Yuvi - ‘To baat to wahin aa gayee na’ to the original tagline — jab tak balla chal raha hai, tab tak thaath hain…jab balla nahin chalega to…,”

Hey Yuvi, come back soon.

We want you back with all that swagger and cockiness. The team is missing the attitude.

Yes, it won’t be easy to walk into the team now. There are too many competitors jostling to prove their worth. But it should not be difficult either given your talent. You have proved yourself earlier, it should not be too much of a challenge.

Cancer is no big deal. Ask Dave Callaghan, the South African who beat testicular cancer to be back in competitive cricket. He knows the ailment does not hurt much if detected early, the personal anxiety around it does. Self-doubts creep in as do negative thinking. Forget the cancer, focus on the next match you want to play, he says. Great idea. Do just that.

Ten weeks is nothing. Footballer David Beckham was out for five months nursing a nasty Achilles heel injury. He came back, though not as the same player. But he was back doing what he loved doing most — playing football. Your ailment does not threaten to end your cricketing career. Beckham’s injury hurt him where it hurts a footballer most — his feet, yours does not.

When in a bout of depression, think of Lance Armstrong. Laid low by testicular cancer which had spread to his brains, the cycling legend fought back valiantly to stage the greatest comeback in the history of sport. After recovery he won the Tour de France title seven times. That’s some feat! Yuvi, you have no serious problem and we know you are a fighter. You will be back in no time. Just stay focused.

Think of Mario Lemieux, believed to be the most talented ice hockey player on the planet, too. At the peak of his career Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, the cancer of the lymph nodes. He returned to the game after radiation treatment and in1995, scored his 500th goal, the second-fastest player to achieve the feat.

What makes these players achieve such incredible characters? The strength within. And the ability to look beyond the negative immediate to the positive next. Yuvraj you are a strong character. Keep thinking of your comeback. And of the six sixes off Stuart Broad in that magical T20 match. And the performance that gave India the World Cup. And of the success against Australia. Believe it, you will get enough kick out of that to plan your next move.

We, the fans, want it quick but you take a bit longer if you want. We want you as you were, not a bit diminished. We want that swagger, that hint of arrogance and that devil-may-care approach. You are allowed to be the lady-killer you are supposed to be. We are hungry for some juicy gossip about you too. Indian cricket is missing its charm without you.

Ten weeks will pass in a jiffy. So pad up for the new innings.

And cheer up. Life is beautiful.......

A Letter to Raj Thackeray

To,

Raj Thackeray (*****)

Sub: Hate Campaign: Against Raj Thackeray 

This is what you want us to do na...!!

1. We should teach our kids that if he is second in class, don’t study harder.. just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of the school
2. Parliament should have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi
3. Prime-minister, president and all other leaders should only be from Delhi
4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay. Only Marathi.
5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and staff changed to local men
6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent back as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals
7. Lord Shiv, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our state as they belong to north (Himalayas)
8. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only
9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India, so why should it be given to someone in Maharashtra?
10. Let’s support Kashmiri Militants because they are right in killing and injuring innocent people for the benefit of their state and community..
11. Let’s throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra, why should they earn from us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH Marutis of the world
12. Let’s stop using cellphones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and dramas. James Bond should speak Marathi
13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher price but should not accept imports from other states
14. We should not allow any industry to be setup in Maharashtra because all machinery comes from outside
15. We should STOP using local trains… Trains are not manufactured by Marathi manoos and Railway Minister is a Bihari
16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without ever stepping out of Maharasthra, then they will become true Marathis

But all these are only for Marathi peoples.
RAJ THACKERAY is excluded from this…

His children are going to English medium school but any other Marathi children must go to Marathi schools…..
His child selected German as a language when given an option of German or Marathi. This is what ‘So Called Marathi Manoos’

**** "YOU"


Thanks & Regards,

(****)