The world cup is round the corner, i think its the ideal time to discuss about the chances of the participating teams.This world cup will be an open world cup like the 1999 one,as no their are no clear favourites. Although India ,RSA and Australia have slight advantage over the rest.But we can never rule out Pakistan especially when its being played in the subcontinent.
To start with, the defenders Australia , they are a team in transistion.Although they have beaten England comprehensively in the last series,they are heavily dependent on 2-3 players.They are still unable to find suitable replacement to Shane Warne & McGrath .Their middle order is fragile and bowling lacks teeth.Shane watson is the key to their success.
Talking about India ,they have an outstanding chance of winning it.They 4-5 game changers who on their day can achieve impossible feats.No other team has so many game changers. But India's greatest strength will be its home crowd and captainship skills of Dhoni .But the worrying factor is fitness of key players like Tendulkar,Z. khan and Sehwag.India;s other weak point will be its spinning dept ,where harbhajan has been out of form.His performance last year was abysmal.The selectors chose Piyush Chawla ahead of Pragyan Ojha,Chawla can neither play as a spinner nor as an allrounder.
RSA are also in good form recently.Their preparations have received a big boost after their recent series win over India.Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla,A.B. deVillers and Jacques Kallis are in great touch.They have a balanced side but lack a real hitter someone like klusenser or Albie Morkel. I hope the surprise selection of Morne van Wyk solves the problem.
English side is filled with a bunch of talented ,enthusiastic players but lack consisitency.They have to find spark in the bowling dept.NZ lack a decent side. They have just 4-5 international players ,the rest just make up the 11.But they play well as a unit and can knock out any good side.Sri lanka will enjoy home support,but the sad part is that they have a large no.of all rounders who can most of the time end up as no rounders.They are yet to replace Jayasuriya and Vaas .and muthiah has grown old.They will need the 3M's( Mathews ,Malinga & Mahela) to shine.
Pakistan is the most unpredictable side , but it will miss some of its key players like Salman Butt ,Asif and Aamer.WI has got some really exciting players like Gayle,Pollard,Bravo, but there are many weak links in the team.Netherlands,Ireland,Bangladesh etc can at best cause upsets.
But i bet my money on INDIA ,I hope they wont disappoint me.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
"NO ONE KILLED JESSICA"
Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta ,NO ONE KILLED JESSICA is a well narrated and well presented film.The film starts with narration by Rani Mukherjee, who happens to play the role of Meera Geyti,a firebrand tv journalist.Meera is stylish,workaholic and concerned about the soceity.She describes Delhi as all about power,where everybody is somebody.Meera is covering the kargil war for her news channel.While all this was happening, in Delhi someone shotdead a celebrity barmaid named JESSICA at a socialite party.Her sister SABRINA LAL played by Vidya Balan is an ordinary girl who wanted to live an ordinary life,she wanted to have a bf blah blah..
But after that fateful day her life is scattered ,she becomes restless to nail the killers.Meera thinks the killer cant escape as their are 300 witnesses and most of them being socialites ,so cant be easily manipulated.But she was wrong ,the killer is the son of a minister.who uses all his money and might to influence witnesses.This part of film potrays the ugly side of socialites, who turn their backs .The killer escapes punishment on account of lack of evidence ,this shocks Meera.Meera begins a series of sting operation to expose the truth.While Sabrina had lost all her faith in the system,Meera continues her fight for justice.Atlast they get their dues.This film was not just about case of jessica ,but it also descibes contemporary INDIA by instances like kargail war.The best part of the film is when sabrina asks "Is human life cheaper than a glass of wine".
Lot was expected from Raj Kumar Gupta after his debut performance in AAMER ,I think he has done a pretty good job.
But after that fateful day her life is scattered ,she becomes restless to nail the killers.Meera thinks the killer cant escape as their are 300 witnesses and most of them being socialites ,so cant be easily manipulated.But she was wrong ,the killer is the son of a minister.who uses all his money and might to influence witnesses.This part of film potrays the ugly side of socialites, who turn their backs .The killer escapes punishment on account of lack of evidence ,this shocks Meera.Meera begins a series of sting operation to expose the truth.While Sabrina had lost all her faith in the system,Meera continues her fight for justice.Atlast they get their dues.This film was not just about case of jessica ,but it also descibes contemporary INDIA by instances like kargail war.The best part of the film is when sabrina asks "Is human life cheaper than a glass of wine".
Lot was expected from Raj Kumar Gupta after his debut performance in AAMER ,I think he has done a pretty good job.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
FOOD INFLATION
INFLATION can be defined as the rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over a period of time.The rate of inflation currently is around 20%.It's mainly due to rise in food prices .Prices of most of the food items have shown an upward trend due to differences in demand and supply level. Demand is increasing while supply is decreasing.
