tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28150819638938394592024-03-05T01:54:50.812-08:00KID n TRAMPThis blog is my window to communicate with the world outside. This is the space where the Kid in me explores his mind like a Tramp without any definite goal but with infinite hopes somewhat inexplicable even to self. In a nutshell, I live here in my own world of words.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-86195745811835312622015-08-28T06:10:00.001-07:002015-08-28T11:25:07.999-07:00How to learn from own mistake and excel: Steve Smith simplified <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admitting mistakes and accepting mistakes are not same. Practically, an admission means nothing without an acceptance. That's why, most of the criminals remain criminals; most of the politicians remain politicians; most of corporate executives remain corporate executives.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, such an acceptance is not possible unless one has that (open) mind to understand you can only learn from your mistakes if you realise the mistake and regret it rather shamefully.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basically, minus that shame, no learning is possible, and without learning, earning is possible, but excellence is impossible.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And greatness lies in excellence, not in earning. Hence, whoever wants to be great, tries to excel, responsibly.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After getting dismissed, cheaply, in both the innings at Trent Bridge, Steven Smith aka Steve Smith felt that shame, as he had bothered to realise his mistakes, as precisely as possible. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For that, he accepted his limitations and was quite open to admit: <i>"I think if you look at the way England play over here, all of their bowlers swing the ball both ways. It makes it a lot harder to bat against when the ball is swinging both ways. I think when you've got the ball swinging both ways you can get drawn into balls that perhaps you wouldn't play at back home or if the ball is swinging just the one way.</i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div>
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At Trent Bridge I didn't face too many balls, so I wasn't able to get myself in. First innings I got a reasonable ball and looking back I could have left it on length, more than anything. Second innings I just hit a half-volley straight to the man at cover-point there, where they were trying to get me. Pretty disappointing not to have been able to get myself in in the last two Test matches."</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His assessment about his own faults and follies was right on the money, as shown in the following four pictures: </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoN_pvh8Lcu0WMywMRX4kRUSN6RWyD7jxQn5ulOeKKEkuotzK1BDuFoH2NbkchrYXBf9gem_5p1rozBhbQC5YmnyyiiHPIhyeaK8OO17MqGBqq4_IN5k7lBIMJxAnpgtgIzPPUP1XgjUqe/s1600/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+1st+Innings+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoN_pvh8Lcu0WMywMRX4kRUSN6RWyD7jxQn5ulOeKKEkuotzK1BDuFoH2NbkchrYXBf9gem_5p1rozBhbQC5YmnyyiiHPIhyeaK8OO17MqGBqq4_IN5k7lBIMJxAnpgtgIzPPUP1XgjUqe/s400/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+1st+Innings+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxqhDXxmnWrdBoxZpzyJTIz2pNNlLkxdd0X7I5v6pKrN0moj8YS-EQ_d2joQ4VpyTYM6IN9w3rEr3GSRJCfgR6O8nAuoO-A5ku3fBUc8GrKKwn1nzCjUJQcvisu4kHkiscyExFLLm-2Tw/s1600/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+1st+Innings+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxqhDXxmnWrdBoxZpzyJTIz2pNNlLkxdd0X7I5v6pKrN0moj8YS-EQ_d2joQ4VpyTYM6IN9w3rEr3GSRJCfgR6O8nAuoO-A5ku3fBUc8GrKKwn1nzCjUJQcvisu4kHkiscyExFLLm-2Tw/s400/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+1st+Innings+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WfxgaAPrBlJR8oUDiSe7inIqXIRuQNicDvlGPwQlu2Pa0fGKehbp4cLJORvsVcH3-aPRmY4QujBnIUxBMZVpWn_zFuwEcpVbRJjV8cMGZOPiV36mERFmZ0Ixl6H_TVw3bSiHv0Bdw27b/s1600/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+2nd+Innings+1+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WfxgaAPrBlJR8oUDiSe7inIqXIRuQNicDvlGPwQlu2Pa0fGKehbp4cLJORvsVcH3-aPRmY4QujBnIUxBMZVpWn_zFuwEcpVbRJjV8cMGZOPiV36mERFmZ0Ixl6H_TVw3bSiHv0Bdw27b/s400/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+2nd+Innings+1+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgxlkU8VwzDDfcSV1YsdAZ_7NFW-UcSerMSvvvBwOVrgZeDmm2ik6BVafWv6gRvYoFu8qB-HQwOcojgS0vL21EnHioUVE4QKWtexBN6CujzcsY5XBahypnYWTTSbsAHWQA7w82tBwDX2E/s1600/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+2nd+Innings+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgxlkU8VwzDDfcSV1YsdAZ_7NFW-UcSerMSvvvBwOVrgZeDmm2ik6BVafWv6gRvYoFu8qB-HQwOcojgS0vL21EnHioUVE4QKWtexBN6CujzcsY5XBahypnYWTTSbsAHWQA7w82tBwDX2E/s400/Steve+Smith+Trent+Bridge+2nd+Innings+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the first innings, he was squared up instead of remaining side-on thus couldn't deal with the delivery that was seaming away from him. And in the second innings, he was drawn into a half-volley away from his body, which he latched onto and played early in front of him, but not below his eyes, thus couldn't keep it down. Plus, the back-heel remained rooted to the ground that didn't help the transfer of weight onto the front-foot. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then came the Oval test, where he completed his 11th century with all poise, as well as poignancy of losing the urn and the Ashes to England in the previous test only. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite the pensive mood, Smith showed the prudence of his class to excel all through his innings before getting out thanks to an inside edge, while he was squared up once again to play a predetermined shot in order the accelerate the run accumulation.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1r9tdP0MaHIydeYetTOPUnj7a-8ltctylP8UMpN4u3isIYuH7sZFJLlf-OAKlTv4LzMcViVkwYqO-RWn3HY8hfyFKCXcQbAHRPSOP1dGY94sbH0op9cE5Rlc7HIgR7HjB3VV9Py3JG6A/s1600/Smith+9+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1r9tdP0MaHIydeYetTOPUnj7a-8ltctylP8UMpN4u3isIYuH7sZFJLlf-OAKlTv4LzMcViVkwYqO-RWn3HY8hfyFKCXcQbAHRPSOP1dGY94sbH0op9cE5Rlc7HIgR7HjB3VV9Py3JG6A/s400/Smith+9+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Save for one occasion, while he was on 71 and tried to lift the ball straight up over the bowler's head to dash, Steve's entire innings was flawless and fluent, clearly sending the message across that he learned from his mistakes and therefore wouldn't commit the same mistake again. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Uydq_BsBco_tVRLARA0beaxxUsk5W3bv-OwTZ_2RbceFoJYXhbop4t3qjOQsvE2CcXr4XUsmmROZCpxHB_nUcdnPhm2dYd9qA8Z0W7976RGeKdfN3mLGqmm6E9dA5pWoCbWpeCYKKSX5/s1600/Smith+3+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Uydq_BsBco_tVRLARA0beaxxUsk5W3bv-OwTZ_2RbceFoJYXhbop4t3qjOQsvE2CcXr4XUsmmROZCpxHB_nUcdnPhm2dYd9qA8Z0W7976RGeKdfN3mLGqmm6E9dA5pWoCbWpeCYKKSX5/s400/Smith+3+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He remained side-on, was eager to wait for the ball, and kept playing as late as possible, having the ball right below his eyes. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was in total command and control on the front-foot and on the back-foot by letting his head remain on top of the ball. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His shuffling was calculative and decisive, while he kept cutting the ball, even exposing all three stumps. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6UFuEW8JrH_dA8mB5Aqj8_EUQW_zA1P0VN_R1IB56eTH63BrKeTkTsEP6ZObkLHpJWmh43T2NHmGFsTnJ7O60_hCoalNnk4dLHOMyVsJVwLMsrKQ9iubUwGMoXDLVNnOCbdwMsvnsh4v/s1600/Smith+1+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6UFuEW8JrH_dA8mB5Aqj8_EUQW_zA1P0VN_R1IB56eTH63BrKeTkTsEP6ZObkLHpJWmh43T2NHmGFsTnJ7O60_hCoalNnk4dLHOMyVsJVwLMsrKQ9iubUwGMoXDLVNnOCbdwMsvnsh4v/s400/Smith+1+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VX1WQEo8AA1hH5Ysu1thXCcUyondRVkXFmLPFA6f7wD2XFg-jcPMnHc4Pnn72kv7LecD4sEr9hdCSebGBCfrkGTNiO-1guvlVe0yacVqna-qzkYr4MmXDtN_Sq2UZLoZ23BM2qcphYhU/s1600/Smith+2+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VX1WQEo8AA1hH5Ysu1thXCcUyondRVkXFmLPFA6f7wD2XFg-jcPMnHc4Pnn72kv7LecD4sEr9hdCSebGBCfrkGTNiO-1guvlVe0yacVqna-qzkYr4MmXDtN_Sq2UZLoZ23BM2qcphYhU/s400/Smith+2+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0dE99OUz1BegMB4IuP_8eCTv_aZ3jGkhbhm6znpWZ1jxjAn247Q71-GzlXVdfy3W4GnEMBS4Y5WYhgk92yDOthyphenhyphen1cCXz-pw9K8deC8Jk4OaDjo8lHubxTr_OME7bYQVSXVnYE3zyjY7Q/s1600/Smith+6+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0dE99OUz1BegMB4IuP_8eCTv_aZ3jGkhbhm6znpWZ1jxjAn247Q71-GzlXVdfy3W4GnEMBS4Y5WYhgk92yDOthyphenhyphen1cCXz-pw9K8deC8Jk4OaDjo8lHubxTr_OME7bYQVSXVnYE3zyjY7Q/s400/Smith+6+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_is0Lb088zg1nkoFK_6knbEloIwfENHC_XDECbguU2dg1xSgfxF02wKjm86Y3QeRx6TYhRHMssnn1u7wDCK4tLWi2e8NAXyX2QgQSvvJ9xmYidilQ9CMlx6OtIyvb5LBTufVEvUk68_k0/s1600/Smith+7+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_is0Lb088zg1nkoFK_6knbEloIwfENHC_XDECbguU2dg1xSgfxF02wKjm86Y3QeRx6TYhRHMssnn1u7wDCK4tLWi2e8NAXyX2QgQSvvJ9xmYidilQ9CMlx6OtIyvb5LBTufVEvUk68_k0/s400/Smith+7+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BPU7PL6WZUk6Z8n2Bv5lzsXU-mgOMf1GuRP6T53JJekoP59Ada6M7KPE2lZHSUJmlII28EYj_5V93oM0AZ83dqnmvFVFoNqijrgSUO6MwLuOAWL37OKJxn5q2PYfoxaBcePuPTLXNkdP/s1600/Steve+Smith+4+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BPU7PL6WZUk6Z8n2Bv5lzsXU-mgOMf1GuRP6T53JJekoP59Ada6M7KPE2lZHSUJmlII28EYj_5V93oM0AZ83dqnmvFVFoNqijrgSUO6MwLuOAWL37OKJxn5q2PYfoxaBcePuPTLXNkdP/s400/Steve+Smith+4+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWctnmHPTmzK4SERgaFf2vwbUJUBzs9wD46EGoKrzxASfufkwM6X6gYibyLSa3b3XWvpQYJ7NcK45R_3aLXIsSMFoePTO-u6zaVKp4qo6TKd3-9zCu8r0VxYI6TJFxw9-KGYN_tdAm7XDF/s1600/Smith+8+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWctnmHPTmzK4SERgaFf2vwbUJUBzs9wD46EGoKrzxASfufkwM6X6gYibyLSa3b3XWvpQYJ7NcK45R_3aLXIsSMFoePTO-u6zaVKp4qo6TKd3-9zCu8r0VxYI6TJFxw9-KGYN_tdAm7XDF/s400/Smith+8+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While the English bowlers tried to bowl wide half-volleys outside the off-stump, unlike what he did at Trent Bride, at Oval, Smith kept reaching out for the ball sideways, but noway in front of him, meeting the ball right below his eyes. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKXPfpO32tFneS2Y72Je70IhFbfv09K8A4Nq-QAlbXjUiVFPFd_X8ZEdtVD8Fys95-5gL4g7CxEl1SS4ltjjzis-jn4zc9p1sdB2wECo1paAiJISSBNk9yrN5yAlKbDL0emY8l-i5w6R1/s1600/Smith+4+Oval.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKXPfpO32tFneS2Y72Je70IhFbfv09K8A4Nq-QAlbXjUiVFPFd_X8ZEdtVD8Fys95-5gL4g7CxEl1SS4ltjjzis-jn4zc9p1sdB2wECo1paAiJISSBNk9yrN5yAlKbDL0emY8l-i5w6R1/s400/Smith+4+Oval.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNerCxxwJ0okqYfVeeM_k7e6hYHmas7OoVm8U1HrKuGJWd89VW9m5jdT0HIDwafbFfJThglaM2Ybq1s6nkBnhuME6r3P0mahEU9rz4w2PW7MqMk737kbWSoetoji4C6G_TNBDfdSD8ZaL/s1600/Smith+5+Oval+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNerCxxwJ0okqYfVeeM_k7e6hYHmas7OoVm8U1HrKuGJWd89VW9m5jdT0HIDwafbFfJThglaM2Ybq1s6nkBnhuME6r3P0mahEU9rz4w2PW7MqMk737kbWSoetoji4C6G_TNBDfdSD8ZaL/s400/Smith+5+Oval+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That spoke volumes of his cricketing sense which has so far been the basis of his class and excellence. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all, Steve Smith proved it once again at Oval: "Class is permanent because it's a commitment not to commit the same mistake twice." </span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>PS:</b> In a condition, where the ball swings both ways and the wickets are conducive to seam bowling, to adjust to that, Smith may practice on a coir-matting wicket and, in a match, may only keep playing for only inswingers and off-cutters, initially, so as to reduce the percentage of an outside edge, considerably. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLh3YSFDnCHQC-qZs8sPOCsiv9H3DR9SaAOgDE_aUOoq3aSxqpwKfZVKSOXCyhqYwpqcRoBHTxlcLXjKSzGis4vkwCV6_gaE5WBBga-gCZUGE_eJlTuJEy6aOOqnDAPoOa7Hs_71w13gC/s1600/Steve+Smith+Swing+Dealing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLh3YSFDnCHQC-qZs8sPOCsiv9H3DR9SaAOgDE_aUOoq3aSxqpwKfZVKSOXCyhqYwpqcRoBHTxlcLXjKSzGis4vkwCV6_gaE5WBBga-gCZUGE_eJlTuJEy6aOOqnDAPoOa7Hs_71w13gC/s400/Steve+Smith+Swing+Dealing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-4076864619529144732015-07-17T19:22:00.001-07:002015-07-17T20:18:34.847-07:00Steve Smith's class is his cognitive ability of doing great, responsibly.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Considering cricket is just a number game is definitely odd. But, when a leg-spinner, who used to bat a bit, turned a No.3 batsman scores 215 at Lord's in the Ashes against a formidable English bowling attack, of course you are bound to sit and watch, rather look into the numbers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More so, just in case you know how to weed flukes of gold out of flakes of silver. And then you get convinced that no magic or miracle in the world can help a 26+ cricketer, constantly, to pile up 2653 runs in 56 innings off 29 tests with 9 hundreds and 11 fifties and an average of 55.27... excluding the lavishness of batting which has taken place at the Mecca of cricket. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hail the great (in making), Steven Smith of Australia, whose greatness is his 'cognitive ability' leading to 'commosense' which he exploits like anything to manipulate his technique in accordance with a situation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwW4PgKu5649vvEBDxtab6hmv_xWih5U4Y8seIxUqbuOxr781WzIAnF1yaHeyjl2P7NSM4VhOKx6PLGZsq9G9XP7Z1X4lF68ojQPSe5J07YaHjN1MHhLl97-1zHPLCIrR9aW5iwWLVS9bj/s1600/S+Smith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwW4PgKu5649vvEBDxtab6hmv_xWih5U4Y8seIxUqbuOxr781WzIAnF1yaHeyjl2P7NSM4VhOKx6PLGZsq9G9XP7Z1X4lF68ojQPSe5J07YaHjN1MHhLl97-1zHPLCIrR9aW5iwWLVS9bj/s400/S+Smith.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Call it temperament, talent or smartness that he was born with to overcome his own shortcomings in order to outsmart any bowler in the world for that matter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the first test at Cardiff, in the first innings Smith threw his wicket away, while in the second innings, he was outfoxed and dismissed, for which, his technical fault was more responsible than the bowler's mastery. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He stayed rooted to the crease with the heel of his back-foot outside the leg-stump and offered literally a no-shot but just a half-cock prod with a tight-bottom-hand to get himself caught behind in the second slip where Bell took a comfortable catch to complete the formality. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiQishwA4ZrnkyvJU0zP7W0SjsVyzPsYF81dPR9u_YasiMW9sunhaCPMEQRZLE3gAlYGx8Ez-BdAaoJyk4Y94aAN2qwqnKhzHl3ZIezIaqiBit2NcbCgCtXaEUGaFK-b9UPXhpMBQmM7K/s1600/Steve+Smith+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiQishwA4ZrnkyvJU0zP7W0SjsVyzPsYF81dPR9u_YasiMW9sunhaCPMEQRZLE3gAlYGx8Ez-BdAaoJyk4Y94aAN2qwqnKhzHl3ZIezIaqiBit2NcbCgCtXaEUGaFK-b9UPXhpMBQmM7K/s400/Steve+Smith+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps that was THE wicket, England was looking for to make inroads into the Aussie batting to win the test, eventually. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As "greatness comes with greater responsibility", it won't be too much of a speculation to guess that the loss hurt Smith badly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, little surprise an all new Steve came out to bat at Lord's who was not only decisive on his feet but also at his cunning best to make all the English bowlers bowl exactly where he wanted them to bowl.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He began to shuffle across to deny the pace cum seam brigade of England of a good view of his off-stump. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a result, he did two things: 1) He started to come closer to the outgoing deliveries and 2) He made bowlers try different things like bowling short; bowling round the wicket; or bowling into him onto his pads.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plus, straightway, he was dancing down the crease against Moeen Ali, making the off-spinner bowl short or the drifter at the cost of nagging loops in the air.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, it's to be noted, while playing Ali (look at the third picture from the top), Smith was not shuffling across to free his arms to play the horizontal shots at will. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ans5PvuX2-dIpl5GWlFjM_R-JJC4x9WD97KQu0jFvrBdGLvhlF49cfc8Vk18XsS6YxKcS1A_r5u3ia1fYcF2_UvclTByDxPPjTVff_IHrm26u80SglM5Ek2dwRVZCVjQ9S6vT3OW3pHU/s1600/Steve+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ans5PvuX2-dIpl5GWlFjM_R-JJC4x9WD97KQu0jFvrBdGLvhlF49cfc8Vk18XsS6YxKcS1A_r5u3ia1fYcF2_UvclTByDxPPjTVff_IHrm26u80SglM5Ek2dwRVZCVjQ9S6vT3OW3pHU/s400/Steve+.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xf6U5Yh2Gjvc_bq8VFqfxArXkiD5jLqRNBtbzWpapouaz8G4XOSf0DiTQwMRXW0M4kAAcqrb2CRyM9cyn7zlDpovzzcFWGgF0evwsxJ5CP3yWg3seIi7xSZc_JUM_18n_O60SMaBJcMJ/s1600/Steve+vs+Stokes+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Xf6U5Yh2Gjvc_bq8VFqfxArXkiD5jLqRNBtbzWpapouaz8G4XOSf0DiTQwMRXW0M4kAAcqrb2CRyM9cyn7zlDpovzzcFWGgF0evwsxJ5CP3yWg3seIi7xSZc_JUM_18n_O60SMaBJcMJ/s400/Steve+vs+Stokes+.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIl5huPMyR8h435_bNUpaigb2iSgVUAlv91OySuzZCWoUc3eG7BqweJp0BKaoV_cc_2JUVx6ceLHuObm5etDVZkJaY860PjEBu-e6dGbok5_B2Jrc5sTAPr4ChhLsKWN3PzYyHambLfeeY/s1600/Smith+vs+Ali+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIl5huPMyR8h435_bNUpaigb2iSgVUAlv91OySuzZCWoUc3eG7BqweJp0BKaoV_cc_2JUVx6ceLHuObm5etDVZkJaY860PjEBu-e6dGbok5_B2Jrc5sTAPr4ChhLsKWN3PzYyHambLfeeY/s400/Smith+vs+Ali+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0paP6-JIJbKL1wl2XlGS4Zmj_dkonKUPEj31CI7AkByx-vME-UiSH_OsQY7g_C_bBRkQzNdPCTHWfbFl6MDdHzxV4jwFSjkvmFJox1taksBDXxxCYcVynEEjlwwUSFerzI9TmMYADPxM9/s1600/Smith+vs+Anderson+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0paP6-JIJbKL1wl2XlGS4Zmj_dkonKUPEj31CI7AkByx-vME-UiSH_OsQY7g_C_bBRkQzNdPCTHWfbFl6MDdHzxV4jwFSjkvmFJox1taksBDXxxCYcVynEEjlwwUSFerzI9TmMYADPxM9/s400/Smith+vs+Anderson+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFVy8_48pMs6F9bXo_y97aA9uniz3utvQgIuyySzT2Yxza6CwZg_oqCV3Pubu7nirESAXpHoYuTYwoxfl2vgEOkyT9xR6oiOT1veFqfczkWn6QlBMyb7B3K5U6108nlGtgst1UnsDzZuC/s1600/Smith+vs+Anderson+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFVy8_48pMs6F9bXo_y97aA9uniz3utvQgIuyySzT2Yxza6CwZg_oqCV3Pubu7nirESAXpHoYuTYwoxfl2vgEOkyT9xR6oiOT1veFqfczkWn6QlBMyb7B3K5U6108nlGtgst1UnsDzZuC/s400/Smith+vs+Anderson+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRywTJY9jlVRBfA2wKsNGzG72Q756G0RrRtnujVI4i1Prmdp8fA3z-69EcoGDStDdhvn5K5zPOSg9bYqIrSHgUby-Sw-5N_CQ0jsAXqHboaIS7AGlxiFucvfrIKLGYsRYqvOl7hJ1dUKwL/s1600/Smith+vs+Anderson+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRywTJY9jlVRBfA2wKsNGzG72Q756G0RrRtnujVI4i1Prmdp8fA3z-69EcoGDStDdhvn5K5zPOSg9bYqIrSHgUby-Sw-5N_CQ0jsAXqHboaIS7AGlxiFucvfrIKLGYsRYqvOl7hJ1dUKwL/s400/Smith+vs+Anderson+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboYNC6rxYqk_cF9lL4eZrLV1S_1luT3ucId_MTb57TYG-FQzSBdyz-1gDWZBNSk0IP8ht4ZZvVCx7-iUQiAVWUeE7mt94j18B3JIFmeYK5JnqVM9qnR2CWFHJ9hPAKEtBKeiKD8cgswa9/s1600/S+vs+A+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboYNC6rxYqk_cF9lL4eZrLV1S_1luT3ucId_MTb57TYG-FQzSBdyz-1gDWZBNSk0IP8ht4ZZvVCx7-iUQiAVWUeE7mt94j18B3JIFmeYK5JnqVM9qnR2CWFHJ9hPAKEtBKeiKD8cgswa9/s400/S+vs+A+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREYYMRlIQtUBAdwQyLlEc7LkHD43mYdJQGUy6uLwxXukK_V56DwIUrScAx4FBR09XGsg4p_AZnLRxotYcxRb0iNN0qWEXfAaKnmGtXRfu_9PnCNrOBB9xdWbeMbYEmDcMmdvhX58ZY0sY/s1600/Smith+the+great+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREYYMRlIQtUBAdwQyLlEc7LkHD43mYdJQGUy6uLwxXukK_V56DwIUrScAx4FBR09XGsg4p_AZnLRxotYcxRb0iNN0qWEXfAaKnmGtXRfu_9PnCNrOBB9xdWbeMbYEmDcMmdvhX58ZY0sY/s400/Smith+the+great+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, he was dropped once, while he couldn't shuffle across properly to close the angle of the ball leaving him, by Bell who failed to bring his fingers underneath the ball to hold onto a difficult chance, but that noway undermines Smith's smartness with the willow. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSs777-FP957m60tj3LUBrR20xQVC1NbqI0XT3Rx-8dO9DmrauU0JARLGqQoONCUHzFGOjW_1ogGq-G4gzoBryW4vnbftpClTVWnm4JBLtrcyH7WrUZHsdLD9espm8Rw-od34MuhTTFoe5/s1600/Smith+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSs777-FP957m60tj3LUBrR20xQVC1NbqI0XT3Rx-8dO9DmrauU0JARLGqQoONCUHzFGOjW_1ogGq-G4gzoBryW4vnbftpClTVWnm4JBLtrcyH7WrUZHsdLD9espm8Rw-od34MuhTTFoe5/s400/Smith+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrghFYp3LTL4Icpe1bs2Y3sBZpudgmCxa75MvvVyDD_cpNSm6kvYBWZqr4FQBI_Fv8lQ6LcR2Dp5_jVT81RQEp63o4-LjBPlUwyNFM-LUv8eagREaGmFkJOIgT5ZfkRexIqc03Idg5oHU_/s1600/Smith+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrghFYp3LTL4Icpe1bs2Y3sBZpudgmCxa75MvvVyDD_cpNSm6kvYBWZqr4FQBI_Fv8lQ6LcR2Dp5_jVT81RQEp63o4-LjBPlUwyNFM-LUv8eagREaGmFkJOIgT5ZfkRexIqc03Idg5oHU_/s400/Smith+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In short, not everyone can become a Steven Smith just by scoring runs; however, a Steve Smith becomes only when a cricketer applies his brain over his brawn because cricket is a mind-game after all that makes greats who carry the legacy of this great game forward... responsibly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIk4NnE35QrplEVwOiTOqfsxCD9FYiq1MYneHbI4jKJ0KTqup6Wg0gVELHQbmJ_DvRF79agD5MrZYPf8BCBl9oITZ13pF28_MXsspeLd2Fautx-y_Ottsmw6Sg1iOtehiX_eCZ3f-ix76/s1600/Steve+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIk4NnE35QrplEVwOiTOqfsxCD9FYiq1MYneHbI4jKJ0KTqup6Wg0gVELHQbmJ_DvRF79agD5MrZYPf8BCBl9oITZ13pF28_MXsspeLd2Fautx-y_Ottsmw6Sg1iOtehiX_eCZ3f-ix76/s400/Steve+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZtmvVgBYUTKI_x9Hod-MCntRgF4-sgi_verntM7RR3XQ0kbWeboeW2j0qZlZvdqo8aVdyHlB-NYaWZkX5Q35R-yMql-QsLZR7WXxX7tBOcYKpb6QvMwVvONNJZNooBJoEOudUnGZOfjw/s1600/Steve+Smith+Departure+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZtmvVgBYUTKI_x9Hod-MCntRgF4-sgi_verntM7RR3XQ0kbWeboeW2j0qZlZvdqo8aVdyHlB-NYaWZkX5Q35R-yMql-QsLZR7WXxX7tBOcYKpb6QvMwVvONNJZNooBJoEOudUnGZOfjw/s400/Steve+Smith+Departure+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-35969640569221325622015-05-20T06:03:00.000-07:002015-05-20T06:40:50.225-07:00Has Cricket Association of Nepal understood the BAT FOR NEPAL campaign? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tourism which constitutes about 5% of Nepal's GDP would largely be affected by the destruction of earthquake.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notwithstanding the bullish hope and high-decibel proclamation that Nepal is still a safe country for international tourists, the grim scenario is unlikely to change, soon. At least not in the next 2-3 years, if not more.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With an estimated economic loss of up to $10 billion, what may also exceed the entire GDP, the future of Nepal is literally dependent on remittance. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However that too easier said than done because exodus, mostly in the form of evacuation, only adds to the tally of refugees and refugees are hardly considered as a workforce of worth to help remittance. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the situation of Nepal is quite bad and might become worse to worst unless its government understands the importance of macro economics and internationalism over nationalism. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To initiate the change towards a productive future, the first thing the Government of Nepal needs to realise that it needs international currencies and it has a good product to sell in the global market and that is: Cricket.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But how?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the Government is clueless, the onus is on <b>Cricket Association of Nepal</b> (CAN) to become proactive and aggressive to make the Government take the necessary steps towards doing the needful without any delay. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For that, first and foremost CAN must comprehend its role in Nepal, as well as in the world of cricket. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has to leverage <b>cricket for Nepal</b> and then <b>Nepal for cricket</b>, so that the development cycle continues... with cricket, for cricket, by cricket. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore, limiting the scope of the <b>BAT FOR NEPAL</b> campaign only to a project of playing some fund raising matches, it cannot do justice to the big picture drawn by the vision: <b>WE CAN RISE</b>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">My point is, while I created the BAT FOR NEPAL idea, not for once I meant it should be limited to just a one-off project. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fund Raising Matches are definitely an integral part of the said campaign but the ultimate goal is to BAT FOR NEPAL in order to make cricket <b>CFL</b>: <b>Cricket FOR LIVES</b>, so WE CAN RISE, globally, through inclusive growth. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Simply put, the global community of cricket should not only help CAN raise funds for Nepal but also hold CAN responsible and accountable for how those funds are used for the development of lives and cricket in Nepal and outside. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BAT FOR NEPAL should not to be misconstrued as <b>event management</b> but, on the contrary, the campaign should be developed and evolved, as a movement or mission, in such a way that it instruments a <b>sports economy</b> in Nepal to boost infrastructure, minus which Nepal's main business i.e. tourism will not come back on track.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's certainly an excellent gesture of humanity on part of <b>MCA</b>: <b>Malaysian Cricket Association</b> that extends its support to CAN for a <b>Nepal v/s World XI</b> Fund Raising Match at Kinrara Oval - Malaysia to BAT FOR NEPAL. However, the <b>mnemonic</b> -- though done quite creatively -- defeats the purpose of BAT FOR NEPAL campaign. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The piece of marketing communications gives the impression, as if the campaign BAT FOR NEPAL falls under the <b>Nepal Earthquake Fund Raising Match</b> whereas the actual case is just the other way round. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plus, if you call a match "Nepal Earthquake Fund Raising Match", it's not a right expression. For the match is not going to be played to raise funds for Nepal Earthquake i.e. to sponsor or support the earthquake that took place. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, the visual treatment is not communicating any positivity or hope in terms of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction. It rather presents, as if the earthquake is greater than the development possibility which cricket can create emoting one to BAT FOR NEPAL. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below is a comparison between two mnemonics of BAT FOR NEPAL that sure is to help CAN understand what needs to be done henceforth and why so:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoWSalfV0mrQ6xVjZ0sgxvOd5mNGOTPxGog2Q1e387CquE1Oi5BEiImplcREpeezDmeXvJMadRgn_1iEFqTOp1oF-EQOHx4obYgrwk9SRaxPHDAT9L831RaQRU9GbH2ule-1w40OTcYsX/s1600/BFN+Mnemonic+Comparison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoWSalfV0mrQ6xVjZ0sgxvOd5mNGOTPxGog2Q1e387CquE1Oi5BEiImplcREpeezDmeXvJMadRgn_1iEFqTOp1oF-EQOHx4obYgrwk9SRaxPHDAT9L831RaQRU9GbH2ule-1w40OTcYsX/s400/BFN+Mnemonic+Comparison.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In simple words, cricket is more of a business than a sport, hence, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) can't afford to compromise on marketing communications for less or loss. </span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-90428601545132877522015-05-07T12:49:00.001-07:002015-05-10T20:06:55.405-07:00If ICC makes Cricket 'inclusive', WE CAN RISE with Nepal.