We Indians have always enjoyed cricket in all its form viz. Test, One Day and now 20-20. Come cricketing season and we have always been onlookers at the idiot box. We have been the true supporters to the game and loved it so much that we have kept backstage our own national game, hockey and adopted this game from foreign land. Three years ago we saw cricket taking a new form with Indian Premier League and eight teams bidding for their world’s best players to play for them. The entire concept was new and exciting. It was something that the world of cricket had never seen or experienced before. All the cricketing Diasporas on one platform. It’s been three years now and now we have IPL three currently in session. I am ecstatic to see the intensity and amazement of people cheering for their teams. The entire nation gets divided into eight teams and follows their teams close to their hearts. It is nice to see youngsters like Suman playing for Gilchrist, and Hayden being captained by Dhoni. What a game, cricket has never felt so close-knitted. The entire cricket playing nations on one platform and enthralling the spectators. Every year we long for IPL season and cheer our teams either in stadium or on Television. It seems quite interesting to cheer for Pollard and Sangakara in IPL and be against them when India plays against West Indies or Sri Lanka respectively. What an irony? Everything is quiet interesting about IPL in the hearts of every cricketing fan. Every individual support their own favorites and cheer for their teams. It seems so different but ecstatic and has only made cricket so alluring. I am all guns for IPL and in my heart hope that my favorites win it again this time. Cheers for every team in IPL and the entire concept of IPL.
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A Little Pond of Thoughts- No idea……….Get idea April 20, 2011I fear to answer “No idea” on even simple queries these days. Thanks to the “No Idea…..Get Idea” campaign launched by Idea Cellular in India. Although the campaign was launched in the month of November promoting Mobile Number Portability(MNP) to all the 791 million telecom subscribers in India, it has successfully helped the company gain [...]
- India Wins the Cup April 4, 2011“We are the Champions”. “We rule the world”. The intense feeling of pride, jubilation, emotional outbursts around the euphoric victory in the world cup 2011 has proved to the world that India has arrived. In a country of 1.21 billion, more than 80% people follow a religion called “Cricket” and worship the God in one [...]
- ICC World Cup 2011:Musings March 16, 2011Last one month kept me away from my favorite work of reaching to the readers of my blog. It has been quiet a hectic schedule but I am happy to manage my time and be back on track. With the world cup fun all around and people glued to the idiot box, we Indians prefer [...]
- National Customer Preference Register(NCPR) February 8, 2011On December 1st 2010, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India took a step forward to curb unsolicited commercial communications to Indian consumers from telemarketers using medium such as voice or Short Messaging Service (SMS). The regulation mandates telemarketers to register with TRAI in order to facilitate scrubbing of Do Not Call Registered numbers in Indi […]
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP) January 18, 2011Mobile Number Portability or MNP is a telecommunication service which allows telecom subscribers to switch their operators as per their choice. It is common in our lives that we are sometimes pissed off with the telecom operator for connectivity, bill related and numerous others issues which leaves us in agony due to shady services. I [...]
- IPL Auctions 2011 January 9, 2011In a typical vegetables auction market, the scene is Potatoes – Rs 40/ Kg (Base price) Bidder 1- Rs 45/Kg, Bidder 2- Rs 50/Kg, Bidder 3- Rs 60/Kg, Bidder 1(again)- Rs 70/Kg Bidder 1 bids at Rs 70/Kg against Bidder 3 and the bid is sold to Bidder 1. Sophisticated IPL Auction: Cricketers on Sale Bid [...]
- New Year Resolutions January 8, 2011New Year is a time to celebrate, and get involved in big plans for the year. Most of us start big with our self-made values and lose our way towards middle of the year and again resolve to make changes in our plans. This cycle goes on unabated in our lives all throughout each year. [...]
- Olympic Gold Quest December 26, 2010India has 2nd largest population in the world and if it continues unabated we would soon overcome China in years to come. Being Indian, makes us think every day for our country and then we say, “We can’t help it”. Out of numerous good and bad areas to reflect in our country, Sport is major [...]
- Unsolicited Commercial Communications(UCC) December 17, 2010Hello Sir, this is …………. Calling from …………….. Bank. We have a very nice offer for you on our credit card. How many times exactly do we all receive such calls these days? Well, it is difficult to count exactly but the pain such calls leaves in the middle of any meeting is not to [...]
- The inexhaustible vessel – Akshaya Patra December 14, 2010“Food for thought” is the dictum and to feed the future of India, one needs food more than mere thoughts. The effort to make things happen for under privileged children in India has been the goal of vibrant cause called Akshaya Patra. In Sanskrit, dating back to Mahabharata period, “Akshaya Patra” signifies a vessel which [...]
- No idea……….Get idea April 20, 2011
Alok Ranjan
