Sachin Tendulkar: End of an Era

I was busy doing chatting with my girlfriend on WHATSAPP when i got a notification of some inbox, I flipped through the chat windows and saw a text, which read: "Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from Test cricket after 200th game" courtesy Praveen Tiwari.

I was not supposed to believe him and did the same, but yes, he raised a doubt in my mind; just to clear doubt from my mind i went on to Google for the latest news about Tendulkar and let my girlfriend on hold. And what i saw was unbelievable - at least to the cricket lovers of this country, "Sachin Tendulkar will going to play his last two against West indies in coming month" - and along with him retiring a long lasting legacy,  life seemed to come to a standstill.

My thought drifted to the days I played cricket as a kid; How old I was? I might be of six, no, five or even less but  since the day came across with cricket and was pretty confident of at least one player (who used to be the first choice for selectors without any hesitation) who would be there as rescuer whenever team needs him. I can easily make out moments when i used to seek permission to watch Sachin play and as soon as he got out i used to switch to other work with thought of "India's lose" in mind. He used to be the first and last hope of India's win.

I believe, there exist a child in every person which drove individual to their love and the same child in him, prompted him all these year since he was 11 years old to play and enjoy the game. Today he feathered almost all the batting records a batsman can have to his cap and will going to add another a few in his last two. There were lot of ups and downs came in his career but every time he learnt from his mistakes, always came with something new and gave his best shot in more energetic way. He defied age at every stage of his career. With growing age he refined his technical skills and remained on the top through out his career of 24 years. 

SachinTendulkar is not mere a name of a person, he is a  kind of player India has ever produced and ever will (doubt). He is the motivation, inspiration, passion, and personality to name a few; for the people of this country. People of this country and all around the world has felicitated his name with "GOD OF CRICKET".

Sachin's decision to hang up his boots after his 200th Test lined up next month will not only leave a HUGE void in Indian Team but would also take away a generation, a mentor, an inspiration, an experience and most importantly a true sportsmen along with him. And now when he is on the verge, there are few questions striking on my mind, few unresolved queries for which there are no answers, troubling me. Who after him? Who will take over his job and getting the job done? Who will wear No. 10 jersey for India with which there is an emotional attachment of his ardent fans? And to whom we would look up to like the way we look for him.. These are the questions that has not been asked for more than two decades. These were the rhetorical questions as no one really thought it could be answered.

A take on - SHAYARI

Hme yad hai wo din, jb hmne unhe phli br apni inhi ankhon se dekha tha,
mahsus jo kia hmne us din wo sab ek dhokha tha,
pr kahaani kuch or hi thi,
wo ldki ni bala kuch or hi thi,
ladte the jhgadte the roj unse paglo ki trh,
hme kya pta tha ye ladai pyr m badl jayegi is trh,



pta ni kya psnd aya unme,
syd unki aankhe, ya ankho ka kajal,
syd unki hasi, ya hsne ki chalclahat,
syd unke hoth, ya hotho khilkhilahat,
syd unke bate, ya batiyane ka tarika,
syd chal unki, ya pta ni,
pta ni kya psnd aya itna unme, pta ni....



Aj is kadar khfa h hm unki mohhabat me,
tadpte hai raat bhar unki yad me,
Thodi bachkani si harkarte hai unki,
thodi pyari si bate hai unki,
Gusse mein ati hai to JABRAT lgti hai,
Pyar krti hai to BAWAl lgti hai,
Aab us Pagli Ladki Ke Bin Jeena Gaddari Lagta Hai,
Aur Us Pagli Ladki Ke Bin Marna Bhi Bhari Lagta Hai.


ye jindagi hame kis mod par le aayi hai
hamare dil mein bhi pyar ki umag umad aayi hai
cahate hai hum jise tahe dil se,
koi bataye unhe, hamane dil mein unhi ki murat banayi hai.


