Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Time to play "The Game"

When 'Satyam' was exposed about 15 months ago , it was quipped to be the nadir of the corporate life in india , but i fear that current IPL row has surpassed it big time. The protaganist , Mr Modi. not only riding the tiger, but also feeding him, and believes that he can always be able to ride on it. Once, in my younger days, i heard a proverb that things which rise fast comes down faster. The adulation , the money and the glitz involved with IPL had blinded many eyes, or they chose to shut their eyes remains to be a matter of contention...
Generally, a big puntcure starts with small prick in the balloon. Everyone remembers the emergency imposed by indira gandhi but few remember the historic judgement by high-court responsible for that. Similary, in the history of the "India Paisa League" , the tweet of Lalit Modi would be remebered for its historic impact on arguably the biggest thing happened to cricket.
After sacricing Mr Tharoor, Ruling party is on the prowl, and i expect some very high profile casualities in the coming week.
As a passionate cricket fan, i never liked IPL from the beginning itself. People may accused me of old-fashioned, but i am the guy of the era where run rate of 6 is considered very good , and 300 was still a respectable score. 3 Ads in an over, karbon kamaal catch, DLF maximum, Max Mobile Timeout and MRF Blimp make me go crazy. Sometimes i wonder whether commentators are covering the game, or they are pimps of the franchisees.
So, what next? well one thing is certain, IPL is too big to fail.. So after the cleansing act, somebody else will be appointed head , and the show will go on, but what about corruption? Well somebody quoted few days ago " Its the money which makes people crazy and make them run pillar to post" so i, least expect the corruption to end. As aptly said by the head of the company on first day of my summer training " If you are working in field of finance, dont look at the source of money. It will unnecessarily bother you, coz in this world only 2 people have money Politicians & Criminals.. Rest other are their Proxies "...

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