Sunshine..

Indian cricket is enjoying the best sunshine in decades...Whatever happened in South Africa was not cricket, it was Emotion. It was also not a happenstance...it was an effulgent outcome of a calculated, energetic and patriotic action tempered by pride. It was a demonstrations of youth power. There they were, eleven young men with only meager experience, wearing their blue uniforms with innate pride for the honour of playing for the nation. They threw caution to wind and took plunge headlong. They took on the world's best and the mightiest in the newest version of cricket-- Twenty20 -- and became world champions in a ravishing manner. The sweet taste of success is barefaced, but this one's flavour is beyond words. The whole nation is cognate on this feeling which none can capture in words...

For the first time in many years, Indian cricket is enjoying a popular confidence of an unprecedented intensity. Though there were anxious remarks that India will not do very well in this inaugural Twenty20 World Cup, there were also larger numbers taht believed that India will make it to the top. By the time India thrashed the mighty Australia in the semi-finals, an overwhelming majority of fans had already gifted the Twenty20 World Cup to Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young team. It was certainly not the best team in the tournament, atleast on paper. What made the difference was the team's self assertion.

The journey now will never be easy, particularly under the weight of popular expectations. Teams pipped by India will come back with a sense of vengeance. That will make the game all the more interesting for the fans, but difficult for the team. The real test, thus, will come now. But Indians seem all cinched. Thats the gain...thats the spirit...Cheers team India!!

Carpe Diem...

I have been chasing this space for so long tryin 2 write something close to my heart...

I espied a day in my life to be impeccable in every way plethoric and meager...and thats i guess wat most of d species are moonstruck with... a naive life that has wended its alley thru oodles of experineces sribbles down d memoir of a cruise...There was a time when the visible hem was the family you lived with, the friends you shared your school hours with and that was all that mattered. You slept a good nights sleep not really digging deep into the brass tacks of this real world. And then came a day when you had to part with the cosiness of your confines and brook the satire of life. You commited some howlers...and you learnt the chalk talk...you played different roles and felt the smack of each. You met some people who stirred you in their own ways…you made them a part of your lives as their ways crossed yours…may be influencing decisions… and one day they were also gone... and you start to tally what you are left with. Life has bizarre ways of teaching the dope..but you learn in any of the ways. The awe that comes with every new experience is barefaced...and still we learn...kissing off all the assortment of emotions. And all that matters is how happy you are at the end of it all. From the moment you become cognizant of the essence of yur existence...you fathom nothing really is enduring…things change, people change, locations change, relationships change, desires change, decisions change, emotions change, and even YOU change…that is what the essence of LIFE is…CHANGE…Everything that impinges you, changes…that’s the satire of life…the only thing that’s amaranthine is change itself.

I ironed out a way of life for myself…I fancied a morrow, but seldom does everything rely on you alone…the strings attached to every bliss jade you by the time it comes out of the labyrinth…you start finding joy in something but you know that’s not gonna be till doomsday…but that’s the way to live…somethings bequested to you and you keep saying that its not gonna last forever so I better not enjoy it now…Live the life lavished on you in its satiety. The chattels showered on you must get their share of time with you…and that’s how life becomes fulfilled… you assay and relish everything tendered and that is the staff of life.. Don’t make an endeavor to box happiness in a cocoon…it has to fly and spread its aura. Let it go free and you gather the driblets that fall on you. Don’t try to put time in a capsule…it will wait for none…but the time bestowed to you..none can seize it from you until you let it go…Let every trice pass by after all that it holds has been educed by you. The destiny of anything has not been revealed to the human race ever since its genesis…all we know is that change will be coeval till the apocalypse…hic et nunc is what is yours today…Enjoy the moment…Lose yourself…Do not give a chance to Regret…SEIZE THE DAY…CARPE DIEM…

The Razzmatazz of the Indian Idol...

