- World Celebrated Mothers Day on Sunday, May 10
- Atlast Pakistan waged a war against Taliban's in Swat valley, fearing its own existence and pressure from Washington.It has shifted some of the troops from Indian border to Swat.
- 9 deaths were reported till date at Bolakpur, Hyderabad due to contaminated drinking water.
- There are fears of cholera spreading across the state.
- A whopping 1.6 lakh musicians sang Annamacharya keertanas in praise of lord Venkateswara in the hyderabad on Sunday, setting a new world record.
- After Nano Car, its Nano Housing. Tata Group company unveiled an ambitious project called Shubh Griha, which will offer low-cost homes at under Rs 5 lakh across the country.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Week Gone By
Faking to be real-IPL
“Never in my cricketing viewership "career", did I see Gavaskar shouting , swinging , and jumping in his seat as if his son had scored a double century at Lords. Neither should ever happen but when at least one does, it feels awkward” was quoted by a person whose identity surfaces as you cruise along.
The IPL first edition took off with much aplomb and curiosity from all wakes of mankind, general public, cricket lovers, movie circles, businessmen, betters and more importantly the so called” desi-local” cricketers who always dreamt of playing for the country. Now that, at least they get to play alongside and against greats. And guess what, even players without bank account have opened theirs. Franchises have toiled their minds to fork out astronomical figures to buy the playing puppets. The concept of cheer leaders was bought from other sports. Will these cheerleaders add more to the already existing euphoria and fanaticism of the cricket mad countries? I doubt. The league set in India-the temple for cricket was worshiped day and night by all , from chaiwallas to Vijay Malya’s. Great players, Unknown talents, huge hits, and flops (we don’t need an adjective for this, do we?) marked the IPL’s first edition .Someone facetiously said that the Deccan chargers are good only on paper-bcoz they are owned by Deccan Chronicle. What an irony. And finally emerges an unexpected winner, an anticlimax. A perfect script, plot well executed and a commercially hit movie.
Can the directors and producers with a slightly different cast make a good melodrama this time around and successfully market it to the world? The only big difference, the location. South Africa is definitely not India. Thanks to the nefarious effect of terrorism and the weighty reasons of Loksabha elections. Just the fact that the Indian product is being outsourced made many say” Nahh”. Their outset thought “It’s going to be boring”. The huge sums, “who got whom” facts, star power gained insipid response this time. Alas! The game is important though, thought Modi. I bet my world; a shivering thought “Can IPL2 be bigger than last year?” would have passed his mind. Then with the entire bad omen around it he would have also thought “Let’s fake it to be bigger than last year-lol”.
Now the plot. With South Africa being a lukewarm venue (when compared to India), every other bit has to be done to woo more spectators and TV audience. So unusually eerie stuff surfaces, like SRK and lordie attending an idiot box program to select the prospective cheerleaders. Guys! Get your team right first! Without winning matches you sure will have ample people to dance to the crowds. Who has stumbled upon the idea to pick a face from the crowd to act in a Bollywood movie, as if we have dearth of people trying to make it to the celluloid.
The strategic time out after 10 over’s!!!!!???. Dude, IPL is meant to have bang-bang kind of games, not mindless money minting innovations that take away the essence of the game. Had Modi been candidly patriotic towards cricket, 71/2 min breaks would have been one among many ideas.
Commentators might never have wondered that their jobs include depicting an F1 race. Taking off from nothing. Is it imposed on them, to vociferate and create a frenzy atmosphere to even the slightest happening on the field? Are they made to leave behind good cricketing language to make a mockery of words to hype the situation? Yes they are made to do the exaggerations. If a pull from Asnodkar is conferred with all the superlative adjectives, what would you say to a cover drive from Sachin Tendulkar? The TV audience will cease enjoying the acts of greats.
How hard would it have been for well settled, placid commentators like Gavaskar, Arun lal, Ian bishop and many other manikins to counterfeit?
To add to the chaos, a fake IPL player dawns claiming to be a member of KKR.The maniac he is, the team management takes him seriously to ban players and staff from accessing laptops. Should he be a real member as he affirms, it’s better off if he concentrates on his game. Otherwise, this writer should make a choice in life to write about socially challenged issues.
Now John “Bokanan” as referred by the fake IPL player comes up with the “first time ever” idea of four captains. Rightly ridiculed, it serves no purpose, except that players never know who their leader is. Ajantha Mendis might still be pondering if the choice of him bowling the “Super” over was a combined or divided decision. On the other hand Kamran khan is already blooming in confidence before he takes his strides to bowl the first ball to Galye.Take a cue from Shane, Mr. John. If not all, most teams have differences. Its how you pack off the differences into a bag and go hiking to reach the heights that matters.
The game itself if far greater than any individual. Moments should surface by themselves and not be created.
