"mangal"war

i wonder how many of u have seen mangal pandey - the rising. after a four year exile aamir khan is back with a bang. the theatres are jam packed and u can see serpentine queues extending far outside. people are eager to see the short statured khan in the role of the sepoy who started the sepoy mutiny.coinciding with the release of the movie comes a book called "Mangal Pandey: Brave martyr or Accidental Hero" by rudrangshu mukherjee. the book claims that whatever mangal pandey did was under the influence of "bhaang", a kind of narcotic substance, commonly consumed at the time of holi in north india.
mangal is said to have been a very dedicated soldier in the army.according to history the revolt had flared up due to greased catridges which were required to be bitten by soldiers before loading into the rifle. this "grease" was actually made from animal fat and this was deeply resented by the indian soldiers. so much that loyal ones like mangal turned against them.
the book claims that mangal was just an accidental hero but ends on a note of doubt.kudos to the author and the publishers for such a wonderful timing. i'm very sure that if it had been launched at any other time, very few copies would have left the stands.its a common phenomenon in india that whenever something good comes up, there is always something to create a controversy at the very same time and a number of puppet buffoons to sway to the tunes of these problem makers.i'm reminded of a joke with regard to this matter. once an american got very fascinated with crabs. he wanted to eat crabs , rear them and maybe start a crab farm. he went to a sea shore market to buy fresh live crabs. he saw many glass jars with crabs inside all of them secured carefully with lids. except one.he aws surprised and asked the shopkeeper the reason why that particular jar was open. the shopkeeper replied,"Sir, these are crabs from india. they dont need a lid because whenever one crab tries to get out, all the others pull it down!".Mera Bharat Mahan.

ashes, arsenal and the rest....

first things first..after coming back home from engineering i have become a major sports addict. i have been spending a considerable number of hours of my already short day in front of the idiot box watching sports channels. these are the same channels which were mercilessly swapped for some music or movie channel.but now i find myself totally enthralled by the feats of andrew flintoff, thierry henri,kimi raikonnen and their likes.

well to start off with ashes...anybody who saw the second test match at edgbaston must have enjoyed the match till the very last minute. after superb performances by the english folks in the first innings, australia got a blow(literally) from the english pace attack. the aussies who claimed that the only thing that scared them was kevin pietersen's hairdresser were in a tense situation. but some how they staggered on, inching slowly but steadily towards victory. but for the prescence of a blond haired giant called andrew flintoff! flintoff's spell in the second innings was truly mind blowing.michael vaughn was very happy with way things were turning out, but much to his disappointment shane warne and bret lee stuck to the pitch like glue.then warne hit his own wicket and went back to the pavilion. micky kasprowicz tried to hold on and was scoring runs slowly but was caught behind by G.jones on the match winning delivery of the day by harmison. everyone will agree that what the world witnessed that day was one of the finest moments of test cricket and 100% entertainment.

the kick off to the english premier league started off with the FA community shield last sunday. the match was between the premiership champions Chelsea and the FA cup champions arsenal who happen to be arch rivals. the match started off and jose mourinho's current favourite Drogba scored a goal in the 8th minute. this virtually shattered the arsenal fans(including me). well,agreed it was a clumsy piece of defence from the gunners but still it can only be considered as a freak goal coz there was so little skill involved. if u look at the ball possession statistics arsenal had 61 % of the possession and were playing really well. but one has to agree that chelsea is a very bad team to play against. especially when they have scored and u havent. Drogba scored another goal later and Arsene wenger was seen pacing about the stands, visibly in great tension. arsenal hit back with a great goal from fabregas, but eventually went on to lose the match. Chelsea it seems is in the habit of winning, which i hope breaks soon. they may be good players but this time round they were plain lucky.

now to the amusing part... star sports starts to air TNA wrestling ...DESI STYLE!! the promos are hilarious with yankee beefcakes sayin dialogues like " toffee khayega??" , "abey pappu", "godi chadhega" etc. its definitely something to watch out for! i bet it will be more hilarious than any of the sit-coms u are watching nowadays...
will keep posting...so keep reading.