I am the proud constituent of the 'i voted' list which ironically reflected the most dismal turnaround in comparison to the last 4 general elections. Not that it matters to me whether the others stepped out to vote or not, although I empathise with the 59% citizens who put their short holiday or their preference to avoid the heat or their total disregard to the electoral system first. Now would you not grab readily at the opportunity to escape the maniacal chaos of corporate life if you see a 4 day weekend in the horizon? Had it not been for my 8 month old son's limitations to travel, I too would have contributed to the other side of the voter turnaround list.
There is practically no holiday getaway within the state where you will find a hotel room available for this weekend! Gala time for the tour operators and for the tourism industry itself. Some thing to ponder upon for the election commission ???
I am contended with IPL though. Any critic who thinks that this form of the game is utter madness does not understand the value of providing entertainment. Hats off to the concept and it's drivers (read Lalit Modi & co.). Agree that cricket is one of the few platforms to invoke some kind of patriotism and that limiting your loyalties to your city kind of deters the aforesaid, but don't the football clubs around the world operate in the same manner? Yes they do and the entire club/country system provides optimum viewership and loyalties to the beloved game. It will not be long when you will see people clad in their city's jerseys in one season and cheering for their country in another.
If you have seen the new set of commercials of Vodafone, you will not be able to suppress the smile. Cute little zombies (which a newspaper claims are called ZooZoos) scampering around the screen with a motive of delivering the message of the service being promoted. The best one, as per me, is the one where a couple of them is sitting on a park bench with one who is reading the newspaper collapses. Very swiftly it is carried out on a stretcher from there and now the second one picks up the paper and starts reading and collapses. Out flashes the message 'Get Stock Alerts' on Vodafone!
Finally here it is, the time of the year when you wish you were an Eskimo living in the poles. Bad heat has become worse heat. Our clothes are getting shorter (good for the men's views though!) and rightly so. So BEST is making merry from it's A/C bus collections and so are the owners of the cool cabs. Anything which is less than 20 degrees Celsius is an angel in disguise (read office coolers, ice teas, ice creams, golas etc.) Some of us have already started praying for the early rain and the same set of people will be cursing it soon for causing the floods on the roads!
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