A Few Rants

Chandrayaan

None would believe seeing them that they were the persons behind the unmanned Indian expedition to the moon. Most of them are from the state of Kerala in India. They are not well known in the state even. But they wouldn’t mind that. They are the unassuming sort.
The Indians were the fourth national team to have achieved the feat of sending something successfully to the moon.
Being fourth to do it is not very important. But being able to do it in this land is nothing short of a wondrous. It showcases the great talent that we have in India. We can’t waste money or resources in this land. If we do so we can’t replace them like the other countries. Hence these gentlemen had to function within severe constraints, financial and otherwise. Those could only be surmounted with brilliance of intellect and self sufficiency in equipment.
I feel proud that we have such people in this land amidst all sorts of bad elements. Their unassuming characters only add luster to their achievements.
Bravo gentlemen, we are immensely proud of you, it is not mere national pride; it is the pride in having the luck to live among you.

On cricket

Many things have happened since I last wrote on the subject. Anil Kumble became the captain of the Indian team, Ganguly was dropped and reinstated, our kid (Srisanth) has suffered an injury and is not in the team now but seems to be having a ball nonetheless with life. A real speedster like Ishant Sharma came into the squad and drove jitters into the irrepressible Ponting. Yuvraj again proved he can’t take on the responsibilities of the test cricket, Piyush Chawla came and went. Gilchrist retired (The man had unbelievable eye for the cricket ball, but the young Indians like Rohit Sharma has taken a leaf out of his book) Mc Grath went and came back to play in 20 twenty proving that he was still good though he had put on some weight.
Sachin was yet finding runs and Dhoni was becoming more assertive day by day.
Now both Kumble and Ganguly have retired from active international cricket-They were great soldiers for our cricket. I remember Bishen Singh Bedi saying on the inclusion of Kumble in test cricket that “We are fielding a lion today” . That was in England. He indeed proved to be a lion (if for his leonine determination for not admitting defeat on any accounts) for the Indian cricket only overshadowed by the great Shane Warne and Muthiah Muralidharan.
He has never been a great spinner of the ball and sometimes disappointed us by his unvarying rhythm. He could never have stayed in the team but for his great dedication and determination. That could be the quality which separates boys from girls if you know what I mean.
I had a liking for Ganguly always. He may not have been the nicest guy around. But he was a good captain. He shaped the Indian cricket into what it is today. I have never seen a better player of spin bowling other than Sidhu. He used really to maul them. This is not easy for an opening bat.
Great players to retire from the scene. They would be replaced by young guns, but many would remember them long afterwards.
Dhoni is having a real ball at the moment, winning every important game that he plays. Let us hope that this streak lasts.
Winning against the Aussies was sweet, even against a depleted side. All in all lot happening on that front.

The Rind

There was news some time ago that the Bollywood actor Rahul Roy (the Ashiquee fame) ventured in to the Hollywood to act in movies. He came back and has won millions of bucks in a reality TV show the other day. Those who were with him including the irrepressible Rakhi Savanth consider him a person very well established within himself.
He could have been a Hollywood star; he was suave and thoroughly westernized. Yet he could not make it. But would that deter other Indians from aspiring for the coveted position of a Hollywood star. No not at all. But not every one has the talent to be such a star has they, so some calls themselves by the name of the coveted actor’s prize in Hollywood to get rid of the itch to become so. One such model citizen is very witty to his own self that every time he opens his mouth people has to run for dear life. The poor guy, he has cornered a job at a place and is heard to be widely used as a melon rind by the bosses. Lord, the things that people have to do to make a living in this world.
The place is run by a family group which is the terror and fear of the locality. You can’t say anything against the group. It is totally run in the traditional feudal mold and they do not take well to criticism. They are currently using some devises to run a subliminal programming on the public. Who knows there could be even the Illuminati behind the scenes?
Such is the wonderful set up that we have here.

On such biscuits that we can’t eat

Well there are biscuits and biscuits. Some of them can not be touched, some are so bad that we need to dig a trench and bury them to get away from the smell. But even that would not eliminate the sickly odor that hangs around.
One such biscuit is enough to defile the world for a millennium, what about discovering more of them together in a box. The whole atmosphere would stink to hell. The smell would assail your senses through every sense organ that you have.
Well the biscuits can’t be blamed of course. They are the result of their makers. The ingredients could be such that they are best left buried.
Yet there are multiple values involved in the production of biscuits. The makers must have selected the vilest of all available commodities to prepare them so remarkably well.
The other day I met one of the makers of the biscuits and the guy illumined me on the necessity of admonishing people. He says that the biscuits have been prepared thus with this intention in mind, that of making people aware of the good things in life. The contrast is supposed to bring it out.
Well we need to applaud the good intention of the makers.
But it is a request on my part, bury the biscuits please, the stench might be useful in determining what is good and bad in life, but why not leave it to the people themselves.
They have good noses otherwise too don’t they?