A Chaotic Mind

Blog post for Official Graphic Era University Blog http://geu.ac.in/blog/dont-judge/ The Cricket World Cup is on and you would see cricket everywhere. The newspapers, the television everything is breathing cricket these days. As usual my timeline on Facebook was cluttered with all the stuff that people shared, liked etc.  Just then there popped up a video of one of the cricketer speaking in absurd English amidst a press conference. Well, it was not the first time that I was watching that video but seeing it again somehow I felt a bit sad. The foremost thing which made me feel a bit gloomy was that the cricketer was being judged for something which had nothing to do with the reason he was there for. If you would actually judge him for the reason why he is sitting there (Read: Cricket) then at that moment, he was a superstar. But sadly after a great day at field he was looking so nervous, blurting out the words in a foreign language in front of thousands of people from wh...

B log post for Graphic Era University Official Blog http://geu.ac.in/blog/a-typical-indian-cricket-fan/ Well if one has followed Indian cricket ever, then he/she must be aware of one of the integral part of it i.e. the temperamental Indian cricket fan. Throughout the cricket calendar year he seldom keeps mum. There is one or the other thing happening around the team which keeps him engaged. Below are a few: When Virat Kohli is scoring runs and piling on the centuries, then he is said to be synonymous to SRT and the coolest batsman around, now there comes a failure in the England tour and the fan starts seeing technical glitches in his batting. The brutal Viru faced repeated failures and everybody wanted him to be replaced, Shikhar Dhawan comes up and succeeds. Now few matches and Dhawan starts failing too! There is hue and cry that Viru should be the opening batsman in the World Cup. It’s been years since Rohit Sharma was trying to prove his hidden talent which seemed ...

B log post for Graphic Era University Official Blog http://geu.ac.in/blog/humanity/ Suddenly everyone stopped on a busy highway to let a small puppy cross the road and I knew humanity is alive. The small kid seemed lost, it was a long day for him being there at the railway station stairs and then a girl came by and spent her few minutes smiling and talking with him and the kid was cheerful again, and I knew humanity is alive. The luggage was too heavy for her; those old shoulders couldn’t bear this weight any more. Then he came by and took the bag from her and helped her into her compartment, her “long live beta” had all the love and affection and I knew humanity is alive. The sirens were blaring all around. The ambulance was in a real rush; he stranded his vehicle in a corner and helped the ambulance cross the busy street and I knew humanity is alive. He was all tired and his old legs couldn’t bear much of his load now, as he entered an overcrowded metro,; somewhere from...