THE FAMOUS TWELVE of “BARAH KE THATH”
When they named it “barah ke thath“ initially i was little cynical about the name and i thought they could
have thought of a better name.but now i can say it “thath se” that barah ke thath was a great idea. now it has become a history.
our journey to the final and then winning the ruby cup could not have been more dramatic. this was the first time that a second year team has won the most talked about and fiercly fought tournament of NIT TRICHY.
THE BATSMEN
THE WINNING MOMENT :
we needed 2 runs of the last 2 ball of the inning to win. shushant was on striker’s end. here comes Shishir with the penultimate ball of the match. the ball was outside the off stump, shushant misses it completely. NO RUN.
now we needed 2 of the last ball of the match to win and 1 to tie. we were all praying for atleast a single. here goes shishir with the last ball of the tournament which will decide the winner (or will it be a tie).
Again the ball is pitched outside off. Again Shushant misses it completley.(oh GOD now what..).
Then Lakra (who was the other batsman) shouted his famous two words “bhaag bhaag”. Manish (the wicket keeper) threw the ball to the bowlers end the bowler fumbles to catch and they complete the run. Then Lakra shouted again “bhaag bhaag”. they were running for the second run. all the fielders were confused and fumbling they complete the run and thus the famous trophy was grabbed from the clutches of defeat.
THE BOWLERS
today i completed reading the novel “to kill a mocking bird“. i have been reading
novels for almost two years now but had never come across such a book like this. while reading it i felt as if my school days are back again.
as i have already mentioned the book won the pulitzer award in 1960. when i searched the book details on wiki i found that the story is somewhat autobiographical and it is no surprise since one can feel it in every word, every page of the book.
there is also some controversy related to the book, one of Lee’s friend had once indirectly claimed that this was his work. Lee wrote nothing notable after “MOcking..” which seems to vindicate his claim. but as far as i see it a book like “mocking…” can happen only once a liftime just as you have only one childhood.
climax seems to be fitting brilliatly to the theme of the book. i am looking forward to watching the movie based on the novel. as i have heard there has never been a movie reflecting as much close to the book as this.
my favorite character in the novel is Atticus. his charisma is all over the book. i had never come across such a character anywhere, the nearest that is coming to my mind now is howard roack’s character in “the fountainhead“. and again the writer is a lady, i guess women are better at creating such stronger characters.
this is the book i am presently reading. i have read only half of the book and i already know why it was awarded the pulitzer’s prize for the best book in 1960. it is a beautiful book about the childhood memories of “scout” the narrator. i will write the complete summery of the book as soon as i read it.
today only i created this blog and i could not resist myself from posting here even though i have not completed the book.
the features here at wordpress are great and i am really loving it. i feel like writing for ever…
