though its posted late due to time crunch, still, I wanted to put this post.
I have been thinking that when next gen will ask, how the legends like Sachin, Dravid, Ganguly, Kumble used to play, what would I tell? That I didnt see them play ever live in stadium? So - decided to go for watching few matches!
First attempt was - India Australia last year, but then it rained so much, that too unseasonal, that the match got canceled! We didnt even bother to go to stadium.
So - finally - got the opportunity to watch a ckt match live in Braborn stadium - Mumbai Indians vs Kings 11!
The energy in the stadium was amazing..the moment we entered...it felt like fun has started :-) the stadium is small and so the view was great! Kings 11 started and it was our good luck that Sachin - the GOD was fielding on our side for significant amount of time! We could see him so closely :-) and one has to be in the stadium to see and feel how much public loves Sachin !
As the match progressed, we had lots of fun...I wont comment on what happened in the match...most of you would have anyways watched IPL...! It was an exciting match..had great fun...only possible thing that could have bettered our experience was if Sachin would have played longer - he got out soon.
But - before that, Yuvraj had to face the brunt of the crowd. Sachin started for a run and Yuvi, the good fielder he is, tried to run him out. Sachin reached safely. But, even when Yuvraj himself is so popular, and is an icon player.....where-ever in the field he went...the crowd kept chanting "Yuvi Sucks!"...he was booed so much that at least 5-6 times his position in field was changed - but to no benefit. Till the end of the match - Yuvi was booed by almost all in the stadium for making the attempt to run GOD out :-)
Now, Next target is to watch my fav - RCB! Need to see Dravid and Kumble - two legends that I have always respected!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik - A Possible Bollywood Story!
Sania Mirza has become one of the most famous celebrity in Indian Sports in very quick time, thanks to her achievement, and also thanks to a section of Media which always prefers to promote beautiful faces over other achievers who achieved more but are not so “photogenic”! Well, this is going to be a long article!
Her first engagement broke down. Nothing unusual about it, till, very shortly (in fact within 3 months) she announced her intention to marry Shoaib Malik, the Pakistani cricket team batsman! And now the unfolding saga threw certain uncomfortable, but worth pondering questions in my mind.
To start with, the reason given was she did not find Sohrab a fit for herself. Initially, it looked perfectly OK, but now given the less than 3 months timeframe to announce her love and marriage with Shoaib, it seems, the reason for breaking up engagement must have been her love affair with Shoaib, rather than anything else. Please note that she says that she has known him for 5-6 years! Its not the case that she just met him in last 3 months and love happened at first sight!
Having gone through a similar stage myself, I can now understand how bad it would have been for Sohrab! And, if this is true, then how would Sania justify bringing this stigma and emotional pain to Shorab? I think, if she loved someone – she should not have got enageged to another one! That’s simply unfair!
Now – post announcement of marriage plans with Shoaib, there has been enough twists and turns in the script that it can be made into a bollywood movie – something like “Ek ruka hua faisla” or….”Adalat (old – Rajendra Kumar, Ashok Kumar one)” wherein no one knows what’s going to come out next, who is telling the truth and what is morally correct.
Read the sequence of events:
• Marriage is announced
• Media creates hype around expected celebrity marriage
• Story of Shoaib possibly already married start coming out
• Shoaib and family deny this
• Aayesh Siddiqui and family from Hyderabad come out in open to claim that Shoaib is married to Aayesha
• Shoaib & family deny this. Claim they were cheated and Shoaib got enagaged but not married. Cheating was done by showing photograph of another girl.
• Aayesha and family come to TV to clarify their stand and give enough common sense proof that probably they actually got married.
• Aayesha and family tell that nikah happened on phone (I heard something like this for the first time). TV channels call Kazi’s to ask if it can be called a marriage. Some say yes, others say no.
• Brother in law of Shoaib still denies nikah. Shoaib says he never met Aayesha in his life.
• Nikahnama is shown on TV! Pakistani and India kazi’s and legal expert view opinion on if it was valid.
• Name on Nikahnama is Maha, not Aayesha. Aayesha says in her passport, her name is Maha.
• Suddenly, Shoaib is reported to be in India. Now, he says Nikah happened, but was on phone, and was with a girl which was not the one whose photograph was sent to him. Releases written statement. Remains silent on if he met Aayesha.
• Aayesha Siddiqui releases photographs of the two of them together. (It is yet to be verified if it is an authentic photograph!)
• Aayesha and Family file an FIR against Shoaib in Banjara Hills police station.
• Later on, they claim Shoaib offered them 1 million (dollar or INR, I don’t know!) to withdraw the case.
• Meanwhile, TV channels show two clippings – one in a match in Hyderabad, where Shoaib won Man of the match award. It is shows that hyderabadis are chanting “Aayesha, Aayesha” and Shaoib saying he is happy that he got the man of the match in his wife’s city. 2nd is on Geo Tv of Pakistan, wherein he mentions he is married to Hyderabadi girl who works in Jeddah.
