Its easily the most exciting, happening and buzzing time of the year. Undoubtedly the months of April and May are going to be the most important months not only for India but also for the enitre world because of the magnamanity of the 2 events taking place at the same time in bigger than ever form. One being the general elections of the biggest democracy of the world, which will see more than a billions voters turning up to vote for their man, their party and their government and on the other hand the staging of IPL-2009 which is only gonna be bigger and better with every passing season. There was quite a tussle between the two events, mainly on the staging and clash of dates of the two, though the election are a much bigger and important event by any standards but the governing body of IPL wasn't ready to compromise on their cash rich event, which is richer and more popular than the most high profile test series or odi tournaments between any top teams in world cricket.
If the Indian political circle has Mr Narendra Modi to add to the charisma and spice to the political circuit the IPL has Mr Lalit Modi with all his might and shrewdness to combat any obstacle on his way be it demotivating the rival ICL compatriots, be it convincing the most stubborn cricket boards to change their itinerary or be it the Indian Government itself for the scheduling of the tournament as per the decided schedule. Mr Lalit Modi tried all his skills in cajoling the various state governments to provide extra security beefing for the high profile event but it came out as a sheer coincidence that all the BJP governed states readily agreed to provide any level of security but the ones which were being governed by the Congress or the allied units straigtaway refused to provide so, stating that by no means they want to compromise on the security between this two high profile events, probably because the UPA government dont want a repeat of Mumbai terror attacks or Lahore Attacks on Srilankan players which very nearly cost them their government, so they didn't want to take any chances which might by any means hurt their reputation and on the other hand NDA and BJP led alliance is trying to make the most of it as they are not at the helm of things. No matter what but Mr Modi tried his best by coming up with many modified fixtures but eventually he had to move the tournament out of India because by no way he wanted to cancel it, missing out on the golden eggs which the cash rich Hen yields.
I wonder how much the guys from pretoria and johannesburg will understand and enjoy the rivalry between KOLKATA Knight Riders and CHENNAI Super Kings but then the stats say only 2 % of the people and revenues comes up from the spectators present in the stadium and the rest 98% comes up from the TV viewership and television rights and with the tournament being scheduled at the prime time slots of 4 pm and 8pm IST,its again gonna top the TRP ratings. But there isnt a surity that IPL ratings will be the sole winners, with so much drama, glamour and technology involved in elections this time around. All the major political parties have comeup with their promotional songs claiming lot many things which i actually doubt they have done and promising far lot many things which i am sure they can never do. They have also roped in personalities from the world of movies, sports and every corner possible to actually campaign and stand in elections thereby increasing the glamor quotient and temperatures during elections this time around. So when you see Priety Zinta, Salman Khan, Md Azharuddin, Sanjay Dutt, Madan Lal, Shilpa Shetty preaching you to vote in elections or emphasizing on the fact that why they should vote for a particular party don't mistake it with a film shoot or film scene, they are actually a part of some polictical party. With new demigods like Varun Gandhi, Raj Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi the heat is only gonna increase, and with pettier and nonsensical issues as their agendas to woe the voters, i pity on them what good they are doing to themselves or to the nation by such gimmicks but they are certainly giving lot of frenzy and readymade food to the news channel to reap upon. When the political arena will see these new faces playing there cards in such a high profile fashion the world of IPL will also see some charismatic and most expensive performers in the world of cricket in the form of Kevin Pieterson, Andrew Flintoff and J P Duminy. How these heavy weights actually fare in their respectve arenas is a different outlook altogether but the frenzy and the hoopla they are gonna create is going to be HUGE!
No matter who wins or who loses, 2 things are very clear, first being the fact that all the high profile celebrities who are actually preaching us the importance of a voting and the true and honest intent of their respective parties, wont be a part of this electoral process as they will be busy holidaying in South Africa watching the IPL matches and secondly Indian Masses will be the sole winner in this action packed period of 2 months with so many artisans performing in the grandest of circuses ever held in the history of mankind!
If the Indian political circle has Mr Narendra Modi to add to the charisma and spice to the political circuit the IPL has Mr Lalit Modi with all his might and shrewdness to combat any obstacle on his way be it demotivating the rival ICL compatriots, be it convincing the most stubborn cricket boards to change their itinerary or be it the Indian Government itself for the scheduling of the tournament as per the decided schedule. Mr Lalit Modi tried all his skills in cajoling the various state governments to provide extra security beefing for the high profile event but it came out as a sheer coincidence that all the BJP governed states readily agreed to provide any level of security but the ones which were being governed by the Congress or the allied units straigtaway refused to provide so, stating that by no means they want to compromise on the security between this two high profile events, probably because the UPA government dont want a repeat of Mumbai terror attacks or Lahore Attacks on Srilankan players which very nearly cost them their government, so they didn't want to take any chances which might by any means hurt their reputation and on the other hand NDA and BJP led alliance is trying to make the most of it as they are not at the helm of things. No matter what but Mr Modi tried his best by coming up with many modified fixtures but eventually he had to move the tournament out of India because by no way he wanted to cancel it, missing out on the golden eggs which the cash rich Hen yields.