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"An earthquake lasts only minutes. But in the rubble of the buildings it destroys lie hopes and plans as well as lives. Nepal will need our support for years to come."</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing could have explained </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">an earthquake and how it affects lives</i><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">better than the abovementioned words published in the editorial of </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">guardian</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the contrary, the bottom-line is simple: "We always need to support each other because <b>every support is an investment</b> -- even if offered as a donation -- which eventually pays us back with interest."</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact, we must not overlook <b>the flow of destruction </b>that generally takes place owing to an earthquake.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flow clearly suggests:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Earthquakes destroy buildings first and then buildings destroy lives. </span> </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, it's foolish to hold only nature responsible for calamities or disasters while, in most of the cases, <b>natural calamities wreak havoc due to poor economic policies</b>. </span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore, obvious humanity notwithstanding, the global community should take <b>support and aid to Nepal into account rather sincerely from an economic point of view </b>and then react to the situation through proper actions without confusing reaction with action and momentum with movement.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In light of that, what else but <b>cricket</b> could be a better investment -- which is not only a sport but also <b>a reason for existence to the people of Nepal</b>!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just the reason, it's time for Intentional Cricket Council (ICC) to <b>make cricket inclusive </b>in line with their promise: "Great Sport, Great Spirit" -- so as to help the world know how cricket can develop <b>sports economy</b> and thereby make <b>the reconstruction of Nepal possible</b> off the rubble with <b>sustainable funding</b>.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In that movement, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has to play the <b>role of a pioneer</b> -- <i>instead of twiddling thumbs</i> -- to take its first ever step towards becoming an <b>autonomous body to govern cricket in Nepal for Nepal</b>, independently, minus <i>bureaucratic intervention and rabbit hole administration and governance</i> that hardly help but hinder development by reducing the scope of innovation for the future. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To cut the long story short, we need to understand that <b>WE CAN RISE </b>together with <b>inclusive growth </b>over <i>exclusive privileges of mediocrity</i>, hence, we must <b>BAT FOR NEPAL</b> to make cricket a global sport in real sense, while cricket would be recognised as <b>CFL: CRICKET FOR LIVES</b>.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to do that, below is the presentation -- indicative enough but not be-all and end-all -- what I have already shared with ICC, seeking <b>Mr. David Richardson's </b>kind attention, and with <b>Ms. Bhawana Ghimire </b>- CEO, CAN - who is always game for new ideas; open and pragmatic to ask for an advice; always keen to learn; and indulges in innovation and development despite the hostility and cold shoulder she has to face often at CAN, probably because she means business beyond busyness. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1XE8PxQa2p4Gjm5JONG8M3-3I6nBePS46DDUOFkesdhjLmyimDX-0jaC4Sm-RBwwCmvKrE5p7ChWypDfI67pJQgey3LXNyUF1QCin3YZtilPdnFjLkI7zIY_R9lyLQ8QWT4tD-qQxsBn/s1600/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1XE8PxQa2p4Gjm5JONG8M3-3I6nBePS46DDUOFkesdhjLmyimDX-0jaC4Sm-RBwwCmvKrE5p7ChWypDfI67pJQgey3LXNyUF1QCin3YZtilPdnFjLkI7zIY_R9lyLQ8QWT4tD-qQxsBn/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-x4R4zWlqKL0y6Do9pOi911Xnro1bd7bvlnlW0qZLPuDOK-Gl1ecDXL6EYGF6yjpV2jXScXq6KiWACAv7K4Qy-pl56WSRxjdI6OEu0rYx7cAgbJQm6hQQG692BTwmSEP1e-OBMOAojyYD/s1600/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-x4R4zWlqKL0y6Do9pOi911Xnro1bd7bvlnlW0qZLPuDOK-Gl1ecDXL6EYGF6yjpV2jXScXq6KiWACAv7K4Qy-pl56WSRxjdI6OEu0rYx7cAgbJQm6hQQG692BTwmSEP1e-OBMOAojyYD/s400/Slide2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3fvwA3SStXqWnThxQrRRwdbFmEctZun85Ch5Mh6ZzJLVN0en90uA4n-Ek5JIo2-E62onbgJv82xpcJb77ujsYffNkXBWKI510oBbzhRayLWSozBxQTow-MrrKbQN9baWbXL2pvpiNTdr/s1600/Slide3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3fvwA3SStXqWnThxQrRRwdbFmEctZun85Ch5Mh6ZzJLVN0en90uA4n-Ek5JIo2-E62onbgJv82xpcJb77ujsYffNkXBWKI510oBbzhRayLWSozBxQTow-MrrKbQN9baWbXL2pvpiNTdr/s400/Slide3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuR4ImElPzYfpy0jW4cZNeF6-S2WkBrcAe_A74NzrkB3R3ERn2JfgyEF4BRZaPO1_ltp8yxpnDZFuZ9JMtWQ1hOzXoqRplyayWhNkEJ2YosBENkX6u3GcqwOxgUtFtAaeqa7JEOR-s8tV/s1600/Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuR4ImElPzYfpy0jW4cZNeF6-S2WkBrcAe_A74NzrkB3R3ERn2JfgyEF4BRZaPO1_ltp8yxpnDZFuZ9JMtWQ1hOzXoqRplyayWhNkEJ2YosBENkX6u3GcqwOxgUtFtAaeqa7JEOR-s8tV/s400/Slide4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bKVn3EXUO3ykNSuagYWraP5leN2a_N2yHO1h_K_XsFdK9L5erb3PUWxgo5_PuuGgQ4B8kRonG6aGo_8iUCA_cqI0g_CVrjpc892fUFWw89k6eI_EHgZCwJ71l2aF-gRIcZmewaQXe7ng/s1600/Slide5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bKVn3EXUO3ykNSuagYWraP5leN2a_N2yHO1h_K_XsFdK9L5erb3PUWxgo5_PuuGgQ4B8kRonG6aGo_8iUCA_cqI0g_CVrjpc892fUFWw89k6eI_EHgZCwJ71l2aF-gRIcZmewaQXe7ng/s400/Slide5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqBj6kTpvk8S6qhpRRKh0DApCUU6qTg2Cmpl_XZ7T4HPOiHQslJlW3fN25WSi79lbbC6RCv5rHi-tOa4_VbiJXS-DbMxX0Vf3cwbgFhKumbAfaDksfhTPbg3J5gCjn7GxTj2VGGl1MUPS/s1600/Slide6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqBj6kTpvk8S6qhpRRKh0DApCUU6qTg2Cmpl_XZ7T4HPOiHQslJlW3fN25WSi79lbbC6RCv5rHi-tOa4_VbiJXS-DbMxX0Vf3cwbgFhKumbAfaDksfhTPbg3J5gCjn7GxTj2VGGl1MUPS/s400/Slide6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TshQHwiExrr8I0cRIzL9bSRXDGCyZ948yWIWs6PXeqT8iQbNGcnMHNNTkpjIbZlPM-GbAP-Dd-3x4Gk3iD0dRsP4hnVgwG01PTiMHGxyHnqkxheyV7UtWIePEwFB19EgwBhqbmjPK7j-/s1600/Slide7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TshQHwiExrr8I0cRIzL9bSRXDGCyZ948yWIWs6PXeqT8iQbNGcnMHNNTkpjIbZlPM-GbAP-Dd-3x4Gk3iD0dRsP4hnVgwG01PTiMHGxyHnqkxheyV7UtWIePEwFB19EgwBhqbmjPK7j-/s400/Slide7.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w8HeuYn30nwuU_Eguq_VHj_udkbBlLEoqTsC6XEZSO8_BGj9EdHClKYolkZjfPkQkjhZOga1l7HvTw2KnfzxyhT0bR6YLWERyZDZpA1CPbEoo5C83i_-73Q5FXgFzRwptWC0Yt1EK2CS/s1600/Slide8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w8HeuYn30nwuU_Eguq_VHj_udkbBlLEoqTsC6XEZSO8_BGj9EdHClKYolkZjfPkQkjhZOga1l7HvTw2KnfzxyhT0bR6YLWERyZDZpA1CPbEoo5C83i_-73Q5FXgFzRwptWC0Yt1EK2CS/s400/Slide8.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vZUCag7NTJefTKrh3WBzg8LUjpRifyrUEn0sYfwgGqquXUO4YYTJCQhBg3y6WTy2XGE_2dYmY0xJlghPTAhuwJKq9NbkWiQf0OeNxd80WU7Arrt-oIlZiFJhwH_KsZqR5K7Nxx7NblYB/s1600/Slide9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vZUCag7NTJefTKrh3WBzg8LUjpRifyrUEn0sYfwgGqquXUO4YYTJCQhBg3y6WTy2XGE_2dYmY0xJlghPTAhuwJKq9NbkWiQf0OeNxd80WU7Arrt-oIlZiFJhwH_KsZqR5K7Nxx7NblYB/s400/Slide9.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSSSQOThv0kYQb93G4k5rSsClVYfaMsNR9C97qzzQimUY2eWIyQOQN6-Ej49fF5z58UNHbOA0BNOPmEs5943SFLtWaGty3yaR65HTGpFcDjZ5pJ2-bFKzsXOxMx_myEQBZSLDS22TMCAL/s1600/Slide10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSSSQOThv0kYQb93G4k5rSsClVYfaMsNR9C97qzzQimUY2eWIyQOQN6-Ej49fF5z58UNHbOA0BNOPmEs5943SFLtWaGty3yaR65HTGpFcDjZ5pJ2-bFKzsXOxMx_myEQBZSLDS22TMCAL/s400/Slide10.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZe4z2mzCC26E_Caa_SVDmB7cBmpFwGXP4Pv3VfffLio8XBygS8zhOpem9LPCb2PH7oCyQy5BDQ0raVdH-qmJVHrTsZD84G6YpVDsKQKg6VHIakX9m-TZh8tBaMjgapR4xJy-iZIseBZMI/s1600/Slide11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZe4z2mzCC26E_Caa_SVDmB7cBmpFwGXP4Pv3VfffLio8XBygS8zhOpem9LPCb2PH7oCyQy5BDQ0raVdH-qmJVHrTsZD84G6YpVDsKQKg6VHIakX9m-TZh8tBaMjgapR4xJy-iZIseBZMI/s400/Slide11.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVBq6b9n-AHf9x-8jrt_ks5arZa9oPEMT1bwl_h-Fg6oCSYPtesxRme2O_MTwNv-MVjFX59OVlhdY4dr4JPRKIaeh5R1NS5WHw0IZlK97e4yPLUwVCQj3YOZAOMLV3HopwUCjutgMoEIs/s1600/Slide12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVBq6b9n-AHf9x-8jrt_ks5arZa9oPEMT1bwl_h-Fg6oCSYPtesxRme2O_MTwNv-MVjFX59OVlhdY4dr4JPRKIaeh5R1NS5WHw0IZlK97e4yPLUwVCQj3YOZAOMLV3HopwUCjutgMoEIs/s400/Slide12.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazge1UbVZh5Ynwf2rugF_g1lCnrow982r5ICMgMYj4s-7CjfVRASOq9I2SwccQsxVdwDHkCTuU6Y46Wpe0r7W6c3zjWbKSb08QdNOFERDd8DqRoND0vxIj9p8B3XZJAdI8go5I0DMBod2/s1600/Slide13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazge1UbVZh5Ynwf2rugF_g1lCnrow982r5ICMgMYj4s-7CjfVRASOq9I2SwccQsxVdwDHkCTuU6Y46Wpe0r7W6c3zjWbKSb08QdNOFERDd8DqRoND0vxIj9p8B3XZJAdI8go5I0DMBod2/s400/Slide13.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKM0IGnvd3ToAYQ15sofUtqnPSFBsGulq90ZTviZpewtTe21eAw3vFpQfa-j2sraiDaLVQzlxaI4vn92eB618rxscM4ix5VRVEzv_hHAnNEMca6fBA7DhX3XRfZweAW2q1LjW_mZsNLLEF/s1600/Slide14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKM0IGnvd3ToAYQ15sofUtqnPSFBsGulq90ZTviZpewtTe21eAw3vFpQfa-j2sraiDaLVQzlxaI4vn92eB618rxscM4ix5VRVEzv_hHAnNEMca6fBA7DhX3XRfZweAW2q1LjW_mZsNLLEF/s400/Slide14.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T_i_EGjI8cE4pdh_zyUbcEW8sPSOM6x7iC1vaMUB3Oc0zkiXHTMXYga0htM0ivB66NasffvNF1B9jf3Ag6Yw8a2ni5hhkbvQuoQ-8C_VFvtCNHLiyaSczYpY1eJp0VeYrjGNeJmcZ3WY/s1600/Slide15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T_i_EGjI8cE4pdh_zyUbcEW8sPSOM6x7iC1vaMUB3Oc0zkiXHTMXYga0htM0ivB66NasffvNF1B9jf3Ag6Yw8a2ni5hhkbvQuoQ-8C_VFvtCNHLiyaSczYpY1eJp0VeYrjGNeJmcZ3WY/s400/Slide15.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07yE0cE7lwVWlLdrJbRXbo0Mz0ChPTusKgedNzZxxjE2qg-xYD__mUJ0PuRCRxysYeofPGmoGN8SFzYBWvxQVi0QOVcll0DgaamR-gY9loeylsSUVSEhQ3lb-0awJsXsdHas44Jqr-X1q/s1600/Slide16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07yE0cE7lwVWlLdrJbRXbo0Mz0ChPTusKgedNzZxxjE2qg-xYD__mUJ0PuRCRxysYeofPGmoGN8SFzYBWvxQVi0QOVcll0DgaamR-gY9loeylsSUVSEhQ3lb-0awJsXsdHas44Jqr-X1q/s400/Slide16.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UCohP6Kk9jSzH_GsfPDBTyxCIlbQnlNNk4pKPP9bUUtdYHJsc-8HQ1NpflWaO17_j2wraem2CblfDwjHXvn-MYByxPmkSPiJOPy1k3CHOks_p5WbjhlOXDwRa_JiYG9_U1P9A4M0ZubP/s1600/Slide17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UCohP6Kk9jSzH_GsfPDBTyxCIlbQnlNNk4pKPP9bUUtdYHJsc-8HQ1NpflWaO17_j2wraem2CblfDwjHXvn-MYByxPmkSPiJOPy1k3CHOks_p5WbjhlOXDwRa_JiYG9_U1P9A4M0ZubP/s400/Slide17.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbsUXW2frf_0ONtSxp11sxPHqEAZq8sD36zwLQKnC5-AIx_g6Yv_g2QA1pQUCcgHovKThQ0jlzMlkyEaLBaJtTCvWbyfkW1HtB6NP6uiovEk_0rBvbhFggyUsabS7clhQHoQqy2-eHs5H/s1600/Slide18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbsUXW2frf_0ONtSxp11sxPHqEAZq8sD36zwLQKnC5-AIx_g6Yv_g2QA1pQUCcgHovKThQ0jlzMlkyEaLBaJtTCvWbyfkW1HtB6NP6uiovEk_0rBvbhFggyUsabS7clhQHoQqy2-eHs5H/s400/Slide18.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg2rus7E2AGP7wGu9bkObTWfLTCsR4K8q8J8mwF0Rv-GiPoust20KDgfxeSzfeQFu-8B36gtwu8UIxEUnQRNJChxt-t-xStn3fdn6GvLYPYQKdYPFTSYOOnpUjT-rh2wUbAIjrjg4_9ZV/s1600/Slide19.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg2rus7E2AGP7wGu9bkObTWfLTCsR4K8q8J8mwF0Rv-GiPoust20KDgfxeSzfeQFu-8B36gtwu8UIxEUnQRNJChxt-t-xStn3fdn6GvLYPYQKdYPFTSYOOnpUjT-rh2wUbAIjrjg4_9ZV/s400/Slide19.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWthVDdxsY1HlhvZpCL7cSbKk9Bu752S2_PXdOzt8ErP8loNmwu_KCl2LvVOFSsr1ilUxMFLu9IQBhuGqVT3eJwRxDX_Lj9LqNiUPqNpzO3TMgShAKeroV70O5mYDdcldsqcN0xoh717qH/s1600/Slide20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWthVDdxsY1HlhvZpCL7cSbKk9Bu752S2_PXdOzt8ErP8loNmwu_KCl2LvVOFSsr1ilUxMFLu9IQBhuGqVT3eJwRxDX_Lj9LqNiUPqNpzO3TMgShAKeroV70O5mYDdcldsqcN0xoh717qH/s400/Slide20.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCH2H1o06rs_EWYuffeAfxmUp2LIWoC9RpeDCCLxb9ra_oV1MgcV2h7dU3cLEkFT1DbzSULEJy_cBW2SNnoKCMN9go1hCDaPGjfq9wOZCWHdFtvBMpCuDTobgMonU0Aij9D3U2Z-txqAo/s1600/Slide21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCH2H1o06rs_EWYuffeAfxmUp2LIWoC9RpeDCCLxb9ra_oV1MgcV2h7dU3cLEkFT1DbzSULEJy_cBW2SNnoKCMN9go1hCDaPGjfq9wOZCWHdFtvBMpCuDTobgMonU0Aij9D3U2Z-txqAo/s400/Slide21.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRPkgODgpUHUW-DKUl0JzcFzBAQzezqplzqISNVwL_481cgT-HqphB8f6KA3B3epnmiRN0dxtkL781ypG2eQ8lR4wSfVz0Nncl8jE5ng_X5bA2ytS9cW2RMnBh7QmIO2VKQSkCZFQSBBb/s1600/Slide22.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRPkgODgpUHUW-DKUl0JzcFzBAQzezqplzqISNVwL_481cgT-HqphB8f6KA3B3epnmiRN0dxtkL781ypG2eQ8lR4wSfVz0Nncl8jE5ng_X5bA2ytS9cW2RMnBh7QmIO2VKQSkCZFQSBBb/s400/Slide22.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho95iWgPKvDSMlBvguLaaU9cHn8ddzaSyleXWY7LE6ceJTZt5_SzM52xUSu5TO5f4PIqQRHfY_ZCFO2jbFLpyWSS2qLn7HNr1oRF4omLDID5lWOgUXUPG6T2Aa4XcKvH4U429nNeKzhUXj/s1600/Slide23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho95iWgPKvDSMlBvguLaaU9cHn8ddzaSyleXWY7LE6ceJTZt5_SzM52xUSu5TO5f4PIqQRHfY_ZCFO2jbFLpyWSS2qLn7HNr1oRF4omLDID5lWOgUXUPG6T2Aa4XcKvH4U429nNeKzhUXj/s400/Slide23.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQn4DpdiQk_o7r3BRrfcf66ROAC4dZlrSRYopyr6kMbqQMyn9wuxzovdWwAEdHlpeNlotEgy0GpzVf0ZlvMoKKC4pVtfYVfTSQKYVb0SyfvwxdF0lNh1PgHJ-DkvHduh64m9tulm60EfE/s1600/Slide24.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQn4DpdiQk_o7r3BRrfcf66ROAC4dZlrSRYopyr6kMbqQMyn9wuxzovdWwAEdHlpeNlotEgy0GpzVf0ZlvMoKKC4pVtfYVfTSQKYVb0SyfvwxdF0lNh1PgHJ-DkvHduh64m9tulm60EfE/s400/Slide24.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIbHKT0bAEexM5z-G2lBsWqU5l0Enk65PqLNzMcP1uH49bsvdnMfhQsUICmVFGaHoyqT2-ztxDHmpEdAkWEoatsuxDxko15M7E4R0juTGAqLxDS2ZaWrKIH2h-GZQNqfDDFnFW8TlZbnX/s1600/Slide25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIbHKT0bAEexM5z-G2lBsWqU5l0Enk65PqLNzMcP1uH49bsvdnMfhQsUICmVFGaHoyqT2-ztxDHmpEdAkWEoatsuxDxko15M7E4R0juTGAqLxDS2ZaWrKIH2h-GZQNqfDDFnFW8TlZbnX/s400/Slide25.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_W6wCWJDAKZt-KsQGbRbsjJg0xC5iERk3s7GkwP1oQZI8LNlDDfPphiQRpsna_GqT-91ybz4gYz6gHJXDvY0Wkcsletp2ZT5q1-IDbf7sUiBz0gKB4FwBNbLpurw4pDgFk_B3cfjVoDBS/s1600/Slide26.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_W6wCWJDAKZt-KsQGbRbsjJg0xC5iERk3s7GkwP1oQZI8LNlDDfPphiQRpsna_GqT-91ybz4gYz6gHJXDvY0Wkcsletp2ZT5q1-IDbf7sUiBz0gKB4FwBNbLpurw4pDgFk_B3cfjVoDBS/s400/Slide26.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7o8fECL9NuUxGhvWIV_R5xitC2Pdlt7n4Hn0dWvF_DRKVx-Lx1QGYPhfKIwY3KgBEagkoU2-XHdPrvSh58-BmqxvfmcwhdCds8Fm5wIo6qGdBLjunnKMrNpppiOvPKggQU_tPdl1D22gr/s1600/Slide27.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7o8fECL9NuUxGhvWIV_R5xitC2Pdlt7n4Hn0dWvF_DRKVx-Lx1QGYPhfKIwY3KgBEagkoU2-XHdPrvSh58-BmqxvfmcwhdCds8Fm5wIo6qGdBLjunnKMrNpppiOvPKggQU_tPdl1D22gr/s400/Slide27.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2xA9PDT0JKMOFENZgn0eh8FlJDKVmyeXTj4TZpL6VfSUHxZYdHVK0nMSdcVkrVCLAbrnt3W1vrAwb3Kss1n-lzeEBDCMJjqiANsCAPK9q8ywuEv4xlvPgytkAQ8I9qsWbxkSj5nNLQ6Y/s1600/Slide28.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2xA9PDT0JKMOFENZgn0eh8FlJDKVmyeXTj4TZpL6VfSUHxZYdHVK0nMSdcVkrVCLAbrnt3W1vrAwb3Kss1n-lzeEBDCMJjqiANsCAPK9q8ywuEv4xlvPgytkAQ8I9qsWbxkSj5nNLQ6Y/s400/Slide28.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKMWMvml3zZP5FBirJISlkjo6sThlepiXvDP2pR1qT3xLeJEMkvj-GjHrJgSWCiIVi-6hAM0vZwpiGAwSKbdczJAF8Ky8HbkxIWbuNYQJdUCGw3tpXAP94-1EYFh33icuBpCsH40bQyiP/s1600/Slide29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKMWMvml3zZP5FBirJISlkjo6sThlepiXvDP2pR1qT3xLeJEMkvj-GjHrJgSWCiIVi-6hAM0vZwpiGAwSKbdczJAF8Ky8HbkxIWbuNYQJdUCGw3tpXAP94-1EYFh33icuBpCsH40bQyiP/s400/Slide29.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFhTWulDOqx0VSeTsesaGtizCcJnVLkPaEr_7jTzo6SlSuov2GH2CCNXZ8ipoYbZf5yOMb-blpXtMmfOo3qoOm2JJL5PsAfsyZOdVMvyGZ5XO0y0NjCFoBcMDZavnZHwrdqW3RSoqGUn3/s1600/Slide30.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFhTWulDOqx0VSeTsesaGtizCcJnVLkPaEr_7jTzo6SlSuov2GH2CCNXZ8ipoYbZf5yOMb-blpXtMmfOo3qoOm2JJL5PsAfsyZOdVMvyGZ5XO0y0NjCFoBcMDZavnZHwrdqW3RSoqGUn3/s400/Slide30.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcFtevH1EnryaqYZL4J7nTrcQKbkcxIwyevvMbUxRET66CumPtTaaIZExTXBPGrwDgLV-gLyDqQxUZBmEDx7JMQW-EI4RfvPP7gnrVDxUdWZCi4VYwxDrV0OKA6NZe9SRt15078zxmPJC/s1600/Slide31.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcFtevH1EnryaqYZL4J7nTrcQKbkcxIwyevvMbUxRET66CumPtTaaIZExTXBPGrwDgLV-gLyDqQxUZBmEDx7JMQW-EI4RfvPP7gnrVDxUdWZCi4VYwxDrV0OKA6NZe9SRt15078zxmPJC/s400/Slide31.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjDWXWo-S0rjtTOJl_ictOqa_nWLKxP12lZyjURvOLdNUcIIFDqDxMNKs349ULSGRiAGQjiK9_V9e1M6_iiiQVvt8nirKZXN6SaA43EFlGY16eoWJ3WNeZY88wUwsDIMPXGitlBTlMtDU/s1600/Slide32.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjDWXWo-S0rjtTOJl_ictOqa_nWLKxP12lZyjURvOLdNUcIIFDqDxMNKs349ULSGRiAGQjiK9_V9e1M6_iiiQVvt8nirKZXN6SaA43EFlGY16eoWJ3WNeZY88wUwsDIMPXGitlBTlMtDU/s400/Slide32.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgyrwtYdta8EEdOWep2THwszzIdxS2x5_JHbxBzdnz9cm8umfE-KjDA6Yt3lHYp6c8VDflwb1wid6lLv7EBJXymoUTt88yny9VJscF3YqI1AyODltsWxXiLPa7pN4j_J0M8ixW57X-OPI/s1600/Slide33.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgyrwtYdta8EEdOWep2THwszzIdxS2x5_JHbxBzdnz9cm8umfE-KjDA6Yt3lHYp6c8VDflwb1wid6lLv7EBJXymoUTt88yny9VJscF3YqI1AyODltsWxXiLPa7pN4j_J0M8ixW57X-OPI/s400/Slide33.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5xh1nXNdTspIonWCLCSuS5-grzOf6aWhoY8mHJpaUwuQ_mGxN_u_ZW-720Noh8pNymz8KRZekWHStdTU8hnPHDOH8hhYpYfDbOC5lPnv_VeJkfKkxDXuWyp5JxJoVVADghz_KpKArutz/s1600/Slide34.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5xh1nXNdTspIonWCLCSuS5-grzOf6aWhoY8mHJpaUwuQ_mGxN_u_ZW-720Noh8pNymz8KRZekWHStdTU8hnPHDOH8hhYpYfDbOC5lPnv_VeJkfKkxDXuWyp5JxJoVVADghz_KpKArutz/s400/Slide34.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SCWAjlzHqL8juHl7NisguxkwFTXPs-E6lqkGsg9iJ6PBkLhH7BxzZ9jXvb96y-k064ug-M41MrNOp-SuoqhQQCF0ot_5xZdrAFbZ3bADS03mIz-nbyeiV5xm2RwiUVyn7i1NJ8Ibi7gr/s1600/Slide35.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SCWAjlzHqL8juHl7NisguxkwFTXPs-E6lqkGsg9iJ6PBkLhH7BxzZ9jXvb96y-k064ug-M41MrNOp-SuoqhQQCF0ot_5xZdrAFbZ3bADS03mIz-nbyeiV5xm2RwiUVyn7i1NJ8Ibi7gr/s400/Slide35.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJRQ8m0VX2yNXfiZIlO0XyPPUzuFo5XDMrBwJX5IfvwqWwphJ9uXKnRo8WVPRBkwAzssh0LVhSMTOkTA3KfP6r6p4v3HXMDFG-bzoyyB_Ywh3jTxwW6y1iJknMAdkDyrp0tszq6c_hNlD/s1600/Slide36.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJRQ8m0VX2yNXfiZIlO0XyPPUzuFo5XDMrBwJX5IfvwqWwphJ9uXKnRo8WVPRBkwAzssh0LVhSMTOkTA3KfP6r6p4v3HXMDFG-bzoyyB_Ywh3jTxwW6y1iJknMAdkDyrp0tszq6c_hNlD/s400/Slide36.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cVMoWW3pm1cvw8N5SEPvpq5hLIq9y6MdrN3FbwzeUDTDWauoDt045lmGm2P2_5Fk2z7ffwGptVgGDs9l2OHtBsTscpG2x6tdOweMSwwpyAwWP8T4nI5RY6Eif383C_3GaZ6VK1uf3RMb/s1600/Slide37.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cVMoWW3pm1cvw8N5SEPvpq5hLIq9y6MdrN3FbwzeUDTDWauoDt045lmGm2P2_5Fk2z7ffwGptVgGDs9l2OHtBsTscpG2x6tdOweMSwwpyAwWP8T4nI5RY6Eif383C_3GaZ6VK1uf3RMb/s400/Slide37.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYY5-Yz4aBc4J4Ozby6SmwhSdpGmlnAmPAa5p8pn2cBPJIc4pnVkMt0rQ03r0PFwghGv4yBBcoGkE-YqPV7DSKGTubPg2njK3aaaPugVain-yRxiKoAraPPJ6KjTGmB7uCTneoAMk4Bi-P/s1600/Slide38.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYY5-Yz4aBc4J4Ozby6SmwhSdpGmlnAmPAa5p8pn2cBPJIc4pnVkMt0rQ03r0PFwghGv4yBBcoGkE-YqPV7DSKGTubPg2njK3aaaPugVain-yRxiKoAraPPJ6KjTGmB7uCTneoAMk4Bi-P/s400/Slide38.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgNjjPweey3Jf_Ck19rOf9tH9or-GqjJbnxceetyEwkxRBlnyoTzmpa_9OVb3OOkgP0QwVZmgJQfNPZqXt0Gwg1tayj-onTf1YLmJQOqaO8iuyh0Xx47WaY2Pk_hRKNYiEg6ugFTwmNQU/s1600/Slide39.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgNjjPweey3Jf_Ck19rOf9tH9or-GqjJbnxceetyEwkxRBlnyoTzmpa_9OVb3OOkgP0QwVZmgJQfNPZqXt0Gwg1tayj-onTf1YLmJQOqaO8iuyh0Xx47WaY2Pk_hRKNYiEg6ugFTwmNQU/s400/Slide39.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHq17NZ1Qr6odrcijVPmFThLcTvbvDwoBqICMu0exu3XQQZrDhTa0qE-GebpcTpbdwFkzjFpcR8spHF6VExYQ493FqWQWmp9AZnARamx9sRTNuWTkGsLwdnBO967MWrsl-hRKofn-kOA9P/s1600/Slide40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHq17NZ1Qr6odrcijVPmFThLcTvbvDwoBqICMu0exu3XQQZrDhTa0qE-GebpcTpbdwFkzjFpcR8spHF6VExYQ493FqWQWmp9AZnARamx9sRTNuWTkGsLwdnBO967MWrsl-hRKofn-kOA9P/s400/Slide40.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IvSJc2sFBz6YtLqxaJ4oooY5u07LSsZ2zKkkCfdXKbvKyy1qhVqBqy5kmGNKSl9FcOVLjZ4KZUO-_KsdsGU_zbaiDb9G1Hd8rayADK9WBez5KbfAsjcUgM6n319-Ps8reG1IdEDqbS4M/s1600/Slide41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IvSJc2sFBz6YtLqxaJ4oooY5u07LSsZ2zKkkCfdXKbvKyy1qhVqBqy5kmGNKSl9FcOVLjZ4KZUO-_KsdsGU_zbaiDb9G1Hd8rayADK9WBez5KbfAsjcUgM6n319-Ps8reG1IdEDqbS4M/s400/Slide41.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but not the least, it's heartening to witness, thanks to <b>Bhawana and her proactive attitude</b>, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has taken two prudent steps complementing <b>WE CAN RISE</b> and <b>BAT FOR NEPAL</b> missions to set the ball rolling.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvvf642Nh9gM162hCF2Bs8LIPG4_vEewRVQFizp-_f5viVeySb0Uez_zWn24Wp45spIpe0bQvlQNYygjj4TUGZDgSldGSuclDDESdiGOx-gPVCx4NQaabB36eESEHz2iyBBh6bpbJylTM/s1600/CEIzHzCVEAEEetv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvvf642Nh9gM162hCF2Bs8LIPG4_vEewRVQFizp-_f5viVeySb0Uez_zWn24Wp45spIpe0bQvlQNYygjj4TUGZDgSldGSuclDDESdiGOx-gPVCx4NQaabB36eESEHz2iyBBh6bpbJylTM/s400/CEIzHzCVEAEEetv.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<div dir="ltr" lang="en">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you Malaysian Cricket Association for the announcement of Nepal Earthquake Fundraising Match <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BatForNepal?src=hash">#BatForNepal</a>... <a href="http://t.co/nFdmlRO5P5">http://t.co/nFdmlRO5P5</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">— Bhawana Ghimire (@Bhawana999) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bhawana999/status/595977983006871552">May 6, 2015</a></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-69230615552641921752015-04-29T13:36:00.000-07:002015-04-29T13:54:08.080-07:00Advertising is NOT circus. Ad club and ad agencies in Kolkata must stop buffooneries.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If 'Advertising Club Calcutta' - known as 'Kolkata Ad Club' - is at all serious about business i.e. 'advertising' to be precise besides and beyond real-estate, its board and members should understand a simple fact that the name of the game is 'positioning'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because only that can draw the world's attention to India... thereby to Kolkata... for 'creative excellence which in the process might stop 'talent exodus' to revive, revitalise, and redefine the ad industry in the city of joy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore, it's imperative to consider 'Advertising Club Calcutta Creative Awards' (A3CA) as a 'Product' but 'Page 3 Party' and then market it accordingly to the 'creative talents', minus whom, it's vacuous despite all media planning, buying, and spending.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frankly, 'tired, thoughtless, and tasteless' creatives in the name of 'humour and sarcasm' was 'done to death' in the era of Gopal Bhand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's time to don the 'thinking hat' once again and concentrate more on 'ideas' than mere 'executions'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, the ideal positioning should have two layers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First: A3CA, the base of Cannes -- to leverage 'outbound marketing'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Second: A3CA, better than Cannes -- to leverage 'inbound marketing' with greater emphasis and better logic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following are three ads, I prepared, keeping the shape of layouts as it was for 2015 ads, so things are understood rather easily.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(Click on each of them to enlarge):</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KDQa0LEwsyTK5fXNgzd_oX5tcPAHJOh0omzPir_4g4napf2cfG7xJ_BQyO8vG4pwd_2ybPZtNiHr1alr7bAhBo4EXBLiaTcqXJ8ckAUru9mIX48dQ5T3gl5JFGSBfiwLPPs5fEau8IKC/s1600/Calcutta+Ad+Club+Creative+Awards+-+Ad+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KDQa0LEwsyTK5fXNgzd_oX5tcPAHJOh0omzPir_4g4napf2cfG7xJ_BQyO8vG4pwd_2ybPZtNiHr1alr7bAhBo4EXBLiaTcqXJ8ckAUru9mIX48dQ5T3gl5JFGSBfiwLPPs5fEau8IKC/s1600/Calcutta+Ad+Club+Creative+Awards+-+Ad+1.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHnr-wcjMHJHutS1EDi93gX35xtZKAGE9jlqA3Nu80Q0fZ7b9RAdatct3MEMthd8fXwl2qgAKXQS3a3KMzLVoPWtWpoTWpyoAC0T87flBeKxVavVwVhdRJw8Rn-PoEBqjBDoILcP0HPtM/s1600/Calcutta+Ad+Club+Creative+Awards+-+Ad+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHnr-wcjMHJHutS1EDi93gX35xtZKAGE9jlqA3Nu80Q0fZ7b9RAdatct3MEMthd8fXwl2qgAKXQS3a3KMzLVoPWtWpoTWpyoAC0T87flBeKxVavVwVhdRJw8Rn-PoEBqjBDoILcP0HPtM/s1600/Calcutta+Ad+Club+Creative+Awards+-+Ad+3.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwha-JQRss94L7PbLqM8UHnjHNqbbeig-ADh-wmKPCVfFxVihgtKjpO4RHQqsiGCs-uEes3x-e8Vtre3C_SJ-J1F3StTFosMLzn5AzrqlRs5e4TAhfwO6YvPVi5TucO0U96YU14jTkBVy/s1600/Calcutta+Ad+Club+Creative+Awards+-+Ad+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwha-JQRss94L7PbLqM8UHnjHNqbbeig-ADh-wmKPCVfFxVihgtKjpO4RHQqsiGCs-uEes3x-e8Vtre3C_SJ-J1F3StTFosMLzn5AzrqlRs5e4TAhfwO6YvPVi5TucO0U96YU14jTkBVy/s1600/Calcutta+Ad+Club+Creative+Awards+-+Ad+2.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope, 'ad gurus' of Kolkata won't mind to use their brain for a change at least to indulge in 'disaster management' before it's too late to save Kolkata from the 'ad quake' that has been driving talents away from home or burying them at home... since long.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frankly, I have no problem with the big-heads' mediocrity but I generally have loads of issue with their audacity, since they always try to mis-sell their mediocrity as simplicity in line with the executional beauty of global creatives.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It takes mind over matter and muscles to understand that a woman who looks resplendent without any make-up perhaps does minimum 1 hour of Yoga at dawn, every day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, instead of fucking around across the globe, especially attending award shows or workshops, it's better, if brains are used to understand and decode those immensely complex ideas, and how they get generated, which actually pave the way for the simplest executions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Otherwise, creating craps like this, <i>as showing below</i>, will actually fossilise Kolkata's advertising industry that had been in coma but yet to be declared "dead" because still there are some people called "clients" who have more than enough money to pay for the bills of ventilator.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUvu_uTFA8O8F619OosGC-ivQH-nCNJGvaTXGkCDDxfBytEV8NdWWqeijZ0yCxacI-wBE97WGDw_niWGoAM5ej97TOYQvOa0DV4CztywkbWPQe5rINcyzYMt72bnq-7hRT20bmDYJh1Dz/s1600/10947344_1550465971876273_7985660249159135756_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUvu_uTFA8O8F619OosGC-ivQH-nCNJGvaTXGkCDDxfBytEV8NdWWqeijZ0yCxacI-wBE97WGDw_niWGoAM5ej97TOYQvOa0DV4CztywkbWPQe5rINcyzYMt72bnq-7hRT20bmDYJh1Dz/s1600/10947344_1550465971876273_7985660249159135756_n.jpg" height="306" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOM5hHBSMwr_nGB3VYhOKYCat62Genu2pQRuuc0qEGaTFCj9lY2h7LzcbsS-m_E2-ta8mguAQ4J1ZgdWGrvXt8tfKc6Zb2B1XiVJYNBKFoRMT7buLMXlzwaw1LDs_afBE5riG0eAlN0_B1/s1600/AD+Club+Award+ad+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOM5hHBSMwr_nGB3VYhOKYCat62Genu2pQRuuc0qEGaTFCj9lY2h7LzcbsS-m_E2-ta8mguAQ4J1ZgdWGrvXt8tfKc6Zb2B1XiVJYNBKFoRMT7buLMXlzwaw1LDs_afBE5riG0eAlN0_B1/s1600/AD+Club+Award+ad+3.jpg" height="241" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, please don't waste your time and mine as well for nitpicking in light of Photoshop or Grammar. I still hope (against hope) and believe that the number of 'dimwits' is less in Kolkata.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but not the least, if advertising were mere entertainment, clowns wouldn't struggle so much in circus despite being miserably paid.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers!</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-21278060756601599202015-04-28T14:44:00.000-07:002015-04-28T14:44:38.386-07:00Employers create disengaged employees for Employee Engagement dramas.