Things you do for Cricket!

Eleven years ago before moving to the states in one of the first conversation's i had with my then fiance and now husband was 'will i be able to watch cricket in the US'? and his response was in the affirmative. I was so happy to have that cleared out and after moving to the US in 1999 i had the chance to watch my first cricket match and boy was it something!!

Let's flashback 10 years ...we got tickets to watch cricket in this Indian hotel (will spare the name) and arrived there in time. There were hundreds of others like me and we were all taken to this dark seating area (seating was on the floor) and i'm pretty sure that we exceeded the seating capacity and all seating regulations were violated :-) . Anything for cricket right? So braved that season and thought this should will be more easier in the years to come..

Before i knew it the next world cup was upon us and the lessons of the last one still fresh in our mind.... a group of friends decided to buy a package on TV and watch it in the comfort of our houses. Sounds easy? not to be..before u know it the couple of friends quadrupled and u are now forced to watch the game in some stranger's house or welcome complete stranger's to your house!! well anything for cricket...and everything is forgotten when India defeats Pakistan (which we do in every world cup)....

Enter 2011...u have had enough group watching that u decide to buy your own package and watch it in the comfort of your living room. That must be easy right?...Aha but before you do that u come to know that there is a website called 'xoom' which gives a 50% off on the net package. sweet deal isn't it? Here's the fine print - to get the code from 'xoom' you need to transfer 100$ to an account in India and then buy the package on willow. Here's the dealio..don't get fooled by the name....it's not as fast as it sounds...some friends had to wait for 6 days to get the code. I guess cricket god's had mercy on me and 'xoom' sent me the code in less than a day and i finally have the willow subscription to watch cricket....and i am going to..

Nothing can come between a girl and her cricket!!! Go India!!

Helloooooooooooooo!

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a wonderful day. Yep i know what you are saying, yet another blog and you are right:-)
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Walk of the Democrats

What do you do when you can't control something? You walk away. That's exactly what the Democrats are upto in states like Wisconsin and Indiana. Labor rights and collective bargaining are forced to go up in the air and to avoid passing these bills the Democrats are packing their bags and leaving their state's to go somewhere else and discuss it out....atleast that's what they say they are doing. Let's hope they are not off to some warmer weather and having a paid vacation!

What's the real issue here? In Wisconsin - the state Governor Mr.Walker has proposed a bill to revoke the right of public employees to bargain collectively and though Rep's outnumber Dem's by 19-14 they need 20 members to be present to pass the bill. The proposed bills in Indiana seem to be more worse than Wisconsion, it would turn Indiana into an 'anti union' state', sounds familiar south? What next? State patrol out looking for elected Democrats?

Oh to live in interesting times!