Bleed Blue ...

With every passing ball of the match the picture is getting clearer. India will be playing Pakistan in the World Cup semi final which is at Mohali on Wednesday. The second semi final contestants are yet to be decided but taking into consideration the current situation of South Africa vs. New Zealand (188/5, 45.1), I guess RSA will make it to the semi finals.

For India, it was a well deserved consolidated win with mountain efforts coming from Yuvraj and Raina. Sachin and Gambhir did a splendid job of adding the scores to the board. Sachin also completed 18000 runs in ODI’s. Now, with every match he plays, there exists at least a record which stands broken or newly created by him. So, as it is normally said that this would be the last world cup Sachin would be playing, what else all Indians could dream of except for the win against Pakistan and eventually winning the World Cup?

India vs. Pakistan has been a war level match from ages. Its more than Cricket. Its more than scoring and defending. Its more than swears and bruises. India and Pakistan (and all the cricket playing nations) will witness the greatest match which every cricket lover had always yearned to see. The border clashes will be transformed onto the fields and even to the dressing rooms. Fate is undecided, but the attitude of the game is well in picture in front of everyone – heated and passionate. If we knock down the Pakis we would be entering the finals where there would be no stopping for the dreams and vows of every Indian in the entire world who would shout in one voice – Win India Win!

The entire India is ready to halt, watch, curse, abuse, bunk, off, swear and stretch the limits. The entire India is ready to get over its fear, pain, sufferings, mockeries and excuses. The entire India is ready to Bleed BLUE.

You can put the blame on me!

I am sorry to have left you all alone
I am sorry for the love so easily gone
I am sorry for the way you reacted
I am sorry for the ways that departed

I am sorry for the freak that I was
I am sorry for the misunderstandings that I parsed
How was I to know that your feelings bowed
I thought I was the perfect world that you showed

I am sorry for the feelings that went away
I am sorry for the lies that here now lay
I am sorry for making your life as hell
Now you can be happy is what I can tell

That is why I apologized to you
Else it would have been a shame on me
I was the reason for all your pain
So you can put the blame on me.

PS: The theme for this poem has been taken from Akon’s song – Sorry, you can blame it one. Read the original lyrics here. The poem in this blog post is essentially my original piece.

We are counting on you. This time, literally!

Yet another Thursday will arrive when all the Indian eyes would be glued to the television to see the fate of Indian team when they take the mighty Australia in the CWC 2011 quarter final. And there is one man for whom all the prayers will be channelized and all the swears would be taken. Yes, we are talking about Sachin Tendulkar. Somewhere deep down our heart, we feel that India would beat Australia as we are known to play the champs well. Also, we dream of a knock from Sachin similar to the Sharjah Cup when he had a killer innings from his bat.

The matter of the fact stays that India dooms down when Sachin knocks his best, but that is not all the times and there still exists times when it brings victory to India. This Wednesday needs to be such a time. All the hard work, determination, bruised body parts, ideology, thought process that Sachin has portrayed for all these years will have to bear sweet fruits of victory in this world cup. And I am sure, this is what he wants too. After virtually breaking almost every record in the history of Cricket, a world cup win is certainly a missing feather in his crown. If accomplished, he would be the king of kings. But again, it’s not his job alone. Team work has to play a very vital role in the victory.

I wish him and the entire Indian team all the best. May the best come to us, and may we see the best from him. The entire nation is bleeding, this time in blue. And the uproar will certainly have a positive effect if we transform this into a cup our nation deserves at this point of time.

All these billion people have eyes full of dreams which only you can fulfill and emotions which only you can do justice to. Do the magic and take India to the top of the world. Make us proud. Only you have that heavenly power. We all are counting on you. And this time, literally.