Nostalgic Masala: Cricket WCs and Journeys

Disclaimer: Perceive this post as you would like to perceive it. Further I am still to get out of that fantasy mode of life. Strangely though that fantasy has become a reality for me, finally all the cricket records mentioned could be wrong to the core coz presently my memory is quite sore. Also nothing to be imposed otherwise let me be deposed as an so so poor Blogger which I proudly lay my claim to.

Enjoy if you can!! :P


Hi All,

So here we are the moment has arrived. The very moment for which I waited some million or what some billion moments of 2010 and we already are some million moments farther in to 2011. Time just runs away faster than any of the fastest objects made by the any of the fastest conscious of any of the fastest human race in the shortest possible history of fully conscious Homo sapiens. Don't be so fast on time and always take your time!!:p Time also runs faster than life!! Well, who runs faster than time then? Any Idea? Any conception? Any Inception? Any Perception?

Ah forget it!! I promised masala in 2011. So here you go, masala is here.


Nostalgia-Cricket WC-masala #1

Sometime at the end of financial year 1995-96

WHY the term FINANCIAL? Don’t worry this is not some financial news. But finance and the game of cricket would be synonymous after some 15 or what 16 years, I as a very young kid had no clue in '95-96. I was just a 10 year old kid trying to understand the game and we had this premier league which we started at a premier street in our premier locality. Ultimate fun it was. Oh! Straying away from the topics is just way of life for me. Why should this blog suffer?

So My Dad was watching this game... it was the West indies v Kenya at the 1996 wills world cup. Incidentally it became my first cricket match which I watched till the very end and Kenya won against a very formidable West indies. Here you go! My first match. :P

Cricket initially requires a lot of patience. Lot of technical understanding and the full day or some time even 5 days of dedication and commitment. I am talking about the audience only. Indian cricket team at that time hardly had these qualities. So you can imagine how much dedicated and committed we Indians as "audience" are "तमाशबीन लोग" :D. And then the next big thing was the Quarter final at Bangalore against the defending champions and arch rivals Pakistan. I had no idea they were defending champions then!! My dad said "We will lose this game easy, we are a weak team".."It would be such a shame to lose at our home turf" and "It would be difficult to breath and blah blah. So we had Pakistan as our enemy number one in our blood. No sportsmanship when India played Pakistan those days. Infact any day for me. Still!! Crores are with me on this. No losing to Pakistan. And very surprisingly to all, India won that game. And I was hooked. Very next game we had the ultimate shame too and it was aggravated with a poor boy crying in the middle of the Eden Gardens. A precocious talent washed away in tears. He should have had learned from his friend. Who is referred to "God" nowadays.

Well since then I have been enjoying this great game but the only dampener till this day has been NOT seeing the Indian team with their 2nd WC trophy. I hope this 2011 is ours and I have full faith in our leader Dhoni. Leaders play a critical role in ensuring that teams go the distance. Like Kapil, Imran, Border, Ranatunga and Waugh in '83,'92,'87,‘96 and ‘99 respectively. Ponting never needed leadership skills as his team had so much power that it could have or has won any tournament since then. Well to be fair on Ponting, he too is a good leader. But this world cup is any body's game in a general opinion and even the experts would concur with me. Finally I hope this year 2010-11 does not end as a financial year for our cricketers but as an year of great success.

Moving on, Diversion:

Nostalgia-Journeys masala # 2

Wow, what an amazing start I have had to this year. Just few days have passed and I am living such a peaceful life like never before, May be because I have discovered my own Mecca. And it is just a 150,000 meters from where I stay. Well, May be that distance could well just be a 150 "nanometers". One just never knows!! haha Well, The place is “VRINDAVAN”. The Holy Seat of the Supreme Master of everything, or the answer to the theory of everything for a Scientist. And let me tell you that if you meet me OR If you wish so, I could prove it to you that THE SUPREME MASTER was here 5000 years ago, Yes he was here. He is the only God. But this is the world of "One God, Billion beliefs"

FOR me though-->Lord Krishna--> My firm belief!!And I have proven this scientifically. :)) Don't ask How?:P

So many journeys- December 31st pack:5:30 AM

The engine of the Aston Martin was roaring but the operator of the engine was snoring. Well how come? FYI, No matter how much comfort my bed could produce for me, but my sleep could always reduce me. :p.
A frantic call from our Iron uncle was enough to wake me up. With his customary efficiency he had ensured that the Aston martin was loaded with 5 ppl including the operator and the journey had begun. Iron uncle would make us scramble to pack all stuff, almost abducting us and would consistently ask me to speed up on the highway to ensure that we reach the Holy seat on time. And Within 3 hours we were there.

