Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Khaleequr Rahman: Mohammed Azharuddin As a Cricketer
Khaleequr Rahman: Mohammed Azharuddin As a Cricketer: "Mohammad Azharuddin is my favorite cricketer of all time and it may not be an exageration if I say the worlds all time favourite. I followe..."
Mohammed Azharuddin As a Cricketer
Mohammad Azharuddin is my favorite cricketer of all time and it may not be an exageration if I say the worlds all time favourite. I followed Mohammad Azharuddin keenly since the initial years of his illustrious career. There are quite a few cricketers I regard highly, but it is Azharuddin I liked the most. You will know why as you wil read.
The first thing I would like to write about Mohammad Azharuddin is his selflessness. Mohammad Azharuddin is one of few Indian cricketers who did not play for records. Some of the so called legends always play for their records. Azhar always kept the interest of team above his own records. He never bothered about records and fittingly played 99 test. He does not need 100th test match under his belt to prove his credentials. It was sad to see the career of a selfless cricketer end abruptly and unceremoniously in the backdrop of match fixing charges. It is high time that the BCCI should consider using Azhar's servcies and lift the Ban.
In my opinion, Mohammad Azharuddin as a cricketer was a blend of hard work and genius. I feel that Cricket came to him as a god gift. He made a fairytale debut to his test career. He captured the imagination and fascination of the cricketing world when he scored three consecutive hundreds on his debut.
Mohammad Azharuddin was the best or among the best in every department. He was the best batsman in the Indian batting line-up across all formats of the game. In fact Azharuddin was one of the leading batsmen in the world during first part of his career. People may argue that Sunil Gavaskar was better than Azharuddin. Sunil Gavaskar had a slight edge over Azhar in test cricket a he had the ability to stay on the wicket without scoring the runs, but in one day cricket Azhar was ahead of Sunil Gavaskar. In later years, Sachin joined Azhar as the best batsman in the Indian team, and later as an opener Sachin became the most productive batsman of the Indian team courtesy.
Mohammad Azharuddin was inarguably the greatest Indian fielder of his time and arguably the greatest Indian fielder of all time. He was supremely fit, and rarely let the ball go past him. His throw to the stump was impeccable and he hardly ever missed the target. I remember vividly him running out Salim Malik throwing the ball from the boundary as Salim Malik had slowed down approaching the wicket taking the second run. The two other cricketers who could match Azhar's skill as fielder are Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh. These two cricketers are as great fielders as was Azharuddin, but they cannot aim at stump as sharply as Azharuddin did. Mohammad Azharuddin was also sharp catcher in slips. People regards Rahul Dravid as the best slip fielder. But let me assure you, Dravid does not even come near Azharuddin in terms of fielding, including at slip.
Mohammad Azharuddin is arguably one of the three greatest Indian captains of all time. In the recent times we have not seen or heard about a captain of Azhar's ability. It was Azhar's decision to promote Sachin to the opening slot and then persist with him as an opener that saw Sachin score those many one day hundreds. Before being promoted to the openings slot Sachin did not have a single hundred in one dayers in about 80 games. There are a couple of his decisions that comes to mind immediately. The one to get Sachin to bowl the last over of the famous match against South Africa when India narrowly won what was thought to be a lost cause is part of Indian cricket folklore. I do not rate Sourav on par with Azharuddin as a captain. Sourav was hardly a good captain. It was the emergence of players like Sehwag and Zaheer Khan coupled with brilliance of some other players under Sourav saw Sourav succeed as captain. Moreover Sourav never won any major one day trophy. Sourav of course underachieved as a captain for the kind of talented players he had playing under him. I pray that Azhar will be back on the cicketing circuit soon with a bang as he is known for.
Khaleequr Rahman: Kavita Daugther of KCR threatens to demolish statu...
Khaleequr Rahman: Kavita Daugther of KCR threatens to demolish statu...: "Telangana Jagruti, the cultural wing of the TRS, on Monday threatened to vandalise the statues of the Telugu luminaries' on the Tank Bund o..."
