Born at the wrong time?

Words can't explain how bad my mood was since the day Sachin missed his much-awaited 100th International ton. But Virender Sehwag unknowingly packed up all my troubles and made me smile and smile and smile with his incredible 219 in just 149 balls a few days ago.

I find myself very lucky to be born in the era where great players like Sachin, Sehwag, Gambhir, Virat, Yuvraj, Dravid exist. I thoroughly enjoy the game of Cricket and this interest probably developed only because of one or the other outstanding acts round the year by these personalities.The thrilling one-sided matches in the ongoing India v/s West Indies due to the impressive performances of youngsters gives birth to a new question in my mind; Are we ignoring the performances of these capable Indian cricketers in compared to that of Sachin Tendulkar?

I know and believe that Sachin is the God of Cricket but equally feel that due to his existence the others who are equally or may be a bit less talented have been neglected. I believe that it is their good luck because they play in Sachin's times, and bad luck because their achievements are often overshadowed by the master blaster's consistent evergreen innings. Looks like lady luck has done a good balancing act here.

The calm and matured cricket of the team India was seen at the World Cup 11 which made them snatch the Cup from terror teams like Aus-Pak-SriLanka. The contributions made by Yuvraj, Virat, Sehwag, Dhoni were truly remarkable but at the end of the game the picture was like 'all fame to Sachin'. There I understood the true meaning of the famous quote; Caterpillar does all the work, but the Butterfly gets all the publicity. I know that there are times when Sachin is not even playing, some other teammate has done heroics in the game, and the newspapers devoting entire page sections on silly things like "Sachin's batting tips to his little Arjun, or Someone saying something good/bad about him"....give me a break!!

One of the cricketers most badly hit by this Sachin mania is Dravid, whose career almost coincided with that of Sachin's. I sometimes feel that there should have been a proper allotment of such great players whereby the chances of injustice on few would have been reduced and each and every one would have got his share of appreciation and limelight. What that would have done to the team's fortunes is a separate question though ;-)

But at the end of the day even after I am fascinated by all other team mates' mesmerizing games, one corner of my heart, just like that of millions of cricket lovers all over the world, eagerly waits for that '100th hundred'.

The Story Of Milk Song

It has become so simple to promote any song or a film by appearing on some of the reality shows or some silly daily soaps which hits the idiot box all day and night. The film stars or the directors or the singers make  more such noise when they become aware of the fact that their song or movie is a real crap.

If songs or movies had gained popularity only on the basis of advertisements made then how come old songs are still remembered and chanted even by the young generations?????? The other day on the death of the legendary actor, Mr. Dev Saab my friend and I sang 'n' number of songs picturized on him. The best part was that those melodious songs came so smoothly without scratching our heads even once. It went on and on for more than 1 hour with our bad singing but the pleasure was just outstanding. Did those music directors or the play back singers or the actors take that pain to promote their songs or movies????? Nope, they only tried to give the best lyric, music and are still reaping the benefits in the form of more and more fan followers.

And there was this time when I was fully intoxicated by the melodious songs from Rockstar like Tum Ho or Kun Faaya Kun, or for that matter even the sensuous Vidya Balan with O'la la tu hai meri fantasy; and there came this 'Kolaveri di'. It was like a nightmare. I am pretty sure that the song gained popularity only on the basis of the criticisms made on it, otherwise with such ridiculous lyrics and irritating music it would have never been possible. Or maybe, it was the Rajani-Son-In-Law effect ;).

I was unaffected with the wave of Kolaveri di until when Neevan Sonu Niiggam grabbed my attention. His new version of the milk song drove me crazy. The modified lyrics have played wonders....and are for sure done by his Pa.

We all are acquainted with Sonu Niiggam's mimicry of top singers, and so it would have been surprising if Dhanush had escaped from all this with such a dull though hit song. But it would have been totally unfair on Dhanush if the great singer had pulled the newcomer's leg himself. So he took the help of his chote ustaad. And Chote did it extraordinarily.

I can conclude this post singing a para for Dhanush.......

Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri di.....
Neevan.... future.... bright... u.... bright...u
Dhanush.... future.... dark...u...dark...u
Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri di.....