'twas a usual casual talk. I noticed nothing special when we started it. But later, i found myself wrong with my prejudism once again. "Where is Dhawan? where is Raina? where is ........?aren't they talented?"it seemed he was gonna attack me in no time. Such was his aggression. He was completely disturbed. He seemed a cricket fanatic.
I was moving from Kottayam to Alleppey in a K.S.R.T.C bus after my routine classes @ RIT on a sunny Friday."2.30" was the reply from the Enquiry officer who looked around 50s, when i asked him about the departure time of Alleppey bus parked at 2nd platform. 2.15 i read the time from my watch. I moved towards the bus and occupied a window seat. After about 5 minutes a man came and sat next to me. He was having a newspaper "Deepika sayahnapathram". He was murmuring Turning the pages. I looked at him. He asked me "Who allowed Wriddhiman Saha to have a go? any other debutants?......., it's a shame for us.hmmmm No.1 ranked team in the world." Questions followed one after the other. It took nearly 3 minutes for him to stop. He kept silent for 5 seconds.I thanked God for making me a cricket lover and realised that it was time for me to make my viewpoints,and told him "you cant always depend on Tendulkar,Dravid and Laxman. Other talented players should also be given chances..,no.,?" "what for? to make India suffer innings defeats" He started to raise his voice a bit more as the bus also started moving. It seemed he had no confidence in our budding talents. "Selection committie is making money, they are fooling us by worse selections. How disciplined are the Australians in this department?. No two a penny is allowed there. They are focussing on talents and what about ours...,? everyone knows.., what is happening.., " I gained more n more interest as the talk progressed. "Do u think they would give chances to the deserved.., never.., Where is Dhawan? Where is Raina? Were is ........?aren't they talented?" he raise cained with temper and told me another 3 or 4 names. I didn't get him as myself was not familiar with ranji players.He asked me "Do u know how much have they scored in Ranji matches?" conductor intervened "ticket plzzzz..," after collecting tickets.., we continued our talks."This brutal game by selection committie started right from the early days of Indian cricket. He told me about 10 to 20 names., which i never ever heard in my life and told me that they were not considered by the committie since they were from South during late 80s and early 90s. I thought he was a cricket fanatic, but wasn't. Every department in the nation is corrupted. He introduced himself as "George" and told me he works at Secretariat. "No officer in our gamut equals them in corruption",telling this he folded the paper and kept in his bag. His railleries gained him the attention of passengers. Before alighting at Changanacherry, he warned me "India will never become developed untill these kind of cancerous virus' are gunned down. 'Shankar' movie heros should become real for that to happen". "What he said is an absolute truth", i whispered before another "INDIAN" shared my double seat...........,
I was moving from Kottayam to Alleppey in a K.S.R.T.C bus after my routine classes @ RIT on a sunny Friday."2.30" was the reply from the Enquiry officer who looked around 50s, when i asked him about the departure time of Alleppey bus parked at 2nd platform. 2.15 i read the time from my watch. I moved towards the bus and occupied a window seat. After about 5 minutes a man came and sat next to me. He was having a newspaper "Deepika sayahnapathram". He was murmuring Turning the pages. I looked at him. He asked me "Who allowed Wriddhiman Saha to have a go? any other debutants?......., it's a shame for us.hmmmm No.1 ranked team in the world." Questions followed one after the other. It took nearly 3 minutes for him to stop. He kept silent for 5 seconds.I thanked God for making me a cricket lover and realised that it was time for me to make my viewpoints,and told him "you cant always depend on Tendulkar,Dravid and Laxman. Other talented players should also be given chances..,no.,?" "what for? to make India suffer innings defeats" He started to raise his voice a bit more as the bus also started moving. It seemed he had no confidence in our budding talents. "Selection committie is making money, they are fooling us by worse selections. How disciplined are the Australians in this department?. No two a penny is allowed there. They are focussing on talents and what about ours...,? everyone knows.., what is happening.., " I gained more n more interest as the talk progressed. "Do u think they would give chances to the deserved.., never.., Where is Dhawan? Where is Raina? Were is ........?aren't they talented?" he raise cained with temper and told me another 3 or 4 names. I didn't get him as myself was not familiar with ranji players.He asked me "Do u know how much have they scored in Ranji matches?" conductor intervened "ticket plzzzz..," after collecting tickets.., we continued our talks."This brutal game by selection committie started right from the early days of Indian cricket. He told me about 10 to 20 names., which i never ever heard in my life and told me that they were not considered by the committie since they were from South during late 80s and early 90s. I thought he was a cricket fanatic, but wasn't. Every department in the nation is corrupted. He introduced himself as "George" and told me he works at Secretariat. "No officer in our gamut equals them in corruption",telling this he folded the paper and kept in his bag. His railleries gained him the attention of passengers. Before alighting at Changanacherry, he warned me "India will never become developed untill these kind of cancerous virus' are gunned down. 'Shankar' movie heros should become real for that to happen". "What he said is an absolute truth", i whispered before another "INDIAN" shared my double seat...........,
