Yeah. They Did it again!

Great going Aussies.. My favorite team Australia brushed aside all the apprehensions that it may lose out in finals. After all it defies all logic how can a team not lose a single world cup match since the starting of the century (ie. since 2000). How can a team transforms itself to be invincible especially in situations when it matters the most. The simple answer to this is (what I believe) that this team performs its best under pressure. Unlike Indians , South Africans and many others they are not chokers. They don't believing in giving excuses. They spirit of team work and working for a common goal is so high that it virtually glares like a tiger into the eyes of its prey. Imagine India winning 2007 world cup and the great Sachin Tendulkar retiring , to make space for new talent. Its hard to envisage such a situation , for we Indians are not brought up to handle such situations . We generally prefer keep on dragging till we disappear in the oblivion rather than exit gracefully. Starkly it is evident in Indian politics too.
One should see our honorable HRD Minister, Arjun Singh. Vested with the power to develop the Human Resources of the country , he need two persons supporting him to walk! Hope he figures soon out that though the time has long past for him to retire with the magnificence of Share Warne or Glenn McGraath , but do we need another Kapil Dev (his exit was equally dull and prolonged).

It has been quite a long time since I posted something here. Seems like an eternity. So just to fill the gap! By the way the 2007 cricket world cup is approaching its close soon. So wishing my favorite team Australia all the best for the finals. Hope that the best team prevails.

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Muslims :Minority Or Majority

This struck me a couple of days back when after an exhausting day in office I switched on to CNN IBN for daily news dose. Some high court in UP had ruled that Muslims in UP are no longer a minority and thus the special status provided to them was being revoked. I felt that I had been hit by a stone after hearing this news. In a state where caste politics is the major factor for any political party's victory or debacle in election, such sort of ruling could have come at no worse time, with elections barely 3 days away. However the High court sensed its mistake in good time and the ruling was stayed within a day. Thanks God !! (Allah or Ram is same for me). "Minority appeasement" and "Minority bashing" are the two sides of the same coin. I heard a learned person saying this to criticize most the political parties who indulge in them to en cash the so called Muslim or Hindu vote bank.
Suddenly what flashes in my mind is a scene from a hindi movie called Krantiveer where Nana Patekar tries to show to a crowd burning in Hindu-Muslim riots what a person actually is. He is not a Muslim..He is not a Hindu..He is a human first. When God has not made any difference ( even the blood is same!!) who are we to segregate the society by religion. The effect of this scene is beyond my description. I wish people and especially politicians can understand this. If we can overcome this religion divide I am pretty sure our society can be a much better place to live in.
To finish this I vaguely remember the time when the Babri Masjid was demolished and the Kar Sevaks were demanding a Ram Mandir to be bulit in that place, I and a friend of mine (I think Atif Kareem) sitting in class 3-C came to a judicious conclusion that instead of a Mandir or a Masjid the govt should build a Hospital there. 15 years have passed since and the desire is still unfulfilled.