And then arrived, the rare moment of lucidity and the God presented itself, The only dimension of all dimensions. The Supreme power! and I latched on this Great opportunity. PEACE AND FULFILLED I FELT. My senses felt refreshed after all the torture they had suffered. In India its assault on the senses, can be through some bunch of corruption stories, bunch of insanely stupid movies being played on the screen. The munnis sheilas and of course the bunch of personal tragedies been inflicted on my senses on the very daily basis. Like career, friends etc etc.

Anyway, the next few hours went chit-chatting, and catching up on the latest in life was great. In keeping with the tradition of the visits to the Supreme we ate at असली पप्पू ka dhaba while going and असली प्रकाश while on our way back. Also a lot of temple and sightseeing in Braj. And do not ever miss the lassi just outside the main street of banke bihari temple.

By the time we reached back home, the year 2010 was in its dying stages. And the icing on the cake was that 2011 had arrived. :))

Hope you had a fab START to 2011!
God Bless! 

The Super Conscious Or the Super Mario ??

Disclaimer: Below post contains some excerpts from my private diary. But readers discretion is not required. :P This is my last of non real masala/fantasy series blogs. I am tired of them. Masala sure would be back next time. Though some of you might find the ultimate masala in this one. Also the game topic discussed herein find its origin some where on the WWW. And finally it is just my perspective and not to be taken seriously.
Enjoy!!


Hi All,

This is December the 15th and not many days left for 2010 to RIP. Now, I have decided to look back just for the last time, but all in a positive light and see what happens. 2010 probably has ended all the negativity in my life. The excitement of living on this planet just keeps on increasing. But is it the material excitement OR the immaterial? Time would tell..well getting back to the "matter" at hand..In one of my previous fantasy posts I had talked about the Parallel Universes. Who am I to talk about it? Actually, The great particle physicists on this planet are talking about it. It is actually a very crazy sort of an idea or theory. Very Crazy...All most unbelievable. For them this answers.. "How Universe was formed?" but for me it had a different meaning and it was about my life or the lives around me. But NOW to me.. its highly absurd!! Ah RAY..diculous!!
Let me tell you about a couple of things I am researching these days..Just kidding!! I do not do any research..its just fun for me. But you may wanna take this as a fun read or something serious? Well it actually depends upon your personality as discussed in my previous post.:P

Imagination part 1
# The Super Conscious

Imagine a person "A". "A" is living his life and living it quite well. He is quite sure of himself. He knows where he lives and he knows where he comes from or gonna go. Very interesting!! Quite a chap!! He is the real James Bond. But may be not! He still possibly does not know where he actually came from. Who created this Grand Universe? So, he wants to know this Universe. Oh! What a great burden on this poor chap? What pressure? What mental tension? Now how do he knows even this much and how can he dare think about finding the reality of universe? Now one OR I would say that he is aware or he is conscious. Correct! That is the Holy grail!! We all are conscious including Mr.A. Its because of us, that this great material universe has such precious value.
Now imagine if he was not aware about himself. Imagine no conscious. What does this results in? Well the implications are quite bizarre and strange.
In this scenario he actually lives around just like another animal would. With out questioning anything? A very simple and plain life. Wonderful..Now he does not have to be a James Bond. Quite a peaceful chap. He does not care about this Universe. Now all of a sudden! What value does this great Universe have? Well now its ABSOLUTE ZERO. "0". Sorry the grand Universe. You actually have no value with out our Great conscious.
Now, what is this super conscious?? Well, I leave this for you and your personality to realize it. Sorry to put this burden on your conscious..I never meant it...or may be you still do not care and you lack the conscious. :D

Imagination part 2
Super Mario!