I wonder how much the guys from pretoria and johannesburg will understand and enjoy the rivalry between KOLKATA Knight Riders and CHENNAI Super Kings but then the stats say only 2 % of the people and revenues comes up from the spectators present in the stadium and the rest 98% comes up from the TV viewership and television rights and with the tournament being scheduled at the prime time slots of 4 pm and 8pm IST,its again gonna top the TRP ratings. But there isnt a surity that IPL ratings will be the sole winners, with so much drama, glamour and technology involved in elections this time around. All the major political parties have comeup with their promotional songs claiming lot many things which i actually doubt they have done and promising far lot many things which i am sure they can never do. They have also roped in personalities from the world of movies, sports and every corner possible to actually campaign and stand in elections thereby increasing the glamor quotient and temperatures during elections this time around. So when you see Priety Zinta, Salman Khan, Md Azharuddin, Sanjay Dutt, Madan Lal, Shilpa Shetty preaching you to vote in elections or emphasizing on the fact that why they should vote for a particular party don't mistake it with a film shoot or film scene, they are actually a part of some polictical party. With new demigods like Varun Gandhi, Raj Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi the heat is only gonna increase, and with pettier and nonsensical issues as their agendas to woe the voters, i pity on them what good they are doing to themselves or to the nation by such gimmicks but they are certainly giving lot of frenzy and readymade food to the news channel to reap upon. When the political arena will see these new faces playing there cards in such a high profile fashion the world of IPL will also see some charismatic and most expensive performers in the world of cricket in the form of Kevin Pieterson, Andrew Flintoff and J P Duminy. How these heavy weights actually fare in their respectve arenas is a different outlook altogether but the frenzy and the hoopla they are gonna create is going to be HUGE!
No matter who wins or who loses, 2 things are very clear, first being the fact that all the high profile celebrities who are actually preaching us the importance of a voting and the true and honest intent of their respective parties, wont be a part of this electoral process as they will be busy holidaying in South Africa watching the IPL matches and secondly Indian Masses will be the sole winner in this action packed period of 2 months with so many artisans performing in the grandest of circuses ever held in the history of mankind!
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a very good summation of all the events nd happenings taking place nd going 2 take place in these 2-3 months...surely even i dont understand wat benefit wud the star presence bring 2 the party in their campaining,xcept drawing masses just 2 wach them..!!
ReplyDeletealso the selection of candidates wud surely nt affect the stars but wud surely do to the commonman..so dey r all doing it fr money...and IPL wud surely be a big hit even dis time with the broadcasting channels benefiting da most...hope we hav a startling season ahead...thanx bro fr making it all the more xciting
NIce work dude... very truly stated that two of the years biggest events are on the verge of commencement.
ReplyDeleteBut as you say IPl happening out of india is not good news. But still, I suppose that was the only solution because UPA government wanted the tournament to be posponed by a month, but that wasnt an option as all the cricketing countries had given these dates for the tournament and after a month most of them would be having a commitment to play elsewhere... And apart from that franchises who already started planning for the tournament aould have had to bear losses.
Modi suggested that both the events could have been managed by not keeping a match one day prior to and one day after the polling in any state. But major problem was the sync in the state and central government. And as far as point is concerned regarding the BJP state governments just one day after the MODI said "play all the matches in Gujrat, I will provide security", next day itself DIG of Gujrat police said that its not possible atleast for him to manage security for both the events.
So as we can see BJP just wanted to create an air that they are more capable than the UPA, But the real picture would have come out, if the event actually took place in the BJP lead states.
While one Modi talked, the other defied words and took action and good action too. He did a sensible thing by making the tournament go ahead and benefit all the four, bcci, players, franchises and off course we the viewers.
Ok now on the bigger event, I would just like to say vote for the better candidate in your area, who has a clear record and looks suitable, be it from any party.Keep an eye on people who want to trade their seats after elections fro money, who try to mislead us to fight our own brothers(Muslims of our own country) and to rouse unnecessary anger in us so that they can take advantage of our emotion, do watch out for people who say "this is my region and only my people have a right to live here, rest all will be beaten up and molested".
But guys do utilize your votes. Cheers!!!