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOaaw13gvBn8Xz5l0ATyO-agmtof9J3E2_RVq4wKAG-PxPkTBfFomYzLdYrhwi4cV01V0F4Z1xAfZubJecfN-TBdHknF7RY4FPm48jFxByKy3ZYcom9pVqfegvBD25YHRxiiSijHIvC3q/s1600/Image+-+Carrot+dangling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOaaw13gvBn8Xz5l0ATyO-agmtof9J3E2_RVq4wKAG-PxPkTBfFomYzLdYrhwi4cV01V0F4Z1xAfZubJecfN-TBdHknF7RY4FPm48jFxByKy3ZYcom9pVqfegvBD25YHRxiiSijHIvC3q/s1600/Image+-+Carrot+dangling.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since only the <strong style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Godzilla is used as prerequisites</strong> in 'job ads' and the 'job description', job seekers always begin by default as <em style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">disengaged employees</em> who are always expected <strong style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">to do more to think less</strong>, so as to perform and deliver results... complementing investors and share holders' happiness in line with their own EMIs and social status.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It actually helps employees develop and evolve the Jurassic notion, looking at the future, that a job means nothing but a paid responsibility to running after dangling carrots -- one after another -- fulfilling some preset criteria at work -- known as job requirements -- by following some tried and tested, thus tired and thoughtless, process... all in the name of creativity and innovation.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In such a productive environment -- gives complex to even Hitler's gas chamber -- that lets one's spirit go free for sure, well, literally, if employees fail to match job requirements, creatively and innovatively, they are entitled to play the role of guinea pigs under the scanner of TNA: Training Need Analysis.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thereafter, they got to attend some 'world-class training programs', across the world, which make them climb on trees or eat grass, so they can understand how to use fresh ideas during a sales pitch, naturally, or help them learn scuba diving, so they can comprehend how to use the depth business analytics, as customers and consumers are the ocean of data after all.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the torture (read training) goes on... unless they quit to join some other companies in order to face and accept more torture until they become immune to the punishment called "unlearning" and retire, seeking VRS mostly, to live a life at last, healing the injuries and insults they had to receive in profession rather helplessly for a survival and a lifestyle minus life.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, there is no end to it, and can't be, to be precise. Because employers' nature won't change, as none's nature changes -- despite some behavioural change i.e. a camouflage to get things done in own favour.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the Godzilla will continue to intimidate job seekers, and who is intimidated could, rather should, never be interested in his/her job let alone career. And who is not interested could hardly be engaged for that matter.</span></strong></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4f51; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No wonder that's a golden opportunity for coaches, trainers, gurus and the like to mint money from various organisations, mis-selling the concept of 'employee engagement' to employers who are in fact more than willing to buy those 'carrots of gold' to dangle them in front of an employee, making him go ahead to reach El Dorado... to find carat in him at last for laying golden eggs. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4d4f51;">"</span><span style="color: #333333; font-style: italic;">Just in case he managed to know how to leave the carrot behind in the first place." </span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-20552347266063067062015-03-18T02:35:00.000-07:002015-03-18T02:35:17.284-07:00South Africa de Kocked Sri Lanka. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTh9Swcq0GkK1GElyDmgEjBCY170Jd9G8duOAHq0zuVywBGPRmGYA_9DmGv6_NMVLWSlucsc6rXULVEpSQGOeTPAPSXJkkEA_XfkUPVZfIVMN04ULzkJTbUDT4c5f8J22nwjMaLldcc_D/s1600/de+Kock's%2BOutstanding%2BCatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTh9Swcq0GkK1GElyDmgEjBCY170Jd9G8duOAHq0zuVywBGPRmGYA_9DmGv6_NMVLWSlucsc6rXULVEpSQGOeTPAPSXJkkEA_XfkUPVZfIVMN04ULzkJTbUDT4c5f8J22nwjMaLldcc_D/s1600/de+Kock's%2BOutstanding%2BCatch.jpg" height="323" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All through the tournament, de Kock has been struggling with the bat.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But just one catch -- impossibly athletic -- behind the stumps provided him with the necessary confidence minus which no athlete / player can succeed on the field despite having all the hard skills.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact, such a catch immediately propels a team's morale up to the next level. Helping the squad exclaim "Yeah" instead of "Oh", and that makes all the difference.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exactly that is what happened to South Africa <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">while the team seemed to have played supernatural cricket against Sri Lanka.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Not to mention, de Kock also played an unbeaten knock of 78 off just 57 deliveries by hitting the ball at will, as if there has been no bad patch for him ever, leading the Proteas register a thumping win against the Islanders by 9 wickets on the 18th over itself.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Hence, the turning point of the match has taken place at the very outset of the match with de Kock's 'flying catch' that also proves it once again 'catches win matches'!</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing to discuss about Sri Lanka's batting though save for Kumar Sangakkara's helpless vigil at the non-striker's end to watch the procession of other batsmen who were in real hurry to get out.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmBSRJiV8K3wDXe-6wxsIiDp2neK9ao-xAAXAcGvEXxU7Ik1Bzl0jXJyOmHh5gKaTyMQ9W636cWhhtGNyIF5jN-cbKILU3DrcOsYgqA_vY2qVoUD5dpYb9pHL20FePE9kKpIo_Nv9S9Hp/s1600/Helpless+Sangakkara+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmBSRJiV8K3wDXe-6wxsIiDp2neK9ao-xAAXAcGvEXxU7Ik1Bzl0jXJyOmHh5gKaTyMQ9W636cWhhtGNyIF5jN-cbKILU3DrcOsYgqA_vY2qVoUD5dpYb9pHL20FePE9kKpIo_Nv9S9Hp/s1600/Helpless+Sangakkara+.jpg" height="213" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Perhaps that's why even the heavens opened up to bid adieu to Sanga, so at least he was not left high and dry on his way to a glorious retirement.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIukcMa16hZC5G_M8LW7HDByqYJNWh_Pbw4acygYUCijC9_QQFdOKPthF-8BQXyuteA_d8n_eMTkUmFvNCZA8dPfgTxlf26DW5WPunQJWgAlrIkHJX9r_nBBwCISvNtusLlr8fIpL_9YJ/s1600/Heaven+opens+up+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIukcMa16hZC5G_M8LW7HDByqYJNWh_Pbw4acygYUCijC9_QQFdOKPthF-8BQXyuteA_d8n_eMTkUmFvNCZA8dPfgTxlf26DW5WPunQJWgAlrIkHJX9r_nBBwCISvNtusLlr8fIpL_9YJ/s1600/Heaven+opens+up+.jpg" height="213" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-77438916124504643482015-03-09T02:34:00.000-07:002015-03-16T11:25:04.109-07:00The 'dead fly' in marcom, Kaushiki needs to avoid for SAKHI.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Suppose</span>, it was a raging and dry summer. The scorching sun was beating down on terrestrial mortals - as if to make us even lesser. In that situation, I, being one of them, visited Kaushiki's place one day. The first thing I desperately wanted was a glass of water because I was thirsty, very thirsty. The lady who takes care of the kitchen, presumably, was bringing me 'a new lease of life'. Looking at the glass on the tray approaching me, I went happy. As the glass came closer, my eyes lit up with expectation that was contentment in itself. For I could make out the water was cold from the misty portrayal of the glass. Grinning ear-to-ear, I thanked the lady who obliged me, as well as offered my gratitude to Kaushiki. I took the glass in my hand and was about to sip into, immediately. But, I failed to do so. As I found there was <b>a dead fly</b> floating on the water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuhL_TwDeSSrnEocRv_wY2e_KZznoZKU66q-LGbFt8hXrub-WOQJO_0FFIOr-xn6H3I3QqOrQk-jQF28D1CWRkpByoTjzdexj8VS5EFmWRtIbnoG0hBDYFqqCRaHnq9B5na5U38whlfCS/s1600/Glasses+of+Water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuhL_TwDeSSrnEocRv_wY2e_KZznoZKU66q-LGbFt8hXrub-WOQJO_0FFIOr-xn6H3I3QqOrQk-jQF28D1CWRkpByoTjzdexj8VS5EFmWRtIbnoG0hBDYFqqCRaHnq9B5na5U38whlfCS/s1600/Glasses+of+Water.jpg" height="214" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a flash, my beaming face turned pale; my happiness was superseded by anxiety, and I became uncomfortable. I didn't know how to react. Probably because I had more than one option to react, and that too being politically correct in the name of courtesy and maturity. More so, as I knew it for a fact that neither the lady who served me the glass of water nor Kaushiki was aware of that dead fly. If they were, they would have never offered me the same in the first place.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, such an incident didn't occur in reality and it was just a metaphor to express how I tend to react to SAKHI's marketing communications. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-----------------------------</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whenever I look at the 'marketing communications' (marcom) stuff - precisely the logo or brand mnemonic, print ads, OOH (out of home) materials, other collates - produced for SAKHI - I get to see the dead fly floating on the water. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And since I remain thirsty, therefore I can't ignore the water: <b>the good and unique work that Kaushiki does and is up to doing</b>... honestly and passionately with her SAKHI. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, despite knowing 'free advice is no advice', I still try to provide Kaushiki with the right critique, which is devoid of any criticism though, almost always... just in case she bothers to understand for once for a change that she simply can't afford to offer dead flies in her marcom at her level. For that is odd, really odd. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-----------------------------</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two dead flies were found in the print ad published in Mumbai Mirror before the World Premier of SAKHI at National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7YjwJfuwxluHP_vV7WfAdgrJzNkXcxG5o_iGclvtJQOvnngr41PGp7GZ3cAkeNjR1OY19mMAA0oFpszlI3EUpvLhGa4xcpHkFaVhezWwbnaRJjKQv_VynB-iJfo-W2jyw9feKkFpEbBQ/s1600/Sakhi+NCPA+ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7YjwJfuwxluHP_vV7WfAdgrJzNkXcxG5o_iGclvtJQOvnngr41PGp7GZ3cAkeNjR1OY19mMAA0oFpszlI3EUpvLhGa4xcpHkFaVhezWwbnaRJjKQv_VynB-iJfo-W2jyw9feKkFpEbBQ/s1600/Sakhi+NCPA+ad.jpg" height="400" width="277" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kaushiki's tanpura and the logo of SAKHI literally didn't do any good to the brand image of Kaushiki who swears by her tanpura and to the brand personality of SAKHI: the all-girl classical band, which needs an immediate visual connect with people off the stage besides its experiential engagement with its audience on the stage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If Kaushiki looks at the following picture, she will certainly understand how even an otherwise insignificant cropping of the visual of a tanpura can exhibit 'reasonably significant oddity' (the dead fly) that is unlikely to delight an audience: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyxh0U45OPyyhMi5vFnBSxPHzWlT7kLDS3kAO0CLScwxZtipiJNE8Kb56Gl5NFQB5JaT0Ghz7icPimk9drj5yaDKDYOh9tuamp9Ic9C-12g0AhEIiq01dr-hlBA0eR0xhxH8f55iLAwAy/s1600/Different+Kaushiki+vs.+Indifferent+Kaushiki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyxh0U45OPyyhMi5vFnBSxPHzWlT7kLDS3kAO0CLScwxZtipiJNE8Kb56Gl5NFQB5JaT0Ghz7icPimk9drj5yaDKDYOh9tuamp9Ic9C-12g0AhEIiq01dr-hlBA0eR0xhxH8f55iLAwAy/s1600/Different+Kaushiki+vs.+Indifferent+Kaushiki.jpg" height="255" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition, I am not sure whether 'womanhood' could be differentiated and described by nations, nationalities or nationalism, thus didn't understand what the expression "a story of 'Indian' womanhood" meant. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are 'Celebrating Womanhood' through Indian Music - precisely through Hindustani Classical and Carnatic Music - and 'Celebrating Indian Womanhood' same? I have my doubts. Because, while the former positioning and communication plank creates a broader spectrum and a larger bandwidth for SAKHI complementing the band's pay-off line "her resonance", the latter positioning and communication plank narrows the broader base of SAKHI by confining womanhood within only Indianness that, on the contrary, leads to a pay-off line "her restriction".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-----------------------------</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Logo or brand mnemonic is vital for any band, as it is for any brand. Therefore, if it keeps changing, it hardly gets established on the perceptual mind of people. Just the reason, if SAKHI keeps changing its logo or mnemonic in every other piece of marcom, it's not doing the right thing. It's like changing the face of SAKHI members every time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcrPG4kg2s9YlAtyxJ_pFteftLyKJaPuYnHSFNOSpTz-GnXWK_2HR0vtJ6Y2RZuUF_6UWcNU-PJwXDuV9CqVUKjI0yw3sj6NFSxFy5sQSPSvN4BT2pBU7XjGDmmV6nrtY68MlUEQndWZ1/s1600/Sakhii+Logos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcrPG4kg2s9YlAtyxJ_pFteftLyKJaPuYnHSFNOSpTz-GnXWK_2HR0vtJ6Y2RZuUF_6UWcNU-PJwXDuV9CqVUKjI0yw3sj6NFSxFy5sQSPSvN4BT2pBU7XjGDmmV6nrtY68MlUEQndWZ1/s1600/Sakhii+Logos.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, it's a different issue altogether that, from a marcom viewpoint, none of the above logos is defining SAKHI rightly in line with its core personality and essence. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first logo is not depicting that SAKHI is an all-girl band which celebrates womanhood through musical fusion where neither vocal nor instrumental nor percussion nor flute nor dance stands out, individually. With a rainbow, it's in fact highlighting each one's individual performance. Also, a rainbow has nothing to do with 'resonance', nonetheless yes, w</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hen an object is forced into resonance vibrations at one of its natural frequencies, it vibrates in a manner such that a standing wave is formed within the object; hence the waves in the logo are justified. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second logo means nothing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-----------------------------</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SAKHI deserves a better logo that can explain the band and its core, visually, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The points to ponder for the creation of that logo are: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) Kaushiki </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) All-girl: 6 friends intertwined </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) Fusion </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) Womanhood </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5) Her Resonance </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6) Classical Music </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to do that, here is my suggestion: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUK_L97S06pK8Tvk9e6tBAltUQ4G88cAElM4gIwVVwID54I5GZEgbdLUZO8rfTWWVGCY2R8bTtHbuGeBITJEygwyWRejxqWHIPByLlkq7aoXw1doW_UvT5yDRnx47lhtKhKk4VHPA-Had/s1600/Sakhi+Logo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUK_L97S06pK8Tvk9e6tBAltUQ4G88cAElM4gIwVVwID54I5GZEgbdLUZO8rfTWWVGCY2R8bTtHbuGeBITJEygwyWRejxqWHIPByLlkq7aoXw1doW_UvT5yDRnx47lhtKhKk4VHPA-Had/s1600/Sakhi+Logo.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kaushiki is an affiliation of 'Shakti' - Strength, Power, Energy - so I used 'red' hair that reads 'S' and looks like a tweeting and flying bird to depict 'the social fight for a flight' of a woman with plenty of 'fire in her belly'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The red hair has got 6-locks, all intertwined, to mean 6 friends are together to form the all-girl band SAKHI. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each one's individual brilliance i.e. colour gets blended or fused into SAKHI the band; thus 'black' is used for rest of the logo after 'S'. The colour black stands for 'emotional safety' and 'substance', as per colour psychology. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The letter 'i' personifies a 'little girl' on an earth shaped base of classical music, as shown with a musical note turned tanpura, who epitomises the celebration and extension of womanhood... as a derivative of SAKHI... summing up the entire story of SAKHI... "her resonance".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grey is used for "her resonance" because the colour grey means no bias but 'psychological neutrality'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this regard, it should be noted that every human is born as female and that's why every man has nipples. This video gives a better explanation: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z1Kdoja3hlk" width="560"></iframe></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, if SAKHI is considered as a feminist band then also no sweat, no harm because 'f</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">eminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression'. In other words, 'feminism is not just for women but for men and children too'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-----------------------------</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A SAKHI is a 'friend' after all. And minus friendship, frankly, no relationship works out. Which is why, lucky is who who is embraced by a SAKHI. So, why not make the embrace of SAKHI a possibility in the form of a T-shirt to be worn by both boys and girls for friendship? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For that, here is the design that could be executed to add value to the merchandising of the band SAKHI.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AyYbY629Vf8-PQN8VT5O_BcapSHAO2phb_-bMtFgxJLpQl1doEzysn9zgoHhQ1jkiJ6tTUoCzGH3Wsr3Nw9eUqw0MdtO46ptY36OV62xaGe3LoMV4OaMD7MyM8z1vG4LexhcOt7c2X9o/s1600/Sakhi+T-shirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AyYbY629Vf8-PQN8VT5O_BcapSHAO2phb_-bMtFgxJLpQl1doEzysn9zgoHhQ1jkiJ6tTUoCzGH3Wsr3Nw9eUqw0MdtO46ptY36OV62xaGe3LoMV4OaMD7MyM8z1vG4LexhcOt7c2X9o/s1600/Sakhi+T-shirt.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, no advice is free because behind every advice there is an idea and an idea shared means two ideas received rather automatically unlike money. And that's economics which has nothing to do with flat currency but has everything to do with creations of opportunity for lives.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESBvmFL9u6e0ytdVF4CiOv6FVDzSOxHvz88qFI_d3cNX78EpTzeEfxufqKgFsfc6DIQQtimPKHMEhX7UFV5kZm9n_QKc8romt7QCBixImHtwJFJ_vyFGPFm6PHtYWNz7a1gopyWDyi26W/s1600/Knowledge+Economy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESBvmFL9u6e0ytdVF4CiOv6FVDzSOxHvz88qFI_d3cNX78EpTzeEfxufqKgFsfc6DIQQtimPKHMEhX7UFV5kZm9n_QKc8romt7QCBixImHtwJFJ_vyFGPFm6PHtYWNz7a1gopyWDyi26W/s1600/Knowledge+Economy.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>PS:</b> If Kaushiki were my friend (SAKHI), she could understand my concern rather easily to do the needful. But since we are not friends, so it's tough for her to relate to me and my ideas even for her benefit. </i></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-22622790383434387202015-03-05T12:48:00.000-08:002015-03-05T13:07:54.536-08:00Reason in picture: Why India's Daughter in India itself gets suppressed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">The Government of India tried a range of measures to ban the British film-maker Leslee Udwin’s </span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 23px;">documentary, <b>India's Daughter</b>, </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">broadcast by the BBC </span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 23px;">about the gang-rape and murder of a young girl, <b>Jyoti turned Nirbhaya</b>, in Delhi.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 23px;">In the film of 58.43 minutes of duration, the <i>unmasking</i> of the Indian society was done delicately, as a matter of fact, without any over-the-top melodrama and thereby not to create even the slightest of sensitisation in line with populism for popularity.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">The flow was impeccable, so was the narration. The editing was top-class that didn't let 'the dry, dull and rough Indian culture' turn mushy with dollops of uncalled for sentimental moisture which almost always helps us, Indians, keep our thick skin supple to flaunt the 'beauty of the beast' that every Indian and NRIs take pride in. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: large;">In short, <b>India's Daughter</b> has definitely unmasked the <i>banality of evil</i> that we indulge in, as a nation, every day, everywhere, every time, playing the role of protectors of preys, so as to perpetrate crimes and cruelties, conveniently, being smart predators. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">No wonder the Indian Government literally had no other option but suppress this documentary in order hide the real India from a global embarrassment, especially when the fire of nationalism needs enough fanning and fanfare to spread across the nation for captivating people - predominantly the youth and the middle-class - in the gas chamber of growth and development.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">The pictures </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">(screenshots from the said film)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"> below, </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><i>thanks to the subtitles</i>,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"> duly explain why </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">India's Daughter </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">off her mother's lap</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"> </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">needs to be banned (and burnt) in India - the nation which is ironically called</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Bharat Mata</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zXLVo52BT2219xdFz5tAM6Gy17afbKr0VCi7JPgWV7wr7lil35UtVyhBNvdd8dAMHjOBYsRr6j6JX54kf7y4VWWNyTB4QuFog8I2vxP0KhX6jhRU1saRtg1ON5IMVPr9CVrY4ngz8LIW/s1600/Movie+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zXLVo52BT2219xdFz5tAM6Gy17afbKr0VCi7JPgWV7wr7lil35UtVyhBNvdd8dAMHjOBYsRr6j6JX54kf7y4VWWNyTB4QuFog8I2vxP0KhX6jhRU1saRtg1ON5IMVPr9CVrY4ngz8LIW/s1600/Movie+.jpg" height="217" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7JzRc6OlD7NwQucwApf11bo-4C9eiTq5_DGBHMPSEMd6Zys6hXPMz-mgHPhKm0EzBeoXsftYOYVLMgUVlZ4XdVK8Jh-_i8BXqrGy3JpZ7CUnLlqroERIon6zQAaPdAvulAbGYAOs2R8/s1600/The+Bus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7JzRc6OlD7NwQucwApf11bo-4C9eiTq5_DGBHMPSEMd6Zys6hXPMz-mgHPhKm0EzBeoXsftYOYVLMgUVlZ4XdVK8Jh-_i8BXqrGy3JpZ7CUnLlqroERIon6zQAaPdAvulAbGYAOs2R8/s1600/The+Bus.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9C477wL1Ca35zG561U2y7KQZ9fxasCOnfFJ5S6LLk-fmiqPlV7YdIRAR296w600UiOh13aRkEKTf2O3niVoTAsvclQ21jGoMi_ruMJXkF3MFw5KnjnU-fSb4CLbH6h7AAEFFSF498UFYw/s1600/Men+Women+Friends+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9C477wL1Ca35zG561U2y7KQZ9fxasCOnfFJ5S6LLk-fmiqPlV7YdIRAR296w600UiOh13aRkEKTf2O3niVoTAsvclQ21jGoMi_ruMJXkF3MFw5KnjnU-fSb4CLbH6h7AAEFFSF498UFYw/s1600/Men+Women+Friends+.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kdlq-KCinNy1L303er8z7rD3KD3uVFKxDn04Yv8O-wP6lvC38anyajkL9RZFALCyClW1N9kq8Jls-lquSsw2RIu1c3eWe_9bvdmXEVMrTM3a9O5ZjL0VybmPYJBovAv84MBuKA6BaCCU/s1600/Tiger+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kdlq-KCinNy1L303er8z7rD3KD3uVFKxDn04Yv8O-wP6lvC38anyajkL9RZFALCyClW1N9kq8Jls-lquSsw2RIu1c3eWe_9bvdmXEVMrTM3a9O5ZjL0VybmPYJBovAv84MBuKA6BaCCU/s1600/Tiger+.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKzErWgGa6mXmB9jF8C149pioQCZBS4Y8Un_uxuPsOrWkK_E5RGikdIijkE0kfxiqTzqFTsrwCSKfTDIr9fPYK4dmOHwN3Qu5y2m9ed0SQTMn_CMW0J5dKaA3kHzpNfDLFiCziQv97kYX/s1600/Men+Women+Friends+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKzErWgGa6mXmB9jF8C149pioQCZBS4Y8Un_uxuPsOrWkK_E5RGikdIijkE0kfxiqTzqFTsrwCSKfTDIr9fPYK4dmOHwN3Qu5y2m9ed0SQTMn_CMW0J5dKaA3kHzpNfDLFiCziQv97kYX/s1600/Men+Women+Friends+1.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrP9rHlml9Ef-bgi2IeAKRbh68snSFd1HdCISmGEIEVEqfnEnFDapfLEANeVFDRqnIxd4ttANTsghc86l4QoZU9UwChyphenhyphen7etFUUTDVGAJiSY2_P7XQNtBw0-d4TyFx-e-dG8lD1vtQr5hWQ/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrP9rHlml9Ef-bgi2IeAKRbh68snSFd1HdCISmGEIEVEqfnEnFDapfLEANeVFDRqnIxd4ttANTsghc86l4QoZU9UwChyphenhyphen7etFUUTDVGAJiSY2_P7XQNtBw0-d4TyFx-e-dG8lD1vtQr5hWQ/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6XDtQLXZANM9sNuzrTrftCQiCtY-w2lFF9xORGAD7tSaXpTjLxgNgmaFZfjzYoqBrU_lRGbhwRTOrO3JRNjRXGvsDW93ubPXlShbnIsNCRUHo3U_GdDTVHeye3mw6ubtkt_BurF8DI9O/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6XDtQLXZANM9sNuzrTrftCQiCtY-w2lFF9xORGAD7tSaXpTjLxgNgmaFZfjzYoqBrU_lRGbhwRTOrO3JRNjRXGvsDW93ubPXlShbnIsNCRUHo3U_GdDTVHeye3mw6ubtkt_BurF8DI9O/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+2.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_JYrt8yWEn6Yo58DcV9hgXSwRv_KpA6rdLvWs36rg4Pirs8seNxfrwt8VGGUcjaOPcyt7kdR1j5rE6Rw585DC9zKnYTDwohHdNZqi469Yf0RJL9l855mV3nKt3ZifBhJQSgbw3_8B4kz/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_JYrt8yWEn6Yo58DcV9hgXSwRv_KpA6rdLvWs36rg4Pirs8seNxfrwt8VGGUcjaOPcyt7kdR1j5rE6Rw585DC9zKnYTDwohHdNZqi469Yf0RJL9l855mV3nKt3ZifBhJQSgbw3_8B4kz/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+5.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-zst-3Pwq0BlpOoHNg2_oem99GKGM1HMcAUyFxcUYEbZAifjGaQuTrpKsN44lW_erczyX01wG15wNxd51Jcdl_NRwme9UAnkugNYIInWVYwvDngsFuUOYg3M0fst1sOH-XhHjQVgy2Sk/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-zst-3Pwq0BlpOoHNg2_oem99GKGM1HMcAUyFxcUYEbZAifjGaQuTrpKsN44lW_erczyX01wG15wNxd51Jcdl_NRwme9UAnkugNYIInWVYwvDngsFuUOYg3M0fst1sOH-XhHjQVgy2Sk/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+3.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rLkZwIL5ec7bu26V8J9fO8wNjHq8MVZY6Y_lvbyWBMLbGgS5VMwM3QHvff-r6JFd1CUj3A4qWpSRAcCD7Dn9wIfVX55e1JVMwztdqsL28X8FzJpaXqVUnVeiqLlAWj57LWlOLZmS8vB5/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rLkZwIL5ec7bu26V8J9fO8wNjHq8MVZY6Y_lvbyWBMLbGgS5VMwM3QHvff-r6JFd1CUj3A4qWpSRAcCD7Dn9wIfVX55e1JVMwztdqsL28X8FzJpaXqVUnVeiqLlAWj57LWlOLZmS8vB5/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+4.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidELQuYmD1jqg3CNujETOxdEY4TlbeKVl1Qphxmb-vG3oMjygx2NgEdSFegNT38CE6eXMd8X9_qR7NA8ohzqQmi1z-qR5WOHfieo-NtWXB9uRr5x1SKxmkB3oZRb-NlTh0HM5gf4qC4wwZ/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidELQuYmD1jqg3CNujETOxdEY4TlbeKVl1Qphxmb-vG3oMjygx2NgEdSFegNT38CE6eXMd8X9_qR7NA8ohzqQmi1z-qR5WOHfieo-NtWXB9uRr5x1SKxmkB3oZRb-NlTh0HM5gf4qC4wwZ/s1600/Defence+Lawyer+6.jpg" height="217" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TRAtgQcdXXGgWw-iWUoI1AXYKFl_nOWRpbxWSE5qO0meFEJ9LwdH6n_Yanl2TtO7xz0OXyFOjRfbpjebubIonr2zsTmt_K2LKugPgrsm6oEMy-cZfCKYrKkaSu8TJWHjJQwPdvjFocLa/s1600/Rapist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TRAtgQcdXXGgWw-iWUoI1AXYKFl_nOWRpbxWSE5qO0meFEJ9LwdH6n_Yanl2TtO7xz0OXyFOjRfbpjebubIonr2zsTmt_K2LKugPgrsm6oEMy-cZfCKYrKkaSu8TJWHjJQwPdvjFocLa/s1600/Rapist.jpg" height="217" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Lm5r7rGn4sPLapvJ2TPaSHQUEQ06V7yAA99OdEcjY4ppdfe3Dbi7L3Zk_adtw7XFRtnmzrKY-CQJFWoBMEft_GLzKqF4yrYBReyw6LRduqJYwapwmAP92RK9xPCJ9uss3zGyzW_74G_z/s1600/Psychiatrist+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Lm5r7rGn4sPLapvJ2TPaSHQUEQ06V7yAA99OdEcjY4ppdfe3Dbi7L3Zk_adtw7XFRtnmzrKY-CQJFWoBMEft_GLzKqF4yrYBReyw6LRduqJYwapwmAP92RK9xPCJ9uss3zGyzW_74G_z/s1600/Psychiatrist+.