Ritendra's Blog

Cricket as we know it today has reached a stage in its evolution taking a trajectory particularly in the last two decade that most of the followers of the sport could not foresee. It must also be acknowledged as an universal truth that any activity controlled or executed by humans has to reflect the vagaries and social milieu of the human society as a whole. The sport of Cricket is no different to that universal truth. In the world order Socialism and communism has given way to Capitalism or consumerism. Manufacturing based Economy has given way to knowledge economy. Films and Television serials the world over bears ample testimony to that fact. Films like “Good Bye Lenin”, “Wall E” “Inside Job” are examples of it. In India the criminalisation of the post-Industrial economy and worshiping criminals as heroes is reflected in films like the Doom series, Don series etc. The laid back atmosphere of cricket has also given way to maddeningly dynamic t20. The smooth cover drives have given ...

It might seem abnormally strange for a person of Academics being an active motorbike enthusiast or rider. There would be long sadomasochistic gaze from students and other Professor colleagues when I entered the college on my Yamaha Fzs, while revving the tiny 150cc life out of it but with all the strength the 150cc heart could pump it failed to produce that roaring sound of a cruiser. But nonetheless the Yamaha FZS had sporting genes in its looks and that was appealing enough. It was also a paragon of ride and handling. I never hesitated to ride the bike and letting my car take a nap in my garage. Ever since the invention of fire and wheel changed the magnitude and scope of the human race and made humans settle in colonies which eventually turned into towns and cities, there was no invention that could reunite humans with the life of adventure he had long left behind. Layers and layers of domesticity woven around us by the unifying mechanical civilization was robbing us of our indiv...