Once More

I had no idea that i hadnt written for so long.many things have changed since last i had logged in, both in personal and professional front.

Professional front: Today was the last day at Aricent. The feeling was quite different from when i had left RCOM. mainly because it wasnt my first switch. Though there were many learnings here. professionally it was quite satisfying barring the initial couple of months. Since being new in the domain / nature of work, i had to be quite humble. second here i got the feeling that how much it takes to earn your bread. but later all people get used to it. though the private life was a complete toss. met many people, got to know them more. but the relationship was more of a professional rather than personal. though later got the feeling that it can improve in those lines there too. second about the management. it seems that there are these kind of people in all the companies. meaning that they are willing to make a loss of thousand bucks to employees if it saves themselves the hundred bucks.

Personal Front: There are many updates on these fronts too. got engaged on november. will soon be getting married. And have taken the riskiest career move in between hoping that everything will fan out as thought.  hope that i will ride it through the luck that has been on my side when it matters the most. good news being that i will be at home and can do all the things that i have decided for myself.

God Bless Me!!

Yet Another Chapter comes to close.

Tomorrow 26/05/2010 marks my goodbye to mumbai. after more than 3.5 years its little hard. seriously it has given me many firsts, some good some not good.
Lets see when,if ever i will come back here. but guess like bad times good also doesnt last forever. hope is the only straw that i can hold myself upto

Politics

Politics is prevalent everywhere. Be it School ,College. Even some kind of politics is visible in the family too. The kind of politics that is most dangerous is first the national politics. Bust even there the people are aware of the outcomes. The second most dangerous place of politics is office.Office Politics. in which one knowingly or unknowingly becomes a part of it.

It isnt that i havent seen politics from close quarters, but i find it disgusting. I am a naive person who doesn’t want to be involved in these kind of things. but then it seems that it is more of a norm than exception. you have to be adept in office politics to be successful. without it one is not. when fresher you have to buttress your boss. and when at senior you have to play favorites. Basically divide and rule. see the best fit for yourself. how to save your skin or rather asses.

I am telling this because i too am on the receiving end of this kind of politics. i trusted so many people and everything seemed normal, but for the fact that i learnt couple of weeks back which forced me to take a realistic look.

I now wish to keep my eyes and ears open and not to take things at the face value. the most important lesson learnt is that always be skeptical. lets see how much of this i can imbibe myself and for how long

Crisis Averted.

As it had happened in the picnic almost 3 years back this time too it happened. It was a team trip to Panchgani-Mahabaleshwar. i had no idea that it will blow out of proportions. The atmoshphere was quite electric for full week. but some god given good sense i was able to bring back almost everthing to normal.
want to self-congratulate myself for this 😛

Time Pass

I ab absolutly Jobless without any work to do(I have many but now out of personal choice i am feeling to get bored is better way to pass my time than to actually do the job currently at hand. What else can you expect from a person who since last 30 days, including sundays has come to office for some reason. the reason being that i have no reason . I dont have anywhere better to time pass so come to office search the net and get so tired that go to the home sorry room and doze off. Ever since my friends got to another cities my off-days seem to be more of a burden tahn the office. Atleast on office days you get to see some and talk to others. I know that i am blabbering so i will sign off for now. just it was my modest effort to jot down my current mood..

Jab We Met

It has been quite a while since I have written anything. I wanted to write about so man things happening in my life. Life office sponsored tours for four months complete with flight tickets and hired taxis and offered ride on sedan to drinking in 5-star hotels. But I was thinking about them to write it down lest I forget the experience I noted one blog which was the review of Jab We Met. I also wanted to write about it earlier and about the movie but it never happened. Now I want to write something about it, but not like a review.

 

First of all I would like to mention that since I have joined the job, I haven’t watched much of the movies on the screen like I had in my college days, neither had any inclinations to leave it. I think it happens with time. From first day first show mostly in black),to no show to many a good movies. Though, thanks to piracy I have not missed the good ones either.