Due rapid rise in population, new people are added ,thus increasing demand.More people means more houses ,lesser lands available for agriculture.The lifestyles and fooding habits have changed.Rapid economic growth meant people had more money ,but resources unfortunately are limited.In the last sixty yrs of independence, our GOVT. has been unable to provide irrigation facilities to majority of our farmers,making them totally dependent on monsoons.The GOVT. has failed to improve storage and distribution networks,while one part has excess other parts are deficient of it.The cold storages present are few and are controlled by traders or wholesalers who manipulate supply demand levels ,hence prices.Our GOVT.'s import and export policies are poorly managed.When the GOVT. knew that monsoons are eratic ,they should have anticipited price rise.They should have estimated the shortages and imported the food items,but they started imported after the situation got worse.
Our leaders and bureaucrats lack vision and foresight.They are least concerned about the people whom they are their to serve.The need of the hour is infrastructure development,changes in import export policies and punishing all those who try to manipulate prices.
Due rapid rise in population, new people are added ,thus increasing demand.More people means more houses ,lesser lands available for agriculture.The lifestyles and fooding habits have changed.Rapid economic growth meant people had more money ,but resources unfortunately are limited.In the last sixty yrs of independence, our GOVT. has been unable to provide irrigation facilities to majority of our farmers,making them totally dependent on monsoons.The GOVT. has failed to improve storage and distribution networks,while one part has excess other parts are deficient of it.The cold storages present are few and are controlled by traders or wholesalers who manipulate supply demand levels ,hence prices.Our GOVT.'s import and export policies are poorly managed.When the GOVT. knew that monsoons are eratic ,they should have anticipited price rise.They should have estimated the shortages and imported the food items,but they started imported after the situation got worse.
Our leaders and bureaucrats lack vision and foresight.They are least concerned about the people whom they are their to serve.The need of the hour is infrastructure development,changes in import export policies and punishing all those who try to manipulate prices.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
"I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things"-Walt Disney
Walt disney is one of the most famous personalities of this world.He has created many cartoon characters among which Mickey Mouse is the most popular one.In this famous statement of his, he wanted to covey a message that always don't repeat your most successful idea ,sometimes think out of the box, try different things, go for new innovative ideas. According to him, Innovation is the secret of success.He has not just created one Mickey mouse, his Donald duck,Goofy and Scrooge Mc duck are equally famous.But most ordinary people don't try new things,they always stick to the traditional methods.Parents always insisit their child should either be an Engg or doc..They don't want him to do engage in other activities like sports,film making,fashion designing .Same is true for our bollywood ,they always trust on estd stars.Although some dynamic directors have shown remarkable success using new actors and innovative ideas. It's true in everywhere.
The same plan can't work again and again ,you need INNOVATION & FLEXIBLITY to survive in this competitive world.
The same plan can't work again and again ,you need INNOVATION & FLEXIBLITY to survive in this competitive world.
IPL AUCTIONS: A REVIEW
In the recently concluded IPL AUCTIONS, the bidding trends were in contrast to the previous editions.Last time it was observed that senior players who had a brand image were sold at higher prices even though age was fast catching up ,but this time ,some of them did not find bidders.Some who got bidders were sold at comparatively lower prices.This is primarily due to the fact that three yrs have passed since and these players have lost their forms.Some of them like Ganguly,Gibbs and Lara have retired from international cricket and others will soon retire.Players like Gayle won't be available due to their international commitments.
The other contrast was that out of top ten buys ,top seven were Indians.This is because of improvements made by Indian players like Gambhir,Pathan.India has now a bunch of talented youngsters eagerly waiting for their chances,hope that IPL can become the ideal platform.
But their some other unanswered queries like Why was Morne van Wyk not bought ,whereas uncapped players like vandiar were bought ?Why dis Irfan Pathan and Robin uthappa receive so much,although domestic performance nor last IPl's form was impressive?why was Piyush Chawla bought at higher prices than Pragyan ojha, even though he was the purple cap holder of the last edition?
The other contrast was that out of top ten buys ,top seven were Indians.This is because of improvements made by Indian players like Gambhir,Pathan.India has now a bunch of talented youngsters eagerly waiting for their chances,hope that IPL can become the ideal platform.
But their some other unanswered queries like Why was Morne van Wyk not bought ,whereas uncapped players like vandiar were bought ?Why dis Irfan Pathan and Robin uthappa receive so much,although domestic performance nor last IPl's form was impressive?why was Piyush Chawla bought at higher prices than Pragyan ojha, even though he was the purple cap holder of the last edition?
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