Don't blame on umpires

India’s stone-age attitude to technology may have cost Sachin Tendulkar's wicket at the Eden Gardens Kolkota.  Indian press went Ga Ga about the LBW decision given to Sachin.  India's "stubborn rejection" of state-of-the-art decision review technology cost a wicket. The same thing holds good when Shillingord was declared LBW to Sachin Tendulkar.  We did not contest as the same was taken by the man with Golden Arm and there is no doubt.  India once again refused a decision review system (DRS) despite the pleas of ICC as we use money power to nullify all effects and win easily at home all the time. Even Powell and Samuels were dismissed by dubious decisions in the second innings.  Indian team is trying to evade state of art technology by giving lame excuses and once when it pinches them all through a test match and lose by a close margin then only BCCI will realize its folly and embrace technology with both the hands.  Instead of just seeing just the weakness of opposition we blame umpiring while winning matches at home all the time. It is indeed a shame for Indian to blame the umpires when Sachin is given out.  Be a sport always. 

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letter writers) I really enjoyed all HT initiatives and loved to be
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2013 at Hotel Four Season on 22nd Nov 2013.  It was thrilling
experience to be part of Mumbai Project Scheme- Mumbai First Scheme
and other initiatives.  I love to be part of HT for my life life time.
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than in Delhi as well, HT is trying hard to bring people's problems in
a focused manner.  Sunday HT carries Your Space, in which you can air
your views (this week's Open Space issue)
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selectors axed trio

Game of cricket is changing into a transition period in India.  We have seen drastic changes in the Indian side and the seniors are being chucked out one by one.  In a recent mover, the selectors have taken a bold decision to drop out three musketeers of Indian Cricket Virendra Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan from the central contract of the BCCI as they were not required as of now as there replacements are doing fine.  Murali Vijay fill the gap as opener in place of Sehwag and Ashwin got his appointed place in the role of an off-spinner and hence Harbhajan Singh is ousted.  Zaheer Khan has been in injured list for an unduly long time and we fit players in the side before the World cup 2015 and not passengers in the side.  Over and above, now Ganguly, Laxman, Dravid and Sachin have been asked to go and the youngsters are stepping in their shoes.  Thus the selectors played with a straight bat and it is a right step in the right direction.  Sehwag could not control emotions and was raising voice against captain Dhoni, Harbhajan was simply issuing statements as he is still a force to reckon with in the Indian side and Zaheer was simply going through motions all the while and there is no active participation in the Indian Team. Dhoni has realised his dream of packing seniors and now he has eliminated almost all seniors in a master move and the selectors helped him to do the rest.

ATM ATTACK

The law and order situation is going from bad to worse.  ATM attack is really a gruesome case to be taken on priority basis. The security lapse is clearly evident and alarming as well. If urban Indians suffer like this what will be the fate of people in rural India. Banks going on opening ATM centres and RBI allot Licence to Bank Branches in rural centres without proper security. There is no security to guard ATM machines and the risk involved is on higher side now a days. One good thing happened in the Bangalore ATM attack is the proper functioning CC TV camera. Now it is up to the Bank Management to provide much needed viewing by the Bank Managers for on site ATMS and off-site ATMs should be connected to Bank.s link for regular follow-up. Automated Teller Machine (ATM) is the centre from which number of frauds are generated showed where the weakness lies.  Banks instead of providing security to its employees, they make them suffer for small mistakes and accountability is fixed without any proven facts.  FIR needed shall have to be lodged without wasting much of the time and that will lead to the arrest of the concerned persons as early possible before they run out of the country. Congress ruled states suffer law and order problems and instead setting their own house in order, UPA Government at the Centre is trying to pass on the buck and deviate attention with trivial matter. The failure of the Government is loud and clear and people are not able to get proper security and suffer for ever.

SWAN SONG FOR SACHIN TENDULKAR

There is one player on the Indian team,

Who is undoubtedly its cream,

He has a world renowned name,

Which is reflected in his name,

He might look short and small,

But his batting makes him look ten feet tall.

When he is at the crease you forget the rest,

And you know he is undoubtedly the world's best.

With all the runs that he can hatch,

He can change the complete face of the match,

This man is the World's Eighth Wonder

And the the stadiums he brings thunder.

As he leads his team to victory after victory,

He will be remembered forever in history.

The man leaves no doubt in my mind.

He is absolutely one of a kind,

He can make the ball on the field blur,

And his name I know, you know is

SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR

Super Star Sachin

Sachin is a super star

he is a shinning star

All good thing should come to an end

Sachin pay tribute to his old friend

Sachin Signs of in style 

He showed his strength for a while

He is a living legend

And so he got Bharat Ratna in the end

Testing time for Tendulkar is over

As his retirement celebrated  in a grand manner

Swan Song for Sachin Tendulkar

As he touched two hundred test barrier

Sachin we salute you for your grit

As you are the King of Cricket

Sachin's career is a history

As he came out of a success story

Same old Sachin Tendulkar

Making a mark in his cricketing career

Adieu Master Blaster

we are all part of farewell of the master