WHY THIS WORLD-CUP IS NOT THE 'SAME ONE' FOR ME!!

I was born in the year when Imran Khan lifted the world cup i.e. 1992, I was 4 when great Arjun Ranatunga won the cricket world cup in the Asian subcontinent, and I was 7 in 1999 – where I saw the courage of Steve Waugh and his ‘invincible’ team and their dominance in the Cricket world for the three consecutive world cups till 2007. I saw the moment in my life, when M. S. Dhoni lifted the cricket world cup after 28 years. However, why I am talking in a sarcastic manner and why I am telling you cricket world cup history? It’s because this world cup of 2015 is not the same one for me, I saw a legend since my childhood, a legend who inspired many generations to go and play cricket, a person who made cricket a religion in India, a person who is responsible for scoring a number of records for the nation, the person is – Sachin Tendulkar.

That is why this world cup is not the same for me and I am not excited about the ongoing matches. Great Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most number of runs, number of centuries, good match average both in test and one day matches, and many other records that I cannot describe here, because the list of records are longer than we can even calculate. He made the generations to start cricket and to make it as a career. He retired in 2012, and believe me a majority of people has stopped watching cricket game. Believe me my generation is, raised by watching his talent and his aura. We love him and you he has scored the most number of runs in the world cup as well, so that is why I said this world cup is not the same for me.

Anybody can be the champion and my wishes are with each and every player, but I am not interested in watching it, told you the reason. Therefore, I am little sad during the world cup, hope every team will perform better for their nation. Hope teams will show a great talent of their skills.

A MUST WATCH MOVIE - THE IMITATION GAME!!

Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a mathematician; he is good in breaking codes, crosswords and various puzzles. He is intelligent, but stammers a lot and many times, he faces difficulty as he has low self-confidence. He has a deep attention in cryptography as his friend Christopher Morcom develops this interest in him. Now, there is one hidden fact about our friend Turing and that is - he is a ‘gay’. Yeah! You heard it right, he is homosexual and I think due to this he cannot express his views and emotions properly.

Anyways, during the world war - ǁǁ in 1939, he joins the cryptography team of Hugh Alexander, John Cairncross, Peter Hilton, Keith Furman and Charles Richards under the command of Commander Alastair Denniston. The main objective of this team is to break the codes that are, transmitted by Nazi Enigma machine. It is really; difficult for them as they do not where they should need to start, and what they need to do more. When they are getting something the day ends. In between, Turing decides to design a machine, which can decrypt the messages. Winston Churchill helps him in fund raising and that is why he get, whatever he desire for that machine.

He named it as “Christopher”, at the start he finds it tough, as the machine is not responding to anything. The days are getting, passed and nothing happened. However, in between the machines starts to work due to the brilliance and the spark of Alan Turing. He uses the pattern of codes in a different manner and hence he gets the success at the end. However, England cannot explain to anyone that they have broken the Enigma code, as the German forces will change the Enigma settings and they need to find those Enigma patterns again and the war will be continued for 2-5 years more. The contribution of this group, especially Turing, was remarkable and he was a hero. On the contrary, he was, sentenced by the British law of being a ‘homosexual.’

I think Mr. Turing saved a number of lives all over the world. Without the brilliance of him, I think the world would have faced huge deaths, loss of economy and it will be tougher for them to revive from that. I loved this movie and the plot of the story, Mr. Cumberbatch played the role very adequately. This movie was, nominated in the Oscars of 2015. You must see this movie and inspire others to see it as well. I think Alan was a war hero, he did not fire any bullet, but seriously, he shot the German forces really-really hard!