Every move of her marble legs
Made millions to fly in dreams:
More than the winking of her eyes
The eyes of cameras flashed,
Capturing her every
Physiological parts;
Perhaps to magnify,
Touch, retouch and print
In every possible angles,
At last only to sell.
While entering into
Human seas,
Her minute sighs, smiles,
Blushes and all sexual moves
Were admired with zealous and jealous.
Everyone tried nearing,
Touching and kissing her:
She was a touch so near
But miles far away,
And her untouched virgin heart
Was a world far away.
Oh she knew that all these were
Until her skin got a shrink,
Until these fickle minds
Turned to another pair of silky legs,
When tears rolled down secretly
Without camera flashes.
Her Divine Song
I beheld her divine song
In crimson, yellow and azure.
The color emanated from
The beauty of her deepest soul:
There flowed the aroma of rose,
The gentle touch of magic breeze,
The bite of cherry and chill of ice.
It brought me visions of floating kites,
Gushing silver falls,
Green and silky landscapes
And fluorescent sillalhoutes.
I mingled with color,
Fragrance, sweetness and touch
To soar high, high in the universe
With all my comrades:
Birds, flies and plants;
To reach inside me;
To wonder all the colors,
Forms, notes and fragrances:
All like diadems, unraveled,
Glistening deep inside me.
17 April, 2008
Leading from Behind
Leadership is a quality always praised in this world by people. T¬here are certain general principles accepted as standards which a successful leader should posses, like, leading in front, setting example, keeping positive attitude etc. In the game of cricket I have witnessed so many leaders (captains) since my childhood. As a great enthusiast of sports, especially cricket I have been wondering at the standards set by some of them like Imran Khan, Vivian Richards and Kapil Dev and their ability to lead in front. But I also know a boy who was not even a state level cricket player but only fortunate enough to participate in inter school and district level competitions. He was also a successful leader (captain) but never possessed the so called qualities a successful leader (captain) should have. He too led his ordinary team to achive extraordinary victories against some of the technically good and experienced teams only by leading from behind and not by leading in front. Isn’t it funny?
I still remember the happy day: when in one evening the Physical Director of our school informed the enthusiastic lads including me about the inclusion of cricket in the inter school competitions. At that time we were getting ready for a volleyball practice session. Hearing the news we embraced each other gleefully. Previously, cricket had not been included in the inter school competitions.
Immediately after the brief celebration, one of my intimate friends who was also a sportsman openly expressed his willingness to become the captain of the cricket team that would be formed soon. At that time I was the captain of a local club team and he was playing under me. Obviously he had almost all the abovementioned qualities of a good leader. He was positive, aggressive and had a commanding power over the players. But inspite of all his plus points, the players selected me as their captain, a seemingly slow, calm, thinking, always going from behind person. I don’t know, whether it happened because of my fortune, God’s grace or their love and respect upon me or all these three.
In fact in those days I was going to school not for studying anything but for playing and playing only. I was thinking about cricket, dreaming about cricket and even ready to sacrifice my other interests and entertainments for the victory of our cricket team. Still it is in my memory how I was cutting the classes by saying some false reasons to the class teacher and watching the world cup Cricket Tournament when I was studying S.S.L.C. I believe that I was dedicated to and enthusiastic about cricket.
How much money I spent not only for buying sports articles but also for sports magazines like Sports Star and Champion. There were not coaches and trainers available in those days for us. Even our Physical Director did not know much about cricket. So I tried to learn all the technical things like fast bowling, spin bowling, field setting etc. by eagerly watching the plays in television and through hard reading. Yes, I was a very good learner. I was humble enough to learn something even from the twelth man of our team.
I used to set a game plan even one week ahead of a particular match. I used to think about the batting order, bowling strategy and field setting. During the initial stage of our team formation I did some changes in my team and that proved very effective in the crucial final match of the first inter school tournament. Firstly, I changed one of the fast bowlers as an off spinner and another spin bowler as a pace man after a careful reading of their abilities. Surprisingly after this change they performed quite well. Therewas another person who was also a fast bowler. He could bowl out swingers but his bowling was not disciplined. So I changed him as a leg spinner. Hence, finally we had three fast bowlers, one leg spinner and one off spinner which was a very good combination. In the final match of the tournament these two spinners shared seven wickets between themselves and got us victory.
