A tribute of some substance

Unlike the arm-chair critics of Sachin Tendulkar who fart off their mouths, sipping on cocktails in their AC rooms, Wasim Akram is someone who has had the [mis] fortune of throwing that red [or white] leather to the little master. Any sane follower of the game of cricket will always consider a comment by a man as prolific as Akram to carry certain amount of weight.
And so when he speaks, one sits up and takes notice. In this most beautifully worded commentary by Akram as a part of tribute to the master blaster on his 33rd birthday [even today he is just 33 !] Akram dwells briefly on Sachin's current situation.
It's only fair that it comes from Akram, who himself in his home country faced a similar situation not too long back. If anyone can relate to what Sachin is going through at this moment, it would be Wasim Akram.

Sachin is unbowlable batsman

Critics be damned. Two of the greatest cricketers i have known [Bradman and Akram] have certified Sachin's ability. Doesn't matter if pygmies shout and fart. It's their problem.

They won't speak

In another bizzare case related to islam [what else?] a muslim couple has been asked to live seperately , just because the husband in his sleep mutterred talaq.

The mullahs of the community have asked the poor wife to stay away from her husband and re-marry after a year. But what's worse is she is being asked to stay with another man for that period of time.

Now, we are not talking of a village in Taliban controlled Afghanistan, but a situation very much under our "democratic" and "secular" society, where there's no dearth of self-proclaimed, chest thumping liberals right from Barkha Dutt and Shabana Azmi and Teesta Setalvad.
I am sure this news has not reached them, as the plight of Imrana was not conveyed to them by our very pro-active and socially aware media.

As usual , like in previous cases, this has come with a defeaning silence from these candle holders of the society.

Though i do not have a great love for this community, I still feel someone should take up the cause of poor muslim women. These Shabanas and Barkhas won't speak up when it matters most. Counting on them, if at all muslim women are, will be foolish on their part.

Ya Right

Sonia Gandhi says she has only 20,000 /- in cash . I'd say , Ya Right !

And how about she not owning a Car? Also according to the political Saint of the nation, and Buddha and Jesus re-incarnate, she is worth only 1 Crore.

Aham.. or is it 1 Crore per week. Not worth spending an effort even puncturing this claim. It is way to easy to do that.

Whatever be the case. One should hand her this. She is the most confident lier on Indian political circus. Ever.

Sounds fair to me !!

The British media says that there should be "Heat Rule" for cricket matches. Considering that their gora chamdi cannot take the Indian summer in strides, what they say , sounds about right to me. And why not? If we can have stoppages and no-plays for rains, why not apply same rule for extreme heat?
I will even go to the extent of applying the same rule for extreme cold - "Cold Rule" i.e. I remeber how the indians routinely dropped catches in a series in New Zealand few years back when they played in conditions that could well qualifiy as extreme. It's a different issue that Indians , then, dropped catches any which way.