The journey of the Indian Idol started 3 years back when a theme inspired by a reality show in the US became a mania in every household in India. Twas a new theme a rather experimental theme for the Indian crowd and no one would have prophesied that it will one day become the biggest reality show on the Indian grounds. It was such a frenzy that it captivated every being...young and old..
The first Idol, Abhijeet Sawant...an unforgettable one, got mixed riposte from the flock..I was myself not very satisfied with the denouement as i had a little soft spot for Amit Sana...he being from my hometown but lately after the album release of Abhijeet, really felt this guy had content. A couple of songs from his latest album "JUNOON" are my fave these days..amazing work! The second Idol, Sandeep Acharya...cute smilin' face was easily forgotten...not much ballyhoo this time i guess...people were no more charmed by the theme...cuz almost every channel in this one year time span had dumped enough talent hunts and other reality shows...alas Indian Idol 2 had lost its appeal...and was being counted as mere just another reality show in a rabble...the arch of all reality shows had lost its eclat..But it looked like a different story for the Indian Idol season 3...A record-breaker in terms of voting...with almost 7 Crore votes received...a record-breaker in terms of the winner...Prashant Tamang, who learnt music from hearing...never had any professional training in music and competed with the voices that had been trained over years...That was a good attempt on his part but to be candid...I really dint find anything so gala in him which would have put him on a higher ground than Amit Paul, the runner-up. It came as a surprise for many when the Darjeeling based lad stole the show vanquishing the down to earth, ever smiling, and extremely talented Amit. I still wonder how the whole nation can be so wrong in judging...or may be am wondering on what grounds do the masses actually vote!!?? Is it the voice, is it the singing style, is it the looks, is it smartness, the personality of the person, the location...or what on earth do they see in the singer to vote for him!!?? I still cant say how pertinent it is to judge the Indian Idol thru voting by common people, majority of whom might not have good understanding of music!? But may be it wont be justified to place the onus of choosing the Indian Idol on four judges as well. The long 8 months journey of the Idol witnesses a lot of emotional ups and downs, sees a lot of talents exiting the stage early not because they dint have a better voice than the rest but because of the lack of votes that they were able to bring into their lots..I am stil wondering if selecting the Indian Idol is just about getting the best voice in India!! You go to every nook of the country to get the voice you are searching for, thats absolutely justified...but how much justice are you doing to them after bringing them here on centre stage and evicting them to be chosen or rejected on the basis of the number of votes rather than on their real talent of singing??
I dont know if its wrong or right...justified or not...All that can be said is that popularity of the Idol matters...left alone the prize moneyand other perks...all that matters is that people of the whole nation have chosen you...oughtta do justice to the trust levied on you...After all the Indian Idol is truly the People's Idol..

My Jaunt Back Home...

A journey that tallied to a curveball 2 me.. never really thought will be sad at leaving this place..though its not forever that i'll be gone..jus a fortnight.. My departure this time started with a goulash of outlandish things.. happy and sad..things i hadnt really anticipated. As usual i dint really have a reason for goin' home..may be jus a break from the routine office life. Lotsa things have changed since the last time i was home..and may be so comes the package of surprises this time.
"Enjoy The Moment" as someone said to me once..i guess these three words have become a way of life for me these days...and thats the way to live i feel, jus being happy, enjoying every moment. Isnt this what all of us are living for!?? Lead a happy life...the nub of all the elbow grease in this real world!! Long journeys always give me time enough to canvass my own life..the long journey taht i have wended...the people i met, the magical moments i enjoyed, the tart smack of De facto, the times i laughed, the times i cried..and things that make me feel my journey till now worth a LIFE at that.. :) Now i know life is not worth jus to think...its rather to LIVE...
All night i've been listening 2 music close 2 my heart..pondering my way ahead, the view from my window would have lured any lucid being, the half crossed moonlight makin the verdure glisten in myriad shades of black, grey and white..twas a state of ebriety with the raindrops gliding unremittingly on the laminated window along my seat..those far away lights takin me on a nostalgic voyage thru some of the most memorable moments of my life...oh how much i wish i could turn back time.. but is that what i am here for!? Am here...waitin agilely to eke out every iota of bliss that each moment encapsulates. Havent travelled thru this route before and it offers new things to explore and experience...true with our life journey as well...take new turns, take new routes, give chances for new experiences and there you are...doin wat yu want...enjoyin every moment.
I believe in the theory of the predestined destination...so wen the omega has already been set for you...its in your hands how you wanna reach it...toilin' and cribbin'...or smilin' and enjoyin' every moment....Journeys always come to and end...so will this one soon...and am happy am gonna remember this one as an inerasable one...enjoyin everything that it offered me...Whats Meant To Be...Will Be...Enjoy The Moment.. :)