Saturday, September 19, 2009

What's happening??? Where is he???

Does one hear these words ring out? In anguish? In concern? Or in just plain relief?

Has he been arrested for celebrating Alonso's win in the first ever F1 night race at Singapore in 2008, now that it is turning out to be a "race fixed by Renault"?

Or was he sitting directly in the line of fire (should it be ire?) of a frustrated Serena Williams and think the threat was being made to him and so is now maintaining a low profile, à la Salman Rushdie?

Is he heading for "the Rainbow country", intending to cover the ICC Awards and the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy? Or is he busy with the calculators, working out the chances of the teams participating in the tourney, with an eye to make a fortune by picking a team underrated by the bookies?

Or is he just maintaining a low profile, hiding in shame, for his inability to predict the winners, or even the finalists, with the exception of Roger Federer (that does not need one to be a rocket (racket?) scientist) of the recently concluded US Open?

Or is he on board Vijay Mallya's luxury yacht, probably on its way from Italy after the Monza race, heading like an arrow for Singapore and the next stop for Team Force India's tryst with glory and destiny, celebrating a famous fourth place finish for Adrian Sutil at Monza, sipping Kingfisher beer as a token of appreciation from the boss for post on relieving Fisichella to follow his dream with Ferrari?

Or, knowing his love for solving complex maths problems and puzzles, is he trying to figure out the solution to the equation on how many matches India needs to win at the ICC tournament to get back to the #1 ranking, simultaneously working on the probability of England avoiding a yellow-wash in their series against Australia, while also figuring out what South Africa is likely to do to overcome the insult of not having any of their cricketers in the final nominees for the ICC awards and how to overcome their jinx of excelling in the league games and then ruining it all in one poor showing at the knock-out stages, not to mention the unknown factors introduced by a blow-bot, blow-cold Pakistan, the eternal bridesmaid of recent times, Sri Lanka, the talented but underperforming Kiwis or the second string from the Windies?

Or is he a confused man, undecided on whether to celebrate the first ever 1-2 finish by Indians Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi at the US Men's Doubles a few days back or mourn Sania Mirza's inability to get on the board in only the second round coupled with Yuki Bhambri's quarterfinal exit when he was top seed in the boy's singles and expected to win?

Surely Pankaj Advani's success in the Professional Billiard's World championship deserved a mention, being only the second Indian after Geet Sethi to accomplish this feat? As did Vijender Kumar's bronze medal, India's first ever medal, in the Boxing World Cup. Then why the silence?

NEWS FLASH:

When last seen, the author of this blog was desperately trying to get a complaint through to set right a faulty internet connection, that probably went wrong due to the recent heavy rains, much like the city's roads. What a pity - such a let down, just an one's imagination was running wild.

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