India vs Spain,1-1, Hockey World Cup 2014

What a delight to watch an exciting 70 minutes of play, with the players making it even more exciting buy showing their extraordinary performance. I would say, a draw in this match was India's win. India did not had any points on the table and this draw against Spain ensures that India stay in the game of making it to the 4th spot in the table, which eventually will help them raise their world ranking.

India was certainly not looking in complete control when the tournament started, but they have made progress. A last minute loss in both the prior matches against Belgium and England respectively. But this time against Spain, it was different. The Indian players played an attacking game and on the same time managed to restrict the opponents to only a single goal.

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The match ended, 1-1. Both the teams took single point from the game, but India was quite happy. The player who has been giving goosebumps to the opposition is not any striker but India's goalie Sreejesh. He is doing a perfect job in keeping the ball away from the nets and has been in phenomenal form. He has made some really impressive saves for team India.

Form now, team India has nothing to loose in the tournament. They have two matches left, one with the might Australians and the last with the Malaysians. India would want to win both the match and make their mark. Hope all goes well for the team. they are now looking in good knack as the tournament has progressed. Wishes to team India fora better play in future.

'TWO' in a row for Indian Hockey team!

Yes, second loss in a row in the Hockey World Cup 2014 for India. Team India looked defensive and were not able to keep the possession in the game against number 4 ranking team England. India lost 2-1. India did not had the possession but were able to keep the shots of the opposition out of the nets.

What was heartbreaking for the Indians, that the English players scored the second goal in the last couple of minutes via a penalty. In this tournament this is the second time that the Indian players were unable to defend the goal in the final seconds of the game. Earlier it was with Belgium, in which India lost 3-2 to Belgium, with the last goal coming in the final 10 seconds.

Ind 1-2 Eng

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Indian team looks balanced but is unable to convert those close calls into a goal. The loss against England have thinned their chances of making it to the top two and going into the semi-finals. But a lot of positives for team India to take. They have managed to play good, they have made their opponents hunt for goals, making it difficult for them to score.

The two things that team India needs to work on in the ahead matches is their attack plan and their last minute defense. India is certainly looking and performing like a team worth playing the world cup. They have come a long way and have showed some good performance. Hopefully, they will be able to finish at a better spot in the tournament. India currently ranks 8 in World Hockey Ranking.

Game lost, but a steady start!

With the first whistle of the match, Belgium started dominating the play with India at the 2014 Hockey World Cup. In doing so, the Belgian players scored their first goal, creating a good pressure on the Indian players, who also rank 8th in the world hockey ranking. Belgium (ranking 5th) continued their play and made sure they were attacking their opponents.

The second half started better for the Indians, as they started showing some skills on the ground. It payed off as Mandeep Singh shot a goal to equal the score 1-1. This gave the Indians confidence and their play on the field became more impressive. Thus, with their good coordination they were able to secure another in the net and the score became 1-2.

The final 20-25 minutes were the main play, where all the drama happened. Belgium came back strongly and nailed the score, 2-2. After that they created many opportunities but were unable to convert them into goals. India too lost a couple of opportunities, including one penalty corner.

The last 60 seconds were entertaining yet heart breaking for the Indians. With a very skillful and energetic play from Sardar Singh, the Indian captain leading from the front, the team was unable to keep the shot of Belgian, Johm-John Dohmen, out of the net. The last 10 seconds was the turning point, when the Belgian, Johm-John Dohmen scored a fantastic goal to make sure Belgium emerge as the winning team with 3 points on the board. India lost 3-2.

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The Indian side can take a lot of positives from this match. They held Belgium quite well. The Indian players looked hungry to perform better to prove their worth and book their place. It is good to see team India performing well, hope the coming matches will go well for team India.

आगामी चुनाव - Navbharat Times

मेरे विचार चुनाव पर।

THE PLANE THAT WENT MISSING, MH370

The suspense over missing Malaysian airline MH370 is growing day by day. It has been close to a week and there is no trace, not a single clue about MH370. One would wonder where it went, hijacked or crashed in the ocean (hope nothing as such happens)? As of now the hijack angle has been ruled out.