 

So coming to the point as it happened one of my closest friend told me a secret that he was going to the movie in a mischievous manner. I did smell something. On further inquiries it became evident to me that some group(read guys&gals) at office decided to go to movie and he was invited too. I was also interested to go because one of the girls was really cute. I offered to come with him so that he doesn’t feel lonely with the girls,but I was rebuffed. So I couldn’t watch the movie. As it happened later that the guy in question had a blast at the theatre sitting besides the lady and watching the movie. Before that he even did shopping with her and he even got the unfriendly and ‘oh that lucky bastard’ kinda look from the onlooker like us. The story didn’t end there. He even had the chance to take her to her home and got an offer for coffee at her room, which he refused. I think it was too much of a good day for him in a single day or rather to say in night.

 

So the next day I heard from my friend in question, “see she had already seen the movie and she wanted to see it again, I think something is cooking between us”. “Cool”,I gushed “you lucky chap, but you did miss the opportunity to have coffee!”. Anyways I heard about the movies from my friends and the trailers which screamed “mujhe bachpan se hi shaadi karne ka bahut craze tha”. So I waited for the day to go to the movies with someone, secretly wishing that it be with some girl, because I had heard crazy rumours that many people became couple after watching the movie together. But, Alas that day never came. I many a times tried to coax my friend to come with me to watch the beautiful movie, but he didn’t wanted to spoil the nostalgia that he had gathered from the previous outing. Poor me! Any-ways I did what any self-respecting, movie crazy , adult will do in my shoes.

 

Finally I did met the Jab We Met.I watched the movie all alone in the Multiplex sometimes looking at Kareeena crooning and sometimes at the people who would soon become couple. What an anti-climax to the story.

P.S. I did enjoy the movie very much and lead pair after the real-life breakup did get their chemistry alright on the screens at least.

A typical Chat transcript

well there are numerous types of chat moods, but when two old pals are chatting then whatever the mood be  or the situation there are patterns in the chat sequence that one can make out that is common and way of the initial topic. for instances the girls booze etc.

see for your self if u  have the patience and stamina to read through the end.

Abhi: kya baat hai good old days bahut yaad aa rahe hain 

SS: haan be

tere classes shuru hue ki nahi

Abhi‘s new status message – ~Remembering the gud old days   9:19 PM

Abhi: shuru  :O

saale aadhe se zyada term khatam ho gya

SS kya 😮

aur tere msg ko kya hua

Abhi: 3 hafte aur term1 complete

SS abe saala kaafi jaldi samay beet gaya

Abhi: haan wo to hai

msg ko kya ho gaya matlab??

SS tere ko bhi old days yad aa rahe hain

Abhi: haan bhai

aaj se nahin kal se hi yaad aa rahe hain

SS kyun kya hua koi madam dikh gayi kya college mein

aur bata experience kaisa chal raha hai

Abhi: arey yaar madam to hain hi nahin clg mein

sookha hai

akaal hai

mahamaari hai

SS kyun bhai ek bhi nahi aayi kyaa???

schedule kaafi hectic hai ya cool hai

Sent at 9:24 PM on Thursday

Abhi: haan bahut cool hai…bas hamesha lagi rehtiu hai

baki sab kool hai

saans lene ki fursat nahin hoti hia but baki sab kool hai

Sent at 9:26 PM on Thursday

SS abe sahi mein. tab to mujhe aane se pehle soochna padega

Abhi: ab ghatiya jagah hai

SS haan chod de

Abhi: job kar wohi sahi hai

SS colege ko

tu bhi

Abhi: chhodna mere liye option nahin hai

SS kyun be

Abhi: teri tarah bond nahin hoon naa

 

SS GGGGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Abhi: abe sach

SS abe summers ki to shuruaat ho gayi hogi

abe sahi batana kitne mehnat tune isbar ki thi CAT ke liye

Abhi: naa ke barabar

haan wo to first day se hi shuru ho gayi thi

aajkal CV submission time hai

abe tune blog likhna chhod diya

SS abe kuch bata mujhe bhi gaand phati hui lag rahi hai. time ka exam is week pehli baar dia tha.92%aaya hai

abe thora bahut likha tha. ab time nahi milta hai unpaid job karne ka

Sent at 9:34 PM on Thursday

Abhi: abe seedhi baat hai

tension mat le

ho jayega

tension lega to jo chahe ukhaad le

nahin hoga

SS hahahahahh ……………… to kya karu sirf mock doon aur usko revise karu

??

