The heat is on..........

43 and CSK still going strong.  My heart just didn’t stop thumping.  Little disappointed but that ray of hope was still there.  68 and I see Hussey moving out of the ground.   There was a bit of sparkle in my eyes. 

A marvellous shot by Murli Vijay and Ross Taylor takes an awesome catch. There I take a sigh of relief.  Hang on! What is it? It was a SIX and not out.  Ross went beyond the boundary line.  A ‘thin’ layer of dashing hopes covers my mind again.

Nevertheless, this big game tonight is going to be one of its kind.  The dandy sixes by Vijay has made the CSK score running, with Vijay still playing on 84.  “He writes his own script” displays on the board for Vijay.  Completing his century, Vijay steals the show.

With a target of 223, M. Jayawardene and D. Warner opens the batting for Delhi Daredevils(DD).  Although, I was expecting Viru on the ‘frontfoot’. 

Warner disappointed and so am I.  Although the ball was travelling like a bullet, he goes on 17 making only 3 runs.  And guess what?  The catch was taken by none other than but the man whose stars are shining bright tonight. Yes! M. Vijay.

Viru comes and that slight ray of hope is awoken once more.  Gosh! What is this?  Viru is moving out with only 1 run in his pocket.  Now that is something not expected out of this “Dilli ka Munda’.  “Come on Dilli, Ruk kyo Gaye?” 

Please Jayawardene, my eyes are on you now.  As I put my hands together for Ross, he has hit two sixes in a row already.  Yippie! Happy I am.   

My son in the mean time shows his urge to change the channel as he firmly believes that DD is going to lose tonight.  A bit of scolding by me and there he sits quietly  on the sofa watching the game with disinterest. 

This heroic team has given ‘us’ (DD), ‘us’ because I support DD, a big total to chase but I feel these ‘Munday Dilli Ke’ will play on the ‘frontfoot’.  At this moment I remember the theme song of DD.  One of the line is “Ghoomayenge balla aur urayenge hosh sab ke’.

S.Rana was ecstatic as he takes the catch and makes Ross move out of the ground.  D. Bravo, dancing in the middle of the ground after making A. Russels move out.  I laughed watching him dance while talking to my mother in law who was having her dinner, relishing the ‘Pulao’ I made hastily.  Hastily because, I went into the kitchen the moment CSK ceased batting, not wanting to miss DD’s batting.

Now I am highly saddened, because DD will lose the game.  Only a miracle can now lead DD to the finals.  With a very heavy heart, I see wickets falling down super soon.  GAME OVER! Dhoni takes CSK to the finals for the fourth time. 

Curtains drawn for Delhi Daredevils.  As I write this piece of mine on CSKvsDD, I hear my son shouting, “Yay! DD lost”.  Busy with my writing, I ignored him as if I didn’t want to hear the defeat of DD. The journey for DD ends here.

Whatever it is, “Sadde Munday Dilli de” played really well throughtout.  Now let us see Chitti vs Ra.one(G.One) on 27^th May i.e. CSK vs KKR.  Any guesses? Who out of the two will kiss the trophy and wear the crown of victory of IPL 2012?

Sometimes all we need is a little appreciation……

My eight year old son, Aarohan was constantly asking me to buy him a Casio.  Every day he used to ask me, “Mamma, are we going today to buy my Casio?” I had to turn him down as the kind of Casio my husband was looking for was either not available in the store or the store used to be shut.  After visiting almost seven stores he finally found a store next to his office that had the model which my husband was looking for.   I called Aarohan in the office and three of us went to buy his Casio.

He was all excited and euphorically went home after buying his Casio.  The next day he went to his uncle’s (Chacha) house after he learned from his father that his uncle plays an excellent Casio.  He learnt the basic notes, came home and started rehearsing. 

In the evening, when I came home he asked me if I am interested in listening the notes he had learnt.  I told him of course, I will listen.  He took out his Casio from the bag, plugged the adapter and with great zeal he gently made use of his forefinger and thumb and started playing the Casio.  Before I could say anything he started singing, “Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni, Sa; Saaa, Ni, Dha, Pa, Ma, Ga, Re, Sa” and slowly ended the note.

I could see the sparkle in his eyes behind his specs as if he attained victory over something that he never thought of.   In the mean time his father had also come and we both sat gazing him with proud.  Both of us applauded him and we were accompanied by my little daughter and my mother in law.

My mother in law with a Rudraksh garland in her hand exclaimed, “You sing so well and your voice is very melodious.”  The sparkle in my son’s eyes doubled and with a big smile on his face he looked at me and his papa. 

It seemed he was on cloud nine when each and every one of us was full of praises.  I pat his back and so does his father. To add humor to the situation my brother who had come to stay a night with us tested his vocals too with the kids.  He too appreciated him.

That moment I realized how significant it is to appreciate a soul.  Two things that each one us want is ‘Recognition and Praise’

My Debut Blog

I have been thinking of writing my debut blog for a long time now.  Eventually, the day arrived and here I am presenting you my debut blog.  I should not forget to thank a dear friend who has been pushing me very hard to start and share my own blog.  Thanks Priyanka!!! For pushing me hard else this would not have been possible.

Alright, now that I am here, I must share with you all how hard it was for me to write a piece for my blog…oops my ‘debut’ blog.  I believe (personally) that there had been lots and lots of hindrances.  Although I am into writing for quite some time now but creating my own blog was ‘a task’ for me.  I had apprehensions how will I be able to create, how or most significantly WHAT am I going to write in my debut blog?  This of course took a long time to decide but as I said above thanks to my dear friend, Priyanka who invariably pushed me..wait a moment, I should say praised me of my writing skills to initiate a blog of my own.  (She has always been very kind and sweet to me.) 

The hindrances I was talking about were not actually hindrances.  It was ‘Time’ that I was not able to manage to write.  A woman has so many roles to play.  I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, a daughter in law, a sister and an entrepreneur.  Gosh!!! I have so much in my mind and so much to cater to the roles I play that writing a piece for my own is downnnnnnnn there in my list.

Sometimes I think “Is it always had to be like this”???  I have no time; I mean no fixed time to do the things I want to do.  I am on my toes from morning till midnight.  I am taking care of the house, my kids, my office, my husband (another child, that makes the total number of children in my house three..hehe..)

Anyhow, one fine day I thought ok now today I will at least sign up on blogspot.  Thinking, “It will give me a boost to write once I sign up.”   There I go…got stuck to what name should be displayed?  I thought and thought, the days passed and I kept thinking.  See, its ‘Time’ again that I was not able to manage.

I messaged Priyanka, if she could suggest me a good name.  Instantly (as expected) I got a reply from her asking me what is the area I want to forte in after which the name should be decided. 

I wrote back, “I have no particular interest and that I want to write in general.  Immediately, I opened the sign up page and started filling my particulars.  I don’t know how but the title just came into my mind and I filled in there the title called ‘Sentiments’.  It then asked me about my display name.  I surely didn’t want to self praise and write such a name and thought why not give my call name, which is Coocha.  This name has been given to me by my dear hubby.  He calls me by this name from the day we met until today and forever.

So, the baby steps were almost over and then I decided to take a leap by writing my debut blog.   

This is all that came to my mind and is now right here in front of you.  It is a general piece of writing (Sentiments) and I hope you like it.