Oh No !!! Obama !!!

Barack Obama won the election because ...

He is a Democratic Nominee...(30% of the Votes just comes because you are Democrate, same other 30% Goes to Republican nominee)

He is NOT REPUBLICAN (10% of Votes Remember, Bush is Republican :) People were so frustrated with Bush Administration that they would have Voted for anyone with Democratic Ticket)

He is YOUNG Nominee compared to his Opposite Leader (3% of Voters, mostly young people voted for Obama)

He is African-American (3% of people who did not even voted anytime in their life, went out to vote because, of this)

He is a Smart Politician who BUY OUT CNN (3% of Voters) (only known authentic news channel that people of america follows)

He is a Shrewd Politician who THREW money in Florida to Win some necessary 5 to 10 of Votes to swing the state from RED to Blue. (1% of over-all votes)

Only 2-3% of Voters think, that He is actually smarters than what he looks and He could actually be a good President..

It is Amazing, How Illusion can ruin your dream and 2009 could be one of those year..........where those 2-3% people who voted for Obama thinking, He is INTELLIGENT,Strong, Clever etc. etc...would wake up and see the reality...

Ganguly's Replacement

I feel, Suresh Raina should be Ganguly's Replacement in the Test Squad but ongoing One-Day Series will determine whether it is Raina or Yuvraj or Kaif or S.Badrinath or Rohit Sharma or M.Vijay, who is taking his place.

My Thoughts on this can be viewed @ following youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYsfuuJzOAY

Indian Idol 4(Top 14)

Finally, We have Top 14 in Indian Idol season 4. Following are the list of contestants listed alphabetically.
1)Ananya Mishra
2)Bhavya Pandit
3)Kapil Thapa
4)Kuldeep Singh
5)Mohit Lalwani
6)Priyanka Negi
7)Prasenjit Kosambi
8)Rajdeep Chatterjee
9)Shini Kalvint
10)Sourabhee
11)Tulika Ganguly
12)Bhanu Pratap
13)Remo Ghosh
14)Torsha Sarkar

Following is the Order of my preference: (This order includes their singing ability, and their looks and their personality)

1)Rajdeep Chatterjee (I could relate to him, He sings great, looks good, smile's great, personality matches with one of my best friend, Ashutosh, Just Complete Package)
2)Bhavya Pandit (Bombaite, Sweet Singer, Sing Old Songs too)
3)Prasenjit Kosambi (Awesome Singer, Good Human Being)
4)Torsha Sarkar (Overall package, so far have sung non-challenging songs)
5)Sourabhee (Good Looks, Mix it up with Good Singing)
6)Tulika Ganguly (Good Looking)
7)Shini Kalvint (Fighter)
8)Kapil Thapa (Honest Singer)
9)Mohit Lalwani (Totla Singer, Good Actor)
10)Priyanka Negi (Can Only Talk, Cant Sing)
11)Kuldeep Singh (sing like Himesh with nose)
12)Remo Ghosh (can't sing)
13)Bhanu Pratap (hate him)
14)Ananya Mishra (hate her)

Following order is based on their Singing Ability Only(Not my liking but purely on my opinion on their Singing ability):-

Prasenjit Kosambi
Bhavya Pandit
Rajdeep Chatterjee
Ananya Mishra
Torsha Sarkar
Bhanu Pratap
Sourabhee
Shini Kalvint
Kuldeep Singh
Kapil Thapa
Mohit Lalwani
Tulika Ganguly
Priyanka Negi
Remo Ghosh

DADA-GIRI

DADA-GIRI

Prince of Calcutta or Bengal Tiger or Comeback Kid or Maharaja of Indian Cricket or Captain Courageous or God on Off-Side or Genius on Timing; Saurav Chandidas Ganguly has many nick-names. Out of all names though for Ganguly “Dada-Giri” suits him the best. He remains best and certainly most elegant and flashy Left Handed Batsman played for India.

Out of many achievements that he has been able to accomplish, injecting Spirit and Attitude in Indian Cricket Team via his idealistic “Dada-Giri” would be something for which he will be remembered for centuries. His Captainship single-handedly changed the Outlook of the Indian Team.

“DADA” as we affectionately call Saurav Ganguly has given many moments of success.

Out of all the moments, his waving shirt off at auspicious Lord’s Balcony after winning the unbelievable Net West Final is simply Unforgettable. This was aggression personified.

There are couple of one-day series against Pakistan at Toronto, where he was simply phenomenon with his gentle medium pacer bowling and when Man of The Match was getting decided before even the captain throw the coin for Toss.