Abhi: nahin sirf mock de

SS matlab analyse naa karu

Abhi: maine to nahin kiya

tujhe pata hai tera weak point kya hai?

SS haaaaan quant

Abhi: tujhe pata hai usmein specifically kya?

u kno how u can improve tht?

u kno how much u can score in ur strong sec on a bad day?

SS lagta hai nos system. main aaj-kal PG ka thread dekh raha hoon quant ka.

Abhi: mat dekh

SS kaise improve karu nahi pata

Abhi: u hv an idea how much time does it take to clear the 3 sectionals?

SS nahi

Abhi: practice

just make sure u get answers of these questions and then u dont need to make any effort

plan accordingly then

SS okkkk. u men to say that sirf mocks doo. i think it is a gud idea.and one thing what can one expect for that half-hour xtra papaer

what changes in strategy did u make for this half-hour

Abhi: time to chill 

SS cutoffs mein koi khaas increase tujhe mehsoos hui kya is aadhe ghante ke chalte

Abhi: forget cutoffs forget evrything

get an idea of ur relative strength

consider avg 50mins each

nd analyse how much time u need to score for

wt ppl score in those 50 mins

eg. if u r VA bond..

SS ..

Abhi: u mite be able to do VA in 20 mins

for wt i will take 50

QA 70 for 50

DI 45 for 50

SS so basically u r saying to focus on strength and clear the cutoffs

Abhi: so u clear cutoffs in 135 mins

tht leaves u with 15 xtra mins

go fr most scoring nd do tht

but make sure u dont hv to come back to ny section

SS matlab. u r saying that to see every questions in 135 min.

Abhi: a suggested approach for these 15mins is to give 10 to storng section

nd 5 for weakest

i never said tht

tht totally depends on paper

but u must kno tht u need 20-25-35-45-70-80 wtevr mins for wt others take 50

Sent at 9:50 PM on Thursday

SS one more thing. sumtimes there is chances that the sec. that is difficult for me the paper comes easier than expected and i might think that i have clred the cutoff but in reality the cutoff is higher….

Abhi: DO NOT MAKE A STRATEGY THAT IS DEPENDENT ON PAPER

SS good “20-25-35-45-70-80 ” i like this approach

Abhi: abe tu online hai baatein kar raha hai..phir bhi idle dikha raha hai tujhe

:O

SS le kush rehhh

Abhi: yaar seedhi baat hai naa..jab doosra 50 min mein 20 no layega to tu 35 mein le aayega

jab wo 50 min mein 40 layega tab bhi tu 35 mein le aayega

plus u hv a buffer of 15mins

SS haan ab samajh mein aaya mujhe

Abhi: this was how i looked at it

SS main abhi saari questions dekh raha tha sec. wise time nahi allocate kar raha tha

Abhi: u may have a different perspective altogether

SS haan is tarah se sec. cutoff ka kuch aacha idea lag paayega

Abhi: waise main abhi apne CAT coaching join karne ke din hi yaad kar raha tha 

http://abhitaneja.blogspot.com/2007/08/remembering-good-old-days.html

SS sahi hai beta ab blogging bhi kare laga hai. gud. mere ko to ab dil hi nnahi karta hai, likhne ka jab bhi man hota hai to PC nahi aur PC hota hai to mann nahi

Abhi: pata nahin but main kuchh zyada hi likh raha hoon aajkal

SS kya be daaru peena shuru to nahi kar dia naa

Abhi: jo posts hain unmein se kuchh posts to yahan ERcell walon ne hatwa diye hain

kyun?

Sent at 9:59 PM on Thursday

SS ye matlab er cell??

