Dillemmas of the Indian Premier League

Many claim that IPL-4 has lost its charm- one of the many reasons given is that the local players don’t play for their local teams any more.  The key word here is local.  If players had to play for their own regional teams then wasn’t the Ranji trophy good enough.

I wonder how many cricket fans that speak of these issues in IPL have actually thought about the reasons behind such few fans in stadiums for Ranji matches.

Going back to the time IPL was conceived by Lalit Modi (although I feel it was exactly his original idea and was just a bigger version of the now extinct ICL), it is pretty obvious that the concept originated out of the success that the English Premier League achieved as a league. Though as a game FOOTBALL is different and probably has a larger following in comparison to cricket, the format EPL followed is similar to what is followed in the IPL.  EPL for the ones who don’t know has 20 teams that are owned by franchises or owners or whatever you want to call them.

My point here is not about the functioning  based on the franchisee model. If closely noticed most of the teams in the EPL barely even have ENGLISHMEN let alone having players from the same locality as the club.  Probably way back when the league was conceived they must have faced the same ‘identity crisis’ that IPL teams are facing.  Coming back to present day status of the English Premier league, the teams hire the services of players all over the world irrespective of the region or locality they hail from, based on talent rather than regional preferences or the place from which the player represents.

What amazes me is the regional feelings that we Indians epitomize “my state”, “my region” that have made their way into the IPL too.  Over the past few weeks most of us would have heard one coomon statement “there are no players from my state in the franchise that represents my state/city”

It is my strong opinion that the IPL will also emerge sooner or later into the same state where supporters will support their regional teams irrespective of the presence of the regional players in the squads. With time the followers of the game will realize that bringing good players to play for the franchise is as much a part of the game as the game in itself.

So go on support the team that you liked or your new found love, but be sure that your support doesn’t change every match.

Let’s GO RCB!!!

National Highway -4

The constant traveling from Bangalore -Chennai - Bangalore has made me see some interesting differences between the people of the two regions. Though the two cities are located very close geographically ,the number of fundamental differences that exist seem to be huge. One common lifeline to the two cities is the river Cauvery . If you remember a few years back the water tables levels in Chennai were so low that the entire state implemented rain water harvesting systems by making them compulsory whilst Bangalore was merily wasting what it had.
                                            
In Bangalore

In Chennai








Oh yes the autos too seem to be designed differently for the 2 cities .

Bangalore








Chennai







There is also a difference in the way idly and vada are commonly sold at Darshini-s.Whilst Bangaloreans stand it out in self service counters their counterparts more often than prefer the luxury of sitting.

-->Bangalore          Chennai<----







On a serious note i have a very good reason why Chennai has been safer than Bangalore on the terror radar. .It is may be because the people in Chennai do not accept outsiders that easily to intermingle thus making the terror aspirants spend more time trying to get aclimatised. Learning the local lingo is very essential to be able to survive in Chennai whilst in Bangalore most times it would'nt even matter if you dint know what the local language is!!!!!!!!

It makes me wonder what if the two cities actually learned from each other.

Would'nt the Two neighbours benifit ?

Have u ever done ne of des :-

Have u ever done ne of des :-

1. Kept ur room clean

2. folded ur clothes

3. kept ur bike clean

4. prepared in advance for exams

5. quit an addiction

6. successfully resisted eating in the name of DIET


My observation says are done to please others and not yourself.....sincere suggestion s@#$% others 'UR LYF LIVE IT"

Racist who ????

People with mongolian features are generally referred to as 'CHINKI' , has anyone ever wondered if that was racist in nature.
An irony is that people with fair skin like it when they are referred to as whites . Ever wondered y some people love to be referred by their features and others dont ?
Where is the world heading ? Globalization or localization?
It often spoken about the world becoming flat , but is that really where its heading . Whilst globalisation is on the rise ,so is localisation . some situations like the mumbaikars desiring the city for themselves or the Australians attacking Indians every other day .

Its inevitable that these two phenomenons clash !!!!!!!!
Where are v heading ?

also check out http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100124/900/twl-despite-protests-anti-indian-hate-gr.html

this is what cartoons i make look like!!!!!!!!!!!!

What would you pick??

I have been wondering for a long time as to what is the force driving decisions that individuals make ?
Consider the situation where you're about to make the biggest choice of your life i.e choosing your career . Some of the most interesting factors that i have seen people considering while making the choice were

•  Spouse / girlfriend / boyfriend : ----You have just finished graduation.You are totally in love with a girl who says marry me now or forget it .But you internally know for a fact that you are screwed if you do that right now.
• horoscope -----if it says your gonna be a businessman and make a lot of money in being one.Will you have the guts to pick an exactly opposite option and try to make a career as an engineer for a company. In another case his horoscope clearly said he's going to go abroad for his education ( am assuming the horoscope meant higher edu) ,get a job there , get rich and marry a VIDESHI but to do that he had to turn down a job offer which he had from the company which he dreamt of working for.

Is it about the cycles or the circles??

Alright ....I have this theory that says that everything are always either a part of a cycle or a circle!

To support this theory consider a bi-cycle-it is firstly called a cycle but it actually runs on circles .Now the confusing begins when i try to classify it as a circle or a cycle. People who ride a bi-cycle go-into cycles of pedalling and stopping , so where does this fit ? the ambiguity in the answer seems to support my theory of cycles and circles.

Now think about it the Earth goes around in an almost circular path and does this over and over again which makes it a continuous cycle ,here the earth by itself is a circle.

My theory fits in may be even in our daily lives. Sleeping, eating , working ( possibly !!) and then going back to sleeping which is a process which may be is governed by clocks for the most part . Note the clock's hands go around in circles.

Thinking about it i could go on............