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsM6YUtY5h6935XQxxHTIL_iECiBWll3SyKmEVHpDBduSiAJTZEuzMyvs9MwNt-pOspoucAcZoWCJ82KJbqY2-GLzzTfTk_ypNr-vkHfGdSYhyphenhyphenltB1N8NPJ19Vb5XTKwxogoRbvjitqJS/s1600/Psychiatrist+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsM6YUtY5h6935XQxxHTIL_iECiBWll3SyKmEVHpDBduSiAJTZEuzMyvs9MwNt-pOspoucAcZoWCJ82KJbqY2-GLzzTfTk_ypNr-vkHfGdSYhyphenhyphenltB1N8NPJ19Vb5XTKwxogoRbvjitqJS/s1600/Psychiatrist+1.jpg" height="217" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLqNh082UGXLjhWwK8_EeL8EAT7Wyg8G9ymNmtV_6W8Bq9rtQm4QO_zTJzvlVH4Vg4z8yYoTTpVojjF5gNgWtozP7v4wpgBghNqEuP18_-M0ApanY49myTJxCQA0usa3mKAd3dUqM8CM9/s1600/Psychiatrist+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLqNh082UGXLjhWwK8_EeL8EAT7Wyg8G9ymNmtV_6W8Bq9rtQm4QO_zTJzvlVH4Vg4z8yYoTTpVojjF5gNgWtozP7v4wpgBghNqEuP18_-M0ApanY49myTJxCQA0usa3mKAd3dUqM8CM9/s1600/Psychiatrist+2.jpg" height="215" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW-viwX04a_ot4bJsbe-fLhyphenhyphenvCA5yaSdA6Qr6AKJB5iatfJsU9YH7hETFm_g4I9L-q-ohJenwqrs0yNl2FoTeFiXpWY17Hw73TaYXz1ORHtSJz6AF-ZDNdMkj_JcM8kFvXfQoi9YL3P7a/s1600/Psychiatrist+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzW-viwX04a_ot4bJsbe-fLhyphenhyphenvCA5yaSdA6Qr6AKJB5iatfJsU9YH7hETFm_g4I9L-q-ohJenwqrs0yNl2FoTeFiXpWY17Hw73TaYXz1ORHtSJz6AF-ZDNdMkj_JcM8kFvXfQoi9YL3P7a/s1600/Psychiatrist+3.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKdadJxvZofJzp23KVrht28xwSKApsjit99OVaYYQyjgPY7_pDdfsbC5IMktXWSlBG-nxebRqpMkINqvkhxN2wHOjCQDH1VnKL1ZSeWJSuFy_DX9MF0ELZxV304RH1j-yZD-axeMdq0ln/s1600/Rapist+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKdadJxvZofJzp23KVrht28xwSKApsjit99OVaYYQyjgPY7_pDdfsbC5IMktXWSlBG-nxebRqpMkINqvkhxN2wHOjCQDH1VnKL1ZSeWJSuFy_DX9MF0ELZxV304RH1j-yZD-axeMdq0ln/s1600/Rapist+1.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrpr3l6n71GF9b05tZmkNHflVHOHkCZK7r3C2xXNjFFi9ZeqSAlxrwQ301tTOTMTtL3YAdqRm3NwSedNNoNY4h1vMQvmSv6Cp1qIrLZWIHCSV2dS-1FZ9nCUAtmS3v7tq-OyULdZxRhFK/s1600/AP+Singh+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrpr3l6n71GF9b05tZmkNHflVHOHkCZK7r3C2xXNjFFi9ZeqSAlxrwQ301tTOTMTtL3YAdqRm3NwSedNNoNY4h1vMQvmSv6Cp1qIrLZWIHCSV2dS-1FZ9nCUAtmS3v7tq-OyULdZxRhFK/s1600/AP+Singh+.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijrI9A2fqZi1xCLSNbGYMiihGxHvafH33sQKYHv18J6y-EvC89muWZj0IPQMk9ezVnzZuw_aC26bxfIBxoJPNpkt9BAXNCcYMswbkSKzC7rNQ_SNRWJcNzth3vTMdxsJErBZfcw0xc6q4/s1600/AP+Singh+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijrI9A2fqZi1xCLSNbGYMiihGxHvafH33sQKYHv18J6y-EvC89muWZj0IPQMk9ezVnzZuw_aC26bxfIBxoJPNpkt9BAXNCcYMswbkSKzC7rNQ_SNRWJcNzth3vTMdxsJErBZfcw0xc6q4/s1600/AP+Singh+1.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RVRmQgaDT-8P4DiNJow3_cAle_uZiDD_YtIyv1u-CWrWCeCJ7xVx4fINhxS60CA7tcy8fN4CYW0ZPYYRFAZTeJq-XFlec0KKbKaMRurOpw6XVujOAIO-wfnDunSup3Sxn7ge7VdLbphN/s1600/AP+Singh+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RVRmQgaDT-8P4DiNJow3_cAle_uZiDD_YtIyv1u-CWrWCeCJ7xVx4fINhxS60CA7tcy8fN4CYW0ZPYYRFAZTeJq-XFlec0KKbKaMRurOpw6XVujOAIO-wfnDunSup3Sxn7ge7VdLbphN/s1600/AP+Singh+2.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSpT5-WrZvuUwWbWAuH5dvQGWt5ovG1SXaCUHCePtjjvakonjxLNH_cgFYAfuh8Z-4f3osJaQW65UYLczuF_q71qEYLkkQNWPAUOy5sL3GxfN28ttQEzd4rbYPEppAwNKakp-S-9-8gLa/s1600/AP+Singh+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSpT5-WrZvuUwWbWAuH5dvQGWt5ovG1SXaCUHCePtjjvakonjxLNH_cgFYAfuh8Z-4f3osJaQW65UYLczuF_q71qEYLkkQNWPAUOy5sL3GxfN28ttQEzd4rbYPEppAwNKakp-S-9-8gLa/s1600/AP+Singh+3.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMxS-v1B01KSYARwo2IOHq_U0yiaERdWBcEIfZuwfOzpGRMhfunfikUdW1T1u5rF7yynlWHbAbgUNFFERcsS1AsnRHXFbujxgc1H_dnGLHBZ0aQDeM7sBxc2rbB-r7qtcuNg0etkXSeVO/s1600/AP+Singh+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMxS-v1B01KSYARwo2IOHq_U0yiaERdWBcEIfZuwfOzpGRMhfunfikUdW1T1u5rF7yynlWHbAbgUNFFERcsS1AsnRHXFbujxgc1H_dnGLHBZ0aQDeM7sBxc2rbB-r7qtcuNg0etkXSeVO/s1600/AP+Singh+4.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIAbtsNMzaLA_gpwKVgqYuvqnXv1uFDnD-joObltp9eY5W_dxEN5AHNmQC76DgoBOi59oaiOlzyU9FNXbv2m3-GLv1PbzdPF7p5J7TWrrRioKJVRBVPrfkcHD-MPyF8NTfRS3dVhRLbnV/s1600/AP+Singh+4a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIAbtsNMzaLA_gpwKVgqYuvqnXv1uFDnD-joObltp9eY5W_dxEN5AHNmQC76DgoBOi59oaiOlzyU9FNXbv2m3-GLv1PbzdPF7p5J7TWrrRioKJVRBVPrfkcHD-MPyF8NTfRS3dVhRLbnV/s1600/AP+Singh+4a.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mL0zGfBZpz3OdDfzmGTVL7SbcD5rS7f9w-FaM-pnk9oSEmJVMLfFCww2pdtXmIUC5YlKth5WSd5jX7-rPDxsnNkGniYwpw1jIXLTIHYlcaDeBtUAdjvUbBVxcCR6h7HTnlqo_tgS2oOa/s1600/AP+Singh+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mL0zGfBZpz3OdDfzmGTVL7SbcD5rS7f9w-FaM-pnk9oSEmJVMLfFCww2pdtXmIUC5YlKth5WSd5jX7-rPDxsnNkGniYwpw1jIXLTIHYlcaDeBtUAdjvUbBVxcCR6h7HTnlqo_tgS2oOa/s1600/AP+Singh+5.jpg" height="215" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYmpJzWXE564I30BXZnOB-ho5WzM2QW3-Ir1bozVkCQj_d_kVrlewxs7y6z2o0C-mfDn6dd7VtG_MrksAvzLWlkL3cWYeq1FWiPyqvC7e-OUJFYPGPR51_lEgN8CMsJ_WhmsQlWVtTMmY/s1600/Patrolman+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYmpJzWXE564I30BXZnOB-ho5WzM2QW3-Ir1bozVkCQj_d_kVrlewxs7y6z2o0C-mfDn6dd7VtG_MrksAvzLWlkL3cWYeq1FWiPyqvC7e-OUJFYPGPR51_lEgN8CMsJ_WhmsQlWVtTMmY/s1600/Patrolman+.jpg" height="216" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kd2xMMIkI2cpHMFZJV-Att_EePSNZjUhMoBaFbZ2niAHJKIFOyQbfqcWQ7VQKYkG3SX62SVlfDel_y96Bq6k94NsAvxC1TiF3PAB_Z9ZpDl_IQXi7MMqA5tmcLn57l4wf0RvNTH2Mg6z/s1600/Patrolman+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kd2xMMIkI2cpHMFZJV-Att_EePSNZjUhMoBaFbZ2niAHJKIFOyQbfqcWQ7VQKYkG3SX62SVlfDel_y96Bq6k94NsAvxC1TiF3PAB_Z9ZpDl_IQXi7MMqA5tmcLn57l4wf0RvNTH2Mg6z/s1600/Patrolman+1.jpg" height="216" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Dd48SsvZTnAFlyWHEmSgFU3N_VaAMcbqCjhJXJiX_lpDSbkoM19SwlUcK7BhgyTApL8zU5q_LQNenhVbu2t4doJtoqAIEKszmPV8qyc1p60jdMWXiCSPszKAlsXxU3wgj7q036_259nM/s1600/Patrolman+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Dd48SsvZTnAFlyWHEmSgFU3N_VaAMcbqCjhJXJiX_lpDSbkoM19SwlUcK7BhgyTApL8zU5q_LQNenhVbu2t4doJtoqAIEKszmPV8qyc1p60jdMWXiCSPszKAlsXxU3wgj7q036_259nM/s1600/Patrolman+2.jpg" height="217" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8BrAwM5m3XKBRAklXmGlOs6LhLT3ap-1uVE18VZTnHEE9l6YzzfsutO4QrHjikE32mP04Bw6Tw3YW4d1I6Axsxe_OpR9fcRidgmx-1o810Tr1D5MLXLnj8SIRq1bSZ0phU-kEBeShCMD/s1600/AP+Singh+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8BrAwM5m3XKBRAklXmGlOs6LhLT3ap-1uVE18VZTnHEE9l6YzzfsutO4QrHjikE32mP04Bw6Tw3YW4d1I6Axsxe_OpR9fcRidgmx-1o810Tr1D5MLXLnj8SIRq1bSZ0phU-kEBeShCMD/s1600/AP+Singh+6.jpg" height="221" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvBvBiFMq3yvgq5gxlh6mEyG9mZoGFFz7WaDOds8L1_C9h0X9rxiwE67Vq6a3DF7DdUBrGCHG_Yw7wQHjdtLMzVaq_gkK-HMCBZfTR9x5WxbFnJqq0o7U8dnO3acmJOZUykh2OseoTvRZ/s1600/AP+Singh+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvBvBiFMq3yvgq5gxlh6mEyG9mZoGFFz7WaDOds8L1_C9h0X9rxiwE67Vq6a3DF7DdUBrGCHG_Yw7wQHjdtLMzVaq_gkK-HMCBZfTR9x5WxbFnJqq0o7U8dnO3acmJOZUykh2OseoTvRZ/s1600/AP+Singh+7.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktDtQi4WAHeXnme-tEDnnMPX_JmqXHDt-fa2uV5ZlB_rzkIBX0qp4IOPX-R1PLcAtBt1tyMi5k_UyttnMOtCslbd-hbNG-OGtU-3vazwDt_sWlCBJ5M0CZVGyyOMx_oYNSoBdmfg9zKov/s1600/AP+Singh+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktDtQi4WAHeXnme-tEDnnMPX_JmqXHDt-fa2uV5ZlB_rzkIBX0qp4IOPX-R1PLcAtBt1tyMi5k_UyttnMOtCslbd-hbNG-OGtU-3vazwDt_sWlCBJ5M0CZVGyyOMx_oYNSoBdmfg9zKov/s1600/AP+Singh+8.jpg" height="217" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09nyTTT0cLN6A2umOM48ZCUb95LRibLaVxUNOj27VtgUC2gPUIPmcgcEjDp6Q4rC1csYbhT-ztxzpGlZmh4b34L-7dx3Pu-fRh5JEUm0J9ZibT_sVerSPkqhQfBpwgW6UNC8LiJ8WtnEG/s1600/AP+Singh+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09nyTTT0cLN6A2umOM48ZCUb95LRibLaVxUNOj27VtgUC2gPUIPmcgcEjDp6Q4rC1csYbhT-ztxzpGlZmh4b34L-7dx3Pu-fRh5JEUm0J9ZibT_sVerSPkqhQfBpwgW6UNC8LiJ8WtnEG/s1600/AP+Singh+9.jpg" height="221" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuVCtPzJYedQA9Ki-OjWzUlwsTkRxE-epJ7u7V5l9bfXYD7ekXVdTGPNU3tONFU2GocM571CXGnKdey-P11Em3Ol70KYdQ7uSGr4mBsEPRZL9NMGHTCxWU-9_NI9vm2jhtmc3if8e6mM2/s1600/Jyoti's%2BMom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuVCtPzJYedQA9Ki-OjWzUlwsTkRxE-epJ7u7V5l9bfXYD7ekXVdTGPNU3tONFU2GocM571CXGnKdey-P11Em3Ol70KYdQ7uSGr4mBsEPRZL9NMGHTCxWU-9_NI9vm2jhtmc3if8e6mM2/s1600/Jyoti's%2BMom.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7STff0SpdsIzWa5iK956LrGjypspbr_1l3OFzSGivB5I5jfAvL6KKhjaRT-k1HvU2ipyuqWw4N8TTjP53CfRkIQWLoNUOwHdUdS_0XEMhCsEedXiucoUK2w5t8xBQpOsLOqaiZsiwaA7Q/s1600/Jyoti+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7STff0SpdsIzWa5iK956LrGjypspbr_1l3OFzSGivB5I5jfAvL6KKhjaRT-k1HvU2ipyuqWw4N8TTjP53CfRkIQWLoNUOwHdUdS_0XEMhCsEedXiucoUK2w5t8xBQpOsLOqaiZsiwaA7Q/s1600/Jyoti+.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-44476015584488229462015-03-04T13:17:00.000-08:002015-03-04T13:30:35.429-08:00The kid didn't sustain fatal injuries, thus saved Warner, ICC, and Cricket.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At Perth aka WACA, against Afghanistan, in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Australia's David Warner played a swashbuckling knock of 178 off just 133 balls is news. More so, as numbers matter in business, and cricket is a big business after all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact, for 'breaking' news, his innings was literally perfect because one of his sixers hit a kid in the gallery, who had to wear a temporary 'arm sling', thereafter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And thanks to media, and the social media, Twitter to be precise, the following things we came to know to improve our GK (General Knowledge): </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) Warner can kill bowlers, as well as spectators </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) Warner should, must apologise to the injured kid</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) The guy in white shirt sitting next to the kid was his father </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) The father is an insensitive guy because he remained glued to his mobile phone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5) The injured kid is adorable because he didn't cry on camera despite being injured badly </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6) Guys, who tried to catch and stop the ball, are idiots because they failed in their mission </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(True, if guys can't catch a ball, they are idiots for sure).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Award winning analysis, no doubt!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, let's look at the pictures below to know how the kid got the blow, and where, in order to understand what could have happened to him, fatefully and terribly, had the ball struck him a few inches above on his head... right on the right temple... BANG!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Click on each of the pictures to enlarge)</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGFs2a1oo-j8U0j-8dPFXE9bF4mXcvEInLy6VD_wBnVONMOmDqgRbPFvhL_-FV05j6Kyoulq63l6BxYZgkE94TF422leSqijKNLjqJccTL1lPwPuBo0Waevmh6a_WWW6z_-pM4ufv8vLN/s1600/David+Warner+shot+hits+a+kid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGFs2a1oo-j8U0j-8dPFXE9bF4mXcvEInLy6VD_wBnVONMOmDqgRbPFvhL_-FV05j6Kyoulq63l6BxYZgkE94TF422leSqijKNLjqJccTL1lPwPuBo0Waevmh6a_WWW6z_-pM4ufv8vLN/s1600/David+Warner+shot+hits+a+kid.jpg" height="237" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMsl4diAvPuZ3Urxkzon8Lxoa1xHmOZD8H_MIAhAmkj-lXkMvKQtU50cc704hH9zhsUaI7fXWfVXak93qsdr_pHXigDHorORws3__vI5SkBu5y8Y80BCHQi8361N8qUudZNfXGZoYM5Ec/s1600/Insensitive+Father.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMsl4diAvPuZ3Urxkzon8Lxoa1xHmOZD8H_MIAhAmkj-lXkMvKQtU50cc704hH9zhsUaI7fXWfVXak93qsdr_pHXigDHorORws3__vI5SkBu5y8Y80BCHQi8361N8qUudZNfXGZoYM5Ec/s1600/Insensitive+Father.jpg" height="206" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivx0GfqOpO_WoEmJYnqsMoFlak-fp9ghW_oUe8tkEfNMq46T0xyNyeyyg0VkwOyUKCOV0NGFTsLI95JZLF5_BrE97BRmLq5R1jdrNSRVw6k9sapVJP7F67JLto8SnZloPFd-itZIWtxZVS/s1600/Kid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivx0GfqOpO_WoEmJYnqsMoFlak-fp9ghW_oUe8tkEfNMq46T0xyNyeyyg0VkwOyUKCOV0NGFTsLI95JZLF5_BrE97BRmLq5R1jdrNSRVw6k9sapVJP7F67JLto8SnZloPFd-itZIWtxZVS/s1600/Kid.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, from 'concussion' to 'coma'... to 'death' was very much a possibility, what, thankfully, didn't take place... saving not only an innocent child but also cricket -- the sport that's been 'patronising injuries and deaths on the field and off it' in the name of machismo and bravado, since ages, rather mindlessly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be precise, with adequate disgust of course, it's a 'cricket ball' that injures and kills -- but god knows why, neither ICC nor any national cricket board nor the ball manufacturer nor the media nor even cricket fans try to take this matter, seriously... instead of accepting on-field and/or in-action injuries and deaths as freak accidents... to move on to another accident on the cards... quite freakishly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sad and bizarre, but true! While so many innovations keep happening in cricket bat manufacturing, hardly any innovation (except some cosmetic changes on the leather or in the seam) has occurred so far to make a cricket ball less lethal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case fatal injuries and deaths are imperative to the macho image of cricket, it's better to merge the sport with boxing or bull-fight or WWE circus for that matter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If, for some inane debates sake, it is to be pointed out that many a sport like football, rugby, F1 racing, etc. are more injurious and life-threatening than cricket, my humble rebuttal is, since Israel and Palestine war to kill innocent people for collateral damage, it doesn't mean every two neighbouring countries got to indulge in similar idiocy, so as to make the war a national game. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every sport has its own essence, personality, and character, and cricket being a gentleman's game should behave itself to become gentle in true sense without compromising on the competitiveness though. And for that, unnecessary and absolutely stupid toughness should be gotten rid of on an immediate basis.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A close look into the Kookaburra Turf Cricket ball -- getting used in the World Cup 2015 as well -- will make it clear how hard such balls are; not to help bowlers but batsmen who hit the leather all around the park at will to make even 500 runs possible (in the days to come) from 50 overs catering to the market demand. Because the more the run, the more the fun, the more the entertainment, the more the eyeballs, the more the business, so it hardly matters whether a Phillip Hughes dies or a Hillel Oscar or an unknown kid. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymdJhfxX36QubRr_jRI2IAZugCFBd1SLLk7P9y1ESRBtLldoV5wjX-cicfuLNOlsuYBx37B_r2GVaJQg5nlsIDGB-UMmGdVfU5FAeSndO6sns6D3YcRBdobX3g_N5l41echN7GNhU5tqc/s1600/Inside+Kookaburra+Cricket+Ball+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymdJhfxX36QubRr_jRI2IAZugCFBd1SLLk7P9y1ESRBtLldoV5wjX-cicfuLNOlsuYBx37B_r2GVaJQg5nlsIDGB-UMmGdVfU5FAeSndO6sns6D3YcRBdobX3g_N5l41echN7GNhU5tqc/s1600/Inside+Kookaburra+Cricket+Ball+.jpg" height="221" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such a killer ball is made by using a centre nucleus of cork and rubber, with 'five concentric layers of cork sheet' wound on by worsted yarn, with a cover made from cowhide.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plus, Kookaburra uses plastic cover under the four pieces of leather to add more durability to the Turf. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Five concentric layers of cork' and 'the plastic cover' make those balls as dangerous as bombshells, which often manufacture fatal injuries to invoke disquiet and fear in people's mind. Certainly, that's not going to help the spirit of cricket in any way, especially when more and more children, as well as women, particularly in developing economies, need to be brought into the mainstream of cricket, so the sport proliferates across the globe. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, there is no alternative but to invest judiciously on the research and development of cricket balls because a new avatar of leathers is a must for the greater interest of the game beyond media rights. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first thing in that direction has to be done by disowning and replacing the plastic and the five concentric layers of cork with some other and better substance that will enhance the durability and performance of cricket balls; however duly eliminating the hurtful elements from inside. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As there is no dearth of money at present in cricket, hence investment on research and development should be no issue. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At our cricket clinic, SHOTS & DOTS, I was experimenting with a tennis ball by wrapping some duct tapes on it, and found the ball swinging quite well after that, given the imbalance of weight, induced. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It prompted me to design a cricket ball, which I'm not sure though whether workable in reality because I have no lab facility to keep experimenting for something concrete. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4tTiOsLd_FOXMuFn-5viftaN0nrVAP2eUgSl1FvNZIDKzX7fnME55vW39Ev1BMAdEuKc57ECPZfAspFobq0Hud7t8e824jGOFhA1S1HQXjOum3NUBY8lILWAvwKDdNfZTmHF9WshOe2z/s1600/SHOTS+&+DOTS+Cricket+Ball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4tTiOsLd_FOXMuFn-5viftaN0nrVAP2eUgSl1FvNZIDKzX7fnME55vW39Ev1BMAdEuKc57ECPZfAspFobq0Hud7t8e824jGOFhA1S1HQXjOum3NUBY8lILWAvwKDdNfZTmHF9WshOe2z/s1600/SHOTS+&+DOTS+Cricket+Ball.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nonetheless, exploiting my idea, any cricket ball manufacturer -- if having the balls to do something uncanny -- can do something worthwhile about it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To conclude, it's only imaginations -- often wild ones -- that help innovations. For instance: If none had ever imagined that humans might fly in the sky one day then, eventually, no aeroplane would have been a reality till date. </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-31044109297732203572015-03-02T22:14:00.002-08:002015-03-12T11:39:04.078-07:00Masuri's new series of cricket helmets, StemGuard, looks inadequate for protection.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If Masuri's website is to be believed then "following the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, it has invested 'over 240 hours of research and development time' into the design of the 'StemGuard': Masuri's new series of cricket helmets.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is also believed that the 'StemGuard' series has been tested at the Progressive Sports Technologies laboratory in Loughborough University, while Sam Miller - Managing Director, Masuri - has quoted: </span></div>
<div>
<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></i>
<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Masuri extensively studied all information available in order to develop this solution.</i></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“We have designed an extension to our Vision Series helmets, which provides new protection to the vulnerable area below the shell of the helmet. </i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We have worked closely with cricket’s international governing bodies in the development of the StemGuard.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We worked alongside top designer Alan Meeks [Visitech] to take this from concept to patent pending within three months and the testing has been very promising to this point.”</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span>
<br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All said and done, now the question is, "Did Masuri do any research at all into the unfortunate death of Phillip Hughes and into the product development, as far as design is concerned?"</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span>
<br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The question stems from the fact rather automatically in case the nature of Hughes's injury and the subsequent death are taken into consideration. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Let's look at the following picture in order to 'understand'... besides and beyond knowing what the media wanted, and still wants, us to know... where the ball had hit Phil to be precise. </div>
<div>
<br />
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eH1V0n-NH8i84vOvWha6srcMJ0e3QUzhUJDnENvtoZ6_ca4kMHFQKPwSJ4gCJvLvAb3TssPtLic2ml_1RUSwnx-o7vZr9VSKW-arYWmHcPdMjdMM-F4LLVJAdzX4hoFKTIj_ojITijCX/s1600/Phillip+Hughes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eH1V0n-NH8i84vOvWha6srcMJ0e3QUzhUJDnENvtoZ6_ca4kMHFQKPwSJ4gCJvLvAb3TssPtLic2ml_1RUSwnx-o7vZr9VSKW-arYWmHcPdMjdMM-F4LLVJAdzX4hoFKTIj_ojITijCX/s1600/Phillip+Hughes.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-tsbZG0oaxPnWl-7_RJiR0aczTveOH-mqWTY2vcak7uOvUEROtLvaCaZKkbiW3e2VBrl1zmQLe0eIqp8fU2wsMnykWbNFNJlwvoqIEKxzPoVXjkCIGb7SUSRFp6MNS6nynRMn7WuK4VQ/s1600/hugheshit2_600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-tsbZG0oaxPnWl-7_RJiR0aczTveOH-mqWTY2vcak7uOvUEROtLvaCaZKkbiW3e2VBrl1zmQLe0eIqp8fU2wsMnykWbNFNJlwvoqIEKxzPoVXjkCIGb7SUSRFp6MNS6nynRMn7WuK4VQ/s1600/hugheshit2_600.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
What you see?<br />
<br />
Had the ball struck the batsman on back of the head or right on the vulnerable area of the neck just above the left collarbone? </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Cricket is no rocket science thus, if commonsense is applied, it shouldn't be tough to comprehend that <b>no helmet in the world can protect any cricketer from getting hurt or even dying of VAD - Vertebral Artery Dissection</b> - the actual medical cause of Phillip's death.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The following picture explains what is what pretty lucidly.<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksStLbgrVMqWF5YIUZ6GRBDP7q1M212vNVuWV-lVaSa2W-LaIoH0_7DkRwVGmXmI5ykCPEbpP1k2Ge3pDxdZo4lUPgUkOdohp5t6FUffNaiN7mFzptv9atFI50AK4RhGEP6lEsZb3CzaS/s1600/VAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksStLbgrVMqWF5YIUZ6GRBDP7q1M212vNVuWV-lVaSa2W-LaIoH0_7DkRwVGmXmI5ykCPEbpP1k2Ge3pDxdZo4lUPgUkOdohp5t6FUffNaiN7mFzptv9atFI50AK4RhGEP6lEsZb3CzaS/s1600/VAD.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Given this, it's imperative to evaluate 'the merit of protection' of a 'StemGuard' helmet from cricketing point of view but sales. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Below are an array of pictures of the 'StemGuard' and its different applications in hypothetical situations... which are bound to take place though on a cricket field in real-life.<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBvIiSBSjC0F4XlDqFLeSJRmMAKKNabt5ajC_HmgG63O3j-QW3gk58cICTh7pSwIPv7DtT0scLz-S1Eu4sQuCgEopDDj5wukQj5q8xILKns152mc3kXn9l0dQnuzRK6Zqzzscm9A2EWfs/s1600/Masuri+Steamguard+side.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBvIiSBSjC0F4XlDqFLeSJRmMAKKNabt5ajC_HmgG63O3j-QW3gk58cICTh7pSwIPv7DtT0scLz-S1Eu4sQuCgEopDDj5wukQj5q8xILKns152mc3kXn9l0dQnuzRK6Zqzzscm9A2EWfs/s1600/Masuri+Steamguard+side.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULyjFLBHqPPi2HCU2GPpMI5BW5uYe8a9cuEkUGa5yZkx_WWfERrP_hfCgkfd5tVNYxqjRcRlD5eOI3WadFc44I-mXdH2X86nmKbRkkdYSlcwjMg8eEDoqPldgtFK3Cdkxzptl2AHFRV0w/s1600/Masuri+Steamguard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULyjFLBHqPPi2HCU2GPpMI5BW5uYe8a9cuEkUGa5yZkx_WWfERrP_hfCgkfd5tVNYxqjRcRlD5eOI3WadFc44I-mXdH2X86nmKbRkkdYSlcwjMg8eEDoqPldgtFK3Cdkxzptl2AHFRV0w/s1600/Masuri+Steamguard.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjs5qbFZQjGV8HmosDEfEL6_gRB9rGBmeEfBiEJ9GRIzSdHCRqteeG-BusKFnQlgyLil5a5Vi51DQKyYaLbZuOeLXom1zCD1NbwNF62NZpuSxVVaUIanNaoDkbnjjdUiZwLITMbTABGDYn/s1600/Masuri+Satemguard+Helmet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjs5qbFZQjGV8HmosDEfEL6_gRB9rGBmeEfBiEJ9GRIzSdHCRqteeG-BusKFnQlgyLil5a5Vi51DQKyYaLbZuOeLXom1zCD1NbwNF62NZpuSxVVaUIanNaoDkbnjjdUiZwLITMbTABGDYn/s1600/Masuri+Satemguard+Helmet.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7X-_KjK4fkPdtWhCKInCV-s4CM1umD-AJMFxfYqMKTR_D40JXqebcMsKHuejzy9fYdNywColcr9pp9gwCjAQjVJ31rPLRZ9x8Y7diF9QFQFEIgzAen3YvtRGAEU1d7JTskbPwL7zWIY6j/s1600/Phillip+Hughes+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7X-_KjK4fkPdtWhCKInCV-s4CM1umD-AJMFxfYqMKTR_D40JXqebcMsKHuejzy9fYdNywColcr9pp9gwCjAQjVJ31rPLRZ9x8Y7diF9QFQFEIgzAen3YvtRGAEU1d7JTskbPwL7zWIY6j/s1600/Phillip+Hughes+-+Copy.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX8yuKFG0MdtNBK6cwtBozVJwG7uwYhIjMKucwZcGyEvEBSfIy3CURXQahM-lIvtM3mBVf0yU6_RwmaL1ChOHkB7ksvdQjFIjAAGtvruwiTWflKwKLUeybhejZqFTJgPSJ7j0ubikk0tq/s1600/Corey+Anderson++-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX8yuKFG0MdtNBK6cwtBozVJwG7uwYhIjMKucwZcGyEvEBSfIy3CURXQahM-lIvtM3mBVf0yU6_RwmaL1ChOHkB7ksvdQjFIjAAGtvruwiTWflKwKLUeybhejZqFTJgPSJ7j0ubikk0tq/s1600/Corey+Anderson++-+Copy.jpg" height="258" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhSNHhYCGwoTloAJeibnLVxuKaZpbWYIfDpE5le8ngDyqcyHA_y1O267hArXckL1NjjwH-KjtO0HXULaDG3SYqHI7rB3e0zMv22eLLwHuV2K7ZSurlCg-maarTd6EwBaCjxHurd9t5zwb/s1600/Sanga+under+Masuri+Helmet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhSNHhYCGwoTloAJeibnLVxuKaZpbWYIfDpE5le8ngDyqcyHA_y1O267hArXckL1NjjwH-KjtO0HXULaDG3SYqHI7rB3e0zMv22eLLwHuV2K7ZSurlCg-maarTd6EwBaCjxHurd9t5zwb/s1600/Sanga+under+Masuri+Helmet.jpg" height="238" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Is it anyway giving an impression that the latest 'StemGuard' helmets were designed to provide with extra protections? </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Plus, it's needed to be seen whether and how far this series of helmets allows a batsman to play horizontal shots, especially a hook (and a square-cut), freely, while the bottom shoulder tends to come closer to the neck and the head rotates.<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkMaP9D_sBYVG0Lb4ELCEOsX8xO5zWBRf6NDR4kk9WSPoMjfyZUs-JAYExC9OqLeQyPldbHVY9cmklCKLa38rhohoh2kdecQoIzC0hGdpvGcs0lFaJvjr7fCQBrKJiGrag4qzsX7lNI8J/s1600/kevin_pietersen_gallery__600x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkMaP9D_sBYVG0Lb4ELCEOsX8xO5zWBRf6NDR4kk9WSPoMjfyZUs-JAYExC9OqLeQyPldbHVY9cmklCKLa38rhohoh2kdecQoIzC0hGdpvGcs0lFaJvjr7fCQBrKJiGrag4qzsX7lNI8J/s1600/kevin_pietersen_gallery__600x400.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<br />
Good efforts notwithstanding on part of Masuri, the 'StemGuard' doesn't look innovative, adequate, and reliable enough when it is the question of a cricketer's protection and safety. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Without qualms, it's a problem, and since it is, hence a re-look into, not at, the design of cricket helmets is the need of the hour. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Therefore, I suggest a design for a new range of cricket helmets -- <b>Shield +</b> -- from our cricket clinic -- <b>SHOTS & DOTS</b> -- to provide extra protections, rather practically, to cricketers, precisely to batsmen and close-in fielders. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Just a look at the pictures coming next will make things clear why 'Shield +' is better than 'StemGuard' in terms of design and protection. </div>
<div>
<br />