hum apni mohhabat  ka ishar khule aam kiya nhn karte,
mohhabat ka ye jam hum dikha kar piya nhn karte,
jo ki na hoti mohhabat humne ai mere humdum,
to mohhabat jaise shabdoon ka prayog hum kiya nhn karte.


pucha jo sawaal dil se  naam unhi ka aaya,
dhadkan ne bhi geet unhi ka gungunaya,
socha khuda ko yaad kar lu pal do pal,
par laboon pe naam bhi unhi ka aaya.


dil mein hai jo baat, hum unhe kah nhn sakte
door chalye jaye wo, yeh hum sah nhn sakte,
dar hai rushwah na ho jaye jindagi hamari,
jindagi woh hai hamari unke bina hum rah nhn sakte.


Khoyi si aankho  me sapna aapka saja liya,
Aarzoo me aapki chahat ko basa liya,
Dhadkan bhi na rahi zaruri hamare liye,
Jab se dil me aapko basa liya.


har ek din, har ek rat me teri yaad aati hai
namak aankhon me ghul jaane me teri yaad aati hai
tere shone se mukhde ko kya maloom ai mere humdum
samundaar paar, viraane me teri yaad aati hai.


socha tha wo tut k cahengey hame,
lekin caha b hmne or tute b hum.

Once upon a time in MUMBAI

On Saturday 18-09-10, we (me & pal) had our dinner at Colaba in Mumbai. The reason for being their  was CDS exam on Sunday. But that was not the matter of concern atleast to me. That was just an excuse to be there.

Pal had been there earlier also, so he knew more than me. So he took me to Sagarika- a guest house by army for army personals, but unfortunetly we didn't make it there but fortunetly we reached Sagar- guest house for sailors by navy. Fortunetly! becoz places like Marine Drive, Gateway of India, Hotel Taj etc were at walking distance from us. And guess it just cost us Rs.60/- per day with a lot of facilities in there. After booking our room there we went for a walk to Gateway of India. There we met an TV Actor, oh sorry! but I didn't recognize his name but saw him in many serials of Doordarshan. He was with a friend talking to a photographer. Pal saw him and told me 'oye dekh tv actor', I was just 'chal milte hai'. And next moment we shake our hands, introduce ourself and had a small talk with him. 

Pal : Sir aap or yahan kaise ?

Actor(Surprised & Annoying): What do u mean mein yahan kaise ?

I (by handling the situation): Sir, normally yahan par famous personalities aise nhn ghomati thats why he asked so!

Actor: wo sale chutiye hai jo nhn ghoomate.

And he left, but we were shocked how can an actor says that. Honestly speaking ' koi use ghas nhn dal raha tha '  but we made him think a famous personality. After that incident we came back to our hotel. There we met a guy- a navy person, he was from U.P. so its like UP-UP bhai bhai. He arranged 4 beer which cost us Rs.140 (Rs.35/- per beer), we kept those beer in our bag and now on the way to couple's spot- the Marine Drive as anyone can easily see lots of couple's there. We settle down there on sand from the sea, it was around 0930 in the dark, we starts empting those bottle. I agree, that was risky but we took the risk. That was an awesome experience, ' yaroon literally feel aa gayi '. The view of Queen's necklace was amazing. There was an warm up exercise for eyes was also available; for that we just need kept our eyes open and had greenery (salon ghas mat samjhna, this time bandiya) everywhere and we did it.

 Whoever says that
                                           'Raat k 12 baje din nikalta hai,
                                            subah k 6 baje raat hoti hai  '
is absolutely correct for this city. It was around 0130 hrs in mid night when we were on the way to our hotel and there was no sign of sleepiness, the city was running in its full pace.

At the dawn we were on our ways for CDS exam. During this I had an great experience of something without which any Living Being is not Living, Mumbai is not Mumbai and so as this blog. Yes, you have gussed it right, it was the heart beat- The local trains which allow millions to reach their destination daily and I was one of them on that day, but what a rush, f**k even though  I managed to get in properly because get in those trains was also the major issue. Beside all this, it was a great fun and an unforgettable experience.

