Disappointment

India’s end in the race to the World Cup ’07 had been a major setback for the Indian cricket fans. But this doesn’t mean that we should start burning their homes or we should start troubling their family members. I don’t know if anyone will agree to me if I say that I always believe that our players try to give their best on the field. Although they performed very badly this time.

Not only us but the players also know that they were unable to match the whole country’s expectations. Believe me they all must be very disappointed too with their performance.

Indiatimes reports:

When Tendulkar cried

ANTIGUA, March 26: Team India is set to return home but most players have yet to recover from the sight of Sachin Tendulkar openly shedding tears after the loss to Sri Lanka on Friday.

Tendulkar had tears streaming down his cheeks after Munaf Patel was caught on the squareleg fence by Chaminda Vaas. It brought to end India's disastrous chase of Sri Lanka's reasonable target and more or less shut them out of the 2007 World Cup.

Tendulkar, who had contributed nothing to India's chase earlier in the day, being clean bowled by Dilhara Fernando, first tried to control his emotions but unable to do so, locked himself in the bathroom lest he made a spectacle of self in the public.

A couple of junior cricketers in the side were so taken aback by the sight that they themselves started to cry.

It's little secret that Tendulkar desperately wanted to do well in this World Cup and be a part of the winning team. The "little master" in his glorious career more or less achieved everything he set out to do, but his World Cup dream is unlikely to be realized now.

Young fast bowler S Sreesanth's emotions got better of him as he too broke into tears. He was consoled by close friend Robin Utthapa, who on his part was so nervous and upset that he kept drinking cups of coffee. Sreesanth just couldn't stop crying and kept saying: "Why God did this to us?"

While Tendulkar and Sreesanth gave vent to their emotions, fast bowler Zaheer Khan broke a chair in the dressing room. After making a spectacular comeback to the Indian team, Zaheer's colleagues said that he was desperate to make amends from the last World Cup final where he let his adrenalin get better of him.

Rahul Dravid, by all accounts, was himself tearful while Sourav Ganguly, behind his glasses, sat stunned on his seat.

Coach Greg Chappell had given up on the team during the match. As soon as Mahendra Singh Dhoni was out, going back and finding himself plumb in front to Muthiah Muralitharan, he got up and switched off the television.

As far as he was concerned, there was little else to see.

His vision and work of past 18 months had come crashing down in a matter of a week.

The Pursuit of Happyness

In last two weekends, I’ve seen four movies: 300, Just Married, The Namesake and The Pursuit of Happyness. Each of them was a fantastic movie in itself and was from a different genre. Although I liked all the four movies but The Pursuit of Happyness will be favorite amongst them. One suggestion to all the movie lovers, it's an awesome movie don't miss it.

The Pursuit of Happyness is a story about a man who always tries to keep his family and himself happy. I was touched by the scene where Chris Gardener (Will Smith) gets a job and he was so happy that he didn’t knew what to do and starts crying. That particular scene reminded me the day when I got the job… although I didn’t have to face so much difficulty while searching for a job but the joy was the same on getting it…

At first instance I didn’t believed that I had got the job. I was thrilled with excitement and just wanted to convey that good news to everyone I knew… On hearing that news my mother started crying and even I had tears in my eyes.

One principle on which I always believe in and which was also conveyed in the movie is: One should always try his best and never get disheartened in anything, whatever the conditions may be.

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Trip poori FILMY thi...

Not the whole trip (Holi vacation, in which I went to Allahabad then Ghaziabad and finally to Rajasthan) but a part of it was really a FILMY one, that is, Trip to Rajasthan.

My journey started from Ghaziabad Station on 12th morning. At New Delhi station, I was just going through the reservation chart and I found that again my reservation had been upgraded to AC 2 Tier from 3rd AC. This was not the first time that this happened to me but last year too I was privileged to have the same experience in the Rajdhani. Actually it feels wonderful to be traveling in a higher class when one had paid the fare of the lower one (please don’t forget I’m a Baniya).

Anyways I reached Gangapur City @ 1:30 in the afternoon. Then I called my friends (Rai & Piyush) to inform them that I’ve reached here and then only I came to know they were caught by the TC at the station because they didn’t had the Platform Tickets. By God’s grace, Achin was also with them, who with some of his contacts, was able to help them in getting out of that trouble.

After clicking few pics and waiting for an hour arrived my Bua’s train. We were almost ready to board the taxi when Bua remembered that she had forgotten the Prasad’s (sweets meant for the Kaila Devi) bag in the train itself. Three of us (my Fufaji, Coolie and me) ran towards the train. Till the time we’ve reached that coach, the train started speeding. We weren’t able to do anything except for just standing there and see the train speeding in front of us. It was a situation similar to what we frequently see in our Bollywood movies.

But the drama wasn’t over; suddenly I saw that our Coolie boarded the moving train and was assuring my Fufaji that he’ll bring that bag back. Fufaji was shouting the coach and the berth number to him and now we had a ray of hope that he’ll go to the next station and will bring the bag back to us. We all waited for him on the platform, approximately for 15-20 minutes and then decided to continue our journey towards Kaila Devi.