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYJsfLVv6rqTvH_vHE88XczAMQjafQt_3tzwmry2LCKcKrhni_DgzIr252NGxTPNqUtwozRJyq4zuVtPC6ufWWKVUHDLyOEbupmNQ6WP64R1FaIFQZVOkE448037MGwgRCGpWOoa2bcVB/s1600/Extra+Protective+Helmet+Design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYJsfLVv6rqTvH_vHE88XczAMQjafQt_3tzwmry2LCKcKrhni_DgzIr252NGxTPNqUtwozRJyq4zuVtPC6ufWWKVUHDLyOEbupmNQ6WP64R1FaIFQZVOkE448037MGwgRCGpWOoa2bcVB/s1600/Extra+Protective+Helmet+Design.jpg" height="306" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9MTiI8LQLb8NbJl_yNDNI6G4Q6XjUR4JNxQ192f7KsIOHcDzVqEp8S9vdPCOQDbRrqimNTwDfPOG5NTWFOlGvytTr6DGnGkGqm2QrR4N7zASntWNcwrDFXKP6mpJJcWgKHXkELgDsjHn/s1600/Phillip+Hughes+-+Copy+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9MTiI8LQLb8NbJl_yNDNI6G4Q6XjUR4JNxQ192f7KsIOHcDzVqEp8S9vdPCOQDbRrqimNTwDfPOG5NTWFOlGvytTr6DGnGkGqm2QrR4N7zASntWNcwrDFXKP6mpJJcWgKHXkELgDsjHn/s1600/Phillip+Hughes+-+Copy+(2).jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlKMUEfdTNRcAp_0FB0td3B_QwLDp4D9qMU2vj4fzsynHK-tBtgB1LexrVCQpW1OTHqD9p0c4Kd30AWT_7cpDstuH5-pbPs7GdB7PwKsHcHqNXzYVCchc4KY9kyX7PwYu7LIghlaBfIZY/s1600/Corey+Anderson++-+Copy+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlKMUEfdTNRcAp_0FB0td3B_QwLDp4D9qMU2vj4fzsynHK-tBtgB1LexrVCQpW1OTHqD9p0c4Kd30AWT_7cpDstuH5-pbPs7GdB7PwKsHcHqNXzYVCchc4KY9kyX7PwYu7LIghlaBfIZY/s1600/Corey+Anderson++-+Copy+(2).jpg" height="258" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmU6hM4BSM1PvpjXVNEs0VOiP5r1ZJ_Kh8rDVDqCoXDigdgL8z58mo-4cwzm4pNkRuvJbUWVYc1GAoXpXBQcFOm8XtyIcVb-p-xPwpV9ApNckxhvei4FaneNtPEzewT_17WSMf9mBe3MY/s1600/Gavaskar+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmU6hM4BSM1PvpjXVNEs0VOiP5r1ZJ_Kh8rDVDqCoXDigdgL8z58mo-4cwzm4pNkRuvJbUWVYc1GAoXpXBQcFOm8XtyIcVb-p-xPwpV9ApNckxhvei4FaneNtPEzewT_17WSMf9mBe3MY/s1600/Gavaskar+1.png" height="280" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
In addition, if Masuri is to quote: "Nine current England players choose to wear Masuri Vision Series helmets – none are paid to do so." </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
It's okay not to pay cricketers for wearing helmets, but it's not okay, if unpaid cricketers are forced to remain unprotective as well at the crease against a hard and intimidating cricket ball, given the layers of cork inside, on which, no experiment is done whatsoever to make cricket balls less lethal but more loving... to benefit the sport. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Not to mention, if England's Buttler were hit a bit down on the neck, instead of just behind the left ear, by Sri Lanka's Malinga's bouncer during the England versus Sri Lanka match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the English wicket-keeper might do a Phillip Hughes too on and off the field. </div>
<div>
<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmEVrgAgkeim1_5o-XzFp5dylodnZgo5Xd3CzCcE4h2SNUOBfZ6mDPHzzE-axVph3pfe-5l2BVFO4FPzeww52jBH4b1hJjgQ8MhTRSUaiMSD2KJ5DCNMQ9iFtEPMoSvYWRUroLDo6qPgP/s1600/Buttler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmEVrgAgkeim1_5o-XzFp5dylodnZgo5Xd3CzCcE4h2SNUOBfZ6mDPHzzE-axVph3pfe-5l2BVFO4FPzeww52jBH4b1hJjgQ8MhTRSUaiMSD2KJ5DCNMQ9iFtEPMoSvYWRUroLDo6qPgP/s1600/Buttler.jpg" height="257" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcugIz1B6iapVHd8-xJkdoQZSlsesKB1JsSMmRHs8tBJaC7rtRdDTlOyVw2w0hIfOhK51ZSQmgmfHABoIN7CMzlBt5w2vlUa7XjOey_-9cIX8PVAQZb_GyMXl79oKgcysNb7fRp_n2MxpZ/s1600/Buttler+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcugIz1B6iapVHd8-xJkdoQZSlsesKB1JsSMmRHs8tBJaC7rtRdDTlOyVw2w0hIfOhK51ZSQmgmfHABoIN7CMzlBt5w2vlUa7XjOey_-9cIX8PVAQZb_GyMXl79oKgcysNb7fRp_n2MxpZ/s1600/Buttler+1.jpg" height="248" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
Thankfully, no such incident happened and the game moved on, so did we. Whereas, Masuri's 'Vision' Series helmet didn't seem to have offered the batsman the protection he should have got at the highest level of cricket. In fact, the 'StemGuard' series doesn't seem to do any better either.<br />
<br />
There is nothing against Masuri or against any other helmet manufacturer, but the point is, "On what basis, ICC and all national cricket boards allow cricketers to select their helmets? If there is any global standard for that, does the standard itself have any standard?"<br />
<br />
Finally, we must not take cricketers' protection and safety lightly because it's only cricketers who play the sport and save cricket, worldwide, unlike administrators, corporate sponsors, or TV channels do. </div>
</span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-23402480674351721332015-02-24T12:56:00.001-08:002015-02-24T15:49:08.138-08:00Pakistan cricket team needs critique, not populist sermons or bullies.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Pakistan, after their first two matches, is at the bottom of the table in Pool B - which has already become the 'Pool of Death', given the unpredictability it's been offering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No wonder the Pakistani Cricketers' heads are on the block at present, while back home in Pakistan, supporters are reacting rather savagely in tandem with majority of ex-cricketers from Pakistan, whose sole job seems to be talking toxic in media to antagonise people for cheap accolades and instant fame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Captain MISBAH-UL-HAQ and the veteran, but off-form, batsman YOUNIS KHAN are the primary targets because, in Pakistan, like it is in India, finding one or two scapegoats for the shameless blame-game is an absolute must. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It hardly matters though whether such brickbats or bullies are worth anything at all in the name of patriotism or nationalism which is nothing but a generic disease... spread on the social media of late... thus totally devoid of sense, sensibility, and sensitivity for cheap sensitisation on the basis of populism. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the drubbing against West Indies, things could still be better for Pakistan, if 'armchaired experts' suggest something concrete to the Team Management in line with the squad selected for the World Cup 2015 - which can't be changed now, so no point lamenting on or crying over - instead of launching worthless personal attacks against the skipper and some senior players.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking at Pakistan's performance on the field, it is evident that the team is reeling under tremendous mental pressure, and such claustrophobia hardly helps any sport let alone cricket which is through and through a mind-game.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From outside, as none of us can know or predict why this pressure is taking place, so the team management has to find the crux of the problem and fix it, as soon as possible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though Pakistan's strength is bowling, yet, against West Indies, that coveted bowling simply went wayward and, as a result, was torn apart in the death... while Andre Russell tormented the men in light-green with his bat. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a sheer technical fault that hurt Pakistani bowlers, badly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being a fast bowler, you cannot afford to bowl into a batsman, who is out there in the middle to slog every delivery - length inconsequential - which comes into him by opening his front-foot. If you still bowl into him, you would always be murdered then, as a bowler. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO1fb01UKMOPaOyxbsR12iiWktDtS-YPrkemFsq-Xiuw6IrajKuSkgEUQOSaw_6oh4lELrSKtx8ju4lIZqeeL8rfNY9fT8O9J3u8kfWkfvm2qjTmm7Zk1JJaEoBS-CPxqGs2JnazD-Nl_/s1600/Russel+WI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO1fb01UKMOPaOyxbsR12iiWktDtS-YPrkemFsq-Xiuw6IrajKuSkgEUQOSaw_6oh4lELrSKtx8ju4lIZqeeL8rfNY9fT8O9J3u8kfWkfvm2qjTmm7Zk1JJaEoBS-CPxqGs2JnazD-Nl_/s1600/Russel+WI.jpg" height="193" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pakistani bowlers, WAHAB RIAZ in particular, kept committing that gross mistake, so paid a heavy price for it, while Russell sailed to 42 off only 13 deliveries, throwing his willow at will.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Batting is Pakistan's weak link and no rocket science is needed to acknowledge and accept that. Therefore, Pakistan shouldn't elect to bowl and field first, even if there is some assistance, presumably, on the pitch or in the air at the start of play. Because such advantages get evaporated, as quickly as they appear, if three or four lusty hits help the ball reach the fence or fly over the boundary rope to demoralise and disintegrate any bowler in the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, if Pakistani top-order's abject submission to West Indian pacers is looked into minus any bias or crass intention to bully, that was more of a bad luck than lack of temperament or technique. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opener NASIR JAMSHED got out to a short ball that was begging to be hit. The batsman decided to pull it, and rightly so, but perhaps allowed the ball to come a little closer, so couldn't manage to control his shot and offered a dolly in the process. But, there was nothing wrong with his shot-selection. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5607Q8TzvkEb1E8MBbecKdb5pbwomSaUPURROPc57AKi-3XXVbCnoMXtpEVKNE3fb5j9K9hNeDdQbmYyT1qOc-VJqY47fnwOBEfBDGerOipd9PPPJwMGOfHS_sbt1QrwOd92VjZv68kOX/s1600/Jamshad+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5607Q8TzvkEb1E8MBbecKdb5pbwomSaUPURROPc57AKi-3XXVbCnoMXtpEVKNE3fb5j9K9hNeDdQbmYyT1qOc-VJqY47fnwOBEfBDGerOipd9PPPJwMGOfHS_sbt1QrwOd92VjZv68kOX/s1600/Jamshad+.jpg" height="220" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YOUNIS KHAN came out to bat and was dismissed immediately. The first ball he faced was cruel: right up; well-pitched; coming into him in the air; but held its line off the pitch. Such a delivery can get rid of any batsman, any moment, irrespective of his form. For debate's sake, it could be said, Younis should not have pushed at it, but, even if he had tried to block the ball, he could have edged it. The batsman literally had nothing to do there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutBhW_IXGwOMNIEv7vFUmaWXS-hVNu0UHKdmGwHpaqxllD0pTE8dGsTnkkRE1WBlZ4hadbQLOP95x5mveM-lgCOFrXEFDcN28YZxAEjBUa2Sou3_l4tZw3y3nYNYSRjFqO4whYz3Y41RZ/s1600/Younis+Khan+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutBhW_IXGwOMNIEv7vFUmaWXS-hVNu0UHKdmGwHpaqxllD0pTE8dGsTnkkRE1WBlZ4hadbQLOP95x5mveM-lgCOFrXEFDcN28YZxAEjBUa2Sou3_l4tZw3y3nYNYSRjFqO4whYz3Y41RZ/s1600/Younis+Khan+.jpg" height="223" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HARIS SOHAIL was the next man to go. Again he played the right shot but, unfortunately, the ball went straight to the fielder who took a comfortable catch at gully. Here too, Sohail was not a guilty party who threw away his wicket. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2Cida87eeytF_ljsOVmaBl6CQhdaZ4nFRWhCv0V4AcYfirACtZRysiqIzXgK7bbQr0ssRHIylF8nYcRFBlIG9LwalLi6n17EXImkqxX6WrD0OcuZ_nIKtaBSuSasvcmyXSUDdygxH57d/s1600/Harris+Sohail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2Cida87eeytF_ljsOVmaBl6CQhdaZ4nFRWhCv0V4AcYfirACtZRysiqIzXgK7bbQr0ssRHIylF8nYcRFBlIG9LwalLi6n17EXImkqxX6WrD0OcuZ_nIKtaBSuSasvcmyXSUDdygxH57d/s1600/Harris+Sohail.jpg" height="400" width="365" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AHMED SHEHZAD followed the back of Haris to make it an ignominious '1 for 4' for Pakistan, while he fell to Holder. The ball was right there to be hit on the up through the off-side, piercing the cover region. He tried to do exactly the same, but, his front-foot didn't come across what it should have been. Also, he tried to hit the ball hard, instead of caressing it, but such things happen, every time, on a cricket field, hence, for that, Shehzad doesn't deserve to be crucified. His shot-selection was perfect for that matter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMhHAXesRWHhi5XPxwZkQKhQpdYGLlESn09odeVVPBTQG_2tJAtG2bpt0vnhztaBvoGeU_BIcIw6-OMUTwLnKaxnaHqBk-i3O37zDI1TGXrI5T2qmX2GmLkrxmrIsDH9q1UcuOABGiGNa/s1600/Shehzad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMhHAXesRWHhi5XPxwZkQKhQpdYGLlESn09odeVVPBTQG_2tJAtG2bpt0vnhztaBvoGeU_BIcIw6-OMUTwLnKaxnaHqBk-i3O37zDI1TGXrI5T2qmX2GmLkrxmrIsDH9q1UcuOABGiGNa/s1600/Shehzad.jpg" height="400" width="318" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keeping all negatives aside, what Pakistan should ideally be doing is to 'apply commonsense' to get the team combination right and set the batting order without rigidity but flexibility to adjust.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which is why, Misbah has to don at least two thinking hats, if not six, without a fail. He needs to think rather than just going with the flow. Proactive approach is much required on his part to reactive attitude. He has to create situations before situations are created by an opponent side for him and his team. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The idea of letting UMAR AKMAL keep wicket must be dropped, for his keeping is pretty bad. If Akmal still needs to play, he should be playing in place of Younis Khan. But, that choice, to me at least, doesn't look wise at all. Hence, if I were Misbah, I would rather give Younis Khan one more chance in the crucial tie against Zimbabwe by dropping him to bat at No. 7, clearly telling him that his job is to ensure Pakistan bats through full 50 overs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pakistan's first eleven should be: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nasir, Ahmed, Haris, Sohaib, Misbah, Sarfraz, Younis, Shahid, Wahab, Sohail, and Mohammad. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The batting order should operate like this: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nasir and Ahmed will open the innings. If Nasir gets out early, Haris should be sent at No. 3. But, if Ahmed gets out early, Sohaib should be at No. 3. If openers give a solid start and don't get out early and the run rate remains around 5 per over then Misbah should promote himself up at No. 3 to anchor the innings and thereby help others play around him until Younis Khan comes out to bat at No. 7. Sarfraz should come at No. 6 only. If Misbah is at No. 3, at No. 4, it should be Haris to keep the left-hand, right-hand combination going. If Haris or Sohaib is at No. 3 then Misbah must be at No. 4. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, besides everything, if Pakistan can't elevate their fielding standard quite a few notches up, neither batting nor bowling can save them. That's why, field placement got to be very thoughtful according to match situations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but not the least, Pakistani media and ex-cricketers should understand one simple thing that by ranting against a team, which is too anxious to perform, they are not helping the team but simply worsening things, adding insult to injury, for nothing.</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-91413122924843503522015-02-22T13:09:00.000-08:002015-02-22T13:19:49.066-08:00Clinical India exposed South Africa's wounds for a lick.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After South Africa's humiliation at the hand of India, AB de Villiers said it was 'unacceptable'. However, the way the Proteas fared at MCG against India, the result looked pretty acceptable.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides manufacturing two brilliant run-outs - thanks to de Villiers only - to send Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja back in the hut, South Africa's bowling and fielding remained dismal. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were misfieldings galore, and Amla floored Dhawan's catch, while the latter was on 53, who eventually capitalised on that to score 137. Means, the Proteas had to concede 84 invaluable runs.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually that was the first turning point of the match. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then came the second turning point of the match, as Rahane played a superb knock of 79 runs off 60 balls in no real time. That knock was not only a treat to watch but also effective like anything - because if Rahane were dismissed at that point of time, post Kohli's wicket, India could be on the back-foot straightway.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was Dhoni's masterstroke to send Rahane ahead of Raina - unlike the Pakistan's game - to keep the right-hand, left-hand combination going... disturbing the South African bowlers' line and, as a result, their length. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The decision paid off, handsomely. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the other hand, Philander's injury helped India quite well; more so, as Parnell kept bowling all over the place. Even Steyn was stained and Morkel seemed to be breathless within his first spell. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In contrast, first Kohli and Dhawan and then Dhawan and Rahane showed no sign of nerves. They kept playing in a relaxed manner, taking no risk whatsoever, but dispatching anything loose to the fence with an intent. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simply put, that was a sublime display of batting all through the Indian innings. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chasing 307 at MCG was never an easy task for the Proteas who had by then shown no sign of confidence with the ball. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first shot played by de Kock made it clear that South Africa perhaps had no plan to put up a proper chase. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once Amla got out, hooking Mohit Sharma's bouncer to offer Shami a dolly in the deep at long-leg, the writing on the wall became evident. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though de Villiers walked out in the middle and there was an expectation for some magic and fireworks; however that was not easy, given the line and length Indian bowlers had already settled into. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The good length spots that Shami, Umesh, and Mohit kept hitting constantly happened to be phenomenal. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides, neither Jadeja nor Ashiwn was in any mood to deliver anything loose, so more of an industrious, patient, and intelligent application was needed from de Villiers and du Plessis than trying to muscle the ball around the park. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An odd boundary in every two overs compounded with 3 to 4 singles in every over would have been ideal for the Proteas. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They too perhaps thought so, thus started to bat, mindfully, before de Villiers overran in a way to get himself run-out, taking a clumsy turn at the non-striker end, underestimating Mohit's throwing capability to some extent - what it looked to be, given no diving effort from the batsman to reach home safely, while it was tight, really tight.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>(Instead of running by forming the white curve, had AB run by following the yellow arrow, he would surely have completed the second run, comfortably).</i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTU9eBoqNlcv5QqqMlzzGvaCUv21T13NFFJ-xcU1aI-D3fhXQ1MpA0TWp1z-Q5vle3RjIi_T9HdzgZlGIW1H0xRlnvIq1xwU2Qm8e0h6cc74cLelxWmqYvsBAl4J4PglaMG8RrdGv7t6J/s1600/AB+de+Villiers+overran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTU9eBoqNlcv5QqqMlzzGvaCUv21T13NFFJ-xcU1aI-D3fhXQ1MpA0TWp1z-Q5vle3RjIi_T9HdzgZlGIW1H0xRlnvIq1xwU2Qm8e0h6cc74cLelxWmqYvsBAl4J4PglaMG8RrdGv7t6J/s1600/AB+de+Villiers+overran.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once de Villiers departed, South Africa was clearly under pressure because having batsmen in the dressing room and having them out in the middle to perform and deliver, when chips are down, are totally different ball games in any form of cricket - especially in a run chase of a target... over 300. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In that situation, as Miller was hitting the ball sweetly, the need of the hour was for du Plessis to rotate the strike and play a sheet anchor's role. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But he had different ideas, so tried to play an extravagant shot to throw his wicket away for nothing at the wrong time. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Duminy never looked settled in his short vigil at the crease and eventually played a suicidal reverse sweep off Ashwin to give Raina a catching practice at first slip. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miller got run-out immediately after Duminy's dismissal, owing to an accurate throw from the deep square-leg by Umesh into Dhoni's gloves. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">South Africa's ignominy (</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">177/10 in 40.2 overs)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was finally over, as Jadeja trapped Imran Tahir for a plumb LBW decision. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a nutshell, clinical India exposed South Africa's wounds for a lick.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-47525792809850892372015-02-15T12:11:00.000-08:002015-02-19T14:06:09.218-08:00Pakistan beat Pakistan while India won their first match in Cricket World Cup 2015.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To begin the Cricket World Cup 2015 campaign, when India made 300 at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs, it was more of a commendable bowling performance by Pakistan in the death to concede only 84 runs in 10 overs for 5 wickets than India's flourish with the bat!</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, unlike bowling, Pakistan's fielding remained below average, especially the butter-fingered catching that allowed Virat Kohli to duly capitalise on the opportunity to produce a very useful ton. That innings not only helped him win the man of the match award but also helped India set a stiff target for Pakistan.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the other hand, Suresh Raina played his part rather handsomely for a knock that was the nucleus of Indian innings. Though, for that, Misbah's captaincy should be put under the scanner in order to know why he let his spinners bowl to Raina... providing him with suitable lengths and angles that he would love, always, being a southpaw to free his arms, effortlessly.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1wwCMBGF09Ls1v3Xh1LoOnxmnYd6EsKN2h4BdoEuW60X7c0UvrWuVmLkID5EL33B6EQJU7cU6KooTKeYD9z2572dS3NcCFtVYtREuSh5W0hkX3BN9awpMBrgrygUEjPQtDCstHwNJX0O/s1600/Raina+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1wwCMBGF09Ls1v3Xh1LoOnxmnYd6EsKN2h4BdoEuW60X7c0UvrWuVmLkID5EL33B6EQJU7cU6KooTKeYD9z2572dS3NcCFtVYtREuSh5W0hkX3BN9awpMBrgrygUEjPQtDCstHwNJX0O/s1600/Raina+.jpg" height="223" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wish Misbah could learn one or two things from Dhoni who immediately removed Ashwin, the off-spinner, from the attack not to give Misbah even the slightest of opportunities to hit the ball straightway through or over mid-wicket.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nevertheless, with the ball, Wahab Riaz was exceptional because of the discipline he showed throughout. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In spite of Pakistan's tight bowling in the last 10 overs, it was Indian think-tank's thoughtlessness that didn't help India get extra 15-20 runs which should have been there in the scorecard.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If Rahane was sent ahead of Jadeja, given his cricketing sense, which Jadeja lacks, he could've rotated the strike and thereby let Dhoni face crucial 5 balls to slog at. And who knows, some vital runs might have been scored off them in the process! </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Against a side that doesn't have a fragile batting unit unlike Pakistan does, those 15-20 runs might be deciding factors in the end. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albeit, the match was on, evenly poised, and a real battle of nerves was on the cards between <i>clueless</i> Indian bowling and <i>listless</i> Pakistani batting. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And nobody perhaps expected Pakistan to win unless there were some miracles from Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq... using their willow power.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, the moment Pakistan sent Younis Khan to open, Pakistan went down to 'zero for one' even before the start of the innings. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was kind of suicide because Younis is the guy who plays spin remarkably well and can rotate the strike at will, even playing within the 'V'. Plus, one shouldn't overestimate a batsman's capability to open an innings based on the runs he made and makes on subcontinent wickets, and in Abu Dhabi.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At No. 3, Haris Sohail was off the block in no real time, but, for reasons unknown, got into the shell, which looked more self-inflicted to anything to do with the Indian bowling in operation, to put pressure on Pakistan and destabilise the momentum which was constantly required in a chase, especially when the target was 301.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not to mention, <i>shot selections</i> are more important than <i>shot executions</i> in any form of cricket. Because cricket is after all 'the game of judgements'. For that, one must understand and accept own limitations, as deeply as possible. Given the height of Ahmed Shehzad, if he tries to square drive a short ball being on the front foot, 90% chance would be there for him to slice the ball, helplessly, to get caught at point or at gully on pitches that offer considerable bounce and carry to the white cricket ball.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3Dl4Bj_IyhW4ZHlWC6p-gd2WSqu1-7hggQlJP5XMxnbM3Y8JX4NKLideQ-vVgez8WRxVzIDmWbRTRHMn6k8cDJb1yB_Tt1udbQImySgBH-H1R6ZbZXh1fU0p7ijqqqwciPFCFaUzxmIS/s1600/Shehzad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3Dl4Bj_IyhW4ZHlWC6p-gd2WSqu1-7hggQlJP5XMxnbM3Y8JX4NKLideQ-vVgez8WRxVzIDmWbRTRHMn6k8cDJb1yB_Tt1udbQImySgBH-H1R6ZbZXh1fU0p7ijqqqwciPFCFaUzxmIS/s1600/Shehzad.jpg" height="110" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sohaib Maqsood's head should be scanned in order to get a confirmation on the presence of a brain within his skull. Because if someone can think, he will not fish outside the off-stump on his arrival at the crease by playing away from his body while the opponent skipper anticipating him to do that only, and thus positioned a first slip for an edge.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqRSDASMaN8pREekxUW9t7kxWB6llh428xJ8GYhcdFPrLRG3ZtzLrim4npFoiwuRIOJ2xf6lTPPLYQnT5paSxEypDm4Y2kbgsIyBtd12e72tpZkxfKSAU-pkv45quTyo6PnGyx8df8cos/s1600/Maqsood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqRSDASMaN8pREekxUW9t7kxWB6llh428xJ8GYhcdFPrLRG3ZtzLrim4npFoiwuRIOJ2xf6lTPPLYQnT5paSxEypDm4Y2kbgsIyBtd12e72tpZkxfKSAU-pkv45quTyo6PnGyx8df8cos/s1600/Maqsood.jpg" height="367" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Umar Akmal should definitely consider himself unlucky because the 3rd umpire gave an absolutely bizarre decision - even after using all technologies. That particular decision was awful, to some extent shameful, more so, as a benefit of doubt should always be given to the batsman, as per the law of cricket.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What Shahid Afridi did, only he could and can do that. His cricket has always been devoid of thinking, so an application from him to find gaps in the field was not expected. If that is understood, it won't be hard to justify why one needs to play a rash and lofted shot to a full-toss, while simply playing it along the ground or chipping it, gently, over the in-field one can get a boundary, as there was none in the deep patrolling the cover and extra cover regions.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtUyZMFJD3hUcTQTBf53JU-kkqMV0o4HkeKkqJF0XU24ICXCJwLmOy2M-yUjE63UA-tLdTiCUrTlp4fxrshKznNB9GMx7ZEN4kozZoiOOIs5LWiQuRIoasZlXvLrh5F7tiKmlTIT-Yoja/s1600/Shami+shouldn't%2Bbe%2Boverrated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtUyZMFJD3hUcTQTBf53JU-kkqMV0o4HkeKkqJF0XU24ICXCJwLmOy2M-yUjE63UA-tLdTiCUrTlp4fxrshKznNB9GMx7ZEN4kozZoiOOIs5LWiQuRIoasZlXvLrh5F7tiKmlTIT-Yoja/s1600/Shami+shouldn't%2Bbe%2Boverrated.