In Memoriam..!!

A hand that caressed me,
A man with all love for me,
No matter what time it may be,
He was always there for me.

Those days when I refused to go to School,
He would always keep his cool.
Convince me and comfort me,
And make me go to school very happy.

He would let me play all day,
Wishing all happiness to come my way.
'Well done my child', he would say,
Which would keep me happy n gay.

I could still feel the words he said,
Not to mention the stories he read.
Now he's gone, leavin his memories behind,
Leaving his life as an example for every God's child.

As I see the tear in my grandma's eyes,
Troubled and wondering where her future lies..
I really feel, humans desperately need a pair,
More so when they are in deep despair.

This post is dedicated to my Gradfather who has gone to be with God thru eternity.
Dear Grandpa,
Miss U so much!!, May UR soul RIP...

Bowlers' Day..!!

For the people in India, 8th march 2009 was just another normal Sunday morning. But that was gonna change pretty soon. The sight of a batsman, short in stature, standing tall, flicking the ball towards deep fine leg, scrambling for a single, removing his helmet, looking up towards the Heaven, raising the bat in acknowledgment is never new to any Indian cricket fan. In fact, it was the 43rd time that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the iconic Indian batsman crossed the 100 run mark in ODI's and if this record wasn't enough, this was his 1st in Kiwi land. While his place up the oreder was being debated, Sachin had a point to prove (though he has nothing much left to prove) and as always, Sachin let his bat do the talking. It was here in Kiwi land, 15 yrs back was Sachin promoted to the opening position and here he is now, still ever so dominant and still hungry for more. The little Master not just scripted his 43rd century in style but also unleashed brute force attack on the Kiwi bowlers only to retire hurt 5 overs befor the end of the innings. If Sachin would have stayed, who knows, he could have surpassed Anwar's record but Sachin being a team man, left the field once his body wasn't letting him play his strokes. Whats so amazing to see is that even after achieving almost everything, his hunger for more and his love for the game has never reduced. When This man decides to call it a day, Im sure that day will be celebrated as "Bowlers' day" world wide.. :)

Cricket hits Rock Bottom - Black Tuesday..!!

Far gone are the days when Cricketers around the world were defenseless against the deadly pace attack of the West Indians. Modern day cricketers are even good at tackling or neutralizing seam movement, spin and bounce from the wicket. But today's cricketers I feel should not only learn to duck bouncers but also the bullets and evade the grenades aimed at them. Today marks a new low in sports history especially for cricket. Im sure the chilling visuals from the Gadaffi stadium would have given any sportstar jitters down his spine leave alone cricketers. Till today, it was cricket that had been a victim of Terrorism. But today it was the players themselves who were on the firing line. Today's attack on Sri lankan players was a despicable act of cowardice aimed at the sole purpose of cheap publicity. All the drama happened at a wrong time for Pakistan cricket which was trying to resurrect itself to prove the world that it was safe to tour their country. It was all going fine for Pakistan under a new captain, record scores etc. until today morning. It all went horribly wrong for them and their cricket hit Rock Bottom. Its almost game over for PCB now. not just that, even the WC 2011 hangs in the balance. Though India scripted a beautiful victory in Napier this same day, this day would be remembered for the horror it created and would go down in history as Crickets' Black Tuesday.

Terrorism in the name of God, that too when every religion stresses on Love and Harmony is pretty strange. But for an average Indian or for that matter for anyone from the subcontinent this form of terrorism would never be new. Every now or the other terror strikes and in the recent past its been happening like a natural occurrence. Its high time that Pakistan as a nation rises up against its own terror camps and bring them down before other countries do the favour for them instead.

Its paining to see that when ppl from around the world die of poverty, hunger, natural calamities, diseases and terrorism, countries like the USA still spends millions of dolars in space research and other evolution theories. What is the use of a new planet to live. Even if man gets to move to a different planet, he is sure to ruin it. Instead, let us focus our works and money in things that are constructive; in things that spread the Love of God; in things that will make this place a better place to live in. Let us all, as people unite against Terrorism and pray that one day this world will be free from all the forces of terrorism. To end I would like to quote Francis of Assisi's prayer which goes like this:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand,
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying [to ourselves] that we are born to eternal life.

Note: Any mention of 'him', 'his', 'he', 'man' in the above post are completely generic and it doesn mean that im gender biased ;)