Abhi: haan External Relations cell

bole nythin related to IIM-C shud not go out of campus

kya bakwaas hai

SS kya be bina proprietory ke mera naam post kar dia hai

to kyn batata hai unhe apne blog ke baare mein

Abhi: arey TIME ki baat ho aur tera naam na aaye

arey main kyun bataoonga

google ki galti hai

search mein 1st aur 2nd page per de deta hai

SS abe kisi ALIAS se post kar…. jaise ki main karta hoon. mera naam kahi nahi hain usme

aur agar time ki baat hai to us miss ka bhi naam hona chahiye

Abhi: kis?

kaun si miss?

SS abe ek hi to maal thi wahan time mein jo tere ko line deti thi

Abhi: aisa hai kya?? :O

tab kyun nahin bataya

naam bolna daal deta hoon

SS abe naam to main bhool gaya lekin usi ka reference auni aur mota dia tha tab hum wahan gaye the

Abhi: uski baat kar raha hai jisne baal rangwaye the  ?

ya teri wali jo thi?

ya wo jo scooty se giri thi?

kaunsi wali ki baat kar raha hai?

Sent at 10:07 PM on Thursday

SS abe baal rangwane waali, waise to main scooty waali ko bhool hi gaya tha. tujhe kaafi yaad hai abhi bhi uski. aur mujhe jo pasand thi uska naam angna thakkar tha

Abhi: kya baat hai boss..

abhi tak naam yaad hai

sahi hai

ab mili to isi baat se pat jayegi ki bande ko itne time baad bhi naam yaad hai

jabki main to shakal bhi bhul gayi thi 

SS Grrrr

wah beta tu kyun yaad rakhega usko tere ko to range baal wali pasand thi naa

ya phir scooty wali…………….

Abhi: ya phir dono nahin 

SS Simple to make out if he is drunk…  kahan se ye sab seekh gaya lagta hai ki JOKA ka kamal hai. shuru kar di kyaa

Abhi: ocassional

SS haan main to 11 players ko to bhool hi gaya tha.. accha kia ki yaad karwa dia

Abhi: lol

Sent at 10:11 PM on Thursday

SS haan ab to lool hi bolega tuu

Abhi: hadh hai

SS saturday off hai ki nahi coll mein. aur single occupancy room hi hogi

Abhi: main to hamesha se yehi bolta tha

SS kitne presentations de die hain abhi tak

Abhi: zyada nahin

4-5

SS “Why / Why not go to IIMs?? ” its a good read

Abhi: hmm

shukriya

SS ” more curious/anxious/excited about some place and it was not the Jokaland but the state i had to pass through..Yup..BIHAR.

“

ye kya bakar thi

Abhi: abe mere emotions hain be

SS abe bihar earth mein hi hai……….curious to see bihar….grrr

Abhi: bakar nahin 

tu dil pe mat le yaar

i was really curios

SS kya be tune kis bihari se baatein ki ki bihar ko dekhne ke liye curious tha

Abhi: mujhe neend aa rahi thi nd i dint sleep

SS “… everything looked similar except the people…everyone looked terribly terrified”   aadmi hi dekha tha naa

Abhi: just fr tht reason

lol

tu to dil pe le raah hai yaar

bangali aadmi the 

SS “The area from Mughal Sarai till Dhanbad is known for scandals and unlawful activities along with snatching at gun point and otherwise… “”

Abhi: mere cubicle mein sab bong the..

haan logon ne kaha aisa

SS that’s nothing but naxals… and gift of Bengall if u know

Abhi: ye nahin bataya

tha

SS saale kaise batayenge. and naxal is not that bad if u know the reason behind it and its mission

anyone who challenges state is either terrorist or naxal but…….

Abhi: but?

SS bu see from theirs view point. bhagat singh was a terrorist in eyes of british.. but it’s a way to look at things

Abhi: hmm

SS that doesn’t even mean that it’s all good. for more see the movie”HAZARON KWAHISE AISI”

Abhi: dekhi hai

SS THAT’S NAXAL THING

Abhi: hmm

lekin mujhe aisa kyun lag raha hai tu yeh post padte mein ekdum senti ho gaya

Sent at 10:23 PM on Thursday

SS abe koi bihar ke baare mein -ve bole to accha nahi lagta. aur waise bhi bongs darpok honte hain aur biharion se unhe khundas rehti hi hai, kyunki unki gaand yahan bahut maari jaati hai

