The Small Voice

In the slogans of politicians we might have seen the country shining and the general feeling of well being. But then the voters didn’t share the sight, lo and behold out went India’s shine of the window. But then, maybe it was not just an apparition, a sleight of hand, empty feel good of the khaddar illusionists. Maybe something was indeed changing. Slowly but surely, a silent revolution has been overtaking the country. Its glimpsed on an every day, when the average salesman tries so hard to push his wares down your throat. The local grocer starts delivering groceries at the doorstep on a mere phone call. The same kirana guy who was the hoarder-villain in the old bollywood movies has became the friendly guy to the housewives. That ennui and the inertia that had so intricately woven cobwebs around the socialist India is gone today. But that is just the tip of the main change that I see now. We Indians are a movie crazy nation. We revere our movies and they in turn, reflect our own minds...

We recently came across an article exhorting Saurav Ganguly, the former India captain to have retired from the team and have called it a day right at the beginning of the controversy with Greg Chappell. I fully understand, that the issue between the two was a most intricate one and one believes that there was much more to that than a clash of egos. Though the press did its best to bring out the matter to the fore, yet one has a feeling there was more hidden than revealed. Whatever be the matter, ironically today, neither of the two former adversaries, are meeting with much success in their respective areas. While Saurav has failed with the bat time and again, Mr. Chapell’s initial success with the team, appears today more to do with the superlative form of the players(read the captain) rather than his own leadership/coaching brilliance. While each can take heart in the respective failure of the other, the fact remains that they must also do some introspection as to how to improv...