Always in the previous nights of matches, I used to draw picture of the play ground in a piece of paper to plan the fielding set up and would go late to sleep. And always my thinking would workout.
Begun as a opening batsman and opening fast bowler, later I changed myself as a spin bowler (not regular) and second down batsman only for the sake of the team. I never sought my glory. Actually I was going backward pushing my teammates to the front. I encouraged them, complimented them and gave them opportunity to come up and made them aware of their talents only for the team’s sake. In all these things I was not in their front but always in their back.
During the match days even my team mates would tease me like “Why are you dull?”, “Why are you not seeing girls?”, “Why don’t you entertain with us?” etc. But I only knew in the heart of my heart; how many vows I had taken with God? How much time I had prayed to God? And how many things I was ready to sacrifice for the sake of my team and its victory. I hope you have met a different kind of leader, one who was leading from behind.
I still remember the happy day: when in one evening the Physical Director of our school informed the enthusiastic lads including me about the inclusion of cricket in the inter school competitions. At that time we were getting ready for a volleyball practice session. Hearing the news we embraced each other gleefully. Previously, cricket had not been included in the inter school competitions.
Immediately after the brief celebration, one of my intimate friends who was also a sportsman openly expressed his willingness to become the captain of the cricket team that would be formed soon. At that time I was the captain of a local club team and he was playing under me. Obviously he had almost all the abovementioned qualities of a good leader. He was positive, aggressive and had a commanding power over the players. But inspite of all his plus points, the players selected me as their captain, a seemingly slow, calm, thinking, always going from behind person. I don’t know, whether it happened because of my fortune, God’s grace or their love and respect upon me or all these three.
In fact in those days I was going to school not for studying anything but for playing and playing only. I was thinking about cricket, dreaming about cricket and even ready to sacrifice my other interests and entertainments for the victory of our cricket team. Still it is in my memory how I was cutting the classes by saying some false reasons to the class teacher and watching the world cup Cricket Tournament when I was studying S.S.L.C. I believe that I was dedicated to and enthusiastic about cricket.
How much money I spent not only for buying sports articles but also for sports magazines like Sports Star and Champion. There were not coaches and trainers available in those days for us. Even our Physical Director did not know much about cricket. So I tried to learn all the technical things like fast bowling, spin bowling, field setting etc. by eagerly watching the plays in television and through hard reading. Yes, I was a very good learner. I was humble enough to learn something even from the twelth man of our team.
I used to set a game plan even one week ahead of a particular match. I used to think about the batting order, bowling strategy and field setting. During the initial stage of our team formation I did some changes in my team and that proved very effective in the crucial final match of the first inter school tournament. Firstly, I changed one of the fast bowlers as an off spinner and another spin bowler as a pace man after a careful reading of their abilities. Surprisingly after this change they performed quite well. Therewas another person who was also a fast bowler. He could bowl out swingers but his bowling was not disciplined. So I changed him as a leg spinner. Hence, finally we had three fast bowlers, one leg spinner and one off spinner which was a very good combination. In the final match of the tournament these two spinners shared seven wickets between themselves and got us victory.
Always in the previous nights of matches, I used to draw picture of the play ground in a piece of paper to plan the fielding set up and would go late to sleep. And always my thinking would workout.
Begun as a opening batsman and opening fast bowler, later I changed myself as a spin bowler (not regular) and second down batsman only for the sake of the team. I never sought my glory. Actually I was going backward pushing my teammates to the front. I encouraged them, complimented them and gave them opportunity to come up and made them aware of their talents only for the team’s sake. In all these things I was not in their front but always in their back.
During the match days even my team mates would tease me like “Why are you dull?”, “Why are you not seeing girls?”, “Why don’t you entertain with us?” etc. But I only knew in the heart of my heart; how many vows I had taken with God? How much time I had prayed to God? And how many things I was ready to sacrifice for the sake of my team and its victory. I hope you have met a different kind of leader, one who was leading from behind.
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