Knights unlucky to lose

 Alright, it’s been sometime since I updated this lazy blog of mine.  I would be lying if I said that there was nothing that inspired me to write. But then there were a lot of other things, including project deadlines and other shit from college. So it looks like cricket and politics are hogging the headlines at this point of time. The IPL fever is slowly but steadily catching on. Boy, what a match last night between Kolkata and Rajasthan. Definitely one of the best T20 games I’ve ever seen, although I would have been happy if the Knights had managed to triumph. Full credit to Warne and co though, especially Kamran Khan. 

I saw today a news channel with an article blaming Knights’ coach John Buchanan for the loss, as it was his decision apparently to open the superover with the out of form Brendon McCullum, rather than Sourav Ganguly, along with Chris Gayle. I may be a big fan of Dada, but I don’t think Sourav opening would have made such a big difference. He definitely would have tried giving the strike to the magnificent Gayle. Rather than saying the batsmen failed, it would be far more appropriate to say the bowler Kamran Khan was successfull. Don’t be surprised if this tearaway makes it to the Indian team for the T20 World Championships later this year. The fault Kolkata made was in giving the ball to Ajantha Mendis. Mendis might be a mystery man, but when you got just 15 runs on the board to defend, the option of a spinner bowling is totally out of the question, even it is Shane Warne himself. Add to that the fact that Yusuf Pathan who was the batsman is capable of sending any bowler to the stands, let alone Mendis. McCullum as a captain has absolutely no experience and SRK would have been right making Gayle the captain, if not Dada. I wonder why McCullum isn’t given any ‘importance’ by the Fake IPL player. 

BTW the Great Indian Reality Show, as NDTV puts it, the General Elections are on. DO VOTE. I would be super glad if your vote is for the Congress or its allies. Jai Hind.

A tribute to a friend I never knew

I only knew him by his first name. I did not know him personally, neither had I ever spoken to him. He was my junior in college, that is till a few days back. It came as an utter shock when I received the message that Arjun Vasudev had passed away in a road accident. Although he had got nothing to do with me,  his sudden demise has had a very deep impact on me. How true, you only know about the great things a person has done only after he/she has left us permanently.

To me he just seemed an ordinary college dude.  At least whenever I saw he only wore a purple colored shirt. He played the guitar and even played for our college culturals representing our department. But only after the testimonials his friends gave, did I actually know how brilliant a guy he was. He was not just an ordinary guitar player; he was simply too good, I hear. Wish he was my batchmate rather than a junior. 

They say God wants the best to be with him and so take them away early. But I feel this is absurd. Arjun was the best but that doesn’t mean God has taken him away. He still lives very much with us, more than with God. His friends said that he hated the most when they never smiled. And even in most of his pics, he  seems to be the Mr. Smiley. Probably that is why even we should smile as he departs us, even though it’s the most difficult thing for us. He must be smiling too, from somewhere around us, watching. As I move along, I have just one question for God – “Why him?”