Few…..even the bulleted points story is so long!! Its yet to come out in open who is right or who is wrong. But, rather than taking diplomatic stand, I will tell you what my feeling out of this whole episode is. I feel , Aayesha and family is right. No same person, that too a celebrity would marry someone from another country without ever meeting once. Even if one would like to do so, after marriage at least one would meet. Then, if you are true, you would not need to change your version of story. However, Shoaib and family’s version has been changing (sometimes saying married, sometimes, only engaged, someone saying she is cousin of actual girl whose photo was sent, someone saying she is maasi of the girl…!...and so on). Also, no girl and her family would like to take a reputation risk of similar nature if they do not feel they are having the proof. They have already gone to the police. And now the allegation of being offered money to take back the FIR. Also, who will marry someone from another country without meeting him/her, and at least after wedding, they would meet. Shoaib version of not meeting her till date sounds illogical. Plus, the hyderabadi crowd chanting "Aayesha Aayesha" also means a significant no of ppl knew about the marriage way back. Given all this, and the body language of Aayesha, when she was being interviewed on TV, I believe, she is telling the truth about marriage. Only time will tell, if my intuition and belief was right!
Her first engagement broke down. Nothing unusual about it, till, very shortly (in fact within 3 months) she announced her intention to marry Shoaib Malik, the Pakistani cricket team batsman! And now the unfolding saga threw certain uncomfortable, but worth pondering questions in my mind.
To start with, the reason given was she did not find Sohrab a fit for herself. Initially, it looked perfectly OK, but now given the less than 3 months timeframe to announce her love and marriage with Shoaib, it seems, the reason for breaking up engagement must have been her love affair with Shoaib, rather than anything else. Please note that she says that she has known him for 5-6 years! Its not the case that she just met him in last 3 months and love happened at first sight!
Having gone through a similar stage myself, I can now understand how bad it would have been for Sohrab! And, if this is true, then how would Sania justify bringing this stigma and emotional pain to Shorab? I think, if she loved someone – she should not have got enageged to another one! That’s simply unfair!
Now – post announcement of marriage plans with Shoaib, there has been enough twists and turns in the script that it can be made into a bollywood movie – something like “Ek ruka hua faisla” or….”Adalat (old – Rajendra Kumar, Ashok Kumar one)” wherein no one knows what’s going to come out next, who is telling the truth and what is morally correct.
Read the sequence of events:
• Marriage is announced
• Media creates hype around expected celebrity marriage
• Story of Shoaib possibly already married start coming out
• Shoaib and family deny this
• Aayesh Siddiqui and family from Hyderabad come out in open to claim that Shoaib is married to Aayesha
• Shoaib & family deny this. Claim they were cheated and Shoaib got enagaged but not married. Cheating was done by showing photograph of another girl.
• Aayesha and family come to TV to clarify their stand and give enough common sense proof that probably they actually got married.
• Aayesha and family tell that nikah happened on phone (I heard something like this for the first time). TV channels call Kazi’s to ask if it can be called a marriage. Some say yes, others say no.
• Brother in law of Shoaib still denies nikah. Shoaib says he never met Aayesha in his life.
• Nikahnama is shown on TV! Pakistani and India kazi’s and legal expert view opinion on if it was valid.
• Name on Nikahnama is Maha, not Aayesha. Aayesha says in her passport, her name is Maha.
• Suddenly, Shoaib is reported to be in India. Now, he says Nikah happened, but was on phone, and was with a girl which was not the one whose photograph was sent to him. Releases written statement. Remains silent on if he met Aayesha.
• Aayesha Siddiqui releases photographs of the two of them together. (It is yet to be verified if it is an authentic photograph!)
• Aayesha and Family file an FIR against Shoaib in Banjara Hills police station.
• Later on, they claim Shoaib offered them 1 million (dollar or INR, I don’t know!) to withdraw the case.
• Meanwhile, TV channels show two clippings – one in a match in Hyderabad, where Shoaib won Man of the match award. It is shows that hyderabadis are chanting “Aayesha, Aayesha” and Shaoib saying he is happy that he got the man of the match in his wife’s city. 2nd is on Geo Tv of Pakistan, wherein he mentions he is married to Hyderabadi girl who works in Jeddah.
Few…..even the bulleted points story is so long!! Its yet to come out in open who is right or who is wrong. But, rather than taking diplomatic stand, I will tell you what my feeling out of this whole episode is. I feel , Aayesha and family is right. No same person, that too a celebrity would marry someone from another country without ever meeting once. Even if one would like to do so, after marriage at least one would meet. Then, if you are true, you would not need to change your version of story. However, Shoaib and family’s version has been changing (sometimes saying married, sometimes, only engaged, someone saying she is cousin of actual girl whose photo was sent, someone saying she is maasi of the girl…!...and so on). Also, no girl and her family would like to take a reputation risk of similar nature if they do not feel they are having the proof. They have already gone to the police. And now the allegation of being offered money to take back the FIR. Also, who will marry someone from another country without meeting him/her, and at least after wedding, they would meet. Shoaib version of not meeting her till date sounds illogical. Plus, the hyderabadi crowd chanting "Aayesha Aayesha" also means a significant no of ppl knew about the marriage way back. Given all this, and the body language of Aayesha, when she was being interviewed on TV, I believe, she is telling the truth about marriage. Only time will tell, if my intuition and belief was right!
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