Kavita Daugther of KCR threatens to demolish statues once again
Telangana Jagruti, the cultural wing of the TRS, on Monday threatened to vandalise the statues of the Telugu luminaries' on the Tank Bund once again if they are re-installed before the creation of Telangana state. I think it is not enough that they have brought the black spot on Hyderabad and the Deccani Tehzeeb. Even though those statues were of the eminent personalities from Andhra, but they are the ones who have contributed a lot to Andhra Pradesh and demolishing the statues is like demolishing your own values which TRS is known for. Hyderabad or the Telangana is not the jaagir of TRS Chief KCR. It belongs to the people living here.
After undertaking a rally on the Tank Bund here on Monday, Telangana Jagruti president and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter Kavita said, no statue should be re-installed until the new state is created. "Our activists will not hesitate to demolish those statues if they are installed before T state is formed," Kavita said and added that this was the T Jagruti's view and not necessarily of her father KCR's or that of the TRS.
Led by Kavita, about 50 members of the Jagruti and Telangana Writers Association took out a "Swabhimaana Yatra" from Katta Mysamma temple on the Lower Tank Bund road to Potana statue demanding the government to not to re-install the vandalised statues.
Addressing the gathering, she said after the formation of Telangana, the people of new state would decide which statues should be installed on the Tank Bund. She should first be treated for her mental imbalance.
Telangana Writers Association members Deshapati Srinivas, S Srinivas Singidi and J Gowrishankar said the writers association will organise a meeting with all Telangana writers next week and finalise the names of the Telangana luminaries whose statues should be installed. The association will also hold a series of meetings in every district from next month to condemn the 'onslaught on Telangana culture' by the Andhra people.
Meanwhile, Andhra writers and intellectuals on Monday demanded that all the demolished statues be re-installed immediately.
After undertaking a rally on the Tank Bund here on Monday, Telangana Jagruti president and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter Kavita said, no statue should be re-installed until the new state is created. "Our activists will not hesitate to demolish those statues if they are installed before T state is formed," Kavita said and added that this was the T Jagruti's view and not necessarily of her father KCR's or that of the TRS.
Led by Kavita, about 50 members of the Jagruti and Telangana Writers Association took out a "Swabhimaana Yatra" from Katta Mysamma temple on the Lower Tank Bund road to Potana statue demanding the government to not to re-install the vandalised statues.
Addressing the gathering, she said after the formation of Telangana, the people of new state would decide which statues should be installed on the Tank Bund. She should first be treated for her mental imbalance.
Telangana Writers Association members Deshapati Srinivas, S Srinivas Singidi and J Gowrishankar said the writers association will organise a meeting with all Telangana writers next week and finalise the names of the Telangana luminaries whose statues should be installed. The association will also hold a series of meetings in every district from next month to condemn the 'onslaught on Telangana culture' by the Andhra people.
Meanwhile, Andhra writers and intellectuals on Monday demanded that all the demolished statues be re-installed immediately.
Khaleequr Rahman: TDP filed petition against Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy
Khaleequr Rahman: TDP filed petition against Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy: "Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders on Monday filed a petition in the AP High Court seeking orders to prosecute Y S Jaganmohan Reddy un..."
TDP filed petition against Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy
Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders on Monday filed a petition in the AP High Court seeking orders to prosecute Y S Jaganmohan Reddy under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
In their petition, senior leaders K Yerrannaidu, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy charged the Centre, state, CBI and the ACB with inaction in proceeding against Jagan. His assets are a `result of the influence of his CM father between 2004 and 2009' at the cost of the state exchequer, they charged in the petition. The Senior TDP Leaders are forgetting that it was TDP which had given lands at the throw away prices to the corporates and Chandra Babu Naidu made investments in Malaysia and Dubai and he has got no right to allege the centre and the state government of being inactive in the case of Jagan Mohan Reddy. The IT dept has already served notices to Jagan companies and the IT dept will look into it. If that is the case, the the govt. should also order enquiry into the alleged dealings of Chandra Babu Naidu and other senior TDP leaders for the wealth they amassed during his regime. Being a responsible party, they should restrain themselves from making such statements.