Abhi: haan wo to tum logon ne pehli bata hi rakha tha aur phir khud dekh bhi liya

hadh se zyada darpok hote hain

yaar tu -ve le raha hai usko

SS “Why/ why not to join IIMC ” is the story true…

or is a PR excercise

Abhi: intention -ve nahin thi

PG per post tha kisi ka

i think tru hi hai more or less

except a few globe

SS means i njoyed and not survive the first yr….tue

Sent at 10:26 PM on Thursday

SS and i am not taking it -vely but showing u the truth. background mein utna nahi hota hai jitna ki highlight ho jaata hai. courtsey lalu. for instance mumbai isn’t safe bcoz of mafia but normal ppl ko farak nahi padta hai

Abhi: haan yaar i understand tht

tum logon ke saath kafi raha hoon

SS good. chal yaar ab main ghar jaata hoon tu apna no de de aur mera to hoga hi…9820574909

Abhi: 9903974637

chalo phir

aish karo

aazadi ki zindagi jio

 

SS haan beta dil to mera bhi bengal ke prison mein jaane ka ho raha hai aur tum keh rahe ho ki aazadi njoy karu. nice ironyy…

Abhi: abe MBA is not worth it

u kno tht

u hv hd a falvour

*flavour

SS haan but kaise logon ko justify karu i dunno

Abhi: mushkil hai

SS really i hated it with the core of my heart then i thought that it might be diif. in some gud b-school(meaning IIMs)

Abhi: it hurts wen i get to hear tht u r saying so coz u r afraid of putting in effort

but tht is life

nd not evry decision cud b based on public image

thr is smtimes a tradeoff b/n public and private life

SS han yaar. i thought that it might be diff in iims…haha atleast no insecurities

Abhi: saala IIM mein hona hi ek bahut badi insecurity hai

SS i was insecure bcoz i hadn’t any job at college and then again a dogfight to ensue and much more ruthless and brazen

Abhi: 2 F nd u r out of insti

SS hahaha

sahi main nikale jaate hain kyaa

Abhi: aur nahin to

6term ~40 courses

2 F allowed

3rd F = OUT

no re exam funda

F means F

SS abe saala tough hai… aur F dene main daiict ki arah hi tyaar rehte hain ki nahi

Abhi: ny disciplinary action:: OUT

SS hahah .. sala usme jaane ke bad nikalne mein aur tension

Abhi: haan waisa hi hia

aur uper se fite itni maarti hai janta ki

jeena haraam ho jata hai

itne maggu aate hain saale

jab dekho padhte rahenge

SS abe saala sahi main jindagi jhand hai

Abhi: apni to life barbaad kar hi rahe hain

hamari bhi kar rahe hain

to tujhe mazaak lag raha tha

SS nahi be but i was expecting more satisfaction than where i was

Abhi: pata nahin but MBA sucks

it is not worth it

MBAs are paid to give up their life

SS hahahah ok we will tak abt this later i hav to goo i am having many caals from neta ji…

Abhi: chalo

SS byeeeeee

Abhi: netaji ko salaam thok dena

bbye

Trip:Day 2

So when we reached the hotel it was a surprise of bad sorts. Out of the total 9 rooms booked they only gave 3 rooms and rest they said that it will be available after 2 hours for the so called cleaning and making the ready for us. The hotel was not very good but it didn’t matter because we didn’t had stay inside. But yes waiting for the bathrooms to be vacant for use was tiring and I took a nap in between as I was the last one to go. After freshening up and having the breakfast I saw that all are asleep and didn’t had any inkling to the thing that when one has to leave and so everyone relaxed. By the way I too wasn’t feeling very well. Maybe the journey and sleeplessness was taking its toll.

Anyways we left after the lunch and meantime I wasn’t any mood to sleep. First of all we went to some sight seeing in Panchgani. All the places seems the same. Every sights had the same look and feel just the mountains the ravines and lots of the shops and commercial establishments to mint the money. Did I mention that I had to shell out extra for the damn old navy-cut. So I disgust the people of minting money out of the simple people who can enjoy whole trip on the simple pleasures of tobacco smoke. As I wasn’t feeling well and there were many guys making a beeline for the girls I chose to stand on the side and take a good look at the proceedings.

