हे भगवान !!!!

मैं नास्तिक हूँ फिर भी आज भगवान पर चर्चा करूँगा |

सब कहते हैं (सब से मेरा मतलब उन लोगों से है जो उसे भगवन नहीं मानतें )
अगर सचिन भगवान है तो देश को विश्व विजयी बनाने में उसने २२ साल क्यों लगाये ?? ... क्या उसमें इतना दम नहीं ??
देश को test # 1 बनाने में २१ साल क्यों लगाये ?? ... क्या उसका मन नहीं ???
हमने आज तक जीत दर्ज क्यों नहीं की उनकी धरती पर जबकि तुम्हारा भगवान 92, 99, 04, 07 में australia जा चूका है ?? क्या देश विजय उसका रण नहीं ??
(यहाँ आप शब्दों की हेरा फेरी देखिये .. उपरितार्थ कहे गए का एक मतलब ये भी है के : जा कर जीतने से चुक गया है )

हाँ तो जो लोग ऐसी बातें करते हैं उनसे मेरा सवाल है

सुनामी आती है निर्दोष मरे जाते हैं क्या उन्हें बचाना तुम्हारे भगवान का धर्म नहीं ???
क्या गरीबी से मर रहे बच्चो बुढो माताओ को बचाना क्या तुम्हारे भगवान का कर्म नहीं ??
पापी आज संसार में इतना आगे बढ़ गए क्या ये तुम्हारे भगवान की आँखों के सामने हो रहा रहा अधर्म नहीं ??
उसी के नाम पर लाखों लोग मार दिए जाते हैं. इस बात से तनिक भी आती उसे शर्म नहीं ???

तुम इतनी असहाय सी कल्पना को अपना भगवान मानते हो ! और मैं तुम लोगों की बकवास सुनता हूँ ! भगवान और धर्म के नाम पर किये गए तुम्हारे अत्याचार सहता हूँ तो तुम क्यों नहीं चुप चाप उसकी बात सुन लेते हो जो सचिन को अपना भगवान मानता है |
क्या सचिन के नाम पर बाबरी मस्जिद गिराया किसी ने ??
क्या उसके नाम पर तोडा कोई मंदिर किसी ने ??
कोई पादरी जला नहीं उसके नाम पर क्या उसका दोष यही है ??
उसे भगवान नाम देना क्या सही है ??

विनती है मेरी : उसे भगवान न कहिये . उसके नाम पे किसी ने किसी को कोई भी कुकर्म करने के लिए नहीं उकसाया है |
और अगर जिसे लगता है के उसे भगवान कहना गलत है
तो अगर मैं तुम्हारे भगवान को झेल सकता हूँ. तो तुम्हे भी सचिन को भगवान मानने वालो की श्रधा का अपमान नहीं करना चाहिए |

The Day After Tomorrow

पवार साहब

जो बीत गयी सो बात गयी | जो हो गया उसपर सोचने का क्या फायदा | अब आपको यह सोचना है कि कल क्या हो सकता है |

क्रिकेट प्रेमी रन , विकेट , जीत, हार इत्यादि के लिए कितने अन्धविश्वासी होते हैं ये बात किसी से छुपी नहीं है | लोग घंटो एक ही जगह बैठे रह जाते हैं , शौचालय नहीं जाने से आने वाली कठिनाई तक को सह लेते हैं | ये सब मैं आपको क्यों बता रहा हूँ आप तो स्वयं ICC अध्यक्ष हैं | कृषि मंत्री के नाते भले ही खेती की जानकारी आपकी शुन्य है लेकिन क्रिकेट का जानकर तो हर देशवासी है | भले ही वो देशवासी आप जैसा देशद्रोही क्यों न हो |

देखिये क्रिकेट की बात चली तो मैं भी भावुक हो गया और असल मुद्दे से भटक गया |

पवार बाबु आप भले ही लोगो को ये समझा सकें कि महंगाई क्यों बढ़ी? आप भले ही उन्हें ये विश्वास दिला सकें कि आपने निरंतर और हरसंभव प्रयास किया है महंगाई की रफ़्तार पर अंकुश लगाने का | लोगो को शायद ये भी यकीन हो जाये के आपने कृषि मंत्री के दाइत्व का निर्वाह पूरी निष्ठा से किया है |

लेकिन आज के थप्पड़ की घटना के बाद अगर कल सचिन शतक लगा देगा तो स्वयं ब्रह्मा भी सचिन भक्त को ये नहीं समझा पाएंगे कि आपकी पिटाई और ठीक अगले ही दिन सचिन के शतक का लगना मात्र एक संयोग था | आपने पढ़ा तो होगा ही कि जब भी सचिन बल्लेबाजी को जाता है देश एक शतक की उम्मीद करता है|

जाइये देश से अपने पापों की क्षमा मांगिये | सचिन भगवान नहीं है , आपको दोबारा कभी न पिटने का वरदान तो नहीं देगा लेकिन उपाय तो निकल ही आयेगा |

और अगर आप ये नहीं करना चाहते तो फिर कल के बाद ICC को आदेश दे दीजियेगा कि सचिन जिस मैदान में बल्लेबाजी को उतरे वहां सुरक्षा इंतजाम न करा कर आपकी सुरक्षा का ध्यान रखे |

~ आपका शुभचिंतक

आज तो आपके कांग्रेसी मित्र भाजपा के नेता को भड़काऊ भाषण का दोषी कह दे रहे हैं, सचिन के शतक को दोषी कौन कहेगा?

