We lost, yes... but its for our own good.

Hmmm... I believe this loss actually augurs well for India. The billion people in our country were on cloud nine after the Bangladesh game before the finals of the tri-series that just concluded. They felt this team was on its way to unseen glory. Praises were thrown in for the team from every corner of the nation. And I actually believe they did not deserve all of that. The Pakistan team were very complacent after their comfortable victory over the hosts. And they were buried dead by the Indians who fired as a unit. But it was all just too good to be long lasting.

If they had won today, then they would have been hailed as one of the best ever teams. And the media would have celebrated them like they achieved a phenomenal feat. But now that they have lost, I think it is only right that the media take note of the successful players from this tournament and not criticise their loss in the finals, after they were touted to be the favourites. All the players are slowly recovering from their IPL hangovers.

They will now sit down and analyse their bowling, which still lacks that sting. They are unable to contain the opposition when they start scoring at a good rate. Now that they have been silenced, they can start over and prepare well for the Asia Cup, which is of more importance. I believe they have a very good side which can bring home the trophy. This loss today shows the potential of the Pakistan team. And this can easily be bettered by the current Indian team. They can, through proper discussions and observations make out the strengths and weaknesses of this Pakistan side and use this knowledge against them in the upcoming Asian championship.

As Harsha Bhogle has written in his column on espnstar.com, there is a nice pool of about 20-25 players which the Indian selectors can choose from. It has a very good mix of experience and youth and this is very essential in building a well balanced team for the not-so-far-off champions trophy and the 2011 world cup scheduled to take place in the subcontinent. MS Dhoni is a worthy captain and I believe he can, with a little learning, marshall these Blues to a successful campaign in both these big events.

Medi(a)ocre...

Kindly read the Breaking News and Headlines in the pictures shown below:







Very nice is it not?!!!! These pictures, I received today from a friend of mine. At first, I was shocked to see how stupid these news channels could concentrate on even the most idiotic matters to the limelight. I feel that the public anger against today's media is totally justified. We the people, have every right to question the competence of these umpteen news channels that grace our TV screens day in day out. I would like to say that at least one of the above pictures does look suspicious, with a possibility that someone may have morphed the news line into the picture. Still I was really put off looking at these pictures.

But then i remembered about a channel called 'Headlines Today'. I recollected how well they discussed the MMS scandal. They attracted all the viewers to their channel, not because the discussions and arguments were informative, but because they screened a slightly(very slightly) censored version of one of the famous MMS's where a naked girl is making poses for the cameraman lying on a bed. From that day on, I have never ever tuned into that channel. Because I always knew they are up to no good. I am sure that last night 60% of the airtime would have been spent discussing the costliest film that hit the cinema screens today.

I believe that there are very few news channels that still hang on to their credibility. One of the them is CNN-IBN. Everything right from the reporting to the language and quality of presentation are better with this particular channel. It is one of the very few channels that people immediately tune to, be it the daily dose of news or the exceptionally accurate Opinion polls before the elections.

Many of the channels today have been started with one sole aim- to make big bucks!! And that they are able to provide some Mediocre news coverage and exceptional entertainment coverage. I doubt they will showcase the growing inflation as a concern on par with a bleeding finger that Aishwarya Rai suffered during some shoot.

Well these channels ever improve their standard to serve the people better??
Only time will tell!