Once again, we were about to sit in the taxi, when two people came and asked us that do we have any problem? We said yes and told them the whole story. They told us that they are Railway officials and they will try their best to help us. Fufaji went with them to the Station Masters Room and from there they called to the next station Shri Mahavir Ji, where train had a stoppage. They even asked the station officials to delay the train (Bayana Jaipur Passenger) coming from there to Gangapur City by few minutes, so that the Coolie may come back by that train itself. As a backup plan, they even called up the second station (Bayana) officials to check in the train for our bag. Meanwhile we got a confirmation from Shri Mahavir Ji station that the passenger train coming from there, left 4 minutes after our train left from that station towards Bayana station. We all were really thankful to them for all their efforts and help. And then we all were fully optimistic about getting back the bag soon.

But as we all know that life always don’t shapes as we want it to be. The same happened in our case too. After 50 odd minutes, came back our Coolie with nothing in his hand. He told us that he didn’t found anything in that coach. We were disappointed once again. Minutes later, Station Master told us that even the railway personals at the Bayana station also didn’t find anything in the train. Hopelessness was again the expression on the faces of everyone, present inside the Station Masters room. Then Fufaji and station master enquired the Coolie that whether he checked properly or not? Then we came to know that by mistake he had checked 2nd AC instead of AC 3 Tier and the railway guy at the Bayana station had checked S1 coach instead of AS1 coach.

A ray of hope was there again that the bag should still be at its place, since it was an AC coach. The Railway Officials now dialed Bharatpur Station’s number; they explained the details and requested them to check for the bag. My Fufaji had already told them that they shouldn’t worry further as they have already tried their best and much more than expected. But the Station Master said that now it’s an ego thing for them and they will find the bag in any case. Anyways after thanking all of them, we finally left for Kaila Devi. Before leaving we gave our mobile numbers’ to the Station Master and also to the Coolie, he promised that if the bag comes here then he’ll bring it to our Dharamshala.

As it happens in most of the stories, there is a twist in our tale too. We may not have traveled more than 10 kilometers also before which we got the news that our bag had been found at the Bharatpur Station. A goods train coming here will be bringing our bag back, around 1730 hours.

In the evening, that Coolie brought the bag to our Dharamshala in Kaila Devi. Bua and Fufaji were able to offer those sweets to the Deviji next morning.

In all these Filmy events, we learnt few things: we should not panic at any moment and try to think out of the box too. The officials or people in authority are also helpful at times; actually we have a misconception that these people will never ever help anyone. But Humanity still exists in this world…

Reservations: The Ant & Grasshopper Story

Old Version...

The Ant Works Hard In the Withering Heat All Summer Long Building His House And Laying Up Supplies for The Winter. The Grasshopper Thinks The Ant's A Fool And Laughs & Dances & Plays The Summer Away. Come Winter, The Ant Is Warm And Well Fed. The Grasshopper Has No Food Or Shelter So He Dies Out In The Cold.

Modern Version...

The Ant Works Hard In The Withering Heat All Summer Long, Building His House And Laying Up Supplies For The Winter. The Grasshopper Thinks The Ant's A Fool And Laughs & Dances & Plays The Summer Away.

Come Winter, The Shivering Grasshopper Calls A Press Conference And Demands To Know Why The Ant Should Be Allowed To Be Warm And Well Fed While Others Are Cold And Starving.

NDTV, BBC, CNN Show Up To Provide Pictures Of The Shivering Grasshopper Next To A Video Of The Ant In His Comfortable Home With A Table Filled With Food. The World Is Stunned By The Sharp Contrast. How Can This Be That This Poor Grasshopper Is Allowed To Suffer So?

Arundhati Roy Stages A Demonstration In Front Of The Ant's House. Medha Patkar Goes On A Fast Along With Other Grasshoppers Demanding That Grasshoppers Be Relocated To Warmer Climates During Winter. Amnesty International And Koffi Annan Criticize The Indian Government For Not Upholding The Fundamental Rights Of The Grasshopper. The Internet Is Flooded With Online Petitions Seeking Support To The Grasshopper (Many Promising Heaven And Everlasting Peace For Prompt Support As Against The Wrath Of God For Non-Compliance). Opposition MP's Stage A Walkout

Left Parties Call For "Bharat Bandh" In West Bengal And Kerala Demanding A Judicial Enquiry.

CPM In Kerala Immediately Passes A Law Preventing Ants From Working Hard In The Heat So As To Bring About Equality Of Poverty Among Ants And Grasshoppers.

Lalu Prasad Allocates One Free Coach To Grasshoppers On All Indian Railway Trains, Aptly Named As The 'Grasshopper Rath'.

Finally, The Judicial Committee Drafts The Prevention Of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA], With Effect From The Beginning Of The Winter.

Arjun Singh Makes Special Reservation For Grass Hopper In Educational Insititutions & In Govt Services.

The Ant Is Fined For Failing To Comply With POTAGA And, Having Nothing Left To Pay His Retroactive Taxes, His Home Is Confiscated By The Government And Handed Over To The Grasshopper In A Ceremony Covered By NDTV.

Arundhati Roy Calls It "A Triumph Of Justice".

Lalu Calls It 'Socialistic Justice'.

Cpm Calls It The "Revolutionary Resurgence Of The Downtrodden".

Koffi Annan Invites The Grasshopper To Address The UN General Assembly.

Many Years Later...

The Ant Has Since Migrated To The Us And Set Up A Multi Billion Dollar Company In Silicon Valley. 100s Of Grasshoppers Still Die Of Starvation Despite Reservation Somewhere In India.

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Colors...

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