Moving toward the end I wanna say: Mumbai was same as I heard of it.
                                              'Mumbai humka jum gayi'
  

A new start from the start

I already stepped in final year of my Engineering (not for sure, result yet not declare). But fingers are crossed and this time I'm hoping for something good.

Just one year and we (my colleague) are going to be the Engineers. Everyone in college enjoying their final year in there way (aakhir hum baap ho gaye hai bhai). But some of us (including me) deals with little bit of pressure of getting placement from the college so we are mildly tensed; or whatever it may be, we still enjoying this, with fun.

  

The weather of this college starts changing and I really don’t know how terrific it’s going to be, especially for me. I don't even manage to see the silver line in the clouds. All the time my mind is struggles with some queries like:

  kon si company aa rahi hai?,

  kab aa rahi hai ?,

  uska criteria kya hai ?, 

  koi NC nhn aa rahi kya?,

  kya puchegi?

 "Or kyon na ho” The placement season in our college is on the verge of its start and I still dont know what to do.....or what not to do! For getting place in any reputed company oh! Sorry, my mistake... not in reputed but in any kind of company.

I know that I don’t know anything in technical field and I know without that it is not possible for me to outperform in any round but still I’m not focused! I don’t know why??

Leaving the past behind: I think ("jab jaago tabhi sawera" wali baat) now the time has come to start from the scratch. And this time for sure I’m confident to make my dream comes true and I will make it happen.

It's Over

I know this doesn't mean to you but I still wanna say, m back with my bullshit.

Its over, Indian Cricket Team already lost the battle. India was knocked out of world cup without winning a Super Eight game for the second successive year. Why? What's the reason?

The  coach Gery Kristan is unhappy with players "fitness". The South African apparently believe that most of the Indian players are overwight and in fact unfit to play international cricket.He is blaming the selection commitee for this debacle as they didn't consult him while picking the squad.

The skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed late night parties of IPL for this calamity. He finally admitted, that the frenetic pace of IPL cost India.

But whatever might be the reason they came back empty handed and have to face the consequences. And for this BCCI members were planning to strip off Dhoni from his captaincy but actually the real culprits are these commitee members.

Media report suggest that Virendra sehwag's name is being considered for T20 and ODI captaincy. The person who is fighting with his injuries and didn't play last two world cup. This doesn't mean that I don't like sehwag I like him the most but when he hit boundaries.

 To my mind their is no one perfect in this world. Everyone makes mistakes in his life and learn from those mistakes. I think this is the time when everyone has to be calm and whatever be the decision made, we have to  respect that. This is a sport and there are ups and downs in this, so without bothering about the decision and after forgoting the past players has to focus on upcoming series and mainly on ICC 2011 world cup.

"Honour Killing" A Feud

"Honour killing" or "Honor killing" is one of the hotest news from a last few days. It is staggering, that Honor killing is still a wrangle in country like India. I felt peeved whenever, I read the news of Honour killing in newspaper.

Honor killing is the murder of the family or family member which brought dishonor to family or community by fellow family or community members.The dishonor may be due to refusing to enter in the arranged marriage, seeking for divorce, engaged in relationship with other person.

People are still murdered across the India daring to marry without their family's acceptance, in some cases for marring outside the caste or religion. The marriages with 'untouchable' caste male/female instigate the killing of married couple or the family of that couple. This is the unique form of killing related to the practice of 'untouchability'. In India states like Haryana, Bihar, U.P. are know for these kind of notorious incidents. These killing results from the perception to bring the honor back to the family or the community.

To stop these kind of notorious activities there must be some strict steps taken by government. There should be some kind of rigorous punishment impose to the convicts like Haryana court did two days back. I admire the judgement of the court in which it awarded capital punishment to five convicts and life sentence to one for mudering the couple.