Birth is a phenomenon when a child is born into the world. Jenny was born twice. Once when she came into this world. When her tiny little hand reached out to touch the soul that had nurtured her for so many months, she found nothing but a sense of loneliness and despair. A couple of days back, she was born again, when a couple brought her into their world. And I am proud to be their friend.
Yes, I am ecstatic! I am happy! I feel elated! I feel that love is all around and I feel so proud, proud of being a friend of a couple who adopted a two year old girl into their life, even though they could have given birth to a new one. Why am I ecstatic? Because in a country with more than 1 billion people, with around 28.5 million orphans between the age of 0 - 12; In a country where a girl child is aborted if her identity is found before birth, this act by a friend has made me proud.
Adopting a child is by no means an easy task. It needs more than courage to adopt a child. I cannot comment on fatherhood or parenting as I have no experience in being one. Would have loved to write so much about it, but just cant get those words to pen down... the grammar seems completely out of place, the nouns, adjectives... everything! but one thing that is completely in place is my feelings for this family. Love you guys. You guys simply are the best in the world!!!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Are you a sports fanatic? What do you want?
What do you get when you mix cricket with bollywood. Your answer might be IPL, but i beg to differ. It is the latest 'tamasha' in town. I love cricket and i love bollywood, i love T20's. I love the adrenaile rush... but a tamasha? The BCCI is probably, now, the richest organisation in India. It is a monopoly. And monopoly is a dangerous proposition.
A free country is a place where free will and free competition exists. A while ago ICL was launched, which was not supported by the BCCI. They now are seen as the poorer cousins of the IPL. Necessarily so. BCCI has the muscle power to wring anyones arm that comes in the way. I am not against sportsmen making money. I think it is time that they get their due credit. But cant we tone it down a little bit? When do you think something is too much? Why should a Dhanraj Pillai not make a few crores than Ishant Sharma. Dhanraj has by far made Indian hockey proud for a long time.
If they say people are not interested in sports, other than cricket, i would differ. The media has the power that could make any game popular. The rise and fall of a star, be it cricket or bollywood is at the hands of the media. The media now controls the mindset of the people. We need to break free from these shackles that narrow our vision. We need to understand, media is not about getting news to the people... media is about selling news to the people. and for that they will sell... anything
I wish that the BCCI is taken under the arm of a superior authority which promotes sportsmen and sportswomen in the country as a whole and does not just restrict itself into cricket. A body that identifies young talent and nurtures them to become the best. A body that distributes wealth equally between different sports organisations to make ourselves a country that brings us beyond one bronze or one silver in the olympics. I would like to see my country there, high up in the charts on the olympics medal tally.
I am not a sports fanatic, but if someone is crazier than me about sports, i am sure, they too want the same thing i want. But the officials sitting in the BCCI and other sports organisations... What do they want?
A free country is a place where free will and free competition exists. A while ago ICL was launched, which was not supported by the BCCI. They now are seen as the poorer cousins of the IPL. Necessarily so. BCCI has the muscle power to wring anyones arm that comes in the way. I am not against sportsmen making money. I think it is time that they get their due credit. But cant we tone it down a little bit? When do you think something is too much? Why should a Dhanraj Pillai not make a few crores than Ishant Sharma. Dhanraj has by far made Indian hockey proud for a long time.
If they say people are not interested in sports, other than cricket, i would differ. The media has the power that could make any game popular. The rise and fall of a star, be it cricket or bollywood is at the hands of the media. The media now controls the mindset of the people. We need to break free from these shackles that narrow our vision. We need to understand, media is not about getting news to the people... media is about selling news to the people. and for that they will sell... anything
I wish that the BCCI is taken under the arm of a superior authority which promotes sportsmen and sportswomen in the country as a whole and does not just restrict itself into cricket. A body that identifies young talent and nurtures them to become the best. A body that distributes wealth equally between different sports organisations to make ourselves a country that brings us beyond one bronze or one silver in the olympics. I would like to see my country there, high up in the charts on the olympics medal tally.
I am not a sports fanatic, but if someone is crazier than me about sports, i am sure, they too want the same thing i want. But the officials sitting in the BCCI and other sports organisations... What do they want?
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