It was Ganguly who played that magnificent century inning at Dhaka against Pakistan to chase down more than 300 runs. In Today’s World, 300 seems like a everyday story to chase but that was the inning and the year which gave entire India the hope that India can win the matches without Sachin Tendulkar’s Century.

First Test Match of 2004 Series, against Australia at Brisbane, one of the greenest Top and the person who is least likely to score even double digit runs (described by Pandits), this Bravest of all Captain, comes in and scored 144 runs against the best of the pace attack of Australia.

He recognized the very talent of many youngsters and stuck with them for entire his captainship era. Be It, Harbhajan Singh or Sehwag or Mohd. Kaif or Yuvraj Singh or Zaheer Khan; all remained part of his winning scheme and that was the key reason for India to be able to reach World Cup Final.

One of the remarkable things is, India has never Lost a Test Match when Saurav has scored a century, and only other batsman for India to achieve this task is G.R.Vishwanath.

After being humiliated by media and selectors to make a come back and deliver at the highest level can only be compared with Dennis Lillie who made a come back even after accident and Pataudi who lost his eyes.

Scoring 183 against Sri Lanka in World-Cup Final against World’s Best Off Spinner(chucker), and those “Dancing Down The Track” and hitting the ball out of ground type of sixes just makes the best viewable every time I turn on You-Tube.

Every 100 tells a story --> 100 @ Calcutta his home ground against Pakistan and then followed it up with double century, 100 @ Zimbabwe after Greg Chappell’s blame that he should not be part of playing XI , All 3 hundreds in England against the condition which many has described Ganguly is not equipped to play with.

I always felt, after Kapil Dev’s retirement that Indian Cricket will not be the same and then we found Tendulkar at his best and my favorite Azhar. After Azhar retired I said the same thing, cricket will not be fun to watch after the Artistic brilliance departed but then I found Lara and Gilchrist era. After Lara, Wasim Akram, Warne and Gilchrist gone, it was perhaps Ganguly and Sehwag who kept me awake at night to watch the game. Now After Dada’s departure, before I even feel a hole, I already have couple of favorites to watch the game, “M.S.Dhoni” and “Kevin Pietersen”.

Indian Idol Season 4

Top 10:



10 : Remo Ghosh/Kapil Thapa
Both of these guys are very jolly, fun-loving guys.

Kapil belongs to Army and loves three people that I love too, Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Shaan. This “Fauji bhai” is fearless and sing songs effectively yet effortlessly and most important sweetly.

Remo Ghosh is a school boy, cute looking baby face. He reminds me of Kunal Khemu who acted in Raja Hindustani. I have huge doubts over his singing capability, but then Indian Idol is not a singing contest, it is a VOTING contest, so he may surprise many people by going deep in the game with his image.

9 : Tulika Ganguly

I wish, Tulika could have participated in Miss India rather than Indian Idol contest. Her singing is not her best asset but her smile and look definitely is. I hope she makes it to the Top 10.

8 : Priyanka Negi

Another Delhi Gurl, along with Tulika and both of them represent “Young & Refreshing” India. Priyanka actually is a better singer going with her personality; I not only hope or wish but actually do believe she will make it in the Top 10.


7 : Mohit Lalwani

Mohit Lalwani reminds me a lot about my favorite Indian Idol 2 contestant Amey Date. Fluent and perfect singer going with that “X” factor makes him perfect candidate to be Indian Idol. However, Indian Idol has always given surprise results and I wont be surprised if this guy falls out in the middle of the game due to lack of votes. I also think that he has a bit of “TOTLA PAN” in his singing.

6 : Akanksha Palkar

This girl gives me an impression of “Making of another Lata Mangeshkar”. She has typical sweet and clean marathi voice. Her best performances are yet to come.

5 : Prosenjit Kosambi

Another MARATHI MANUS; reminds me a lot of my friend, Rohan Jamdar. He has same kind of confident attitude, and belief. You can add classical singing and MA in Music, which gives you the idea of how talented this kid is.

4 : Torsha Sarkar

She was no where near to my favorite zone until she sang, “Chura Liya Hai Tumne”. Although, I personally believe that this particular song itself is so sweet and melodious that anyone with good singing capability can make this song memorable. She has the personality of a champion in making if she get her focus right.

3 : Rajdeep Chatterjee

My Personal favorite is Rajdeep and I guess he is Judges Favorite too. He has tremendous range and he can take up any challenging songs at the same time can sing, slow melodious songs effectively as well.

2 : Sandeep Ubale

It is a very tough choice to make in between, Rajdeep and Sandeep. Both of them are talented and both of them are best equipped to become Indian Idol. Who Would Win the Battle and who will Miss out, is very hard to tell.

