'Gang'uly is no more with the Gang!

The extraordinary Indian cricketer Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, popularly known as the Bengal tiger among the fans, has bid farewell to his team & the international cricket recently. Ganguly's contribution to Indian cricket is no ordinary. In a country where cricket is a religion, he would be remembered as the most capable captain. He has been the most successful test skipper of Indian cricket. Under him, Indian team regularly won the tests overseas which was not that prominent until Sourav stepped in.

Ganguly was always ready to come back with great energy whenever he was put down under deep pressure. Ganguly, as a captain made remarkable changes to the team in order make the team get used to winning and not to lose. He encouraged new talent and it is said that even the BCCI( Board Of Control for Cricket in India) could not stop a new player coming into the field if Ganguly is confident about the potential of the player. He instilled the fighting spirit in the team for them to fight back and not to lose hope of winning. There were times when many questions were raised against his moves, but Dada says that he did everything in the best interest of the team's progress. Indian cricketing scene has changed a lot with the times, but the changes associated by the contributions of players like Ganguly are truly inspiring. He made a great comeback after he was not included into the squad in between due to his poor performance in few matches then. The way he was back is certainly a ray of hope & a wonderful saga of inspiration to all the new aspirants of cricketing career.

The last day of the Border Gavaskar Test series is indeed a very emotional day for India as Dada bid farewell to the game. Ganguly has repeated his stunt by throwing of his shirt in to the crowd, which every cricket fan loved. When asked, he told that one among the fans was shouting for his shirt and he threw it. Ganguly was candid in saying that he was misunderstood many times by the cricket fraternity. He also admitted that no place for him in the One Day International squad is also one of the reasons for his retirement and says that he took so much time to make this decision. He says that he still can play but wanted to retire.

No matter what, Ganguly will be remembered forever for his aggressive captaincy and splendid statistics of the game. Other than this, he was also voted the Bengali No 1 in the CNN IBN polls. He says that he would miss Sachin & other players. To the surprise of Ganguly, he got a t-shirt signed by his team members with the courtesy of his wife. Finally Ganguly will no more be with the gang & the gang will miss Ganguly, so will we.

Oh-balm-aah! worked magically to create history

On a Tuesday night when the world was eager to know the future of the American political scenario, walked the first African American president Barack Obama to deliver the historic victory speech. Yes the Americans who were feeling Oh! were relieved by the balm to make them feel Aah!. The new balm which relieved the pain of the majority of the American population is called Obama( Oh-balm-aah!).
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has created history by defeating his Republican rival John McCain to become the first Black President of the United States. The 47 year old democratic senator was successful in convincing the large crowds who wanted a change. The would be president celebrated his election victory at the Grant park in Chicago where close to a million people were present to witness the moment which transformed the political scene of the USA. While I was watching him speak, I felt that the magic of words is no less than the magic of a pain relieving balm when you are in extreme pain. I now understand the greatest strength that one could carry is to have the charm & magic of words which can influence & draw people towards you. He uses few realistic examples like a 106 years old woman casting her vote to make the crowd understand the way America has transformed over the years. Whatever we say, the magic has worked on the majority of the American population who now are happy to hear Obama speak.
He is a great admirer of Mahatma & draws huge inspiration from the works of Mahatma. He believes in the transformational change that can be brought in if all the ordinary people join together to do extraordinary things. That could be the reason he might have tried working extra ordinarily with other ordinary people. It was really good to see him making the optimum use of all the available resources, like all forms of media to raise contributions for campaigns to spreading the word over. I could notice the spark in his eyes while he was delivering the historic victory speech which tells us that hard work pays. Obama having an experience of just 3 years in the senate has really worked hard to achieve this. Finally the day has come where America proved that it is ready for the change. With the kind of commitment towards the betterment of the American society, Obama is sure to create a remarkable history. The struggle that he went through since his childhood before he arrived here is worth mentioning. Obama had a troubled adolescence in which he struggled with his biracial identity as he was born to a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas. Obama finally achieved some thing very big which makes the entire nation proud, especially the African American community. The African American community has reasons to celebrate & have found their pain reliever, Oh-balm-aah! the sigh of relief.