- Naga Venkat Attili
The IPL first edition took off with much aplomb and curiosity from all wakes of mankind, general public, cricket lovers, movie circles, businessmen, betters and more importantly the so called” desi-local” cricketers who always dreamt of playing for the country. Now that, at least they get to play alongside and against greats. And guess what, even players without bank account have opened theirs. Franchises have toiled their minds to fork out astronomical figures to buy the playing puppets. The concept of cheer leaders was bought from other sports. Will these cheerleaders add more to the already existing euphoria and fanaticism of the cricket mad countries? I doubt. The league set in India-the temple for cricket was worshiped day and night by all , from chaiwallas to Vijay Malya’s. Great players, Unknown talents, huge hits, and flops (we don’t need an adjective for this, do we?) marked the IPL’s first edition .Someone facetiously said that the Deccan chargers are good only on paper-bcoz they are owned by Deccan Chronicle. What an irony. And finally emerges an unexpected winner, an anticlimax. A perfect script, plot well executed and a commercially hit movie.
Can the directors and producers with a slightly different cast make a good melodrama this time around and successfully market it to the world? The only big difference, the location. South Africa is definitely not India. Thanks to the nefarious effect of terrorism and the weighty reasons of Loksabha elections. Just the fact that the Indian product is being outsourced made many say” Nahh”. Their outset thought “It’s going to be boring”. The huge sums, “who got whom” facts, star power gained insipid response this time. Alas! The game is important though, thought Modi. I bet my world; a shivering thought “Can IPL2 be bigger than last year?” would have passed his mind. Then with the entire bad omen around it he would have also thought “Let’s fake it to be bigger than last year-lol”.
Now the plot. With South Africa being a lukewarm venue (when compared to India), every other bit has to be done to woo more spectators and TV audience. So unusually eerie stuff surfaces, like SRK and lordie attending an idiot box program to select the prospective cheerleaders. Guys! Get your team right first! Without winning matches you sure will have ample people to dance to the crowds. Who has stumbled upon the idea to pick a face from the crowd to act in a Bollywood movie, as if we have dearth of people trying to make it to the celluloid.
The strategic time out after 10 over’s!!!!!???. Dude, IPL is meant to have bang-bang kind of games, not mindless money minting innovations that take away the essence of the game. Had Modi been candidly patriotic towards cricket, 71/2 min breaks would have been one among many ideas.
Commentators might never have wondered that their jobs include depicting an F1 race. Taking off from nothing. Is it imposed on them, to vociferate and create a frenzy atmosphere to even the slightest happening on the field? Are they made to leave behind good cricketing language to make a mockery of words to hype the situation? Yes they are made to do the exaggerations. If a pull from Asnodkar is conferred with all the superlative adjectives, what would you say to a cover drive from Sachin Tendulkar? The TV audience will cease enjoying the acts of greats.
How hard would it have been for well settled, placid commentators like Gavaskar, Arun lal, Ian bishop and many other manikins to counterfeit?
To add to the chaos, a fake IPL player dawns claiming to be a member of KKR.The maniac he is, the team management takes him seriously to ban players and staff from accessing laptops. Should he be a real member as he affirms, it’s better off if he concentrates on his game. Otherwise, this writer should make a choice in life to write about socially challenged issues.
Now John “Bokanan” as referred by the fake IPL player comes up with the “first time ever” idea of four captains. Rightly ridiculed, it serves no purpose, except that players never know who their leader is. Ajantha Mendis might still be pondering if the choice of him bowling the “Super” over was a combined or divided decision. On the other hand Kamran khan is already blooming in confidence before he takes his strides to bowl the first ball to Galye.Take a cue from Shane, Mr. John. If not all, most teams have differences. Its how you pack off the differences into a bag and go hiking to reach the heights that matters.
The game itself if far greater than any individual. Moments should surface by themselves and not be created.
- Naga Venkat Attili
Why censure cinema for the crimes committed by perverted minds ??
"Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity."We've been witnessing barbarism since few days in our society. A boy killing an innocent girl for the mere reason of rejecting his so called "love". And we've also witnessed many debates on what must be done and what could've been the reasons behind such a heinous act , and many people concluding to the fact that the cinema ( a media for entertainment ) has been the influence behind every crime committed. Is it fair to completely blame the movies for such an act of savagery? Isn't the person who has committed the crime be solely held responsible? His psychotic mindset must be held accountable for his cruel brutality in degrading humanity by offering death to an innocent girl and slay her parents to unlimited and unending agony. Why must we affix such acts on movies? Aren't everybody watching the same movies as the culprit does, why is it that only he aspires to get influenced by the movie and not anybody else? Reason being the mental distress and illness of the culprit himself.
The effect and influence of media is mostly on young minds. It should be made clear to them seeing movies is just to spend their leisure. Every parent has the foremost responsibility of keeping an eye on their child's every move, adolescence is a stage where a child can be molded into a better human being or leave him to become a ruthless adult. Cruelty can not be cultivated and inculcated in a single day or by a singular medium. I believe it develops in stages. It needs someone to become extremely inhuman to witness a fellow human being suffer his monstrous act of fatal ferocity. Under the cloak of love he fulfills his vehement desire to cause pain.
How to put an end to such atrocious acts? Answer is plain and simple, every culprit committing such a crime must be severely punished, which must spread a warning message in a stentorian voice that such acts of crime to innocent people will lead to a very lethal and catastrophic consequences. That one judgment must send shivers to every person committing crime and he should tremble with fear to even think of murdering innocent people. We as fellow humans must take a pledge to support such judgments and back/ support our friends and victims, if they come across such maniacs report to our authorities about their intentions because its always better to avoid a crime than to brood over its repercussions.
-Mrudula Uppuluri
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