1 : Bhavya Pandit

I guess after 3 MEN Indian Idols, It is high time for a girl to be an Indian Idol. Bhavya is perfectly fit for it. She has that “Lata-Aasha” kind of voice with modern touch. She has very good personality to add to her singing.

There are other talented singers in the competition who unfortunately are not part of my Top 10.

Ananya , I think is very overrated and arrogant kid.
Keshav Prasad, Charit Dixit, Kuldeep Singh, Megha Sharma, Roshan, Sourabhee, Sreejita does not even belong to Top 20 list.

Shini may make it in Top 12 and so is perhaps Nirali.

Bhanu Pratap is a good singer but he is MALE RAKHI SAWANT, too much drama.

Red Sox Lost

Red Sox lost to Tampa Bay Rays. Disappointed Yes, Sure It is. But when you look back, it is a season which could give lot of confidence for the years to come for the young blood and fen way fans.

Post-Season this time had limited Beckett, their ace pitcher which helped to kind of rise to occasion ability for Lefty Lester and phenomenon Dice K. Not to forget, Red Sox were without experience Curt Schilling from the start of the season. Red Sox Front Office would have quiet a discussion about Schilling’s Future when it comes to next season. Best case scenario for Red Sox is Beckett, Lester and Dice K healthy for the full season and post season, but planning can not consider the best case scenario and they need to add helping hand in the pitching staff. I thought , not considering SANTANA Deal was a major set back at the start of 2008 season and lets hope that red sox staff doesn’t miss out that kind of golden opportunity at the start of 2009 season. One of that Opportunity available is to grab C.C. Sabathia from Brewers.

Red sox were great to have Papelbon in the bullpen and I hope he would choose to stay there for 2009 season as well. But He definitely needs better support in setting him up. One of the person to let go is Mike Timlin. He blew up many games for Red Sox. First thing first though, they need to re-hire Okajima who was absolutely brilliant entire season and post season. They should try to get someone like Cruz from Arizona or Fuentes from Rockies as they are free agents.

One of the biggest positives from 2008 season was the outfield players from red sox. With Manny out they would definitely struggle to make key plays but their outfield would be strong with Bay, Crisp, Drew and Ellsbury. I would say, Outfield is something where Red Sox needs to stick to this four players. There are many high profile hitters available in the market such as Ramirez, Abreu, Crawford, Dunn, Edmonds, Guerrero, Monroe etc. but I think, Red Sox need to concentrate more to strengthen their pitching staff rather than hitting staff.

Mike Lowell’s departure in the middle of the post season was a huge blow to Red Sox. They missed him dearly but this was one of the mistakes that Red Sox did in the open market last year. When they knew that they are not going to pursue Santana deal on the expense of Lester then they should have went for Cabrera.

Looking at the positives for 2009 is that, Red Sox can take any of the in field capability in the market available. If they can get good first baseman, they can move Youkilis to Third Base and keep Lowrie/Lugo @ short stop. If they can get good third baseman, they can keep Youkilis @ first base. If they can get good Short Stop in place of Lugo deal, they should take it, move Lowrie to Third base and keep Youkilis @ First. So There are lot of options available but they need to get one strong in fielder.

Casey Blake move was heart breaking when red sox knew that Lowell is injured and they did not pursue that deal, they will get the same opportunity in the middle of off season and they should grab it, unless they are eyeing, Joe Crede from White Sox or Chipper Jones from Atlanta. If they can not get the third baseman, there is always an option open for Teixeira from Angels for first base position and he can definitely fill in Ramirez’s shoes at number 4 spot.

There is a sign at the back of many cars, which says, “I support Red Sox and each and every team who hates Yankees” , So, Looking @ the brighter picture of 2009, Lets Wish Rays for their first ever World Series Campaign !!!!

Lets go Red SOX

Bottom of 7th Inning. This is the 5th game of the series. Red Sox are down 3 game to 1. Red Sox are down @ home and rays are about to sweep against Red Sox @ home.

Bottom of 7th Inning. Big Papi has just one hit in 11 @ bat. Team is struggling. Red Sox faithfuls are walking towards their home. But Wait Wait Wait ...Its FENWAY PARK ...How can this Park disappoints and here comes a thriller.

Bottom of 7th Inning. Big Papi gives the hope with 3 run homer and scores are 7-4.

Bottom of 8th Inning: J D Drew homers and scores are 7-6.

Bottom of 8th Inning: Crisp brings Kotsay home by and scores are LEVEL. Spectators are dancing and beer bottles are flowing.

Bottom of 9th .......Are you kidding me...Ofcourse Ofcourse Ofcourse ....RED SOX WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN....We are going to TAMPA BAY !!!!!!!!