Rumi Nations

Here's an impromptu and completely unplanned reflection linking these two rather disparate issues. The only cricket matches I can remember watching (may be I watched as much as 50% of both the matches) in the last decade were the India-Pakistan semi-final and India-Sri Lanka final of the 2011 World Cup.   So all this brouhaha over IPL matches leaves me only perplexed. Apart from authenticity issues, are not cricket matches just boringly slow? Consider that there is a mini-break after every ball is bowled. People are willing to spend so much time and emotional energy on these matters ... it's just baffling to me. I wish people of India found the sight of little kids on the streets begging or picking rags shocking. Have we become so inured to these fundamental injustices and indignities? Cricket is so irrelevant that I won't react with more than a yawn if all the cricketers perished in some unnatural manner ... say, a plane crash. So, forget cricket.

Well, it will be a good riddance to the Commissioner if it turns out that he's being "fired." Is it my false impression that Neeraj Kumar is mostly busy currying favor with the political masters to ensure a "cushy" posting post-retirement ... or a transfer to a next high-profile job posting? Let me share a "personal" perspective about my dealings with the Office of the Commissioner of Delhi Police. I have sent umpteen emails to his office over the last one year complaining about incessant noise from loud speaker in gurudwara next to where I live. It's a daily problem. The only response I get to my emails is that the mail has been forwarded to the Jt. Comm. of Pol. of the relevant locality. When I call up the JCP's office, I get informed that the mail has been forwarded to the relevant DCP's office. I sometimes call up 100 frequently and even then the local police refuses to respond. Just a few days back on "Vaishakhi...