Later on we went to some other site at roughly around 3:00 pm. The local guides and candy selling vendors told us that this is the very place where the shooting of “Raja Hindustani” was done, particularly the song of “pooch jara pooch mujhe kya hua hai”. Anyways there people were having fun playing handball and riding the horses which were very royale and I did indeed from my heart wanted to own one of them(I am a pet lover). The exciting thing was like parachuting in which the jeeps were used to take a person above in the sky and make them landing through the parachute. Many people did that and girls were also forcefully thrown at that. The ground was hard and one of my friends suffered a minor injury.

Next stop was the spot of paragliding and the asking rate was 1500 which was notches above what my pocket would allow me. Anyways this was the thing that I really wanted to do and had to console my heart. That’s why I need a good hike that I never have to stop at anything if my heart wants. Anyways this was as usual boring for me for the three reasons. Firstly that “she” was surrounded and I hadn’t had any opportunity to interact the second being that I was feeling feverish and the last at not very insignificant was that I hadn’t had any alcoholic drinks since the  last night. So I contended myself with the photographer inside me taking the centre stage

Now came the night and nobody had any idea what to do. Previously one had planned the bon-fire and other stuffs but in some confusion that wasn’t going to happen. Fortunately one of the guys managed to arrange a disc party which wasn’t entirely for us. We were elated that finally one will be able to put theirs best foot forward. So we went back to our hotel and after lunch and taking all the necessary mans-beverages went there. I reached first and helped myself with one beer and couple of cigarettes, and went to groove. But I noticed in half an hour that the “girl” in question had left the stage, and she didn’t came back in half an hour. For the curiosity and myself also not feeling well I went outside and saw her sitting alone and asked her the reason. She told that because of the smoke.

Just then one of my friend came out smoking and I went with him to find a paracetamol tablets. I came back after having the medicine and sat besides her and in the same time she left the bench. Maybe because I was dunk or tired there sitting alone. That was the time when I felt something in my stomach and hated that moment that she was trying to avoid me. Anyways in an hour I was okay and was in the mood to show off my dancing skills, which I remembered very well that they are limited and of the cheap quality. So I went ahead with the outdated or cheap quality ammunition. There on I smoked to my hearts content and danced and what not. But couldn’t with her because her moves were perfect and mine were at beat when the grooms friend dance in front of “Ghodi” while he is going to tie the knot. But then I danced and smoked and enjoyed to my hearts content and the best moment was when I was alone on the stage for just 2 minutes with Himesh music(my favourite right no) and the song was “love u sayaonee –2, tujh pe hai mera haq…..koi shaq…”  with my finger pointing towards “her” and she looking straight in my eyes.

Trip and Love interest: Day1

I haven’t told dear readers that I was to go to the picnic. That was an official picnic n but I was unofficially invited because that was a different team. The reason because I was invited was that I was previously in that team and had made more than a couple of good friends. The trip was 4 nights and 3 days long, and I had to take a leave also. By the way that was my first leave while coming in the professional life that was taken in accordance to the policies. Earlier leaves were like the college ones in which u suddenly wake one morning and decide not to go to the lectures.

Now I am not a simple person from my heart, though my family members still think so and my friends would keep theirs mouth gazing if I ever mention that I am a very simple and shy kind of person. The thing is that I am open to those who are open to me, I ever seldom make the first move. So my reason for creating of so much of noise was that I wouldn’t have ever dreamt of going to the picnic if there wasn’t the particular girl also ready to go. I still harbour the ills towards my ex-team boss for bringing the girl in question when I left the team; I think he had his sweet revenge.

So I enquired from every possible means to my disposal to confirm hers confirmation for the trip because firstly she was new and the trip was long. But we made it sound like a compulsory trip and all was set. The trip was for Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar. God knows how I eagerly waited for the trip and all the hopes and despairs of wooing that pretty damsel.