Before the start of WC i told "If Sri Lanka will win the world cup, I'll never watch an ODI again." So now it boils down to the final. Yes, Srilanka is in the final. But the truth is on they way they never beat any team that was pre-tournament favourite. I like Murali and sanga but their is something about the cricket of SriLanka that I never came to like this team. They never have been world beaters so I'm certainly not jealous of them. Someting I can't figure.
I'll not be watching the final. So, India Vs Pak semi-final could be the last ODI i ever saw. No regrets. It was a good match. Certainly better than the final, if India were to loose it. But thats all in theory. I believe we will be the Champions this time. All the best team.
Sri lanka winning the cup will be an injustice and I might not change that system but i certainly will stop using it.

When we loose it off the field

I have very little regard for the English team, so I would not have accepted anything less than win when the match started. But I take heart from what India did in closing minutes of the game. I am disappointed why Dhoni did not attack more when he had a cushion of 338 runs. I am disappointed the way we fielded. I am disappointed the way we bowled. But I am proud of they way we fought back.

As England were cruising at 280-2 in 42 overs (needing 59 from 48 balls with power play left) I saw few spectators , those who think they are Indian fans, leaving the stadium. I put my agony in words and sent an sms to pagla jha : "Champ league 2005 final HT liverpool 0-3 down, still their fans blvd in their team, n in d end they won. y’day Slankan fans stayed d end even when defeat was sure. v as fans r as bad as our bowling n fielding"

As I pressed the send key, Bell got out and Strauss followed. With lots of twists and turns India managed to Tie the match.

And when I say ‘We’ it includes only those who stood their ground. When I see people leaving I get this picture in my mind where those people are running away from fights in life when chips are down. They either feel uncomfortable or stressed or i don't know what. So Cheating, bribing to get out of tricky situations because unlike cricket these deeds might go unnoticed. In the game of life the TV umpire is a tool of those who play the game. Few will say they left early because they wanted to avoid the traffic after the completion of the match. Well sir, you should have better stayed in the comfort of your home and watched the match on big screen TV, that way you would have avoided the traffic as well as the pollution you suffered while coming to the stadium. Anyway it’s a democracy, people have right to do what they want, as long as its not unlawful. And not believing in your team is neither a cardinal sin nor illegal. So go home. Live your lives and someday tell your sons and grandchildren that you were there to watch this epic encounter. Get the ticket of today’s match framed.

And I, the Idiot that I am, still hope for the day when we grow up as fans. I hope Cricket becomes a sports someday, for religion is too easy to be twisted by man for his own whims and fancies. I hope we learn lessons from what we see on the field. I hope we stand our ground and have the belief in ourselves and others. And I am going to watch the CL 2005 Final match, again.

The Equation: Kothari-Sur-Vin Hypothesis

Today Rathi asked a ques : How long does it takes for a person to get over a relationship???

Me : Half of the time he/she had been in that relationship. x = t/2

Kothari : Divide it by the number of times he/she had been in a relationship before, practice makes a man perfect. x=t/2n

Sur : Taking into consideration the emotional quotient of various human being, a coefficient is incorporated hence x= e.t/(2n)

x= time taken to recover

e= emotional co-efficient

t= time spent in that relationship

n= no. of previous relationship

Me : Practice makes a MAN perfect so for women no need to divide it by n ? (Why do I have this tendency to drag humor in everything :P)

Now i realize its height of idleness. First deriving that equation and now writing a blog about it. I do need Help !!!

PS : Although any further research in this regard will be updated, it seems unlikely for two reasons 1. We have pissed Rathi already

2. New day, new nonsense :P

Then and Now

Today on the occasion of republic day two stanzas are coming to mind.

One sung by our freedom fighters when they handed over the reigns of this nation to its people :

हम लाये हैं तूफ़ा से कश्ती निकाल के

इस देश को रखना मेरे बच्चों संभाल के

and then the other one my beloved nation is singing silently (..who knows may be with tears in eyes):

हमें तो अपनों ने लूटा गैरों में कहाँ दम था

मेरी कश्ती वही डूबी जहाँ पानी कम था

Selfishly Meaningless

Life is meaningless, but only in the form that its being currently marketed. I certainly don't blame the consumers subscribing to that commodity, after all catering it to their door step is one hell of popular brand ambassador 'GOD'. Jesus Ram Allah etc are just variations to attract possible customers. As pepsi endorses sachin as well as beckham etc to appeal to different masses.
Life is not meaningless excercise/tympass to various creatures who are still living in harmony with nature.

Just today I had a little conversation with my friends' dad. Rising petrol prices was the headline in todays newspaper, as i read it I exclaimed "good, i hope it goes higher." He agreed with with me and wished petrol prices to go Rs. 1000/l , along with little moderation and government effort to promote renewable sources of energy. Poor Mother Nature !!

An American Crime

I have just finished watching “An American Crime”. I was stoned for good few minutes after the credits started rolling. The night was never so silent for me recently. I was too shocked to even think something. Had it been a fiction the characters shown in the movie would have been more believable but it was a true story. Truth sometimes is really stranger than fiction. In this case it was shocking. Gut wrenching. Then the first thing I did was to search the case history on which the film is based on. I realize it only now that they have shown the evil but not in its true darkness. The makers mellowed it down. And still the movie is enough to shatter all notions of innocence and humanity.

In today’s world a picture has been so carefully put in front of us that women and children are the living examples of innocence. Have you seen innocence being described visually or being penned down in the shape of a man? If there are any they will be far and few. There is a beast within all of us. Years of thinking over and questioning the social design at least gave me a little head start in that regard. So, I never give anyone the benefit or disadvantage of doubt. Yet these 90 minutes were enough to have me think again. A must watch film for the riveting story it tells.

I was forced to write a blog, my second in space of just two days.