Thursday, February 15, 2018

The 51-day IPL clash that would lose its sheen and bash

The 51-day IPL clash that would lose its sheen and bash

As 51-day  Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament begins in India on April seven it won't feature any player with the name Michael Bevan. The 51-day melee would see security at its tallest grid as those team players would feature who were retained with renewed bid. The interest of sports enthusiasts would be centrepiece of this 50 plus one day event; the public would roar and revel with enough bottles bought. Some would come to the stadium drunk and destined to deliver a lecture knowing fully well who all players would be filmed and revealed in the picture.

The opening match would be at Wankhede in Mumbai and the final too would be at the same spot; the day the curtains come down on this tournament one would actually get to know the number of tickets bought. Passes and persuasive skills would be at play as a large number of aficionados won't like to touch the cash tray. Some teams like Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings would pull out all the stops to wish and win knowing fully well the rules of the game won't be altered in the din. The 51-day event won't see India stop on its track; the coming months would see the waning influence of the tournament and its likelihood to crack. It will be the 11th edition with none, players and public included, slapped with charges of sedition. Doping and the dossier on the same would begin to find its way once the tournament reaches its peak and begins to grey. For the past ten edition this event had the country in its thrall; the peak day clashes seeing traffic crawl.

Commensurate to this IPL kicking off on April seven is a report in a national daily (HT) to link Delhi ring rail with Metro belly. This measure won't kick in as there are no land left where ring rail in the city could expand and beam. Hoping that traffic would dwindle by half if metro network is linked with ring rail right at the heart; the one and only measure that can reap dividends is when ring rail is expanded at a massive expense. This idea should have been thought right at the time when first lines were being laid for Delhi Metro; now one is thinking of linking ring rail with metro when the land is lying in the ghetto. Only a surcharge on any household having second car can bring the traffic down by fifty per cent any other move will only keep alive the pent up anger scent. Cases of road rage and no road cess in the city of Delhi has brought to a miserable stage the traffic toast as residents of the city with thick wallets have large cars to boast.

If reports are to be believed the City of Cape Town is seeing no water crown (water shortage); this same episode can resonate in India if people don't recede and delink from water wastage phobia. Water is a resource that should be preserved, wasting money seen as a normal practice and that should be curbed. The ruling party's decision to hold a big Shivaji event (Asian Age report) is a waste of time and money; it would have been better to create employment opportunities in Maratha Fort with enough penny. It would be better to raise resources for healthcare rather holding such events as they are seen as wooing people with elections in mind knowing fully well that electorate won't be kind. 

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