Thursday, April 30, 2009

विवेक के लिए...

वक्त है खूबसूरत, भले recession जमा हो,
पेहेनना तुम sun-goggles, भले अँधेरा समाँ हो,

राजू श्रीवास्तव के जोक्स हों न हों, हँसते रहो बिन टेंशन तुम
cricinfo के stats याद कर कर के, करते रहो mention तुम;
करते रहो mention तुम;

अब तो बक बक करने की, पूरी आजादी है,
हो गई, मेरे दोस्त की शादी है।
हो गई, मेरे दोस्त की शादी है


casino की trips se, या fossil की घड़ियों से ,
या फिर US trips की photos की वजह से,
Aeropostale की T-Shirts से,
और i-touch में बजते अल्ताफ रजा से,

इन सब बातों से, यादों में बंसने की,
हमारी बारी है।
हो गई, मेरे दोस्त की शादी है
हो गई, मेरे दोस्त की शादी है

Skiing में गिरना हो, या algonquin की हो बहार
तेरी ball पे छक्के पड़ें, या Pool में तुझसे हर कोई जाए हार,


छोटू के "challenges" हों, या दारु की बोतलें छुपानी पड़ें,
पर दीवाली-Christmas जैसी parties हमेशा चलती रहे;
भले किसी का knee-dislocate हो, पर birthdays में लातें हमेशा पड़ती रहे;
गम हो या खुशी हो, बस बीड़ी तेरी जलती रहे ।

बीड़ी तेरी जलती रहे,
ये दुआ हमारी है
हो गई, मेरे दोस्त की शादी है
हो गई, मेरे दोस्त की शादी है


- Many many best wishes on your wedding Vivek
From all your TDC friends
Ankush





Sunday, April 26, 2009

To, Dear Fake IPL Blogger

Man, u r doing a great job. I appreciate your writing skills and above all, the naming convention u follow.

I don't know, if u r really amongst one of them, or just a marketing trick, but u rock!!

However, here are some suggestions and my feelings on IPL.

First of all, I am not a big fan of IPL. I don't get the same thrill as I get while watching an ODI, but still I like IPL as it could be a defining moment for India. International cricket super stars playing under the flag of Indian Cities and states and competing for a trophy having the map of India depicted on it, is surely something to be proud of.

However, the tournament can do a lot of things to make it more interesting and marketable. Here are just a few of them. I have many more such ideas hidden inside my business brain, but they don't come free :)

A couple of ideas, without the consultancy fee:

(Mr. Fake IPL Blogger, could you pass on these ideas to Lalit Modi and co.?)

1. Umpire's eye view. We now have so many cameras placed everywhere inside the cricketing arena. Why not put a camera on Umpire's Hat, with a corporate logo of course, to balance off the costs and at the same time, get some decent profit. I am sure, we'll need to see the Umpire's eye view a lot of times making the camera an instant hit and also a good source of earning revenues. Viewers won't complain either.

2. Why is the DLF Maxima, is still just a six, with a fancy name attached to it. Howz anyone gonna remember that name, after the tournament and how's it any different, in the first place?

Calling Rabri Devi as Rakhi Sawant or Dr. Manmohan Singh as Raghu Ram of Roadies, won't make them more interesting....it's just foolish and instead frustrate the viewers. A DLF Shot must be of 8 runs and a Maxima should add at least 10 runs to the score board. May be, when the ball crosses a certain distance or even better, hits a handsomely paying corporate logo displayed on a huge board somewhere in the stands. Imagine, the chasing team needing 10 or 20 runs in the last two balls. All focus will be set on that revenue-generating display board. Good for the batsman, better for the viewers, but best for the IPL's balance sheet. God have mercy on the baller, though :)

3. This one is a no-brainer. Please, no more strategy breaks. IPL is about making more runs, and not more strategies (unlike KKR). I understand, it's difficult to show many ads in this shorter version of the game, but these strategy breaks are stupid. If really needed, ask the cheerleaders to promote a brand on every boundary or wicket. In the longer run, I don't see any future for these cheer leaders either. SRK, Preity and Big Sister are enough. I'll understand if SRK decides to stay away from managing his team and multiple captains, but he can still demand a huge cheque in return for his services of dancing at the dias with cheer-leaders (who if looked closely, may look like Ka Ka Ka Ka Kiran...oops that's outdated...it's Ka Ka Ka Karan now).

Monday, April 13, 2009

Senseless Political Rantings

As if Samajwadi Party had not done enough to criminalize UP and hold back its development, it now has included non-development and terrorizing the country in its election manifesto. Not only, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav has declared to legalize the organizations, which are the terror factories of the country, but he is actually taking pride to take away the biggest assets of India in today's world, viz - English Speaking and Information Technology.

This news is not only a shame to the educated and sensible Indians, but also a slap in the face of "Star Prachaaraks" of the party. Sanjay Dutt, who had managed to gain some sympathy after the seemingly harsh court verdict, thanks to his Gandhigiri image, is now bent to losing it all by giving stupid comments against TADA and the police.

I now wonder, what will be reaction of Mr. and Mrs. Bacchan on all this. Mrs. Jaya Bacchan has told that her hero was one of our most inept PMs "Mr. Chandrashekhar", so I assume, she won't mind India going to dumps as far as she gets to sit inside the Parliament.

However, if Mr. Mulayam Singh happens to end further computerisation of the country, thousands of fans of Big B will lose the chance of reading his blogs daily and I think, this won't make Mr. Bacchan very happy.

To Mr. Bacchan,

Dear Sir, I am a huuuuuuuuuge fan of yours and love both your acting and writing skills. As a fan, I am taking the liberty of requesting you to please not associate yourself with such politicians OR their party. I understand, that you are not doing anything which involves you to politics directly, but "they are". These politicians are trying their best to encash your respectability and steal a mileage for their own benefit.