In the Spirit of Boxing Day! (BOXING DAY TEST MATCH BETWEEN AUSTRALIA vs INDIA FROM 26 DECEMBER TO 30 DECEMBER 2014) By Disha Mashelkar After a straight two match loss at Adelaide and Gabba (Australia) it is now a do or die situation for Team India at Melbourne (to save the series). With the Christmas celebrations on in Australia, it will be interesting to see the presence of enthusiastic spectators (Boxing Day) and an array of performance from both the teams. (As Ryan Harris and Joe Burns makes a place in Australian team and the likelihood of play by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Suresh Raina.) This test match is important from the Indian fans perspective as it will decide India’s fate in this ‘Border-Gavaskar’ trophy; whether India will continue holding it or handing it over to Australia. This series has always been special to the hearts of every Indian cricket fan as it has given some resonant records in our favour. To mention a few, Sachin Tendulkar became the lea
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Cold shoulder to Sporting spirit By Disha Mashelkar Sports reflect social values that can extend from individual values like discipline, asceticism and self- control to collective values like the belief in effort and productivity, the advantage of competition and of following the logic of capitalism-the survival of the fittest. They act as unifying forces and strong factors of socialization, improving the social acceptance of athletes and their fans. Sports can also support social and cultural identities and the construction of national identities. There was a time when people used to give examples of carrying sportsmanship spirit in any sector of life, whenever one faces competition. But looks like the trends are taking a gory turn! Indian Television, Print and online media levies great importance to the coverage of Cricket. Although Hockey, is India’s national sport we hardly switch to watch it or buy match tickets to go and watch it live in the stadium; unless
Shoddy Mobile Cab By Disha Mashelkar It is yet another rape case in Delhi which has raised vociferous furore of the local Delhi-ites! The gory visuals of December 2012 are reminiscent round about, as the ‘rapist’ beat up the 27 year old woman and allegedly raped her on Friday night in Delhi. According to newspaper reports, she was working in Gurgaon’s finance company and after finishing her shift at 7PM had gone out with her friends. Her friend dropped her for a few miles and later she decided to book a mobile cab (Uber) from her mobile phone to reach home. But to her misfortune the driver beat her up and raped her! The victim approached the police station on early Saturday morning. Police couldn’t trace the culprit immediately as there was no contact number or e-mail address for ‘Uber’ on its web pages, portals and blogs. After downloading the mobile application and booking the cab, the police asked the driver to take him to the company headquarters. There he found ou