Walk Alone

This might seem a bit odd but I’m ready to adopt desperate measures, so help me God.

Dave’s survey hasn’t picked up at all. Given the traffic on his blog, I find that disappointing. Not in the least because atleast two of us worked a bit on it. So here’s a request - go to Dave’s blog and take the survey or go directly (though you might lose perspective). Just for the kicks.

A few tips - the ratings aren’t that important - just rate those that you want to rate - the others will automatically attract a rating of 0. The most favorite and least favorite boxes are compulsory. And if you haven’t read any of the posts, well… try picking a few to sample and rate based on the titles; atleast two to effectively fill the most/least fav boxes . That will also rate Dave’s skills at title selection.

Dave dude, you owe me one for this.

Its a dilemma. Quite like the one in Iqbal. Girish Karnad’s character in the movie, Guruji, keeps saying that the national team needs a batsman. Obviously to bolster his choice of a rich man’s spoilt brat (who knows, maybe that brat was really talented, but thats not the point). And then good old Kapil Dev pops up and says to our hero that the team needs a bowler!

So, the million dollar (and five crore rupees) question is: have the selectors and management of our national team been influenced a bit too much by Iqbal? I am happy that we have taken a 2-0 lead into the series, but look at our top scorers - two a bowler and a newbie! I mean, I don’t know - all I could think of was the dialogue from the movie.

Really, I don’t know what to say…