I loved this game. 12 years ago! I had a huge brawl with my parents to get me a video game such that I could enjoy this great 2d game. Probably the all time best game! They agreed and I enjoyed..:)). Some one created this game. The one who created it is the Original Mario! So many Game lovers on this planet. Life is just a game for them. No No! focus is on the game. Now there are so many games being created much advanced than this 2d Mario. We keep on creating them. Some of the theories in the western world suggest that a time would come when things could get strange. There is some Moore's Law which says that computer processors double in complexity every two years and so does the computing power. So much better and better games. Now what is in there? What is inside the mario game? Probably another Universe? A universe of ZERO value? Some people now believe that they could possibly some day make it as valuable as our own Universe. Now, Suppose we made it a conscious world.

Height of Imagination..:D

Now herein lies the fun part. Now imagine that Mr A again. He is playing the game of mario and enjoying it to the fullest. Now he is not the original Mario but you can say an Avatar of it. It was his will that he decided to play with it and all those in there. Some one goes against him and Do you know what Mr A does? Simple! He kills him or he makes his life the real hell. Damages beyond repair. May be that character in there can make it up with this avatar. May be he can exercise his conscious power to convince the avatar that he alligns himself with this avatar OR this World OR this Universe. Now what happens? Mr A makes his life as rosy as anything. Everything is so beautiful and so much peaceful now.

Now, Concluding!! So, Who is the real super Mario then? Well, I leave this burden again on to your conscious to find out. HAHA

Hope you could read this far! I promise masala next year. My life is about to get so much happening..:))

Happy 2011 and Take care!!

2010 Personally and Personalities

Disclaimer: If you are looking for some sexy grammar writing and stuff, then forget this page. This is not what you are looking for. I am extremely non sexy in every possible way. Still won't believe it? Well you will!! Just check my picture on the right side. Any ways please do forgive me for my Pathetic Grammar if you find so.:P


Hi All,

This is just another fine day in November 2010 and I thought about sharing something with you. I hope you all are doing well and even I am also doing very well!! Why am I doing well?? You gotta trust me on this. Everyone on this planet is doing really well in what ever job they are doing. Even if some one has ruined it completely, he/she still has done exceptionally well to ruin it. Also its probably for the last time I am opening my dashboard. Last time? Well, I was only talking about this Great holy year of 2010. Now sheer mathematically this year of numeric figure 2010 has taken 2010 years from 0 to arrive at this very point in time. WOW! Amazing! Good Job!!! But what this 2010 does not know is that it has taken 4.5 BILLION years of this planet's existence for somebody like Manocha to arrive. hmmm So How in the hell can it really Challenge or Defeat me? Well coming to the core issue and that is this page right now. Issues damn! Issues lead to tissues. So no issues. Lets call it a "time waste" or a inconsequential rambling of sort.

Personally

Well, Earlier I was planning to do a sequel on 2009 "My story" blog which proved to be quite a remarkable hit last year in certain sectors. It was a funny sort of a story. Honestly that is the only one even I myself read till this day. It makes me laugh and think how funny can my life get. Comedy of errors all around!! Mind it though as it was just a real life STORY and now it turns out that this year has not really been a story. This year has done a lot of things to me which can never possibly become part of a "story". I have been asking too many questions lately and especially recently. I did find the answers in a very simple way, in fact in just one single sentence.

I saw this on a friend's page....Great Person!! I am still feeling the impact of that literal Greatness. Would tell you more about it later!!

"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown."
Woody Allen

Now I don't know, who in the world is this Mr. Woody Allen. Sorry Mr Wood or whatever, My knowledge of American celebs is very thin. American celeb Mr Woody?(Courtesy Wikipedia):P. Even Wikipedia is not a reliable or a positive source. Sorry Mr Woody!! I once changed Amir Khan's Father's name to honorable Mr Piyush Manocha and it stayed there for a good couple of hours un till some hole appeared out of no where and changed it for my dislike. :D . On No! Following the tracks!! What Mr Woody said is amazing and suits me. Suits me?? Huh!

Now you might think that Manocha is sort of a "Lunatic". He really wants to know the Universe? Don't worry! He never knew his specialization in his college. And that's it!! Mr Woody is right. How Mr. Woody's words fit in to my life is another story. I love stories!!

Ok Now! Diversion ahead!!

Section Personalities!!

