I clicked on ‘Like’..

I am a fan of football...but yes I like tennis as much as I love cricket or badminton or hockey or may be kabadi....
Though she was one of my favorite athlete...I never felt the urge to have a like on Maria ‘s page until today..
When I saw the news feed in Facebook... “Naizam Olakara likes Maria Sharapova.” 12 hrs ago...
My hands just moved and clicked ‘Like Maria’ in a fraction of second...
I felt like relieved... as if I have undone something wrong on behalf of my country....
It was like a statement to make
“Maria - I DON’T CARE IF YOU KNOW SACHIN OR AMITABH - for me YOU ARE A STAR – and this ‘Like’ is for that... “

Now it’s being more than 24 hours... since I followed this scene...
... listening to all the drama and comments on the FB, whatsapp and news channel...
And I am still not able to digest what disrespect are we dealing here ? why this drama of devotion...?
Is it just another viral at this moment – until we get a new one..
I don’t know if I am feeling a bit ashamed of myself now – to be part of this country....
May be shame is not the right word....I don’t know how to put it across...

I admire Sachin so much, grown up seeing his magic , and I do like the title of ‘God of cricket’.
But I wouldn’t care if someone at other end of the world never heard of Sachin...
If you were a true great fan of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar – this would not have come from you...from any one of you...
I now ponder – how many true fans does Sachin have - ?
All those who reacted without a morality – do they really love their God?
Feels so very sad and pathetic and helpless at this state....yuck!!!

But yes- I think this is not the problem of People of India or Kerala .....
I sadly realize the truth.. and hence do not feel to blame the mindset of all these people .
This is how India is... isn’t it?
A country where we have more than one living Gods....
It’s a country of many religions, many Gods, many Heroes, much much much ..or many many more worshiping idols...
And it’s true – we all have closed hearts.. ..and yes we don’t have enough faith in our own God...
So if someone throws a stone at our God – all we know is – pick a bigger stone than that and throw back at him/her..
Yes in an instant – we become the guardians of our own God...
We don’t believe in faith, nor love, nor patience, nor conscience - when the question is about hurting one’s religion...
whatever that religion may be...it does not matter... we become the brutes..
And as my friend Rai – commented - there are Frogs in the well ....
Yes... that’s right.. A big well... many frogs in the well..... as if this this country has made a promise to itself
to…let’s join in creating more frogs or push some more of us into this big round happy well.
May be this is how we are.....it’s a sign that we have to grow up ... and yes a long way to go...

The hate my country has exhibited in this topic is so mammoth....
It may take years to forget this one...or may be never forgotten at all...
I am sure – when one day Sachin meets Maria – and they have a table to share...
Sachin may be happy to apologize on our behalf...that’s the kind of man he is...
And yes now all of us... can be proud.. that’s the reward we give him...
....may be realize a little late what we did to this so called ‘God’.

P.S : Writing this post – itself was embarrassing to me...thinking of what religion has done to us.

Flags going down....

This is what World cup is all about..
It was clear…the paced play .... the true way of European football…..in the semi’s..
The way a team should play in the semi finals… that’s what Spain showed yesterday…

Deserved win for Spain….
Can’t find words how to praise their midfield and defending , when Germany is in tears…
:-( :-( :-( Hm.... mm... stil trying to get out of that gusty feeling....

History repeated for Germany to get thrown out in the semi’s once more…
Due that Muller was missing the match….??
Or for the Euro champs to stay in the title….??
Six players involved in the 2008 victory played the games..??
The three man - one ball funda that spain adapted…??
Germany’s all the time inability to play well in pressure…??
Or the Octopus was so hungry for the right food….??
Everything seemed to fall in space for the Spain…
They played truly well…and no german strategy or technics could break that….
I find no shame in admitting that…
Bu yes, I wont say germnay didn’t play well….they did the defending, they tried to move on with strikers..
but in vain, nothing got into bloom.... they always lose the game after half time….
And this time it happened too….like all times...



Now , the flags are down, the only hope is to fight for the third place..
Let that history repeat as in 2006…. And I hope Klose can score one or two more..
Its true favourites remain favs all times...no matter what..so I count him still...
may be last match in the world cups for him... this saturday...hm... :-(





The fever is subsiding for me… like for those ..already gone down for other heroes like Brazil and Argentina….
First time in Finals.....I hope Spain fights for the cup well..!!!!! and lift it for sure!!!

4 – 0 - was more than what I thought :-)

I had wondered if Joachim Low was the right choice when Klinsmann gave his way…
For Klinsmann was my star in 2006...and can’t stop admitting that I had a crush on him…!!!
The team proved it right yesterday…when the score hit 4-0 with Aussies….
Guess , I wasn’t in any doubts that the match would be in favor…
For the favourite - the golden boot - Klose was on the field…
His 11th goal in world cup career…..no surprises that it was a header..
as he had scored most of them in the same way…
Being his third world cup this time, his experience showed up the way for others in the team too..:-)

You rock.. …Miroslav Klose!!!
Just wanna see you score more… may be a 4 more hits away to break the world record..:-)

hm…i missed Zidane on the grounds this time – and in any other matches other than with Germany , you would see me cheer this season for France..too…!!!


I love to watch world cup – no matter what – remember all those years in my teenage…
having sleepless nights – just to see the match…fights @ home for staying awake late nights!!
This time as its in SA – lucky enough to get some sleep by 2am – and rush to office in the mornings!!
I don’t know when that passion for football swallowed me ....more than cricket..!!
None of the teams were my favourite… each time I used to revolve around players… Maradona, Beckham , Bagio, Baichung , Ronaldo, Zidane.....

But yeah, since 2002 .. I support Germany .. :-)
last time they missed…but this time I am sure….they are gonna lift the cup (fingers crossed)

I know it’s after a long time I am scribbling something, but feeling good , that the trigger had to be from FIFA.