Athithi Devo Bhavah !
Treat the Guest like God !
Sanjay Hazare for Nobel Peace Prize !
Whatever your enemy did to you, forgive them. This is what Jesus Christ said and then still be nice to them said Mahatma Gandhi.
Even though Australia aren't exactly enemies, Indians can't possibly forget what happened Down under two winters ago. Though Symonds and Hayden are happy playing IPL and would be happy if Indians develop amnesia for such a thing; Clarke, Ponting and almost whole list of India batting order remains barring Dada.
What happened at Mohali this evening can be explained thanks only to this. Captain Dhoni edged an outgoing one from Johnson. Watson picked up one about which he was not sure. It was given to Third Umpire.
Mr. Sanjay Hazare had promptly ruled Hussey not out on day one, when Rahul Dravid was not so sure. What we saw on Television and what the Commentators saw was that Watson picked it up on the bounce. We have yet to ascertain if Mr. Hazare was provided some other footage by Neo Cricket. Only he declared Dhoni out. Harbhajan fell to very next ball.
In one stroke the Test has been declared 'Open' even as India threw the Commonwealth Games Open with grand splendor. This probably is how Mr. Hazare wants to prove to those forever cribbing Aussies, "Look you nincompoops, this is how we treat our Guests; like Gods".
For all the bad press India got from Australia thanks to Suresh Kalmadi, Sanjay Hazare has restored our faith in Christ and in Gandhi !
Thank You Mr. Hazare !
We strongly recommend you for Nobel Peace Prize and also for the post of the Headman of Indian Tourism Industry. At least this way, Indian Cricket Lovers will not have to suffer you any more !
S-Pun Doctor
Sanjay Hazare is a little behind time. He forgot that the Gandhi Jayanti was yesterday, not today!
ReplyDeleteI missed that point Shridhar :-)
ReplyDeleteYou know in all the cricket excitement, I had forgotten about the Commonwealth games! I love to watch the swimming, but have the Aussies even shown up this time?
ReplyDeleteAussies were there, almost full strength. India should thank them for it was the vengeance with with they wanted to discredit this CWG that brought the best out of India :-)
ReplyDeleteI believe you saw the Opening Ceremony, Govind. In that respect, the comment you made about the "best out of India" stuck me...
ReplyDeleteThis Opening Ceremony was nowhere close to Beijing 2008 (Kalmadi was claiming to go better than that). And this is what irritates me. If this is the best that India can offer, we have a long way to go to match the world's best.
I am not saying that the Opening Ceremony was bad. It was pretty good and went off smoothly. But we still cannot match the BEST in my opinion.
Beijing was an Olympics game. This is CWG. Almost a quarter important as the Olympics.
ReplyDeleteWe are awed by Chinese acrobatics forgetting that what was on store last evening was exotic for the other world.
I was also talking about the updated facilities at CWG village. Too much of noise was made by Aussies and our own people. Kalmadi was not entirely responsible for the mess. If he indeed was, then he should be given credit [at least some of it] for the spectacular turn around !