Ambimama - India

I know I am late. But the 800th wicket also came late. And I found the Srilankans not so celebrating as we do in India! The crowd was decent and Murlidaran’s family also polite. And the Prime Minister was excellent. Is this the Lankan’s behaviour? I am really impressed and I really love them - whether they are Buddhists, Muslims or Hindus!

And I am proud that Murli chose Chennai as his best choice!

I was watching India-Srilanka test match on TV and was waiting and waiting. Murali still has not got his 800th wicket. Of course he will get his 800, but when? May be after lunch. Test match is not a bore to watch, as it requires lot of patience. It is not like football where the action is maximum upto one and half hours. Here the time is plenty and it sure requires a different skill to concentrate to be in to win. Some of the batsmen say that after some time the cricket ball looks a football to them and they can play it comfortably. But if the pitch turns, then you have to apply all your skills to bat. That is Cricket – the pitch is the key and even a best player feels difficult to bat or bowl.

So will Muthiah get his 800? I will watch after lunch and wish the electricity is there. It is the most unpredictable thing – power cuts!

I need to give some information on Money making, though making money is difficult. It all depends on how much you want to make. If you are already rich (have a good house and resource to pay for the extra things other than food and clothes) what I write may not interest you.

I am here with you, the suffering and enjoying middle class. I enjoy my TV, food and other weekly outings. But I get bored. So what should I do? Help the poor and disabled children or elderly? The Government is spending huge money for all that I have mentioned, but none of us know how the money is spent or care to look for how the money is spent. We read papers and take things for granted. When a Government is corrupt we fail to take notice of it. So we are responsible for the state we are in. Is there a way out? The answer is a big one – we Indians should be happy with the way we are leading our lives.

India is a country with ample scope of work in social activities. Old age and Children, sick and poor, there is scope for plenty. Attitude to work and without monetary benefit comes at old age only. I wonder at young people working on these. God really helps them and their families. Social work needs no publicity and even the pleasure from working is to be denied. Just working must be the goal.

England lost the important match and the sure the enthusiasm was lost due to a very bad decision by the referee. Other important sports use the latest technology, but football though uses all the latest in aspects like dress, stadiums, cameras, shoes and even coverage does not use in deciding very important goals. It depends on human errors and that too important ones.
At least the camera shown to the public on TVs could have avoided the technology. But public was shown the error and it has really brought bad sense and name to the game and referees. I wish the next world cup will depend on cameras to avoid this error in judgement.