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though Misbah played a captain's knock and duly deserves 'wah, wah, wah' from everybody, still, his tendency not to take enough singles to keep the scoreboard ticking, didn't benefit Pakistan. Misbah's batting was sublime but the approach was not so sensible and calculative.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently, thanks to the favourable result, there should be no complaint against any Indian bowler, and Shami might also be considered as a rock star. However, things were, and hence are, not so rosy, if the length and line and no balls were scrutinised.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indian bowlers' good stars - if any - saved them, whereas Pakistani batsmen behaved like school cricketers and were keener to come on the front-foot, instead of waiting on the back-foot, to mess things up by playing no horizontal shot whatsoever at Adelaide Oval - the ground with shorter square boundaries.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case short balls were India's game-plan against Pakistan, then fine; otherwise if this length is maintained against South Africa or even Zimbabwe and West Indies, then Indian fielders might have to work overtime to become breathless sooner than later.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frankly, Pakistani batsmen's approach to play Mohit Sharma was quite baffling too. Without attacking a newcomer from the word go to unsettle him, they rather allowed him to settle down. And Mohit is like one of those bowlers who are pretty rhythmic, and once they find the rhythm, can become ominous thanks to the momentum they gain, as the play progress.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luck favoured Umesh Yadav and that's why he managed to survive. Else, a bowler who relies more on cross seam notwithstanding his pace that goes over 140-Kph often is not mentally fit to play at the highest level.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the contrary, Ashwin, though his figures don't reflect that, has been the only bowler who seemed to have applied some grey matter, thus reduced the speed of deliveries in the air. To create more doubts on a batsman's mind and get more bounce off the deck, letting the ball </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">spin.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if Pakistan applies commonsense to set their batting order, they could be in the second spot in the Pool B, for Zimbabwe or West Indies might stage an upset in this world cup by beating India, owing to their ability to play horizontal shots, if Indian pacers keep thinking... 'aggressive cricket means pitching the ball short, shorter, shortest'.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-77787318981791828912015-02-03T06:42:00.000-08:002015-02-03T07:02:19.108-08:00A N Ghosh Trophy on coir-matting wickets, Bengal's progress to regress in cricket.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sourav introduces changes -- The Telegraph reported on Tuesday, September 23, 2014</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Here is my rebuttal to explain why those changes are changes no doubt but of 'no use', mostly.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>CHANGE 1:</b> Sourav proposed a host of fresh ideas at a meeting for the upcoming AN Ghosh Trophy, an inter-club tournament, with the intention making the playing conditions more challenging for the players, which would shape them to be better cricketers.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most striking of his innovative plans is using 'coir-matting wickets' for the matches. The basic idea behind it is that coir-matting will ensure more bounce off the wicket and hence, the batsmen will get used to playing rising deliveries before the Ranji Trophy begins.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MY REBUTTAL:</b> 'Coir-matting wickets' provide any bowler with undue advantages by offering an uneven bounce; lateral movements off the pitch; and vicious turn. Thus, even a mediocre bowler starts to believe he has it in him what it takes to perform at the next level but finds himself all at sea on turf wickets, on which, his mediocrity gets exposed. Plus, to win 4-day Ranji Trophy matches, 20 wickets of an opponent team need to be taken, and for that, quality bowlers got to be developed, which could never be produced by letting them make merry on 'coir-matting wickets'.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To understand what I mean, please look at the 'coir' used in a cricket mat:</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwJCZ_gYVA4wtagXhUzqM3ktElAESQEHUdCTFTq7GtlBX2WJ1xxf_XXuGDvxmn5FoO5ETfLpJSs_v0hoS1FSvpDzClAmYEGHrBfVan89wcDO8AEZTbM2K_lDmJkU1RcPeCynq4gFdTZ3f/s1600/Cricket-Matting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwJCZ_gYVA4wtagXhUzqM3ktElAESQEHUdCTFTq7GtlBX2WJ1xxf_XXuGDvxmn5FoO5ETfLpJSs_v0hoS1FSvpDzClAmYEGHrBfVan89wcDO8AEZTbM2K_lDmJkU1RcPeCynq4gFdTZ3f/s1600/Cricket-Matting.jpg" height="150" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">CHANGE 2:</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> It will help the matches begin at 9.30 am instead of 10 am, as the factor of the pitch being soft in the early hours during the winter season can be ruled out.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MY REBUTTAL:</b> Moisture or dew or water particles on 'coir-matting wickets', expected at 9.30 am in Kolkata, make the wicket heavier, therefore it becomes as dangerous as a turf wicket. In fact, it helps a cricket ball zip through after pitching, keeping abysmally low often, again providing undue advantages to bowlers.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>CHANGE 3:</b> To ensure that the bowlers conform to a better line, Sourav has also suggested that if in an over two deliveries are bowled outside the leg stump, a penalty of one run will be awarded to the batting side.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MY REBUTTAL:</b> This is ridiculous! For such a rule doesn't help a bowler to experiment with his in-swings; off-cutters; googlies; and off-breaks. More so, when there is already a penalty rule for wide-balls.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>CHANGE 4:</b> The former India captain has also said that there has to be a slip fielder all through the innings, irrespective of who the bowler is.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MY REBUTTAL:</b> Bogus! Because, in a match situation in Ranji Trophy, Bengal can't impose such a clause on its opponent teams.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>CHANGE 5:</b> Vision 2020 is Sourav’s brainchild, a project to bring up talented cricketers through proper coaching. It has also been decided that the Vision 2020 XI will not have more than three Ranji Trophy cricketers, thereby ensuring that the young players get more chances.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">MY REBUTTAL:</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> Why should Vision 2020 XI have even three Ranji Trophy cricketers, as other eight clubs anyway have Ranji Cricketers?</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>CHANGE 6:</b> The duration of the AN Ghosh Trophy matches has been changed from two days to three. There will be two innings per side; while the first innings will be of 95 overs, the second will be of 45.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MY SUPPORT:</b> That's the only welcome change! However, over divisions for each innings should ideally have been 90 for 1st innings and 50 for 2nd innings. Because, ODs are 50-50 games, so in way, 50 overs second innings could also help players get an additional match practice for ODs.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-39996151561469269792015-01-19T04:34:00.000-08:002015-01-19T04:52:04.976-08:007 points batting tips to help Nepal do well in WCL Division 2.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 2 has been underway since January 17, 2015 in Windhoek, Namibia. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Canada, Kenya, Nepal, Netherlands, Uganda, and host Namibia are locking horns in the eight-day tournament across three grounds, Wanderers, Wanderers Affies, and United, while final to be played at Wanderers on January 24, 2015.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">The top two teams will progress to the ICC’s four-day, first class competition for Associate and Affiliate Members (AMs), the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015-17, as well as the 50-over Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Plus, following</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> recent decision of the ICC to break the glass ceiling and allow the winner of the ICC Intercontinental Cup the opportunity to qualify to play Test cricket, the WCL has become even more significant. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">In that situation, little surprise that all six participating nations in the WCL Division 2 have to put their best foot forward to qualify for the IC Cup. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">However, it's Nepal that got to walk an extra mile to be in the position of the top two to keep the overwhelming enthusiasm alive at home for Nepali Cricket.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">More so, as that might do a world of good to the 'Cricket of Association of Nepal' (CAN), while CAN's newly appointed CEO, Ms. Bhawana Ghimire, seems to have been pushing the envelope quite prudently towards all stake holders of cricket with a productive agenda on mind for the development of the game.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Bhawana's vision seems to be clear and it's like: "If Nepal develops cricket, cricket will develop Nepal, so let's join hands, perform and deliver, because WE CAN." </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSCAJhpar4E65qWAl7C8UUOMEtDwrz-Jh485zPvb4Hrjcr4pERvxUWDt2y7s8ygr_WL9WWt9ndQoGp3ObcNCtlq0XSPJvP-nUeH_4mFRmpKf155NcI7NLqnV5lfPgjDFLHgc62zDG5jCA/s1600/Bhawana+CAN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSCAJhpar4E65qWAl7C8UUOMEtDwrz-Jh485zPvb4Hrjcr4pERvxUWDt2y7s8ygr_WL9WWt9ndQoGp3ObcNCtlq0XSPJvP-nUeH_4mFRmpKf155NcI7NLqnV5lfPgjDFLHgc62zDG5jCA/s1600/Bhawana+CAN.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Her initiatives are no doubt drawing attention notwithstanding all adversities that CAN is subjected to thanks to the financial irregularities committed by the previous board, which actually helped cricket in Nepal regress catering to a few persons' vested interest at the cost of the larger interest of Nepal and its people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Losing the first match to the weakest team Uganda, Nepal definitely didn't serve any purpose. Though, beating Netherlands in their second match, they somehow regained the lost ground. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">If the score-sheet is looked at, it is getting clear, Nepal's batting remained a big question mark in the two games to chase even a moderate total - below 160. On the contrary, bowling, without qualms, performed quite well.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">To win matches in such a high-octane tournament, where there is no room to either relax or rest, 'articulate planning' is imperative for batting. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">In my opinion, Nepal must do the following things to get things right: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">1. Unless there is moisture in the air or the wicket is damp or a dew factor is likely, Nepal should bat first whenever they win a toss. That will help their batsmen bat freely without keeping any score on mind to chase.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">2. 50 overs of Nepal innings should be divided into three parts: First 15 overs; 16th over to 40th over; and the last 10 overs. And then planning should be made accordingly. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">3. In the first 15 overs, more than 3 wickets should never be lost and at least 70-75 runs got to be scored. In the mid 25 overs, again, maximum 3 wickets could be lost and minimum 100-110 runs should be accumulated by rotating strikes. When fielders are spread, not getting 4 runs per over is a criminal offence in any form of the cricket, if not the ball is turning square. In the last 10 overs, target should be to make minimum 60 runs; however if it is 8 down already within 45th over then the main target should be to play full 50 overs. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">4. During batting, no T20 type, insane improvisation is needed. In the first 15 overs, no wild slog or cross-batted heave on the front-foot to send the ball into the stands over mid-wicket is required. Proper cricketing shots are sufficient to score adequate runs in the first 15 overs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">5. Taking a middle-stump guard instead of leg-stump might also help to a great extent. For that could entice the opposition bowlers bowl more into the pads for easy pickings. Also, it might win a few more leg-side wides, creating a bit of doubt in umpires. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">6. The middle-stump guard can reduce the unnecessary shuffling towards the off-stump thereby will help the head remain steady while playing shots to good effect. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">7. Time to time, mostly against pacers, a Nepalese batsman can walk down the crease while the bowler is about to release the ball. It has two advantages:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">a) The bowler might be tempted to pitch it short and, in the process, concede a no or a wide, or bowl a full-toss at a comfortable height to be banged</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">b) The umpire might be confused to give an LBW decision, looking at the point of impact</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">One thing, Nepalese batsmen should always remember that cricket is a mind-game, and they can only make runs and win it for the team and the nation, if they play to a bowler's weaknesses than their own strengths.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Net-net, what I feel CAN should appoint a 'batting planner or batting strategist' as soon as possible. Because, in a 50-over game, more than technique commonsense is needed.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span>
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><b>PS:</b> The knock that</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AB de Villiers played against West Indies was a magic, and a magic is not the ground reality. So, mindful and mature batting is the need of the hour for Nepal to macho flourish or brandish of the willow. </span></span></i></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-25143305336874658922015-01-12T05:05:00.000-08:002015-01-12T05:56:09.439-08:00For her Sakhi, Kaushiki has to change her Perception about marketing.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Word. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just the reason, it's commonsense to write about a <span style="font-size: large;">m</span>ind <span style="font-size: large;">u</span>sed <span style="font-size: large;">s</span>ensibly to <span style="font-size: large;">i</span>deate and <span style="font-size: large;">c</span>reate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If that is 'music' then it can't be helped but written about, so some confusions about it get marginalised, minimised and, eventually, eradicated. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As confusions create myths and myths create confusions, so no wonder music is considered as either divine to worship or evil to curse. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Probably that's why, Friedrich Nietzsche had to quote: <i>"Without music, life would be a mistake."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course it would be. If there is no mind to use sensibly to ideate and create, so obviously, life will become the biggest mistake to survive but live. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For that matter, it's not only important but rather imperative to appreciate the fact life is synonymous to marketing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And whatever we think and/or do is/are nothing but marketing, notwithstanding our belief, faith or conviction that we do something exceptional or unique, which is not marketing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though Philip Kotler's 4Ps of marketing have now become 7Ps, or even 8Ps, but still the fact remains as simple as that that marketing is all about only one P, and that is 'People'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the initial and basic 4Ps -- Product, Price, Place, and Promotion -- could never be avoided, even if infinite number of other Ps added, or some evolution takes place -- because in human society jargon and glossaries work wonders in terms of innovation or evolution -- to use 'Consumable for Product'; 'Cost for Price'; 'Convenience for Place'; and 'Communication for Promotion', spreading false hopes and utter rubbish that by converting Ps into Cs, the business approach gets changed from 'Company Centric' to 'Consumer Centric'; from 'Capitalism' to 'Communism'.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In light of that, if a musician proclaims and claims, "I am not into marketing then s/he is not into music either." </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because, if s/he is not into marketing then s/he has nothing to offer by singing or playing an instrument -- as there is no product or consumable -- s/he performs (what?) for free then -- as there is no price or cost attached -- s/he is available nowhere -- as there is no place or convenience -- and s/he doesn't communicate -- as there is no promotion or communication. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If this is the case then what does a musician do? Or, how come s/he is a musician in the first place, or for that matter, a living thing let alone music?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess, being a musician of global repute, if Kaushiki understands it, her interest in marketing will grow rather automatically to help (her) music only -- which has actually and factually made her what she is today. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once it happens, she might also realise the importance of 'marketing communications' (marcom) that noway will deter her musical prowess -- if indulged, nourished, and cherished. On the contrary, the right kind of marcom can add more value to her music and musical endeavours. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be it her workshop 'Perception' or her band 'Sakhi' will surely reach a new height, if her matchless musical dexterity and leadership quality are duly complemented with well-planned and proper marcom through step by step procedures, which might be costly but worth investing upon -- more so, as almost nothing needs to be spent from own pocket these days thanks to corporate sponsors -- for greater rewards. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For instance, she created a piece of marcom -- looking at it, I suppose that was a hoarding -- for her band Sakhi's first ever appearance on stage.</span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDAT_Gyjc0bpC51RvWsovsShweek1xYmg2vUspF1texAVe7X_MAkzCWFk2GdGs1HDGw4Rid424OIPWjaGvruG_ZXZfKnI1TWMxOQ7c2ZdKLbpqA3txidruZ_RGUwzP6dcana2pyeR_zw6/s1600/Sakhi+Marcom+Piece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDAT_Gyjc0bpC51RvWsovsShweek1xYmg2vUspF1texAVe7X_MAkzCWFk2GdGs1HDGw4Rid424OIPWjaGvruG_ZXZfKnI1TWMxOQ7c2ZdKLbpqA3txidruZ_RGUwzP6dcana2pyeR_zw6/s1600/Sakhi+Marcom+Piece.jpg" height="202" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I looked at it, closely, with due attention, some issues bothered me: </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Is Sakhi getting presented by Kaushiki Arts along with Shyam Sundar Co. Jewellers? Because 'A Kaushiki Chakraborty Initiative' doesn't substantiate the fact, from marcom point of view, that Kaushiki Arts -- the company -- is presenting Sakhi, which is getting sponsored by the said Jewellers, primarily. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. The essence of the band, or even the crux of the show, which I reckon happens to be 'celebrating womanhood, musically, minus any dogma of feminism or misandry', is not coming out, visually, without which, the payoff 'her resonance...' is creating ambiguity to a great extent. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Human eyes move to see things in a 'Z' order. That is from left top to right bottom, following a 'Z' shape or a 'reverse S'. Therefore the visual, the way it's been treated is creating quite a visual jerk. The scattered snaps of individuals should have been executed in a much better way, so as to maintain the visual balance. As Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni do maintain the balance of music, similarly, a visual balance with text or without is always required to maintain the balance of communications, which are visible. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am providing below a thumbnail design, so as to give an indication how the visual of a piece of marcom could be improved from the previous one: </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi31SQZ9Oey_DBENRgrUoIsf3r_eMSYCSCPZY9C3LNWHGZF12hjNaMYoCAuGAnMh_FffkNnvO87TAvz0zN0Msxhtcptv8rPqFn7p3pOfUECbBvplsiId1IKPPjMwcedSSPNFbN8bJxqni/s1600/Sakhi+Hoarding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi31SQZ9Oey_DBENRgrUoIsf3r_eMSYCSCPZY9C3LNWHGZF12hjNaMYoCAuGAnMh_FffkNnvO87TAvz0zN0Msxhtcptv8rPqFn7p3pOfUECbBvplsiId1IKPPjMwcedSSPNFbN8bJxqni/s1600/Sakhi+Hoarding.jpg" height="261" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Here is the comparison between two pieces: </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyc6il80211vmnEo0cKlXlKp9KLmwR8w8ZZ14OLf4-Lr-4pnO2tl3z9-RoSwFZSm0Zv7Ul2eaaG1BYlNnJ3YUX47NPtIl-go2Mv2OMDTHLc6InE9zSiOkqWguyyndEtqPEVOZipETb1PU7/s1600/Sakhi+MC+Comparison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyc6il80211vmnEo0cKlXlKp9KLmwR8w8ZZ14OLf4-Lr-4pnO2tl3z9-RoSwFZSm0Zv7Ul2eaaG1BYlNnJ3YUX47NPtIl-go2Mv2OMDTHLc6InE9zSiOkqWguyyndEtqPEVOZipETb1PU7/s1600/Sakhi+MC+Comparison.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, the inevitable question might arise for a debate's sake, "How does it matter, when everyone knows Kaushiki and her genre of music?"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To answer to that, if it doesn't matter, one would eat a piece of bread first then a dollop of butter to have bread and butter, instead of caressing the butter on the bread, fondly, to enjoy his/her breakfast. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In short, for her Sakhi, Kaushiki has to change her Perception about marketing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, as Nietzsche had quoted, <i>"There are no facts, only interpretations,"</i> so it's wise not to take chance with people's interpretations for facts.</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-41234801539630363412015-01-09T05:32:00.000-08:002015-01-09T05:46:34.261-08:00Was Steven Smith invincible or India's think-tank thoughtless?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the India-Australia Test series is coming to an end for now, the splendour of Steven Smith would surely be missed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The way he batted in the entire series, especially when chips were down, no adjectives are sufficient to revere that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To some extent, it was scary, and of course phenomenal in terms of lust and lustre what Smith brought into his batting, as if batting is nothing but a child's play. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One second, dancing down the track against spinners to send the ball into the stands and the next moment, rocking back into the crease to play horizontal shots against pacers, well, to be precise, couldn't have been more sublime... manifesting sheer confidence and utter disdain with a matchless confluence. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Worth mentioning, that too, almost giving no chance or getting beaten rarely throughout an innings. On that count, Smith definitely remained ahead of Kohli in light of batsmanship in this series. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, under pressure Kohli perhaps overtook Smith time to time in phases.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if talent, temperament, and technique are put aside, the number of runs Smith amassed in only four tests did not only humble Ponting but also surpassed the legend Don Bradman, adding more pride to the Aussies' glory!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">162* + 52* = 214 in Adelaide </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">133 + 28 = 161 in Brisbane</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">192 + 14 = 206 in Melbourne</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">117 + 71 = 188 in Sydney</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">'769' runs, simply incredible! Gorgeously magical to believe. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, as no magic is magic in real sense, similarly Steven Smith's batting technique was not, and still is not, free from flaws. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact, if India's think-tank or the so-called (technical) director afforded to use the brain a bit, they could have helped the clueless and hopeless pace attack get an idea on how to get Smith out early without being hammered by him all over the ground, as a consequence of mindless short balls. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking at the ludicrous bowling by all Indian pacers, following a pathetic game-plan, I couldn't help but writing a Facebook status on December 31st, 2014, as follows: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">"Since, Steven Smith hardly commits on the front-foot but keeps waiting on the back-foot, so pitching anything even a fraction short will actually help him 'stand and deliver'. More so, as the batting stance he uses that practically lets his waist and hips remain very flexible. In fact, that also allows him to play as late as possible, while generating massive power in strokes, usin</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">g his bottom-hand even in drives on the rise. But, as his front leg doesn't come forward or go across, and the front knee doesn't bend that way during drives, so anything nipping back to him constantly from good-length, even if 'slightly over-pitched' to reduce the rise of the ball, is likely to put him into trouble. In fact, that's the ploy 'Shami should keep trying, relentlessly, given his natural off-cutter and in-swing'. Five balls in an over got to be there, while an odd one should hold its line or out-swing or leg-cut off the same spot. Otherwise, stopping Smith is almost impossible, when he has been in such a good nick."</span> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whether I was right or wrong got evident from the delivery, bowling which Shami sent Smith back to pavilion in the Sydney Test, getting the LBW decision in his favour, while Steven was looking ominously invincible once again during Australia's second innings. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you look at the picture below (click on it to enlarge), you will get to know how, in the entire series, India's think-tank has planned to have no plan to get Smith out by letting the pacers understand his weakness in batting, so as to encourage them to capitalise on it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVL9CKCjVSM3kTsXHyDLhvqlb2JiPfE4k85HN3luPheeAzwWQmOsyCCrfrVDxKC1b_L0eQXFebZV3PUYp9GeP1DDMHgzABHXo4uw35Zozdb0LWEvAGzO0uP3cqsJYCfYwnju37gzx9PvT/s1600/Steven+Smith+Dismissal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVL9CKCjVSM3kTsXHyDLhvqlb2JiPfE4k85HN3luPheeAzwWQmOsyCCrfrVDxKC1b_L0eQXFebZV3PUYp9GeP1DDMHgzABHXo4uw35Zozdb0LWEvAGzO0uP3cqsJYCfYwnju37gzx9PvT/s1600/Steven+Smith+Dismissal.