This year I have seen and come to know some very interesting characters in my life. Some I already knew and some I got to know recently. Now I honestly feel that psychology Governs everything in case of an every different individual. I just feel, Ok? And I feel so many things. Damn!! But I have decided to divide them in three different sections!!

1)Astrological Kinds or the ones who hail from Blind faith background!

2)Sophisticated Kinds or the ones who hail from Financial faith background!!

3)Spiritual Kinds or ones who hail from Religious background!!!

Personality # 1

So here is this guy I know and I know him from many years. He just lives in his own world and that is the world of Astrology. Even his knowledge is quite remarkable in this field. He could talk on this for months. For him every thing is in astrological order. He is constantly asking for the birth dates? and then he says "Ok Piyush! You should pursue this woman or not pursue ". Sorry Women came in again. :P They chase me all the time. :D. This guy is right and I don't want to talk further because he is one of my best friends.:)) He is the Astrological Kinds for me though. May be the family or financial background has something to do with it? Or may be not!! May be these are the similar exps in life which lead them to behave in this way. Now, Who cares about them? Let them live the Darn way they want to live. :D

Lets move on!!


Personality # 2

This was a product of my online ventures. I got to know this girl early this year simply because of some circumstances Or you can say intentional Circumstances.:P
Great person no doubt. She belongs to the real high class. Shes one of those Vasant Vihar types. In the Economic class structure of Delhi they are simply at the top of the tree. Vasant Vihar Man!! Even some Anglo guy from England or North America can't match up to them. They are over polished species. They can teach English to Englishman. Trust me!! Well this Girl!! Sarcasm is just a way of life for her. She only believes that LIFE is Governed by self and self standards. hmmm So they are the second kind of people in my book. They are the Sophisticated Kinds!! Purely out of the life circumstances again and wealth has more to so with them. Now imagine no wealth and you make an exact opposite person.

Personality # 3

They are closest to the reality and they are the 3rd kinds in my book. They have realized that neither the blind faith nor the financial faith works. What works is that non material things which exist deep in our minds. They are probably the closest to the reality. They live in a carefree way for themselves but are very caring for the others at the same time. Take that!! Care free and caring!! They are Angel beings who can usher in positive energy in to any ones life. This is that Great person whom I talked about earlier. They are the spiritual kinds who believe in positivity and deep knowledge about life.

So this world is full of interesting people and they have their own way of life. Now in my book I can chose from these 3 different kinds. If there are more kinds of personalities existing, time would find them for me.


I have lived a fantasy life this year rather than living a real life form and probably that is why I feel frustrated! I should how ever not forget that What ever I have tried has made me a better person.

Hope you could read this far!

Take care!

Manocha Fantasy

Disclaimer: This stuff below is a work of my imagination. As the title reads this post is a fantasy. It never happened or it would not happen. Consequently some things may seem less realistic than nonfiction writing on ME :P. Yet isn't that what a fantasy is all about in the first place?
Furthermore I have used the country names like Turkey and Afghanistan because of mine particular interest in their extreme cultural differences, though both being centrally islamic in nature.
Also the scientific concept mentioned here is accurate as per as my gained knowledge through various online sources. Please also note that it is only a proposal and not a proven theory.


HI All,

This is September the 30th,2010 and the disaster year still has some time left. Strangely though now I am enjoying of it what's left. This year has been more eventful than any of the previous years I have witnessed. This cycle could be natural too. I mean one can expect more drama and thrill as he gets older...haha.. Now, Lets shift our focus on what this post is all about. Just for the fun and fantasy. Let me predict my future for you in a completely different way. I am actually looking in these parallel universes and trying to find a connection. (there exists multiple universes wherein all the things here in this universe have an exact replica.)

5 years fast forward!
Life # 1--> Fun in Turkey!

I just arrived at the Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara,Turkey as an Indian diplomat.
I seem to be enjoying my life to the fullest. As part of an additional responsibility I have also been asked to keep a check on a suspicious lady the GOI is after. Now why Lady?? It is simply because of my great physical ability. Just wasn't good enough for any other tougher operation. At the same time they could not undermine my mental smartness and my speciality in foreign affairs and also fyi my smooth talking ability w.r.t women. fantasy LOL! So they chose me!! I consider myself a lucky man been assigned to follow this beautiful lady. And I consider my self even more luckier for being sent to this country amidst the earlier talks of a possible sending to Afghanistan. Also the women here in Turkey are so very liberal,which actually makes the task easier. And finally in the process of it all, I am having an torrid affair with this beautiful lady. Ultimate fun!! Its almost out of a Bond movie. WOW!!

