Election talkies..Chennai-TVM!

Tomorrow we all go out to vote!.Vote for entertainment,sarcasm,party politics ,diplomats,frauds.vote for who? .

'Scam' is a word which has got more meaning than the already existing dictionary meaning that it carries,in the last couple of weeks.Little kids would name all the scams for you.We had the CWG Scam,the well known 2G Spectrum,and what not.So this time,parties have not much to say about their achievements ,or highlight their strengths.So why not have some entertainment,the mockery game.We had Rahul Gandhi visiting our state,and he is more concerned of the age of the Chief Minister in 5 years,wish the 40 year old has showed the same concern  and involvement in his own party.We also had news that he was spotted having porotta and appam,and quite a lot of stuff from a very small restaurant in the city.Austerity,they call it.On the other hand,we had our own chief minister responding to it ,in his own achuthanandan style,calling him an amul baby,and the people he's campaigning for,amul babies as well.In comparison,sonia gandhi and manmohan singh took an easier approach,where;s the tsunami fund? ,ask your govt what they put it to?,and the usual blame game,and chief minister's reply was that PM shouldnt act like he's a world bank who keeps funds flowing in.

Well..well .Now it all does confuse us,because our system isnt transparent enough to tell us,where the money is?what it is used for ? or whether any money was given at all?.And about the chief minister's age,and rahul gandhi's restaurant choice.No comments.

Chennai politics is pretty straight.We give you a refrigerator ,for the one vote you give us.We give you a tv,for voting for us.So now its for you to decide.A visit to chennai,a month before made me feel like I am actually watchin some old MGR,Sivajiganesh flick,with all those Stalin posters everywhere.Meeting a man like Cho Ramaswami was a treat because he gave me an inside view of tamil nadu politics ,and the alliances that might be favourable.While actor Sarathkumar asked me to join politics ,and that it is the youth that decides what our future holds,and my mind replied instantly( "I pity your state and hope you get rid of your confusions first and show some consistency)".He then gave me a magazine of his,named 'voice',which kept me busy for my flight back.

For all those neutral heads like me,you need to be a real political critic,a good analyst,to make the right decision,as to who to vote for,and at times,even those decisions we assume to be righy, may not be right.Take the courage,and vote!!! 

11 wonder boys! :)

Phhhhewww!!!..and I finally get a big break from commerce,taxation,accounts,auditing and what not!.This blog post has been on my mind ever since the world cup began,but I had to wait till we won(due to the university exams,which was postponed thrice,deep sighh of relief!),but never is it too late to express my great passion(can call it a developed passion) for the game.
As a kid I knew , Kapil Dev,I knew Sachin Tendulkar ,I knew Alan Border,cricket for me was more like a few big names,and an entire team clinging on to the support of these huge pillars of strength,tactics and in Sachin;s case,magic!,a hundred,a two hundred.I felt everything got a little too overrated,and the tv blasting in the background put me off.
I grew up,and once I started seeing things change,players change,more people coming in,and a humble captain,I felt ,cricket ain't all that monopolistic.I started watching a couple of matches with my dad.I was taken to cochin to watch an india-pak match,the sight of ravi shastri was just woww for a little girl who just heard their voices on tv.
And there..time passed by..and we had our young man dhoni as our skipper.

Oh lord ! Enough and more of 1983 in the papers,I feel like going back to sleep,fresh news is what we need I felt
I cannot imagine how I can remain glued to the tv watching a match,when I have an exam the next day.
The final,India -Srilanka.All eyes on mallinga's hands,cursing every little strand of his curly blonde hair fallin over his face,as he bowls to Sehwag.I wonder why!,but I had this thought cross my mind, "What if Sachin gets out?" ..hmm..dhoni's team would win it for us,for sachin.".
And there..in a few balls..we had both our opening batsmen out.sehwag for a zero.I heard my friends switched off their tv sets ,in great despair.That was exactly when I started gaining more interest in the match.I thought we can still chase it and win,eventhough people felt 275 is a big score.Somebody had to take the role of the 'wonder boy',gautam gambhir and dhoni,what an innings!,whose the wonder boy ? ,i questioned myself.3 runs short of hundred doesnt make me not choose gambhir as the wonder boy,but a simple 92,from a great struggle,and leading his team from the forefront,I'd say,Dhoni made his team,and his nation feel like ,
"Today!,Sachin dint let us down,it had to happen like that,so that,we can stand by him,and get a chance to step into the shoes of 11 wonders boys ,with invisible sachin masks,to get that glorious cup!
And yes! "Sachin! We did it for you!,Hopping up and down in joy,are your 11 little boys!"
ps:
Dhoni is a player who can rise up to the occassion and prove it,and i feel humility is the key to success,and this man will go a loong lonng way!
Sreeshanth didnt misbehave!,so yeah thats the criteria to count him as a wonder boy,he he he!
Kudos! to Yuvraj,Zak and all the others!

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