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जानने की बेचैनी ...

कुच्छ ऐसा है जिसे तुम जानते हो मैं जानता हूँ ऐसा भी कुच्छ है जिसे मैं जानता हूँ और तुम नहीं जानते कुच्छ ऐसा भी है जिसे न तूम जानते हो न मैं और फिर ऐसा कुच्छ है जो तुम जानते हो मैं नहीं बेचैनी बस उसी से है

Metaphor Lost as Dravid Goes

I had entered my teens when I heard of a man replacing Sanjay Manjrekar in test cricket after latter was injured in an English summer of 1996. We did not have cable connection then  and I would hear the commentary on our radio set amidst angry faces of my mom and didi as it avoided them to hear their pleasing late night radio shows. I remember one Jack Russel who used to take maximum amount of time to come to crease, all geared up (this man was actually once give "time out" of not coming to crease within two minutes after a batsman has been dismissed). England though had not so favourable start eventually did well and posted a competitive score of 300 plus. 300 was going to be a mammoth task as first test was won easily by England. That test started a new beginning.At number 3 batted a man who was returning after a gap of around 4 years and was already known as the prince. This man had left the tour mid way in australia in 1992 as he did not want to carry drinks. And when h

बस यूँ ही

उसने कहा मरने के बाद मेरी लाश को जलाना मत ना ही उसे दफनाना बस लटका देना उलटा कर के उसे किसी पेड़ से ताकि तब तो दुनिया सीधी  देख सकूँ (an after thought.....)