A total of 239 people were on MH370. I pray for people aboard on MH370 and for their families. How strange it sounds that in times of technology, where everything can be monitored by technology, a huge plane with 239 passengers just vanished somewhere, just like that.

The officials of search operations are looking for the signs, like the parts of airline MH370, and this gives a signal that there’s a very high possibility that the airplane has crashed somewhere in the sea.

But let us look back. We see that there are 5-6 such cases with similar endings. The famous case of Amelia Earhart, the lady with wings and strength to conquer the world with her plane, she too disappeared somewhere in between the wind and sea. Remains of her or her flight were never found. And there is Bermuda triangle! A mystery still unsolved. A plane just disappeared in Bermuda triangle and the plane with 13 search officials, who went to find a trace, too disappeared. Nothing was known about both of the planes and its remains. But both the cases are almost 50-70 years old, when we didn’t had high technology.

Hopefully, this time we will be victorious and our brave search officials will find out some news about the ship. Salute to all the search operation team who are 24*7 in search of any hint about MH370. Hope we get to hear anything, but positive, about MH370.

Prayers!

यकीन

तेरे होने ना होने पे यकीन नहीं होता है।

जब छोटा था चीज़ो कि समझ नही थी मुझमें,

हमेशा बड़ी अचरज मे रहता,

बड़े जो समझाते उसे हि सच मान लिया करता,

हर जवाब में सवाल निकाल लिया करता।

समय बीता, शरीर बढ़ा अक्ल बढ़ी,

अब मेरा सवाल पुछना कुछ कम हो गया है,

जिन सवालों से अचरज हुआ करता था,

अब उन सवालों के जवाब गुगल कर लेता हुँ।

लेकिन बड़ी असमंजसता मे फँस गया हुँ,

जिन सवालों के जवाब सिधे-सरल लगते थे,

अब उन्ही के जवाब पा सन्तुष्ट नहीं होता,

इसलिए तेरे होने ना होने पे यकीन नही होता है।

बहुत कहते है तु है कुछ नही भी,

देखता हुँ किसी को-

परेशान, भूखा, डरता या मरता,

एक ही सवाल फिर उठ खड़ा होता है,

तेरे होने ना होने पे यकीन नही होता है।

इन्तज़ार

उसे हर वक्त इन्तज़ार रहता है।
साल के बारहो माह बंद रहता है,
न कोई पूछता है, न कोई झाँकता है,
फिर भी उसे हर वक्त इन्तज़ार रहता है।

एक उज़ाड़ सा सूनापन घिर गया है,
मकड़ियों के जालों से भर गया है,
धूल जम-जम कर मिट्टी की शक्ल ले चुकी है,
फिर भी उसे हर वक्त इन्तज़ार रहता है।

वह पुराना हो चला है,
खबर है उसे कोई देखने आने वाला है,
पहले कि तरह अब मुसाफ़िर उसे अनदेखा नही करते,
उसे देख आपस में बातें करते है,
उसका इन्तज़ार अब बेसब्री में बदल गया है।

उसके आंगन में एक अज़ीब कौतुहल है,
हर वक्त नज़रे सामने वाली सड़क पर रहती है,
मानो सदियों से बिझड़े किसी शख्सियत का इन्तज़ार हो,
जिससे मुलाकात अब बस होने वाली है।

आज एक मोटर आई थी,
एक शख्स निकला और इसी तरफ देख रहा था,
पता चला यह वही है जिसका बेसब्री से इन्तज़ार हो रहा था,
फिज़ा मे एक अजीब सी बेचैनी छा गई,
लगा अब इन्तज़ार खत्म हो गया।

वो शख्स दूर से ही मुआएना करता नज़र आया,
अचानक वो मोटर मे बैठा और मोटर के धुंए मे घुम हो गया,
सब एकाएक थम सा गया, आंगन में वही पुराना सूनापन छा गया,
जो इन्तज़ार खत्म होता नज़र आ रहा था,
अब वो इन्तज़ार फिर इन्तज़ार बन गया।