back from work, oh ! no.. how messy the house is(thanks to moi), anyway, he's too excited about the match so he doesn't pay much heed to the trash. Asif starts the proceedings for Pakistan, n Gautam Gambhir takes guard against him. Gambhir pushes the first ball into the covers and runs straight away, Yusuf Pathan hestates but responds to his partner's call. Malik throws the ball to the striker's end, the keeper collects it and whips the bails off,
the Pakistanis are confident, that they have got their man, but the replays show that he's just in. Pathan after missing a ball,
hits Asif for a straight six, so, Sehwag's ommision is a boon in disguise for team India after all,
but,
Pathan gets out in pursuit
of quick runs. The Indian innings just seemes to fall apart, after that. Uthappa
gets out trying to
break the shackles. Yuvraj, the man who got India into the finals is slowed down by the spinners. Gul hustles in and hurls them from sky and Yuvi is all at sea.
He is soon taken out of his misery. So are we.
I get up to open the door, and hear a huge roar and a commentator screaming something at the top of his voice. As mum enteres, she enquired about the score n dad says in an i-told-you-so manner.. "Dhoni out." What ?? How ?? He can't be, he was the one we had our hopes rested
upon. What now ?? Will we get to 150 ??
I forgot that we still had batting to follow and a little man was still there, weaving a majestic innings for his team. Gautam Gambhir is still there on 62 and Rohit Sharma has joined him. But still, Gambhir won't be able to hit Gul or Asif. He's a small man, and these guys are quick !! Rohit is new to the crease and to the international arena, they won't be able to post a competitve score.. would they?? Thank god, it's not a Friday!
17 overs gone, and 120 on the board.. damn... we shouldn't lose this one.. Gul steams in..
Gambhir lines this one up and hits it baseball style over the leg side. A Powerful drive over the leg side and the ball thuds into the scoreboard. Oh ! great, that eases some pressure.. 130 in 17.5 , we should reach 150 from here on.. Gambhir facing Gul.. plays a cheaky shot to short fine leg and Asif accepts a simple catch gleefully over there. 18 gone, 130 on the board,
and more importantly, Gambhir out.
What..?? Gambhir out too..?? We need atleast 160, else this is gonna be a cake walk for them. Yasir Arafat bowls in the 19th over, he should be targetted, this has to be THE over.. 2 full tosses, and 2 sparkling fours.. ahh.. 160.. please, god, 160.. End of 19th and we're stuck at 143.
The wrong footed Tanveer comes in to bowl the final 6 deliveries. 19.1 and its 145/5. A slower delivery.. the ball loops up towards the boundary, Hafeez is there and should take it ... No! He gets both hands to it, but ends up palming the ball over the ropes... its a SIX !
ahh.. we get to 157. A respectable total.
After anxious 10-15 mins the Pakistanis walk-in to bat.
RP Singh is in fine bowling form. 5th bowl of his 1st over, Singh to Hafeez, OUT ! RP Singh follows up the fullish delivery with one back of a length, getting it to move away every so slightly and Hafeez, with minimal footwork, is tempted into a dab outside off stump only to see the outside-edge fly into Uthappa's safe hands at slip! India breakthrough. Oh ! man that psychopath has the bowl. He has to be good, or we'll lose the match here and now. Four followed by a six and another four. You stoopid fellow, all the hard work put in to score those 14 runs, u've given them away in just 3 deliveries. Another 4 to end the over. Damn ! Singh to Kamran Akmal, OUT, cleaned up! He misjudged the bounce and he's out ! Sreesanth bowls a maiden.
woah.. what ?? how ??
We want Nazir. He is taking the game away from us. Its already 53 and we are only half way through the 5th over. Oh ! great, things don't look good for Nazir, the groin injury he was carrying from the semi finals is surfacing again.Younis eases into a nice offdrive and calls for the run towards mid-off, Nazir is late to react, Uthappa swoops in, and hits the stumps. He's out !
Younis and Malik are scoring in singles and getting the odd boundary, and Joginder Sharma with his gentle medium pace comes in to bowl his 2nd over. Joginder bowls a fuller delivery and immediately gets Younis to go over the top. No power in the shot, and Yusuf pouches an easy catch. Out comes Misbah. We have to get him. He has got the Pakistanis home more often than not, in this tournament. The runs have dried up. 11 over gone and its just 76/4. Pathan to Malik, short of a good length bowl, it doen't come on the bat that well and Malik is caught at mid wicket. ohh wow ! Malik out.. but is this a blessing in disguise for them ?? Out walks Afridi. Battle of the pathans. plz, god, plz, the one in blue should win this battle. First bowl, a bouncer, declared as a wide. Second ball.. fullish and outside the off stump, Afridi gives it everything, but it takes the bottom of the bat and the ball loops up in the air.. someone get under it, plz.. plz... oh ! its Shreesanth under it.. plz for god's sake.. dun think about slicing a batsman with a pocket knife for a few moments and catch the ball. yahooooooooooooooooo he catches the ball. It's almost over now, for them. If only we get Misbah.. 4overs since the last wicket. They have accumulated 26 runs and have lost Arafat in pursuit. Misbah has the tail to bat with him. It is a daunting task for them now. Bhajji comes in for his 3rd over and 17th over of the innings. it's a six.. Misbah clears his foot and heaves the ball over midwicket.. he declines the single of the 4th ball of the over.. haa.. he thinks he'll hit both these balls out of the ground.. Misbah lines it up and clatters the 5th ball into the stands over midwicket.. and another one.. 6 of the last ball too.. 17 gone and its 123/7. Ohh great.. Tanveer is on strike. This should be the match for us. First ball, Shreesanth bowls a fullish delivery on the off stump and Tanveer flicks it for a six ! And another one.. same ball, same shot ! Last ball of his over.. Its just 20 to get from 2.1 overs.
This match is Pakistan's for the losing. Only some miracle can save India, now. A quick yorker on the off stump. Tanveer loses his off stump but he's got 12 from only 4 balls and done hit bit. Its 138/8 at the end of 18.
You moron, Shreesanth..
you've cost us the match.. A match that was our's for the taking.
Dhoni calls in Singh to bowl the 19th over. A good tactic.
There might not be a 20th over if he
doesn't bowl, NOW.
A very good over till now. 17 needed from 8. Gul to face Singh.. Leg-stump yorker from RP.. too good for Gul as he loses his leg stump.
come on RP.. don't leave this to the last over.. get him out. You have 1 delivery and no. 11 facing.. an attempted yorker outside the off stump.. Asif pokes at it and gets a 4. A priceless boundary to end the penultimate over. 13 of 6 now. Joginder Sharma, it is.. he has to replicate his heroics, once again. A wide to start of with.. and a SIX of the 2nd ball.. just 6 required of 4.. damn.. !!
Sometimes it all comes down to one decision, just 1 whiz-bang moment upon which everything rests..
should i peep into my neighbour's answer sheet ??
should i leave this chapter for tomorrow ??
should i say i love you ??
should i play an Ashraful ??
It was this whiz-bang decision onto which Misbah arrived after a masterful batting display.
He goes for the scoop shot over short fine-leg the ball loops up in the air. The hearts of 2 nations stop beating for what seems like eternity before the ball comes down and Shreesanth pouches it.
1 minor mistake by Misbah separated them from history, 1 minor error after a masterful display of batting for nearly an hour, just 1 minor mistake... but why in the blue hell should i tok about that..screw it.. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON and thus was born a knock knock joke :D
Knock-knock !
who's there ?
Misbah.
Misbah who ?
Miss bah 5 runs. :D :D
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