According to them, Jagan influenced his father to dole out important licences, permits, mines, land allotments, etc., to various private individuals who in turn purchased shares from Jagan's insignificant companies at exorbitant rates as a quid pro quo.
The TDP petition says that the income tax department was not convinced as to how Jagan, who had invested only Rs 73 crore in Jagathi Publications, the publishers of Sakshi newspaper, could sell ten percent of this company shares to various individuals for a whopping sum of Rs 300 crore. Hence, it said, the officials treated Rs 277 crore of this as income and slapped an IT notice on Jagan asking him to pay an additional tax of Rs 122 crore.
Moreover, the petition says, companies like Matrix Labs, PVP Business Ventures, Hetero Group, Aurobindo Pharma, Ramky, etc, which benefited by way of securing SEZs, lands, industrial licences, etc., had invested in Sakshi to a tune of Rs 1246 crore though the latter has made an accumulated loss of Rs 349 crore. In return, thousands of crores of rupees worth lands and other permissions and other public assets were doled out to these and several other companies, the TD leaders alleged.
Sandur Power, belonging to Jagan, played a key role in routing and rerouting of this money into Jagan companies through various hawala and laundering activities, they said.
The petition also pointed out Jagan's Classic Realty purchasing a Rs 500 crore worth commercial complex of Manthri Developers company in Bengaluru for only Rs 206 crore in a single deal. In return, the petition says, Manthri Developers were given 250 acres of prime land at Gachibowli in Hyderabad at just Rs 20 lakh per acre while the original market value was more than Rs 1.5 crore per acre.
Apart from Sakshi newspaper and TV channel, Jagan's other companies like Bharathi Cements, Classic Realty Private Ltd of Bengaluru and Sandur Power were also made respondents in the case by the petitioners.
In their petition, senior leaders K Yerrannaidu, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy charged the Centre, state, CBI and the ACB with inaction in proceeding against Jagan. His assets are a `result of the influence of his CM father between 2004 and 2009' at the cost of the state exchequer, they charged in the petition. The Senior TDP Leaders are forgetting that it was TDP which had given lands at the throw away prices to the corporates and Chandra Babu Naidu made investments in Malaysia and Dubai and he has got no right to allege the centre and the state government of being inactive in the case of Jagan Mohan Reddy. The IT dept has already served notices to Jagan companies and the IT dept will look into it. If that is the case, the the govt. should also order enquiry into the alleged dealings of Chandra Babu Naidu and other senior TDP leaders for the wealth they amassed during his regime. Being a responsible party, they should restrain themselves from making such statements.
According to them, Jagan influenced his father to dole out important licences, permits, mines, land allotments, etc., to various private individuals who in turn purchased shares from Jagan's insignificant companies at exorbitant rates as a quid pro quo.
The TDP petition says that the income tax department was not convinced as to how Jagan, who had invested only Rs 73 crore in Jagathi Publications, the publishers of Sakshi newspaper, could sell ten percent of this company shares to various individuals for a whopping sum of Rs 300 crore. Hence, it said, the officials treated Rs 277 crore of this as income and slapped an IT notice on Jagan asking him to pay an additional tax of Rs 122 crore.
Moreover, the petition says, companies like Matrix Labs, PVP Business Ventures, Hetero Group, Aurobindo Pharma, Ramky, etc, which benefited by way of securing SEZs, lands, industrial licences, etc., had invested in Sakshi to a tune of Rs 1246 crore though the latter has made an accumulated loss of Rs 349 crore. In return, thousands of crores of rupees worth lands and other permissions and other public assets were doled out to these and several other companies, the TD leaders alleged.
Sandur Power, belonging to Jagan, played a key role in routing and rerouting of this money into Jagan companies through various hawala and laundering activities, they said.
The petition also pointed out Jagan's Classic Realty purchasing a Rs 500 crore worth commercial complex of Manthri Developers company in Bengaluru for only Rs 206 crore in a single deal. In return, the petition says, Manthri Developers were given 250 acres of prime land at Gachibowli in Hyderabad at just Rs 20 lakh per acre while the original market value was more than Rs 1.5 crore per acre.