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case, Shami did swing it reverse, instead of a genuine in-swing, then also the pitch of the delivery duly suggests what has been, and should be, the ideal length to dismiss Smith, which the coveted, hyped, and media-fied think-tank was reluctant identify to let the bowlers exploit that in the process.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frankly, if this is the condition of Indian dressing room and their cricketing intelligence then India should keep playing only T20s ad ODIs overseas, for they are not mentally fit enough to play Test cricket, where it's imperative to get 20 wickets in a match. </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-31487414941108069572015-01-02T22:38:00.000-08:002015-01-02T22:44:39.846-08:00Cricket Development Model that CAN Develop Nepali Cricket and Nepal.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As per <i>ICSS Report</i>, while the <b>sports economy</b> accounts for 2% of the global GDP, organised crime estimated to launder over US$140 billion annually through sports-betting, while football and cricket contribute to this, mostly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The transnational sports-betting market, which is worth somewhere between €200 – 500 billion with 80% of it is illegal, literally fuels and fans the corruption in sports that mars the spirit, goodwill and economic base of sports, spoiling the sports economy, worldwide.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a result, nations, precisely developing nations, suffer. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">------------------------------------</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>United Nations Report on Global Situation of Youth</i> s</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hows m</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ost young people - about 85% - live in developing countries with 60% in Asia. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently that might look like a demographic dividend, whereas, in reality, that is a major threat, given the <i>unemployability</i> of the youth, leading to not only 'unemployment' but also 'underemployment', which is more dangerous than unemployment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In that situation, especially in the Indian sub-continent, where the consumer market drives the economy, SAARC nations simply can't afford to ignore the impact and effect of the sports economy just in case they don't wish to turn the demographic dividend into 'socio-economic and political disasters'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For that, the need of the hour is to concentrate on the HDI (Human Development Index) and GINI Coefficient like anything, besides GDP, to get rid of the <i>toxic inequality</i> - prevalent between genders and among classes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Easier said than done; however not impossible, if sports, precisely cricket and football, are taken into account rather seriously, as development instruments for equality. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It would be great, if greater emphasis is put on cricket, for its delicacy and criticality, which helps one develop better cognitive ability, enhancing employability, as an economic booster. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">------------------------------------</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's consider Nepal.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cricket crazy nation, which holds tremendous possibility to develop cricket for its own (sports) economy, as well as other SAARC nations'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it can only do that, if it acknowledges, appreciates and accepts cricket as a development tool over mere entertainment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the model, slide by slide, created at SHOTS & DOTS, and has already been presented to Ms. Bhawana Ghimire, CEO, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN): </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G1PCNt1LajEcKgRpGjBSM4c2IrNGWwdEozli2Eq4q00PXQwAvLTgIuveYUG1BMqu3iQHvMMi5AZDAhIV_AFPI0fId-OHYyWDA0S9E42hLFVTxqkOKbzjAhaDcB12zCwE2s5gBYTRZ29C/s1600/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3G1PCNt1LajEcKgRpGjBSM4c2IrNGWwdEozli2Eq4q00PXQwAvLTgIuveYUG1BMqu3iQHvMMi5AZDAhIV_AFPI0fId-OHYyWDA0S9E42hLFVTxqkOKbzjAhaDcB12zCwE2s5gBYTRZ29C/s1600/Slide1.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvYcu1ubzmS6yfCKK7XsoKW0Z5OZNartSeCnPIjV4iS7hMofUHBg_AIVAboU-Tx-HhsR0Flk_l2baJU_QoOdDEE9gak8ZXJ-67tt0cydZiMu9-89bomU6QmOuKKG-bc-UrqcVEhdVa2sH/s1600/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvYcu1ubzmS6yfCKK7XsoKW0Z5OZNartSeCnPIjV4iS7hMofUHBg_AIVAboU-Tx-HhsR0Flk_l2baJU_QoOdDEE9gak8ZXJ-67tt0cydZiMu9-89bomU6QmOuKKG-bc-UrqcVEhdVa2sH/s1600/Slide2.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALnLmQlH2CTHIDborDUAqUp0_7KEBj8cQZwVa3Y-yfLOtCCJUzP2lzE2DzJXtXPovOOP3dnUmqQK7AekAg40OTNSZ9G5_0vRghBJ2mdBvlcy6Y94m4S9qmT7Xb6FyumIXPLVIPtU8z9_D/s1600/Slide3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALnLmQlH2CTHIDborDUAqUp0_7KEBj8cQZwVa3Y-yfLOtCCJUzP2lzE2DzJXtXPovOOP3dnUmqQK7AekAg40OTNSZ9G5_0vRghBJ2mdBvlcy6Y94m4S9qmT7Xb6FyumIXPLVIPtU8z9_D/s1600/Slide3.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oJcOBcVyuxd912eSJyz4hudy_bBTFnUfCckrpAOWgOywRX8yB6l88PTIEMpCvjEP4h1Ir-EtPKNrp10xRhTsip9Oh0MfzwJq4eBHaOKnQLozpFXWfXS8agheFtDHy80SMLBo3WUHHro2/s1600/Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oJcOBcVyuxd912eSJyz4hudy_bBTFnUfCckrpAOWgOywRX8yB6l88PTIEMpCvjEP4h1Ir-EtPKNrp10xRhTsip9Oh0MfzwJq4eBHaOKnQLozpFXWfXS8agheFtDHy80SMLBo3WUHHro2/s1600/Slide4.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07TeFbTNLg-8fyKVs_JScXPHELhx-xxxtgQB7Tx8FH4rKx3kp98QL0_ajG6zl5nFOhYAA8mWTWKVZo3mvaA5_WXrdgHWTZH5dXk579hNb3c6MEtnyLplhpi7qWnE401ha1OEyO7jxJlOm/s1600/Slide5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07TeFbTNLg-8fyKVs_JScXPHELhx-xxxtgQB7Tx8FH4rKx3kp98QL0_ajG6zl5nFOhYAA8mWTWKVZo3mvaA5_WXrdgHWTZH5dXk579hNb3c6MEtnyLplhpi7qWnE401ha1OEyO7jxJlOm/s1600/Slide5.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8jEBrJwz6WUgaEk31NZT4B53s0_LdU2NIbK_GpHz6a8yrU47f8hjgZfi_12nd_eq5KWrIBAt_O434htnlmzeNY_uZpgWfp0HNxsZq2DBHQGPDsF4BLk9pl1hRlnpLtysxE8oszimaZYm/s1600/Slide6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8jEBrJwz6WUgaEk31NZT4B53s0_LdU2NIbK_GpHz6a8yrU47f8hjgZfi_12nd_eq5KWrIBAt_O434htnlmzeNY_uZpgWfp0HNxsZq2DBHQGPDsF4BLk9pl1hRlnpLtysxE8oszimaZYm/s1600/Slide6.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6FbwngHDi8zfYOSFIIWX3HO4aCEOD9J_tON9mn7f8Fe1nfqdlOjDNNVS2oGG042d2sM8xPCJcDH3JoulY9YHqtGjVcw6QuyxYn-MtNBZf8vIKueeWHkJmDwpnmGQOtWlDmWU9JOjodq3/s1600/Slide7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6FbwngHDi8zfYOSFIIWX3HO4aCEOD9J_tON9mn7f8Fe1nfqdlOjDNNVS2oGG042d2sM8xPCJcDH3JoulY9YHqtGjVcw6QuyxYn-MtNBZf8vIKueeWHkJmDwpnmGQOtWlDmWU9JOjodq3/s1600/Slide7.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKSjTIDpDvJYJwifLuTsIQcdsc1rERiERxjvZzT4ZwASmVSFyNnTSqabCwIFpFfNpXh609a71vT_degQuFa8GOABo3uISqDRutqwxFs8MDjoFD6mEc7zze5JTHQ1LlkojdWtKFN9QPBab/s1600/Slide8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKSjTIDpDvJYJwifLuTsIQcdsc1rERiERxjvZzT4ZwASmVSFyNnTSqabCwIFpFfNpXh609a71vT_degQuFa8GOABo3uISqDRutqwxFs8MDjoFD6mEc7zze5JTHQ1LlkojdWtKFN9QPBab/s1600/Slide8.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjD1ElGiUHzA7F-fCzPpaVggRbS7gVI90GjdCoI1btwuh4UNZsCWL-9nabEj009oM9FgRa0ZZyXNk8ao4hAfFqiykBPQ3er2egIENpiNrxGIcp-JthyphenhyphenIk7njBY6FQhOLQg6abmUcjUkSL8/s1600/Slide9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjD1ElGiUHzA7F-fCzPpaVggRbS7gVI90GjdCoI1btwuh4UNZsCWL-9nabEj009oM9FgRa0ZZyXNk8ao4hAfFqiykBPQ3er2egIENpiNrxGIcp-JthyphenhyphenIk7njBY6FQhOLQg6abmUcjUkSL8/s1600/Slide9.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_Ur2AlLLv8dpWKlvcJuG3LvkaIcI_1YoKcc6Ped-JVnC7xr4YJAAcMPWceZqGzjSZGPUW_mqC6HWUVJzrIfy_PjYEOlXXrTrY2jOHbds2CpW2pXOH1V0MofNPmk3gce7H2eEGU-MiyGr/s1600/Slide10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_Ur2AlLLv8dpWKlvcJuG3LvkaIcI_1YoKcc6Ped-JVnC7xr4YJAAcMPWceZqGzjSZGPUW_mqC6HWUVJzrIfy_PjYEOlXXrTrY2jOHbds2CpW2pXOH1V0MofNPmk3gce7H2eEGU-MiyGr/s1600/Slide10.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hvVVCh7SazmszBJnTqwCXV2v8-rAnsYcaE_q2uBDMbhHTJ2lBYwpDj9pGZgNF1khzmq_pBbDZTI9543cYt4AorEFY7IvCp_vzGOcgZ4Q5IvBSqxRd6mtp9eNtE7UUvptYeZcFY-JkX4O/s1600/Slide11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hvVVCh7SazmszBJnTqwCXV2v8-rAnsYcaE_q2uBDMbhHTJ2lBYwpDj9pGZgNF1khzmq_pBbDZTI9543cYt4AorEFY7IvCp_vzGOcgZ4Q5IvBSqxRd6mtp9eNtE7UUvptYeZcFY-JkX4O/s1600/Slide11.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFs0ir5ZjSd2h9oHafooo0hDV1qEyGIFNEg-u_F8BovZYfLzOSHYdfuNCztmkijF8KVYLTUTuLyFD2IqoMKH4Qq3Y05QDxC98QiX73x8bXHrYQtocXbpCf-Iabi8k7h6OrEKKygUJBLtB/s1600/Slide12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFs0ir5ZjSd2h9oHafooo0hDV1qEyGIFNEg-u_F8BovZYfLzOSHYdfuNCztmkijF8KVYLTUTuLyFD2IqoMKH4Qq3Y05QDxC98QiX73x8bXHrYQtocXbpCf-Iabi8k7h6OrEKKygUJBLtB/s1600/Slide12.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iLshb7HCYRt_Li5dYzvdmNMw_pojqZFXGST9o5-cTNnlhqMHMNygJxpu1FAyjt9hEElDJbiaX_MrQiWuUk9Qbkt596OsmF_3XRBEupCaKpcSeSMXZ0rlJEUB2mjk6Uu09eVQBdCxxIiG/s1600/Slide13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iLshb7HCYRt_Li5dYzvdmNMw_pojqZFXGST9o5-cTNnlhqMHMNygJxpu1FAyjt9hEElDJbiaX_MrQiWuUk9Qbkt596OsmF_3XRBEupCaKpcSeSMXZ0rlJEUB2mjk6Uu09eVQBdCxxIiG/s1600/Slide13.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLgiMebC3JGlvpqj6o-w5lDZJ6q9q_fZZ6me60NbVf_yNu2k7y_XxvmCLE0t2FprdxIdOrRJ6MhuDR9LDpVmkM6WOp7_HX75Mp_DScDnWO1zC43yYMCExfJ3lim1MOJonF9iu0unMNkml/s1600/Slide14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLgiMebC3JGlvpqj6o-w5lDZJ6q9q_fZZ6me60NbVf_yNu2k7y_XxvmCLE0t2FprdxIdOrRJ6MhuDR9LDpVmkM6WOp7_HX75Mp_DScDnWO1zC43yYMCExfJ3lim1MOJonF9iu0unMNkml/s1600/Slide14.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_qzm_BcEDVVkQXycOLgqcsXN1Ao3evTZpLllnXHYQQhaCOWb1LHpzIplRT1VQdm_tQkAZ8cYKoHwCHCfOCym29SVLgWsFBPU7MRyFgCiasiHaUj9kPishw8SOY9BV1oDt3eCTFPXNSLs/s1600/Slide15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_qzm_BcEDVVkQXycOLgqcsXN1Ao3evTZpLllnXHYQQhaCOWb1LHpzIplRT1VQdm_tQkAZ8cYKoHwCHCfOCym29SVLgWsFBPU7MRyFgCiasiHaUj9kPishw8SOY9BV1oDt3eCTFPXNSLs/s1600/Slide15.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_Jd6i0SFZ7dWqz6bbicZzwDXsr_YEhWzhO6_hqtOfYN5RqsFr3BZu2uFv-MT0T2RXMLJ7kDPwO3KBSbA31bDoLTFcFYkeYAEMBP_XfyekNKL2bxGw-UnFq70GlN0xYorcXVozXBSmd37/s1600/Slide16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_Jd6i0SFZ7dWqz6bbicZzwDXsr_YEhWzhO6_hqtOfYN5RqsFr3BZu2uFv-MT0T2RXMLJ7kDPwO3KBSbA31bDoLTFcFYkeYAEMBP_XfyekNKL2bxGw-UnFq70GlN0xYorcXVozXBSmd37/s1600/Slide16.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1WmtowXfoHG8vSLDy7jxN4naRpnqgsBTzkoUwZIG5GYiVbySssILFul1DvXXPiJvGSf67Ar5Zkx6NEZs9Ok8kxjaBQ-mHOkP3moOc8OqYtylHqS6dq2GjVyJixOlndMq-cK0WMLvc0zE/s1600/Slide17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1WmtowXfoHG8vSLDy7jxN4naRpnqgsBTzkoUwZIG5GYiVbySssILFul1DvXXPiJvGSf67Ar5Zkx6NEZs9Ok8kxjaBQ-mHOkP3moOc8OqYtylHqS6dq2GjVyJixOlndMq-cK0WMLvc0zE/s1600/Slide17.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2XQk3mO1ycdIDqVI5v4VouNNGnFjTzac5zFFrjRXYj-K0FHIfqhjyaKQe2E-b9ear96cjJBAhaLMpTELO1cNFkiiibWQ-lFTunuh4gfIKX-DfvhpXULe4f5h6HT1nBVHb3p-cUogchbn/s1600/Slide18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2XQk3mO1ycdIDqVI5v4VouNNGnFjTzac5zFFrjRXYj-K0FHIfqhjyaKQe2E-b9ear96cjJBAhaLMpTELO1cNFkiiibWQ-lFTunuh4gfIKX-DfvhpXULe4f5h6HT1nBVHb3p-cUogchbn/s1600/Slide18.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziHyVnyLL1rgo2RozSYXFcKR5oB9me6aQzc3T4xniSEkAJ6atjRYemeiq-3Kq7N0t_IxqGDqA69PsNMfv8yKPcaxYQtj1Jv_XDy8RFDSad-smL6mhQhRcSHqH1DtRgHQ9Adp9Hz25g04v/s1600/Slide19.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziHyVnyLL1rgo2RozSYXFcKR5oB9me6aQzc3T4xniSEkAJ6atjRYemeiq-3Kq7N0t_IxqGDqA69PsNMfv8yKPcaxYQtj1Jv_XDy8RFDSad-smL6mhQhRcSHqH1DtRgHQ9Adp9Hz25g04v/s1600/Slide19.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAvgOahX3hPGyeK3fDgLGkm5iP8Byh775MS-xvqmVcoyUdHMs-xWdoEs0DI1DGc2tTIDFuNFkgCPo41V_0JI1IOKONaBA6wlYiLiLRTYkQ3BIMcCcNvXs1-YgxE0o3P8Tllg65t2_HME6/s1600/Slide20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAvgOahX3hPGyeK3fDgLGkm5iP8Byh775MS-xvqmVcoyUdHMs-xWdoEs0DI1DGc2tTIDFuNFkgCPo41V_0JI1IOKONaBA6wlYiLiLRTYkQ3BIMcCcNvXs1-YgxE0o3P8Tllg65t2_HME6/s1600/Slide20.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should this model be implemented with necessary customisation at the micro-level, accommodating and utilising ACC and ICC's mandates and grants, Nepali Cricket is bound to become a force to energise the youth of Nepal, who, in the process, slowly but steadily, CAN build Nepal, as a developed country.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-79785999718074010002014-12-19T08:29:00.001-08:002014-12-19T08:29:38.754-08:00So many short balls show India is short on cricketing sense.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EsQY5cMc9PhciJGPkuziLrBAT787HLTuMqUdK6Ka33_pmDYWH7t23Y8d0zPnjAAdCY0iBW2kDkOslL7ok5GCkC0fLrcczaBniXziqHATU-1dsnQl5d6GQcPUl_ASUfAA6nzHnQQLqo48/s1600/Smith+Johnson+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4EsQY5cMc9PhciJGPkuziLrBAT787HLTuMqUdK6Ka33_pmDYWH7t23Y8d0zPnjAAdCY0iBW2kDkOslL7ok5GCkC0fLrcczaBniXziqHATU-1dsnQl5d6GQcPUl_ASUfAA6nzHnQQLqo48/s1600/Smith+Johnson+.jpg" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3rd day's play of the Brisbane Test began with a slight advantage towards India. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The early departure of Mitchell Marsh being bamboozled by Ishant Sharma also helped the cause of India. The incoming delivery from Ishant though looked ominous but it was actually Mitchell's wrong judgement he paid the price for.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When a fast bowler goes a bit wide of the crease to bowl and keeps the shine of the ball outside, it's commonsense that the ball would come in, more so, as the old Kookaburra ball doesn't reverse much and, early in the morning, any chance of such happenings remains almost zero - even considering miracles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brad Haddin came out to bat, and never looked comfortable during his short stint in the middle. His footwork seemed all over the place, as if his nervous system refused to work. Before getting skittled by Varun Aaron's rising delivery at the forward short-leg, offering a chocolate catch to Pujara, Haddin actually kept hopping on the pitch, doing little justice to his reputation as a batsman. In fact, before his dismissal the way he left his all three stumps exposed to nudge the ball to the deep fine-leg fence for a boundary showed his confidence level was wobbly and dwindling. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, with his uncharacteristic dismissal, he rather unknowingly laid out a trap for Indians to walk into, so as to squander the advantage to Australia, foolishly, by bowling short and haywire.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ill-directed and purposeless barrage of 28 short-balls not only helped Mitchell Johnson settle down and score a no time half-century but also did a world of good to Aussies who amassed 130 runs off just 23 overs, losing only 2 wickets in the first session of play.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While Dhoni was clueless, so were Indian pacers, Steven Smith demonstrated why he is considered as one of the most mature cricketers in the world in spite of his age - that's only 25+. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The moment Johnson pulled twice to the fence with authority, intelligent Smith understood there was nothing to worry. So, he allowed Johnson to take the maximum strike and thereby make Indian bowlers tired and dejected by taking them on with lusty hits all over the ground, as well as playing within the V.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's ironical that Indian think-tank failed to understand any left-hander naturally plays horizontal shots better, and Johnson was no exception. Whereas, at the start, when feet don't move straightway, it's always wise to pitch the ball up, bowling over the wicket. For that creates two angles for a southpaw thus weaves doubts on his mind while he is forced to come forward and play the ball early. This always increases the chance of getting a new batsman out, especially if he is a lefty. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If Indians think they can win a Test match by hurting or intimidating batsmen instead of getting them out then they can jolly well keep bowling short, predictably, but to no avail. Because while bowling short Indian bowlers are pitching it almost on their toes, and from that length it's easier for any batsman to pick the ball quite early. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even after lunch, when batsmen remain rusty for a short-while, bringing Rohit Sharma in tandem with Ashwin was another mindless move by Dhoni to finish the overs quickly before taking the new ball. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a break, it's prudent to let pacers bowl an over or two with the old ball, for that actually warms them up to go for the kill with the new cherry in hand. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dhoni's field placing was no strange either. The way he spreads fielders, it is a psychological submission to the fact that tail-enders from an opponent side can hit Indian bowlers anywhere they want, so protections everywhere. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From 398 for 8, as Australia sailed through to 505, practically, it underlines the ineptness of Indian bowling to wrap things up. Plus, they are also unable to check the run flow to make batsmen impatient to commit mistakes. No logic can justify a fielding side's bowling that concedes a run-rate of 4.60 in a Test match. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nevertheless, words are inadequate to laud the knock of Steven Smith under pressure on his debut as a captain. The poise and calmness he showed throughout the innings was of a different class and, if he keeps playing like this, more sedate tons from him are on the cards for sure. 6 Test hundreds in 24 Tests speak volumes of his ability with the bat but with no ado about anything. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dhoni & Co. got to realise aggression minus patience and discipline - particularly in bowling - is outrage and anarchy, and neither outrage nor anarchy helps a side win a Test match let alone a Test series. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not to forget, everyone does make mistakes, so does a batsman. Therefore, in a Test match, relying on a batsman's weakness is as important as trusting a bowler's strength. So, sticking to the basics is crucial, for without that, variations are nothing but worthless application. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, one question remains as it is: "What's the role of Indian cricket team's think-tank in Tests overseas?" </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-60483167484124029622014-12-01T08:11:00.000-08:002014-12-01T11:21:39.825-08:00The cricket ball and the T20 killed Phil Hughes.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysSHW8nhPdOxJut4O_jiNqi-9Pb99BIxAKS6PdufU67hceFFvrwfZS-oo25MchZ6oyLHbvcJXVsRw_g8XTE5s7xL0qyr-TRRiQsyL5gaI4sg2BDhZiaBi4LnjRYJR7Bu6p5usGoP3Hcbf/s1600/Crcket+Ball+and+T20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysSHW8nhPdOxJut4O_jiNqi-9Pb99BIxAKS6PdufU67hceFFvrwfZS-oo25MchZ6oyLHbvcJXVsRw_g8XTE5s7xL0qyr-TRRiQsyL5gaI4sg2BDhZiaBi4LnjRYJR7Bu6p5usGoP3Hcbf/s1600/Crcket+Ball+and+T20.jpg" height="298" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sean Abbott <b>bowled a bouncer</b>. The ball rose off the deck and hit Phillip (aka Phil) Hughes <b>on the back of his head</b>, while he wanted to play a hook shot. Immediately after, Phil lost consciousness and fell on the ground on his face. With a thud. He was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital where he succumbed to the injury and passed away. Two days shy of his 26th birthday to <b>remain on 63* forever</b>.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The incident was quoted as "freaky accident" by almost all that include medical experts, ex and current cricketers, editors, sports journalists, fans, and the people at large.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The media, especially TV channels, and the social media have gone berserk demanding more safety for batsmen on a cricket pitch. And, according to them, that is only possible if protective gears, precisely helmets, are redesigned and bouncers are relinquished. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Noble thoughts indeed! For such ideas always create more opportunities to debate or argue, and the more the debate or argument, the better the TRP / GRP / Circulation / Readership / Trending. Good business ploys. no doubt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the question is, and will ever be, "Do, or can, such gimmicks in news benefit cricket and its stake holders, anyway?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To understand that, why not don a thinking hat, instead of a reactive one, and try to analyse what exactly happened to Phillip and what might continue to happen to other cricketers, as well as umpires, on a cricket field? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's begin the analysis with a pecking question: "Did Sean Abbott bowl a bouncer at all in the first place to intimidate or hurt Phil Hughes?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9iWX9_eSUzsM10BSJaw585naeimmMlGyW_axvYfLsmWXVxF7oKgjRkxmMVeu8zV1yHulVUQ84GNabT_ggcV7sfPT4COTTFRD0YkmB1q6qzJa2p35Lxjov94BM2N5Ex9ir2kb1vDr2VoI/s1600/Wrong+Technique.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9iWX9_eSUzsM10BSJaw585naeimmMlGyW_axvYfLsmWXVxF7oKgjRkxmMVeu8zV1yHulVUQ84GNabT_ggcV7sfPT4COTTFRD0YkmB1q6qzJa2p35Lxjov94BM2N5Ex9ir2kb1vDr2VoI/s1600/Wrong+Technique.jpg" height="212" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the video analysis, it was clear that the delivery was not a bouncer. <b>It was definitely on the shorter side, but not too short of a length</b>. However, the ball rose off the surface rather stiffly, so, for that, if the bowler needs to be mentioned of, he should rather be credited, not discredited or maligned, for producing such a gem of a delivery.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the contrary, from batting skills point of view, it was Phil's wrong technique, precisely his flawed footwork and judgement, which put him in a false position to get struck by the cherry and leave the world so early, unfortunately, bringing tears to all of us. Well, to me at least. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While, just swaying away a little backward could have helped Hughes see the ball flying off safely into the keeper's gloves, his erroneously judged aggression to hit the ball made all the damage, irreversibly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact, if playing a shot and scoring off the said delivery was so crucial then an upper cut over the slip would have been ideal. But noway a hook, or even a pull-shot, was apt, given the position Phillip got himself into. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In short, it was not the failure of a cricket helmet but it was the failure of a batsman who, despite being a test player and having loads of talent, failed miserably in 'shot selection' before 'shot execution' owing to his 'aggression'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Such aggression is actually inevitable thanks to T20, and a tournament like IPL</b>. That turns batting into banging the ball by hook or by crook. Because that's entertainment, often cheap and crazy, which people pay for to help marketeers, and a cricket board like BCCI - out there to sell TV rights even at the cost of a cricketer's life or the game itself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Money matters, and as long as it flows in, it hardly matters what young cricketers are learning from the grassroots level.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides, it's to be noted with due attention that <b>Phillip was not hit by the ball on the back of his head </b>- media hype notwithstanding. He was rather struck on the neck just above the left collarbone, a vulnerable area, where no helmet in the world can provide a protection to any batsman. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrst1setrebs4I5_gXnri78WZBgm-zt5LIKFy2YN5CsmuJ5sBpI1YDUQh9gY6Taf4xIBJmOr7VKJRtEdRTeeQgMqAIDb0VRSIYHaw-FnRBXiuvHOcrOGsRBtn7anPsgqwsXKXp5vgu19Qh/s1600/VAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrst1setrebs4I5_gXnri78WZBgm-zt5LIKFy2YN5CsmuJ5sBpI1YDUQh9gY6Taf4xIBJmOr7VKJRtEdRTeeQgMqAIDb0VRSIYHaw-FnRBXiuvHOcrOGsRBtn7anPsgqwsXKXp5vgu19Qh/s1600/VAD.jpg" height="245" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Given the weight, hardness, seam and speed of a cricket ball, it would be surprising, if a batsman or, for that matter, any cricketer or an umpire, doesn't suffer from or die of <b>VAD: Vertebral Artery Dissection</b> unlike Hughes had to.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let alone protecting or saving a cricketer from VAD, as the Masuri 'Vision Series' helmets with 'Active Peak Technology' might not even keep one's face secure and intact, if a cricket ball travels at a speed of over 67-mph from front and enters through the gap between the peak and the grille.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICGNil_FeujL_6f8i20ijFWPsFWOMmg4EdoWsR5_BJztweOBnX9SQFGOELYR-oPtpGl7I9EHpcRRiE7QdSFteQDULLwfpP6_cz3aJlF3wjxjOed_5knb0-vxvi9UUn4Z918zlUOuJVHQp/s1600/active-peak-tech-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICGNil_FeujL_6f8i20ijFWPsFWOMmg4EdoWsR5_BJztweOBnX9SQFGOELYR-oPtpGl7I9EHpcRRiE7QdSFteQDULLwfpP6_cz3aJlF3wjxjOed_5knb0-vxvi9UUn4Z918zlUOuJVHQp/s1600/active-peak-tech-1.png" height="400" width="280" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This boils down to the consideration - which ICC or any cricket board hardly cares for - that <b>a cricket ball, from time immemorial, has unnecessarily been hard, intimidating</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> and life-threatening</b> - that is of course, and should never be, acknowledged and appreciated in the name of bravado and machismo.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Frankly, equating one's bruises, broken anatomy, blood or death in a sport with guts or gusto is not normal. It's kind of a psychological disorder like sadism. Quite primitive and predatory, totally devoid of human sense, sensibility and sensitivity, and the spirit of sports. Thus neither ethical nor civilised, and doesn't complement the philosophy and essence of cricket called: </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The Gentleman's Game</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be precise, the cricket ball not only harms a batsman but also murders a bowler, a fielder, an umpire (even in the square-leg) - practically anyone, everyone, physically or mentally; literally or laterally.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGhf1Bdadi7MsfiCfCv2ti3UspwSl3lbtul88GBK1RgLsxhwfpeL-GgCKE1Wpf6J1FtIkU085jN-JYbVlpNzIQFyZa6osqrS7Sf9nS7N4RvDz7RKkA9k6g7JaIvw7eda0Q5D0kZ5KzMe-/s1600/Bowler+hit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGhf1Bdadi7MsfiCfCv2ti3UspwSl3lbtul88GBK1RgLsxhwfpeL-GgCKE1Wpf6J1FtIkU085jN-JYbVlpNzIQFyZa6osqrS7Sf9nS7N4RvDz7RKkA9k6g7JaIvw7eda0Q5D0kZ5KzMe-/s1600/Bowler+hit.jpg" height="273" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBQ6aJ7AjcevWjD7zxNpK75jpDKE1qv47CrV4e5SKpbBYtT1O31gpEIHdN5nC7EWML2gaYejyoP9E82XQPiRZxzJKwafGIIYccaqVgfnMmiyL4AsugsEMRFWLFN7I2DCKfIfwNCBgHCB2/s1600/Umpire+is+nior+safe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBQ6aJ7AjcevWjD7zxNpK75jpDKE1qv47CrV4e5SKpbBYtT1O31gpEIHdN5nC7EWML2gaYejyoP9E82XQPiRZxzJKwafGIIYccaqVgfnMmiyL4AsugsEMRFWLFN7I2DCKfIfwNCBgHCB2/s1600/Umpire+is+nior+safe.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a result, it affects the mind of children and parents, psychologically, creating an environment of fear, which cannot help any sport to flourish or get developed, as a global sport, due to the negative emotion that is generated and spread in such situations, automatically. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More so, given the dubious role of the media that fans the fire, as there is hardly any difference between 'Sports Journalism' and 'Page 3 Reporting' at present. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Therefore, the need of the hour is to<b> look into the cricket ball </b>and use science and technology the best possible way to innovate a new cricket ball that won't frighten anyone but, at the same time, will keep the competitiveness in the game alive without compromising or favouring a batsman at the cost of bouncer, swing, reverse swing, seam, cut or spin. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a nutshell, the core of the cricket ball i.e. the cork has to be gotten rid of, which is not at all conducive but dangerous and harmful to the greater interest of the game. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last but the least, batsmen should always remember T20 is good; aggression is better; protective gears could be the best, but above all else, it's <b>only the right technique that can save a batsman and help him live longer</b> on the turf and off it.</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-28722517389824353622014-07-30T23:38:00.001-07:002014-07-30T23:44:51.910-07:00How PMG can develop India's sports economy for youth leadership<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In one of his recent interviews (published on the website of Wisden India on April 28, 2014... bearing the headline: <b>Gavaskar proposes more open BCCI</b>), Mr. Sunil Manohar Gavaskar said to Mr. Shamya Dasgupta, Senior Editor, Wisden India that he wanted BCCI to be more open where everyone could speak freely and fearlessly and thus be involved in the decision making process. Plus, Sunny also wanted the four major stakeholders (fans, players, administrators and sponsors) of the game to work together and BCCI to have a proper PR person cum authorised spokesperson for better public and media relations.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">For that, on July 10, 2014, I sent an email to Sunny, firstly to wish him a 'very happy birthday' and secondly to ask him whether he was game to accept a presentation from me, which would give him a comprehensive idea on how his company PMG (Professional Management Group) can take <b>sports management & marketing to a different level, helping education, employment and economy through sports - exploiting cricket, predominantly. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">On<b> </b>July 14, 2014, from England, he himself responded to my mail and gave me the go ahead.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So I made the presentation and emailed to him on July 26, 2014, in which I proposed a system that, if built and made to work under the canopy of PMG (in association with BCCI, ideally), might help <b>the youth of India grow and develop</b>, differently, and in a much better way in fact, <b>emancipating themselves</b> and, in the process, others, <b>on the basis of a</b> <b>sporting culture</b> that has been either missing or amiss across the nation. And, to a great extent, among the Indian diaspora as well.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">In short, I wanted to present the big picture of the <b>sports economy</b> rather clearly to Mr. Gavaskar <b>for the development and evolution of youth leadership</b> complementing the Government of India's plan.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is what I presented:</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziAkdXbs8avaZatzFhVL6hs8kKquChbVzMMVn3dRMdUDj2WywawDmGCUf6Vo-vbgJDhbmztesS2mF3QjNjDdaVyQ0IbZhX3W68uAlbNdsE-1RcHtE9G9nHAxtQxeokDkE3gs7qBu3c6jN/s1600/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziAkdXbs8avaZatzFhVL6hs8kKquChbVzMMVn3dRMdUDj2WywawDmGCUf6Vo-vbgJDhbmztesS2mF3QjNjDdaVyQ0IbZhX3W68uAlbNdsE-1RcHtE9G9nHAxtQxeokDkE3gs7qBu3c6jN/s1600/Slide1.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2NS2Ej02cPUgiBZCUgm_THQr762eRvOy17opKERERKC-6ErGsT85O91oYYNVofoVffIWF0pqYqsR9i6cLcwP7ipZ28cBIjxhGL-lHuKtUWKeciWUS5KiV7TA3ku1hTMKrzrlai_1DYpA/s1600/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2NS2Ej02cPUgiBZCUgm_THQr762eRvOy17opKERERKC-6ErGsT85O91oYYNVofoVffIWF0pqYqsR9i6cLcwP7ipZ28cBIjxhGL-lHuKtUWKeciWUS5KiV7TA3ku1hTMKrzrlai_1DYpA/s1600/Slide2.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirko6qd02s6Ebk-81HlmFlKKMZhTGDV1qbL9IOtSG5pRtxvED0eqoVM1xR7RNXMSqg5MrNTmv_v9LdSPkK8wEufkStLRiTw06cQOkCMkA-_E963i00Zrt4NCeEj65_q2Xi4b29iQKxldHD/s1600/Slide3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirko6qd02s6Ebk-81HlmFlKKMZhTGDV1qbL9IOtSG5pRtxvED0eqoVM1xR7RNXMSqg5MrNTmv_v9LdSPkK8wEufkStLRiTw06cQOkCMkA-_E963i00Zrt4NCeEj65_q2Xi4b29iQKxldHD/s1600/Slide3.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOkUOd26c9uMiySyuPoraEZvq2NVvHkFirzGrSMQajbtTfnYZqV2k4zdhi6boaxItwAbTLpGsl9oKDE8-2LjEfV0jCvZdzRxcoRvj5_8TpKr-qgyEMvGw1HmH_h3VH2BnYLh42NG3b0oL/s1600/Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOkUOd26c9uMiySyuPoraEZvq2NVvHkFirzGrSMQajbtTfnYZqV2k4zdhi6boaxItwAbTLpGsl9oKDE8-2LjEfV0jCvZdzRxcoRvj5_8TpKr-qgyEMvGw1HmH_h3VH2BnYLh42NG3b0oL/s1600/Slide4.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXnLDM1P61dahzrTK2KKLnW5bCWfhrs3TCF8MnHzq0G9To8_YewONbMGkiBvpUA6mbYyEX6vRI08EdAAzBEKo7Yn8AC2D03yVtQdLl3womUCIlXWbPcnGAAt942YZy6Eijf9Rr6wq4tep/s1600/Slide5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXnLDM1P61dahzrTK2KKLnW5bCWfhrs3TCF8MnHzq0G9To8_YewONbMGkiBvpUA6mbYyEX6vRI08EdAAzBEKo7Yn8AC2D03yVtQdLl3womUCIlXWbPcnGAAt942YZy6Eijf9Rr6wq4tep/s1600/Slide5.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-170rXz-r4Uqmox9TdsZrc7hvry5O94W7vC-LidDnS3YcTraVFKYPAX0tl0TfnYq_PtLmzZFWBCFP1WTDyk4cPKe0G2dPCMuBiSC-M1ueG9YASD8DRLvkPVE6aU-N779w7BRK80B_d5so/s1600/Slide6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-170rXz-r4Uqmox9TdsZrc7hvry5O94W7vC-LidDnS3YcTraVFKYPAX0tl0TfnYq_PtLmzZFWBCFP1WTDyk4cPKe0G2dPCMuBiSC-M1ueG9YASD8DRLvkPVE6aU-N779w7BRK80B_d5so/s1600/Slide6.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVtWd0Q2j7Hq6tVBncMT4xOokxvJABIOxitwWvZELjOiczxFF9vO7DTIxm9bATKr5XksMvnODIooQVl1NhvlbtZrIPCMeW2QcFLSu5OLnOKsgm9XJm2aO54j8ShN6JRAqZ_mTHgipYvvc/s1600/Slide7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVtWd0Q2j7Hq6tVBncMT4xOokxvJABIOxitwWvZELjOiczxFF9vO7DTIxm9bATKr5XksMvnODIooQVl1NhvlbtZrIPCMeW2QcFLSu5OLnOKsgm9XJm2aO54j8ShN6JRAqZ_mTHgipYvvc/s1600/Slide7.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigE_aB_NAFoYJ36y7t0lJNjtJKJbw-3ScyaBM0RtB84vopVq5GmUzi_-GbK53n0koliPrkuaSQipkyPaAZXWblzP2ENxmc8hKwjmq6nC-hxOkDtXetwZpycVw86VbldzxQYwtPOm4Uhy5D/s1600/Slide8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigE_aB_NAFoYJ36y7t0lJNjtJKJbw-3ScyaBM0RtB84vopVq5GmUzi_-GbK53n0koliPrkuaSQipkyPaAZXWblzP2ENxmc8hKwjmq6nC-hxOkDtXetwZpycVw86VbldzxQYwtPOm4Uhy5D/s1600/Slide8.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfP7v5_W3cW5OCSixImAnKnzC_rwg6gQUFeq5ViHXQ94OxA6dSwqWhs_cDGpFzeMV_GNpFd43nhTPcuta9KXrjuyjbZfSMHbrImBmdifkcXQgoyuBhu_6fqqQKCtkn9ky04-kdlND88NW/s1600/Slide9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfP7v5_W3cW5OCSixImAnKnzC_rwg6gQUFeq5ViHXQ94OxA6dSwqWhs_cDGpFzeMV_GNpFd43nhTPcuta9KXrjuyjbZfSMHbrImBmdifkcXQgoyuBhu_6fqqQKCtkn9ky04-kdlND88NW/s1600/Slide9.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZKQ2DUDLJZHgqFfq4XQGjqcC0zcDS1HRh4zgchk1ZHsOZgD6Gdbr8fLRTZcQ9JAzk-cjOsP7kvI3o3tqbQJavaha8wleB0ddgmTVvswRkD3reDcb40aT31rJSL8XOUVOsQn6Ft8k34Ke/s1600/Slide10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZKQ2DUDLJZHgqFfq4XQGjqcC0zcDS1HRh4zgchk1ZHsOZgD6Gdbr8fLRTZcQ9JAzk-cjOsP7kvI3o3tqbQJavaha8wleB0ddgmTVvswRkD3reDcb40aT31rJSL8XOUVOsQn6Ft8k34Ke/s1600/Slide10.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQYWjkhhk6tcwTd5f4kXL4CCPqKH29uxhsG81-4uJiNmO9bp_Pjvxr13VCmPHBAYSgw8qofqhna-q-ohgfh6tLE9ZAgNPJOE3dogIVXs5ux3aSbXJjZ54VqhaGC7pYxeZQqmg9y9DCf-g/s1600/Slide11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQYWjkhhk6tcwTd5f4kXL4CCPqKH29uxhsG81-4uJiNmO9bp_Pjvxr13VCmPHBAYSgw8qofqhna-q-ohgfh6tLE9ZAgNPJOE3dogIVXs5ux3aSbXJjZ54VqhaGC7pYxeZQqmg9y9DCf-g/s1600/Slide11.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHyMkJRy0ryO6_K350KFPReDTCBHxJZcocow23wrmCMZ0leNr7AtvDyQa30pKsVkZs6JpyQ5fsL5ucH6MX5c_IwEGc56XJocV9G4X2d9B7gJAgu-zXBt_gQHNdqcXtX8RWY0THQSOONSB/s1600/Slide12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHyMkJRy0ryO6_K350KFPReDTCBHxJZcocow23wrmCMZ0leNr7AtvDyQa30pKsVkZs6JpyQ5fsL5ucH6MX5c_IwEGc56XJocV9G4X2d9B7gJAgu-zXBt_gQHNdqcXtX8RWY0THQSOONSB/s1600/Slide12.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NgXsspJXlZVl_yLEN5SFMC_i2hyyo8Y4_gI77DnbaKlSrqBXTTfTwNgAMxo51S0k_PYr4Xei-0DCBB65gSMRxoihxKAUDWdYdui1mL4oIFvMaEawi8ADVvYRGcg2jVlO1BhPR5Xac82h/s1600/Slide13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NgXsspJXlZVl_yLEN5SFMC_i2hyyo8Y4_gI77DnbaKlSrqBXTTfTwNgAMxo51S0k_PYr4Xei-0DCBB65gSMRxoihxKAUDWdYdui1mL4oIFvMaEawi8ADVvYRGcg2jVlO1BhPR5Xac82h/s1600/Slide13.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5o8vmBl2ToX6PFUz5FKd6uagdeKeffXUuH40FkPF4DFW9m9o0fMkZsbLqxbMB0kQIpHkMleTSS7cxOeAmCt9HCBOaj3SAswcYB0hUnvcV3PUcAKrSDF23piXIc9x_Y4PhsJbRBBJF5dZ/s1600/Slide14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5o8vmBl2ToX6PFUz5FKd6uagdeKeffXUuH40FkPF4DFW9m9o0fMkZsbLqxbMB0kQIpHkMleTSS7cxOeAmCt9HCBOaj3SAswcYB0hUnvcV3PUcAKrSDF23piXIc9x_Y4PhsJbRBBJF5dZ/s1600/Slide14.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpaTHb0Rj5-7JW4fZNVMNMqGG0YdjeSdx1HLqb64W-U_4bmKiOU6-mY6wU6Y8KYfJHcYTCxmIOcbH-Da5JNrkj7wQGhO5Lor2ueF5-ZKUpT2VExjTfvCDXKma_aQNT7faQqoZ9CMDVuv2/s1600/Slide15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpaTHb0Rj5-7JW4fZNVMNMqGG0YdjeSdx1HLqb64W-U_4bmKiOU6-mY6wU6Y8KYfJHcYTCxmIOcbH-Da5JNrkj7wQGhO5Lor2ueF5-ZKUpT2VExjTfvCDXKma_aQNT7faQqoZ9CMDVuv2/s1600/Slide15.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrC0VqUVLyUkU02w23aCFz54j_4Inep0XP-g5EGMWZbX2c2-FXLGZDznKFkzJTU4HDqnMFoeXKX7HAz_lRQiU1VcbvAb_1f0S7D2J-8fqmCoF3VgAxKJRNqMfvwRNS27iUN4mIn9T2HPbZ/s1600/Slide16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrC0VqUVLyUkU02w23aCFz54j_4Inep0XP-g5EGMWZbX2c2-FXLGZDznKFkzJTU4HDqnMFoeXKX7HAz_lRQiU1VcbvAb_1f0S7D2J-8fqmCoF3VgAxKJRNqMfvwRNS27iUN4mIn9T2HPbZ/s1600/Slide16.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAYNMSX0dLqZ0Ngq-4ZRcJ7j4ib8muA5bbZnFGi2B-0ehZLoa5DBsbhGgn1QUGVwpL7v-RNkuzaonMkzskOyKfmfoVnRpkoLXArlnyMbUcFFl3orTTWHYQgr2iFa5vx-PUfABVMS8D-dy/s1600/Slide17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAYNMSX0dLqZ0Ngq-4ZRcJ7j4ib8muA5bbZnFGi2B-0ehZLoa5DBsbhGgn1QUGVwpL7v-RNkuzaonMkzskOyKfmfoVnRpkoLXArlnyMbUcFFl3orTTWHYQgr2iFa5vx-PUfABVMS8D-dy/s1600/Slide17.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSUpt7znnxTBgd9TgB0Sic3jbeqvNVzuczKtNK9TnteFv7Xg3zJgoZ7u9DvvIn3-yEm3uC7TwB96ClIWGR_UkVKKPTB_65tJXwChCLyTwqIW6l8rn2iH0klebIB3Gk7Ihz-H8ZJufZ2Qe/s1600/Slide18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSUpt7znnxTBgd9TgB0Sic3jbeqvNVzuczKtNK9TnteFv7Xg3zJgoZ7u9DvvIn3-yEm3uC7TwB96ClIWGR_UkVKKPTB_65tJXwChCLyTwqIW6l8rn2iH0klebIB3Gk7Ihz-H8ZJufZ2Qe/s1600/Slide18.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj8z0RV0ujnXhXoST7Ey5j0ybwpEcVKf7lbdVCMNHPCwKXyHeb70lmMMaN6JNZVvxPYQ4dxX7Qc15kIkshbLTbvVpNzUuwMAu4T92iXOrlUnUtRtUIaEi8JgQdGG9Wn5FJA0ip6vdq0-2/s1600/Slide19.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj8z0RV0ujnXhXoST7Ey5j0ybwpEcVKf7lbdVCMNHPCwKXyHeb70lmMMaN6JNZVvxPYQ4dxX7Qc15kIkshbLTbvVpNzUuwMAu4T92iXOrlUnUtRtUIaEi8JgQdGG9Wn5FJA0ip6vdq0-2/s1600/Slide19.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A0dEevpWJVqvpBs24CjF3QkFEa6wayenHAdaEY0tNjsQ1og3NP8YmT4r7ILvDYf7emgeEbp-kKI_YYmkBUy3st0o-eXsEWQLwieZomoQTWwGS-_K9bMKi9P49O1TmfBeZgkl_qMEo-4n/s1600/Slide20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A0dEevpWJVqvpBs24CjF3QkFEa6wayenHAdaEY0tNjsQ1og3NP8YmT4r7ILvDYf7emgeEbp-kKI_YYmkBUy3st0o-eXsEWQLwieZomoQTWwGS-_K9bMKi9P49O1TmfBeZgkl_qMEo-4n/s1600/Slide20.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTCHq4uTYsyVXuNQ1BpB_Dn89LgGNim1hhBZwaIEof8zUnnqJyZPAWykeILxaZQaXpOKGAoHIcJh9fJkh5Wocv8z6qlN5bFJJCKds-WTpp-x0l5nviZvunFsYHm8QW12heV6sRnhGHUX_/s1600/Slide21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTCHq4uTYsyVXuNQ1BpB_Dn89LgGNim1hhBZwaIEof8zUnnqJyZPAWykeILxaZQaXpOKGAoHIcJh9fJkh5Wocv8z6qlN5bFJJCKds-WTpp-x0l5nviZvunFsYHm8QW12heV6sRnhGHUX_/s1600/Slide21.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVGfjolD-0FkiLfocz3GIpyxz5cfgFmV3hSMj2Jz54eLn8YOadkgePkfqJ4cXKg6SWHrqVvhBulqSmyTrPUYgb_JPb6tHfL2q21qj5pGsHGZOsSV2V0NGXZSpVuf2Ote4qnBc_KqEdhXj/s1600/Slide22.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVGfjolD-0FkiLfocz3GIpyxz5cfgFmV3hSMj2Jz54eLn8YOadkgePkfqJ4cXKg6SWHrqVvhBulqSmyTrPUYgb_JPb6tHfL2q21qj5pGsHGZOsSV2V0NGXZSpVuf2Ote4qnBc_KqEdhXj/s1600/Slide22.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUfD93ofrKFvuuh2GJjgGb3xW5kCItjMn5-YE9zSl5liwkaSoHowurSgKGyi3aAa0cqZ1JA5UJQFF5Kne5h1GyPsSzypD-FA49RiUzY63JaOKFXpwPGyDgT7vHzY0aZMiMdMiJsEzUw5O/s1600/Slide23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUfD93ofrKFvuuh2GJjgGb3xW5kCItjMn5-YE9zSl5liwkaSoHowurSgKGyi3aAa0cqZ1JA5UJQFF5Kne5h1GyPsSzypD-FA49RiUzY63JaOKFXpwPGyDgT7vHzY0aZMiMdMiJsEzUw5O/s1600/Slide23.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG2bQ4xcWQOJEcNcSLzu3AwWIg0YFasmrpmX8d68OfII2SdJ9PqvcQMVoBjqdaI4iXRDPuPxccmKuviZwbmfh6Mp9K1_hz_C28ff7uB4idAYP7a9SWLtNB6mhmS8y8uNQ0I4dONCGIsNT/s1600/Slide24.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG2bQ4xcWQOJEcNcSLzu3AwWIg0YFasmrpmX8d68OfII2SdJ9PqvcQMVoBjqdaI4iXRDPuPxccmKuviZwbmfh6Mp9K1_hz_C28ff7uB4idAYP7a9SWLtNB6mhmS8y8uNQ0I4dONCGIsNT/s1600/Slide24.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcGQeLoPrWk2NG_BjVMavzdd5MIvbSGTeyLsUz_p2Lj1AMQ_XtNna_cQytSJSy9ZoGQnC8AoGVIVPvSSGFPnuer2uNGkMzYr3caAHyIpjI8jwnulhxVpaD9DnImxUCf7ahgVe0dRHj5yu/s1600/Slide25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcGQeLoPrWk2NG_BjVMavzdd5MIvbSGTeyLsUz_p2Lj1AMQ_XtNna_cQytSJSy9ZoGQnC8AoGVIVPvSSGFPnuer2uNGkMzYr3caAHyIpjI8jwnulhxVpaD9DnImxUCf7ahgVe0dRHj5yu/s1600/Slide25.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgUE3mubzHoPTXdKYgZUKkGln9tuB13RNtByoV5-X7eF9MgdbrPowqcwQqiFCEZpP9aru_WRgqWUWlVJO84enMg5IyIGmC2QbebjHi9C5W5M7UDeU7onli6aaOnr5c77zfJyI5EkqpLlK/s1600/Slide26.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgUE3mubzHoPTXdKYgZUKkGln9tuB13RNtByoV5-X7eF9MgdbrPowqcwQqiFCEZpP9aru_WRgqWUWlVJO84enMg5IyIGmC2QbebjHi9C5W5M7UDeU7onli6aaOnr5c77zfJyI5EkqpLlK/s1600/Slide26.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VqnLar79TJCDi3EPqvyCUd8nDaO0RgIsP14fNRxvGO3rl4P7Q7dR_XyHfPcJQIeIeQAggQt3K1suux6ggMZb2oNGA6bLiu0B53_6HW0-K7tAm3Js6SLhfV_Up_7dCGT3yXAsr9P282ve/s1600/Slide27.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VqnLar79TJCDi3EPqvyCUd8nDaO0RgIsP14fNRxvGO3rl4P7Q7dR_XyHfPcJQIeIeQAggQt3K1suux6ggMZb2oNGA6bLiu0B53_6HW0-K7tAm3Js6SLhfV_Up_7dCGT3yXAsr9P282ve/s1600/Slide27.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_USmmdGxJcx6T2uq3v-Wxiy9PxqlKG3sRsI_C6oqYQCiHHnYM7APl1lmAjyEifGkYmhqkMJg31yU1q1d0rT6DOIZPrnp6rSEUx_egxOvfVfJVAgUrGDd-y7MquorUrEj3qB-vko_9L28/s1600/Slide28.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_USmmdGxJcx6T2uq3v-Wxiy9PxqlKG3sRsI_C6oqYQCiHHnYM7APl1lmAjyEifGkYmhqkMJg31yU1q1d0rT6DOIZPrnp6rSEUx_egxOvfVfJVAgUrGDd-y7MquorUrEj3qB-vko_9L28/s1600/Slide28.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTmKBxAfGHEonteoWL_ZUzzTxn5Ax1htUo4gb6_GraVVz6ehGzRuGEralErp6Ytwn-FJWXNyA-HIb4XWN61vAonfczuMFMIpSm3YNrrjB0jaWCixp6MtifXtRlYpaFDYO5-Cijten87yg/s1600/Slide29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTmKBxAfGHEonteoWL_ZUzzTxn5Ax1htUo4gb6_GraVVz6ehGzRuGEralErp6Ytwn-FJWXNyA-HIb4XWN61vAonfczuMFMIpSm3YNrrjB0jaWCixp6MtifXtRlYpaFDYO5-Cijten87yg/s1600/Slide29.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW4ef_4SYy5oTkt9aDE9quJH2GfHCOgDeKzKe0i1PkYz8qzx4HqfXR85vs2hiw-1a4LqT5WnlDDjABMjcknIjGrtX40aZILfrEOrMc5PmZkcgw1L1PuTl0yZYTS8AdC7w6UNYqp4tKizA/s1600/Slide30.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW4ef_4SYy5oTkt9aDE9quJH2GfHCOgDeKzKe0i1PkYz8qzx4HqfXR85vs2hiw-1a4LqT5WnlDDjABMjcknIjGrtX40aZILfrEOrMc5PmZkcgw1L1PuTl0yZYTS8AdC7w6UNYqp4tKizA/s1600/Slide30.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitakiyinlV6Q8g0yUhhOi9Y-mAsZewrNmyARwgj2te0BgocEGdazVyFAySJRU-XiKWBmfW5OtDCJ4EtYr5gimuvY431u0zscazBkPLAXrdjVQpFw-p-OsdqknNId0Fq3JBWUA-ob1KE-Jp/s1600/Slide31.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitakiyinlV6Q8g0yUhhOi9Y-mAsZewrNmyARwgj2te0BgocEGdazVyFAySJRU-XiKWBmfW5OtDCJ4EtYr5gimuvY431u0zscazBkPLAXrdjVQpFw-p-OsdqknNId0Fq3JBWUA-ob1KE-Jp/s1600/Slide31.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4xKBX1VvMfG5A_crjmSOzOUV4kBPcjNmP6tR6mMnqPdbdy_6gQmPNdiZ84fpwnnK2WWX3rA_IRgDTGMvEMTUint-gyiC9IukiKIsqG7EMXLsWmnhlZdc0T_6E_jszOQi6cx753hjpmyf/s1600/Slide32.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4xKBX1VvMfG5A_crjmSOzOUV4kBPcjNmP6tR6mMnqPdbdy_6gQmPNdiZ84fpwnnK2WWX3rA_IRgDTGMvEMTUint-gyiC9IukiKIsqG7EMXLsWmnhlZdc0T_6E_jszOQi6cx753hjpmyf/s1600/Slide32.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89YQfFP3Q6ZdbYOdwQCyaA1gD_eSW1WqXzRt1DiAkhixiZ1KyW4ZKjYcnX67xCSyy3P-Al01ySnZ9pZEX78Vis2U8K0CB50cyYWED8cA1suelphqE2_pGQWAHSUgBmRFkmsJIDt1EUcXU/s1600/Slide33.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89YQfFP3Q6ZdbYOdwQCyaA1gD_eSW1WqXzRt1DiAkhixiZ1KyW4ZKjYcnX67xCSyy3P-Al01ySnZ9pZEX78Vis2U8K0CB50cyYWED8cA1suelphqE2_pGQWAHSUgBmRFkmsJIDt1EUcXU/s1600/Slide33.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-39384773439859844012014-04-19T02:25:00.001-07:002014-04-19T12:50:58.302-07:00How to include people for Inclusive Growth in an economy. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Myth: Economics is a dull
subject. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reality: Economics is as
spicy and hot as sex is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most people in general don’t
take any interest in economics because the subject is presented with a lot of
boring theories and equations – often incomprehensible and more than enough to
drive even the mad out of asylums. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However the problem is,
without understanding economics, precisely the macro economics, it’s impossible
to understand the micro economics, on which, one’s individual growth depends.
That, in the process, ensures collective growth for an overall socio-economic
development to make society, a nation and the world a better place to live
in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But text book economics, as I
said already, won’t and can’t really make anyone excited to take any interest
whatsoever in this fabulous subject. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what to do? </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The solution is pretty simple
but very tough to execute – shedding off the straight-collared dogma and
puritan principles in order to make things as titillating as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And for that, business
publications and channels have to adapt to and adopt a different approach altogether – to
redefine their marketing communications and content. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first challenge is to
hold people’s attention to unfathomable economic terms as a matter of fact, but uncanny, way, so they become keen to know and thereby understand things rather
voluntarily. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Say for instance, every
political party talks about ‘Inclusive Growth’ in almost every polity and
economy. But what that means exactly, well, none bothers to explain, lucidly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore, the Inclusive
Growth is inclusive of what remains as elusive as ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, if some excitement –
even if bizarre and weird, but unavoidable – is tried out in marketing
communications, it might so happen people rather willingly try to dig deeper. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frankly, Inclusive Growth
is not possible unless people are included in the process from the word go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to do that, here’s an
indication through a piece of marketing communications, which a publication like 'The Economist' might risk... to think and do beyond
the obvious... so as to attract people towards the otherwise bland – but very useful
– business and economic content to help them know how an economy works and how
they can contribute to it to benefit from the same. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs37Pr_0rDfnmd165elKTLKTZd8bW4O2KzCbTKrDD9UUotiVep85qD_ClLAse586AAe9o7BHSRsv2-XaEQBbCmOjUFBl5Eeg_BlYB2Rdi-KM3V5PRyr8JzA8L6KZIoGULPcrX5JK_7gt4u/s1600/The+Economist+Ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs37Pr_0rDfnmd165elKTLKTZd8bW4O2KzCbTKrDD9UUotiVep85qD_ClLAse586AAe9o7BHSRsv2-XaEQBbCmOjUFBl5Eeg_BlYB2Rdi-KM3V5PRyr8JzA8L6KZIoGULPcrX5JK_7gt4u/s1600/The+Economist+Ad.jpg" height="193" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all, “it’s economy,
stupid” won’t do anymore. Because, for a sustainable economy, worldwide, the
stupidity of everyone – irrespective of class, gender, age, etc. – got to be replaced with
intelligence for sure.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-90529497523247700382014-02-15T22:39:00.000-08:002014-02-16T07:46:59.292-08:00Is India Narendra Modi? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As per the Opinion Poll for the Lok Sabha Election 2014 in India, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - sorry, Mr. Narendra Modi, being the Superman of Indian Politics, to beat Congress all alone.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking at BJP's Electoral Campaign, which is synonymous to Political Campaign in India, it is evident that Bharatiya Janata Party thinks 'India = Modi', hence the nation can marvel only through Modi-fication of corruption. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below is the masthead of a leaflet cum EDM - Electronic Direct Mailer - BJP is circulating to Modi-fy India, magically, helping you look at and look into the socio-economic condition of India through only Lotus Glasses, but no more rose for that matter. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivewEapGG5dKugcybA3uxvHCKVWWViFgcF0liNLJHf3Q53N6F8iPcd6kmiBaUwdBZ4ffZb0z1H6segv8k8fy0rsnRYjy6hhappJkBxu8cq-Pte9WJlzAXAIzoQRT_2nrsPvuI3BSAWQLCu/s1600/Namo+Namo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivewEapGG5dKugcybA3uxvHCKVWWViFgcF0liNLJHf3Q53N6F8iPcd6kmiBaUwdBZ4ffZb0z1H6segv8k8fy0rsnRYjy6hhappJkBxu8cq-Pte9WJlzAXAIzoQRT_2nrsPvuI3BSAWQLCu/s1600/Namo+Namo.jpg" height="183" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Makes sense, because a rose comes with thorns while a lotus comes with just a venomous snake, and thorns are more dangerous than a snake, since, the former lets you bleed while the latter helps you die. And death is better than bleeding, for, death means </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mukti -</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> freedom from all tensions, frustrations, pains and agonies of corruption brought to you by Congress and UPA only.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, obviously, you should always VOTE AGAINST CONGRESS to benefit from the Modi-fied India i.e. 'Modindia'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, before you do that, if you have just two minutes time - from your very busy schedule of Liking, Sharing, Commenting and Promoting Text and Photos of Facebook and Twitter - <b>to think</b>, you may consider to ask yourself the following questions... in case that help you know, understand, realise and accept what kind of 'a better tomorrow' you are about to create today with BJP in reality:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Question No. 1: If BJP is 'Bharatiya Janata Party' then how come their 'call to action' to the people of India is "VOTE FOR INDIA, VOTE FOR MODI" instead of "VOTE FOR BJP, VOTE FOR PEOPLE, VOTE FOR INDIA"? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Question No. 2: If BJP is "committed t</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">o a strong and developed India" then the party is actually admitting that India has already been strong and developed. So, why shouldn't people vote for Congress (led UPA) again to re-elect them, as under their governance only India became strong and developed?<br /><br />Question No. 3: "Vision of Modi - Nai Soch, Nai Ummeed". Okay, so the Modi-fied vision is "New Thinking, New Hope". If anyone asks you what is your vision, say for your organisation, and you answer, "New Thinking, New Hope," what will it mean actually?<br /><br />Question No. 4: So Modi has a vision, but BJP doesn't have any? In that case, is BJP a political party, or just Modi's kitty party to freak out over tea?</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, rest is your call, entirely. Keeping one simple thing on mind, and deep in mind as well, that the word 'Modification' or 'Modi-fication' means neither 'Change' nor 'Transformation', and the word 'Growth' doesn't also mean either 'Development' or 'Evolution'; 'Welfare' or 'Progress'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi-Hc2dOx4iiU_c73uFInjn0DsgVA1iSpot-u-sP9ALnkW77TBX_LdoAVg6HEqHiNZthRWNSK8pp-tsdHrW2gtIpzBaG8gkArPFrfAwMAVtsIzF6riC2U40wtzAYwUbMZ-vKl4fVLuc5Z/s1600/BJp+vs+Congress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi-Hc2dOx4iiU_c73uFInjn0DsgVA1iSpot-u-sP9ALnkW77TBX_LdoAVg6HEqHiNZthRWNSK8pp-tsdHrW2gtIpzBaG8gkArPFrfAwMAVtsIzF6riC2U40wtzAYwUbMZ-vKl4fVLuc5Z/s1600/BJp+vs+Congress.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mushrooms grow faster than a Banyan Tree does, but that doesn't mean you can take a shelter under them - unless of course you are a frog.</span> </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815081963893839459.post-91328852782392040182014-01-05T02:54:00.000-08:002014-01-05T02:54:39.354-08:00Want to make a smart choice? Use WBT: Whole Brain Thinking.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLn6BazwCn8h6pxHM13_tiZ-00auDDYGOmM3GWBmNvg63hNeFmw049Lry7LwmrOqcbusgb1DB031D0a6oBQixLMwaexHxZPEv4aRom03NfQTDfWJZzfLM3i6TNS9zVzaf13uCGxi5PImer/s1600/Thinking+Preferences+of+Sushovan+by+WBT+Brain+Mapping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLn6BazwCn8h6pxHM13_tiZ-00auDDYGOmM3GWBmNvg63hNeFmw049Lry7LwmrOqcbusgb1DB031D0a6oBQixLMwaexHxZPEv4aRom03NfQTDfWJZzfLM3i6TNS9zVzaf13uCGxi5PImer/s400/Thinking+Preferences+of+Sushovan+by+WBT+Brain+Mapping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQqSwnsAjeARVVtYm3QoOXZ-gvEhF-A6p_WpBKFxlIyMLfO5vRaFGTRVnrqtA6HQArO-K_X_AGsGWquEhe3xX8HWmm6BVHxzc5-1BPNGAwWCKYS_al8sNg8hPGK4c2q05l96ZWVG2Lbze/s1600/Thinking+Preferences+Report+of+Sushovan+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQqSwnsAjeARVVtYm3QoOXZ-gvEhF-A6p_WpBKFxlIyMLfO5vRaFGTRVnrqtA6HQArO-K_X_AGsGWquEhe3xX8HWmm6BVHxzc5-1BPNGAwWCKYS_al8sNg8hPGK4c2q05l96ZWVG2Lbze/s400/Thinking+Preferences+Report+of+Sushovan+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">First picture is my 'Brain Mapping' by 'WBT: Whole Brain Thinking' that shows how my 'Thinking Preferences' work.</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">S</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">econd picture is the detailed report of the same.</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">(Click on both the pictures to enlarge and look at them in a better way).</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Once this clear to me, as well as to others who deal with me and vice ver</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">sa, 'relationship' - personal or professional - becomes much easier to maintain and manage.</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">For, relationship entirely depends on two parties' 'behaviour' and, not to mention, 'behavioural preferences' - which are changeable - depend mostly on 'Thinking Preferences' i.e 'ESA: Emotional Self-awareness'.</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">So, recruiting employees on the basis of CV, or selecting partners on the basis of horoscope or bank balance or look, or guiding students on the basis of report cards is a medieval practice.</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">If anyone really wants to make a 'smart choice' today, s/he has to do that by WBT because that's 'intelligence' in real sense.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src='http://www.articlesbase.com/authors-rss-js.php?p=88325&50&fs=12&fc=000000&bc=999999&tc=FFFFFF&tb=1&nw=1&smr=1&enc=0'></script></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05607680101538392804noreply@blogger.com0