Dark Side 1; Shiny Star 0

Many weeks ago I published a post regarding the Dark Lord's loss to the Dark Side. Now allow me to educate you about the Shiny Star's loss to the Dark Side. The Shiny star in question is our very own Dhingra - another stalwart of H-Mezz who also has succumbed to the Dark Side. When he got married he was carrying this ecstatic expression. Little was he to know that he was now about to fall to the Dark Side.

This is a true incident which occurred in the state/city of Delhi in the presence of the one and only 123 Kid (Well he insists that he be called Sid - one never knows why - but for all practical purposes we shall refer to him as the Kid or sometimes merely as Kid). So there was this time when I was in Delhi hawking some tea (again) and we decided that the 3 of us would meet for dinner - an event that was planned three days in advance and confirmed 2 hours before the decided meeting time. But it was then that the Dark Side struck! Dhingra in all his naivety committed to meeting us without actually seeking permission from the Dark Side. And then about 30 mins to the rendezvous time - he had to pull out because he was not feeling well. One could have believed that had he not used the excuse of having an "headache". What actually clinched the deal is that he actually then decided to visit us for 15 minutes at the restaurant - obviously in a tearing hurry because he had been allowed the 15 mins with a curfew imposed.

So Dhingra came - he smiled - he talked and then he ran off citing ill health and the headache no doubt! But it was clear that we had sadly lost him to the Dark Side!

With 2 H-Mezz stalwarts having been lost to the Dark Side, one wonder what the result would be when Kid gets married eventually (well the child marriage laws might just be ammended - you never know!

Sigh! Life can throw so many twists that its actually scary.

Welcome back

Its been long since I came this way - mostly because life has been quite packed over the last month or so. Also because there has been almost no inclination to blog. Even this is going to be one forced post. But when India has been playing cricket - there cant not be a post from my side.

While the series is been seen as a pointless one - it should have been one, actually all matches played in the month of May in the subcontinent are by default pointless - it actually has thrown up one positive - or rather reinforced a positive. Dinesh Karthick is here and hopefully to stay. Confident, assured and mature - he is what India needs. Also the matches have shown that Dhoni is all about the brains and not just about the hard hits.
Well I always claimed that this blog was one of positive reviews for Indian Cricket - so you can hardly expect me to crib about the quality of opposition right?

Amongst other news - Sachin and Saurav have scored centuries - always good news. Lets hope they reprise that achievement in England and then Australia.