Apart from Sakshi newspaper and TV channel, Jagan's other companies like Bharathi Cements, Classic Realty Private Ltd of Bengaluru and Sandur Power were also made respondents in the case by the petitioners.
Khaleequr Rahman: IT slaps show cause notices on Y.S.Jagan Mohan Red...
Khaleequr Rahman: IT slaps show cause notices on Y.S.Jagan Mohan Red...: "The Income Tax Department has slapped show cause and demand notices to the tune of Rs 122 crore on YS Jaganmohan Reddy, a former Congress..."
Khaleequr Rahman: IT slaps show cause notices on Y.S.Jagan Mohan Red...
Khaleequr Rahman: IT slaps show cause notices on Y.S.Jagan Mohan Red...: "The Income Tax Department has slapped show cause and demand notices to the tune of Rs 122 crore on YS Jaganmohan Reddy, a former Congress..."
Khaleequr Rahman: This is what Happens when you go against your pare...
Khaleequr Rahman: This is what Happens when you go against your pare...: "This is a peculiar example of what happens if you go against the wishes of your parents. This is a lesson for every youngster. Even before t..."
This is what Happens when you go against your parents wishes-Chiranjeevi's Daughter
This is a peculiar example of what happens if you go against the wishes of your parents. This is a lesson for every youngster. Even before the images of her 'cinematic' marriage could fade away from public memory, Chiranjeevi's daughter Srija approached the Central Crime Station (CCS) police on MondaTHy alleging that she was being tortured by her husband Sirish Bharadwaj for dowry.
On Monday morning, Srija approached the CCS police and lodged a complaint against Sirish alleging that he was physically and mentally torturing her for last few months for dowry. According to sources, Srija told the cops that out of love, she had already given several crores of rupees to Sirish.
According to Sirija, of late there has been no end to her husband's greed and it has become a daily practice for him to get drunk and torture her. According to Sirisha, her husband was allegedly demanding Rs 1.5 crore from Srija. Finding the 'torture' no more bearable, she approached the police on Monday.
Acting on the complaint lodged by Srija, the women police station of the CCS booked a case against Sirish under section 498-A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) of the IPC. He was reportedly taken into custody by the cops but is most likely to be shown as arrested on Tuesday. His parents are also likely to be grilled by the cops.
The youngest daughter of Chiranjeevi created a flutter in October 2007 when she married Sirish and then fled to Delhi where the 19-year-old bride approached court asking for protection from her family. The couple has a two-and-half-year-old daughter. Beware youngsters!!! Don't get carried away in the name of love.
On Monday morning, Srija approached the CCS police and lodged a complaint against Sirish alleging that he was physically and mentally torturing her for last few months for dowry. According to sources, Srija told the cops that out of love, she had already given several crores of rupees to Sirish.
According to Sirija, of late there has been no end to her husband's greed and it has become a daily practice for him to get drunk and torture her. According to Sirisha, her husband was allegedly demanding Rs 1.5 crore from Srija. Finding the 'torture' no more bearable, she approached the police on Monday.
Acting on the complaint lodged by Srija, the women police station of the CCS booked a case against Sirish under section 498-A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) of the IPC. He was reportedly taken into custody by the cops but is most likely to be shown as arrested on Tuesday. His parents are also likely to be grilled by the cops.
The youngest daughter of Chiranjeevi created a flutter in October 2007 when she married Sirish and then fled to Delhi where the 19-year-old bride approached court asking for protection from her family. The couple has a two-and-half-year-old daughter. Beware youngsters!!! Don't get carried away in the name of love.
IT slaps show cause notices on Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy
The Income Tax Department has slapped show cause and demand notices to the tune of Rs 122 crore on YS Jaganmohan Reddy, a former Congress MP that owns Jagathi Publications (JPPL), for mismatching amounts reported in company records.
The notice assumes significance as Jagan announced a new party -- the YSR Congress Party -- just two days ago.
Jagathi Publications is into various media activities like publishing a Telugu Daily Sakshi and running a 24-hour news channel TV, also Sakshi.
Jagan Reddy reportedly paid Rs 84 crore as advance tax in September last year, anticipating an income of Rs 500 crore.
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