IPL - An addition to NRI List?

Truly, Indian Cricket League is now International Cricket League..
With biggest extravaganza of cricket going abroad to South Africa, its asking few serious questions from Indians! Are we so in capable that we can’t provide security to 1000 people for a month?? Can’t we secure one stadium of country at a time??? After 61 years of independence we’re still helpless in providing security to foreigners!! It’s a blot on our country’s name :(
What if elections are ON? Don’t we have resources to work on simultaneously when IPL governing body was ready for all sorts of twisting in schedule! Its really a shame on Indian machinery and no doubt its going to be burning topic in this current election scenario! BJP will take on Congress government for the same, and cricket will get a political flavor...
Anyways from cricket point of view, IPL will be very much an international event now! Hopefully, free from inside politics of all regional cricket boards and might be safer in hands of franchises.
But the thing which is making me very glad is the international exposure our domestic players are going to get! Many aspiring youngsters from India who got the opportunity last time to rub their shoulders with international players; now they’ll be on moon getting chance to play in abroad conditions and couldn’t have ask more in the name of exposure :)
Financially, this time IPL won’t be able to make large revenues as that of last time cause expenditure in Africa would be on higher side when compared to India! But lets hope Mr. Modi’s team can pull off a great spectacle away from its original home...

Is it that just Goody is dying of cancer???

Jade Goody, British celeb earned name for herself in India in not the best way.. She came into spotlight after making racial comments against Shilpa Shetty on Big Brother, a TV Reality Show. After that she tried to re-work her image by participating in Indian version of Big Brother called Bigg Boss. But she had to cut short her stay at the show after being diagnosed by cervical cancer.
Now, she’s counting last moments of her life. But she’s continuing to be a public figure in these last days of life. She is filming all her last days and its being broadcasted as well!
The question is how good this idea is? Is it good to film death for sake of money, which she says will be useful for her wards! But for me there are many poor people who are also dying cause of cancer and other severe diseases, why the hell they’re not thought about??? Just because they are celebrity make their life and death a lot more important!
Better way for us and specially media is to concentrate on the root cause and work for awareness of such diseases; and help poor people affected by such traumatic disease as they also have kids who don’t have enough fortunes! Such people need more help from us; so it’s better to work for them and make their life happier....

Third Front in Indian politics possible under present circumstances?

Indian Politics for last decade has been under two political giants viz, BJP led NDA and INC led UPA. But now time is changing and so called Third Front is emerging...
What's this third force? Its actually 'khichdi' (mixture) of all regional parties who are coming together to give big boss UPA n NDA a fight. Nine parties have come together in this third front; the four communist parties that is the CPI, CPI-M, the Forward Block and the RSP as well as the JDS, the TDP, the TRS, the AIADMK and BSP.
But are they really a challenge for NDA or UPA? Answer for me is NO! They don't pose any serious threat whatsoever. The problem starts with ideologies of these different parties.
To start with, when someone asks who is the initiator of third front; Mr. Karat and Mr. Deve Gowda name each other and don't want even to take credit himself as if its some blame! Isn't it unlike politician who jumps for credits for everything which they've not done?? Actually, the reason behind this is none of the allies of third front wants to hog limelight, they just want to play safe for post poll alliances. Then comes ‘behanji’ Mayawati, who now only asks for Prime Ministerial candidature from third front!! I don’t see any future for this third front, especially with Miss Mayawati who till date had all possible political partners from SP to BJP to Congress and now this third front. She just changes colors every moment! And lastly, BJD and AIADMK who’re still unsure of their future with third front!

To sum up I just don’t see anything in this front and can call it up political stunt. Once results will be announced I’m sure they’ll join up big players for their own interests. Its just for votes’ sake now they’re coming together and trying to pose so called ‘threat’! Anyways, lets see how much my prediction comes true after 16th May; when all these parties will get into “political deals” ;)

DDLJ completes 700 weeks!

One of my favourite movies achieved a new record. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ) became India's longest running movie, has set the new national record for being the only movie on continuous play for 700 weeks in a theatre!!
Produced under the Yash Raj Films banner and directed by Aditya Chopra, the movie -- starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol -released on Oct 20, 1995 and is presently running in its 14th year at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai. And today it completed 700 weeks... What an achievement for Hindi Film Industry!