HONEY! I ‘DUMPED’ THE KIDS…

Last few weeks have been grueling, both physically and mentally. From social gatherings to personal commitments, each and every experience has squeezed the best out of me. But I seldom have the right to complain.
Why not?
Why should I not complain about my daily struggle in the past few weeks? When a million Indians can complain of the poverty, unemployment, corruption, etc. then why should I be the odd one out? Or on the contrary, when the entire country is down with the election and cricket fever, whom am I supposed to complain?
But I am too busy to complain against these ‘petty’ things. What I want to complain really about is wtf (read as where the f**k) have I landed? Neither can I display my charismatic analytical skills in politics nor can I provide my million dollar tips on cricket.
The Reason(s):
What to watch?
What should I go for? Should it be the IPL or the General Elections? It is another matter that I have to go by what the hooligans in the common room of the hostel prefer.
First let me talk about the IPL (Indian Premier League) which has started with a bang. It was great to watch the old war-horses fire and lead their respective teams to the podium. ‘The Wall’ stood tall when a little known bowler (nothing needs to be reminded about his batting prowess) created an early havoc in the red camp. Together with the new skipper of the men in red, he laid a solid foundation for the team. Then when it was speculated that the Challengers might miss the services of Zak (a.k.a. Zaheer Khan), another fighter of yesteryears, Jumbo, claimed a neat fiver. Then came another showpiece from the master. It was the aamchi mumbai flavor of Sachin and the the prodigy, Abhishek Nayar. Seriously speaking, I am personally betting on the men in yellow, the Chennai Superkings, to go all the way. With Freddie being hit for 3 sixes in an over, the morale must have been down. With the batting going out of sorts, it was all but over in the first encounter for Dhoni’s men.
Just when I thought I am just about ready to release my trillion dollars worth predictions and trends, I heard that around 62% of polling was recorded in the first phase.
What went right? Is this the Youngistaan effect? Or have the people become smart enough to avoid further crisis by bringing some awkward coalition to New Delhi? So passionate was our Sanju baba (Sanjay Dutt) that he offered a ‘jaadu ki jhappi’ to our behenji! To tell something who are going out of sorts, a high polling % helps in bringing a stable government and if this trend is to continue for the coming phases then only two possible coalitions can make it and I bet the one who makes it will make it comfortably. My sixth, seventh and eight senses predict that ‘the Congress ka haath will pluck out the Lotus and dump it in the opposition’. Regional parties will come up and create some unnecessary drama and the run up to the formation of the government will be spicy hot.
But the biggest regret will be that I will be unable to cover this ‘YAATRA’ and also the other in distant South Africa. These two are my ‘kids’ and I being the ‘Guru’ (??????) has till 1:30 A.M., 21st April, 2009 no choice but to dump it.
Mr. Reagan, I am borrowing this from you:
HONEY (WHEREVER YOU ARE), I DUMPED THE KIDS!!!...