The thing was more arduous for me because I was not known to them and as I told u earlier that I am basically a shy person. Also because of my adventure in my previous teams the girls thought of me like a Rajnikanth in a movie and thinking of me like a Dada which was not of course true I was just the simple hero whose image was tarnished when he tried to fight the mighty establishment of the corporate ladder.

So after the basics of the story I would like to start from the time that we gathered around the company gate at 11:00 pm. I exchanged a sweet hello from the lady concerned and was elated about the good start. After all were gathered we went for the bus. In first few hours we listened to the music and in the meantime guys started with Smirnoff with soft drinks to mask the whatever little girls could make out of it. I want to tell all that I ain’t a saint and I was one of the top alcohol guzzlers there. I tell u that these alcohols really make the situation light. All were free and the girls I think didn’t had the inkling to what was being done there.

So the dances and best moves of all so called teetotallers started coming out. Girls were also out of theirs shells, I think the alcohol vapours from ours mouth must have made the trick. So what ensued was the 2-3 hours of total masti in which one couldn’t make out what the people inside the bus are doing if one would had looked from the outside(thank god that it had curtains and bus had the AC). After that around 3:00 AM half of the bus was asleep and we 5-6 people played the favourite time-pass Antakshri. I was happy that she was also amongst them and was leading the way with her melodious voice. I was also there with my cacophony! Then morning came and so the destination also. We searched for the hotel for more than an hour and around 10:00 were able to locate it and had breakfast there. There were murmurs that we would leave immediately after freshening up. And I was happy.

Devil’s Advocate

Bob woolmer is dead. Long live his legacy.

Bob woolmer and Hansie Cronje go hand in hand. Both complemented one another.South-africa reached great height under their supervision and unarguably both were best when hunted in pairs. They gained theirs popularity simultaneously and in death there was a similarity. Both died mysteriously and to an extenet in disgrace.But no doubt i and i am sure that everyone loved both of them on and off the field.

Now coming to the point i heard rather to my disbelief that he was dead and from the news, though it didn’t stated explicitly, died in mysterious circumstances. And like all the famous cases i don’t think it will ever come to light(examples galore: princess Diana,Lal bahadur shastry, king of Nepal etc).and this is what makes it more interesting and different from detective novels that seldom the mystery is solved.

People are every where(read pakistan and Akhtar in particular) praising his way of functioning the way he lived and the way he conducted himself both on and off field.But anyone can imagine that if he would be alive after the ignominous beating in the worldcup his life would be like a hell and sooner than later someone would have attempted to take him to task for the failure. one thing was sure that his coaching assignment would have definitely been terminated and many scapegoats would have been found.

Now here is what i want to tell, was that reaction that would have been greeted to him in pakistan and to the players too was delivered to him a little bit too early (mind you that pakistan was already out and heads were to roll).This could have been the handiwork of the overjealous fan to get out his frustration, but the way secrecy is maintained it is also quite possible that some big hands might have been in the work.

In my opinion someone from the cricket establishment might be involved so as to somewhat douse the fire that the fans would have saved for theirs homecoming.His death has ensured two things that the criticism and some harsh reaction (like attacks on players on previous outings) might get a little mild. moreover woolmer’s death,him being an foreigner, wouldn’t matter to anyone.

Another theory of mine being that the conspiracy may be more deep-rooted.General parvez musharraf is facing flak from all the quarters and is at this point of time most vulnerable. the vulnerability comes from the fact that the lawyer community(intelligentsia) are agaisnt him in the chif-justice removal issue.Reports that the United-States is looking for an alternative of him in case he is assasinated and openly stating that general isn’t indespensable. TV journlist(geo channel or something) attacks has provoked the opinion makers. The attack from religios fanatics are not subdued and the return in form of Benajir bhutto isn’t an ominous sign for the General.

So as seen in the Pakistan political history widely some new incidents are propped up so that they get the support from the world or theirs people within. Taliban india and US support, are all propped time and again to divert the peple or world from the real issues.There are many incidents within Pakistan.

General being at the helm of affairs of Cricket and taking a deep  interest in the cricket and knowing that the people are pasionate about cricket might have seen a chance!!

And that’s my DEVIL ADVOCATE.