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A Team Of Orange Uniform Wearing Cricket Players.

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As it was Sunday, it was cricket day in my locality and many teams were playing cricket at the stadium near my house. In the afternoon, a whole group of boys wearing orange uniform came on the field. They were a new group of players and nobody bothered about them.

They gathered on the pitch, formed a group hug and for nearly thirty minutes were in deep discussion about how they proceed with their game, when few pitch care takers came and shooed them off the pitch.

They couldn’t play cricket but instead catch-catch with the ball for ten minutes and then they left the field on their bikes.

Their whole paraphernalia of wearing an orange uniform and coming all suited up simply got wasted as they had to vacate the pitch.

On the other hand they did a good by leaving the field because after half an hour or so, the caretakers of the pitch began watering it and nearly everybody playing somewhere here or there in the stadium, had to leave and go out.

The caretakers had a point. Sunday afternoons are for lunch and taking rest. Not for playing cricket while Sun is glaring over your head.

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Marvel Of Being A Kid.

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The Marvel of Being a Kid is astounding and highly blissful. The love got from ma and baba is beyond love. It is love in its purest form.

Being a kid gives a sort of freedom which can’t be got and expressed as you turn into an over growing bulb of an adult. With adulthood, it feels as if someone has cut your roots and stems and given you a load of homework, which only includes rubbish and money.

In childhood you can play with a toppling car, pilot an aeroplane and be the master of anything you wish to be. But with over dangling adulthood, you have to bite and eat that sugarcane which has no sweetness, only boredom, over load of burdens plus food also becomes an issue. If a person works from 10 to 10 in alternating shifts, then he is bound to miss anything and everything good happening at home. Many people with regular jobs have to work much beyond that time limit. Some people have to work from 08:30 am till 01:00 am. That means total sixteen hours job with thirty minutes being considered for tea, lunch and dinner break as their responsibility doesn’t allow them to take a break.

As a kid, you can go anywhere, adjust anywhere, play anywhere and be everywhere. Happiness of being a child is unlimited. School is also place for playing and having tiffins except studying. Nowadays, studying in school is done through mobile apps, so you can consider that time as time gone into the drain. Better let the children play, draw, sing and be ready for their tough and competitive future.

The ability to run as fast as you want remains only in childhood. As you grow different sorts of adults, various physical pains such as muscle pain, back pain, leg pain begin and they are like the recurrent EMIs of banks. To get rid of them you need to pay dollops and dollops of money to doctors and to the medicine shops.

The best thing which is the wonder and marvel of being a kid is nothing is out of your reach. Not even GOD.

If anytime, time permits then become a child for few hours and relive those childhood moments by playing a game of cricket, football or simply by singing out your voice in the bathroom.

Be happy.

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Compulsory/ OR.

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“It’s compulsory and you have to do it.” How many times have you heard this line?

Anything which is compulsory doesn’t mean that it is justified to be compulsory.

Being compulsory simply means that it is mandatory whether you like it or not.

In a situation of compulsory or “OR”, the most fun occurs when both of them are at loggerheads with each other.

Sometimes “OR” contradicts the compulsory tag.

It’s most serious effect can be seen in question papers, where the first three questions are compulsory and the rest of the ten questions go with “OR”.

But the real fun happens when the student hasn’t prepared either for the compulsory question and the “OR” question is nearly as same as the compulsory question. Generally this is done by teachers who like to select two questions from the same page, topic or chapter.

While travelling to many places, the question of “compulsory/ OR” comes into play.

Suppose you are travelling to a hill top restaurant, therefore it is compulsory for you travel by a cable car, as there is no other mode of transportation.

While travelling to various island destinations, the most valid form of travelling is air travel. Sometimes the only option is air travel.

The “OR” form of travel would entail travelling by ship for many days altogether.

While travelling to very few island countries, you have to take air taxi to reach the destination island after you land at the main airport. The air taxis can take off and land on water. They are also known as amphibious planes.

In a game of basketball you don’t have the option of kicking the ball, while in football you can’t touch the ball.

In cricket you can kick the ball but there remains a chance of you being given out as L.B.W. plus there are few regulation about kicking a ball, so there is an “OR” option in cricket but the danger remains.

So, one has to be very mindful while choosing either of the “compulsory\ OR”. It’s better to be sure while selecting either of the two, or one can remain hanging between them.

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Busy, Very Busy.

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Busy, because my friends aren’t picking up my calls.

Busy, because yesterday was my exam, yet I didn’t study.

Busy, for today is a beautiful day.

Busy, as Mr. Sun is shining very brightly.

Busy, as Ma is making cookies and warm sweet bread for me, herself, Baba and God.

Busy, for I have to go on a walk and my shoes are giving me tantrums.

Busy, as the sweets are less tastier than what they used to be.

Busy, because though I have studied in the past, I have to study again.

Busy, for cricket is my favourite game yet I have to watch kites flying.

Busy, because I have been singing a song which isn’t “ping pong pong”.

To be worthy, to be happy, to be fruitful, always remain busy, for its easy -to be lazy but very hard to be busy.

N.B. Can’t you see that I am busy?

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A Game Of Cricket.

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It’s Sunday and the boys are playing cricket in a half made stadium.

Just a few weeks back a huge tournament of cricket took place and many boys from our locality took part in it.

That tournament was held at a professional level.

Real and qualified umpires, halogen lights (with generators) for night matches, continuous English and Hindi commentary by professional commentators and at the end of the match, a man of the match award.

Since, this tournament has taken place, the boys are constantly in the “tournament mode”.

Teams have been formed and today being Sunday, the whole field has been divided into parts and the matches have been going on continuously and simultaneously.
At nearly 14:00 hours, nearly all the players had to go home for lunch, but two teams whose game had just began at that moment were still playing on the field.

After the first half of their game got over, all of them had group lunch of sandwiches and chips. They started playing again at about 15:00 hours.

Seeing their game of cricket, two things came to my mind. They are:-

1.When I was a small, I would request Ma sometimes that Ma please let me play for a bit more time.

2.To have a picnic and a game of cricket with friends is a truly wonderful feeling.

Simple old days were beautiful, excellent, marvellous and full of God’s grace.

Nowadays, friends and a game of cricket, both of them are available (nearly) only on mobile apps. Friends on Facebook and twitter and cricket in android cricket games on phones.

Whenever possible, spend some time with friends and play a game of chess, checkers, Ludo or cricket. Try to relive those old days. It would simply bring back those memories.

Adios!