It is actually the best possible set of events in my life that I can see happening in one of the universes.

Forget it now and let me see in to a different universe.

Life # 2-->Afghanistan the hell!!

Here the same guy living a life under the same name but in a different universe has unfortunately been sent to Afghanistan and the additional task still is to spy on a woman. Why woman again? Its probably has something to do with my subconscious :p. The only problem is that ,I can't really see the face of the woman I have to locate and follow. Different culture here. Very closed. Liberal word probably won't even exist in the next 100 years. Ugly things happen here and I find myself beaten up by a group of women. Even more stranger could be the talibanis themselves pelting stones at me un till I am pronounced dead. This is actually hell and now let me try some other universe.

So lets move on!

Life # 3!!!

I have not achieved what I intended to. I am living a fairly normal life like any of the other human beings in India. By this I mean the expected pattern like the current pattern of my life. Its good to think about the normal stuff. This is good but it also turns out to be the most boring possible scenario.

Lets picture some thing else now.

Life # 4!!!!

In this fourth universe when I look I found that I don't even exist. Holy Cow! Though I find most of the people I know including my mom and dad. Wait! They are not my parents here. Strange universe this. It actually tells me that I make no difference with my existence. Bitter truth!

Hang on again!! Damn some ass is driving my Alto. I feel like killing him. How dare he touched my Aston Martin. Bloody hell!

Now there could be so many lives I am living at the very same time. Just don't have it now to describe it all.

What is the parallel reality?

Now let me give you my perspective on this parallel universe concept. Have you ever thought or wondered why only a six or a four or a two appears when you a throw a dice and not your wish say 1?? Or why something which has appeared was only what you wanted??
What would you call it? Sheer luck? Huh!! This does not explain any thing to me.

Now according to this theory in a case of dice there would be all the six outcomes in six different universes. Or you can imagine increasing the number of outcomes and the number of universes are increased to support it. This interesting theory is called Theory of Parallel Universes. I find this theory of parallel universes the best possible theory to justify our existence or our problems or our success in life..things like luck?? by chance?? destiny?? though believed no doubt and even I believe in destiny. But what explains destiny and luck?? It is a thing that some thing happens here and the else happens some where. Or otherwise why only Amitabh Bachchan or Shahrukh Khan are what, what they actually are today. Why not you or me?? May be in some universe I am the Amitabh Bachchan as known today and Shahrukh Khan is writing blogs like me. For me this theory explains everything.:D Virtually everything. I am a no scientist but I wanna thank those great scientist who put forward this theory and help me sort out a lot questions regarding my life. I am grateful to them. Trust me. :D:P.

I now very strongly believe that whatever happened to me could really be for the good or for the bad. The thing is that I just don't have to care all about this. I am just a possible outcome in these infinite possibilities of this multiverse.

Ha! I have some tough work coming up so won't be able to update for some time. So before I sign off, just some more talk here on the current events.

The commonwealth games are great for this country and I am sure that they would be successful. But hey ,In another universe India has already hosted Olympics 4 times. So stay cool. haha.
Now I just want to pin-point that guy Mr Bhanot again like I did on fb. He was easily the biggest cause of embarrassment of India at a world stage. I hope these species called bhanot don't exist in other universes. They ain't good for our hygiene. I heard Mr Rushdie talking to NDTV and saying that this guy should be spanked. Nice word ,Sir!

Ayodhya verdict. People hardly care about this. There are much bigger things in this country than constructing a temple or a mosque. Though the high court verdict is out but it just does not seem that this would end here. Talking about the concept. In one of the universes Chauhan never lost to Ghauri in 1192 second battle of tarain. and apparently things are completely different as far as the religious demographics of south asia are concerned. So no temple/mosque issue there. Certainly a better place than this one.

FYK: There is a place in Palestine called Ramallah. Ram+Allah. Go figure!!

Well folks I hope you liked this post.

Take care!!
Piyush