At A Glance – Ipl T20 Poem by Vidi Writes
At A Glance – Ipl T20
Cricket and Bolly Wood
Two fascinations of Indians
Minced no words in making money
Invited hot debates on market economy
Solemnized themselves into IPL-T20
Glamour and Game into a cocktail
A meet called ‘Globalization of Cricket Culture’.
Corporates pledged their crores
Bidding could buy human players
Heroes and heroines logged in an opera
Sponsor agencies up in arms
Local lads exposure to international masters
Revolution in ground infrastructure
Threat of ICL to Cricket Board yielded.
Some said ‘its an innovative idea’
For others it’s a humiliation of human trade
It’s said – ‘IPL to Cricket is what Page 3 to Journalism’
A harmless hilarity and money-minting machine.
It’s an entertainment at its best to the mass
It’s a colorful makeover in Indian Cricket
Heavy bucks to unknown treasurer of cricket board.
All eyes focused on flow of money into few pockets
Lot of hue and cry on the negligence of national games
Some say it’s a threat to Test Cricket and One Days,
Forgetting the debate in 1971, when ‘One Day Match’ coined.
It’s not a cakewalk to the organizers and players
Who have to prove at all cost - Invention and Incentives
Squashed cheekbones, bruised fingers – says its hard cricket.
Passionate Indian ready to spare time and money,
The investors ever satisfied with the day’s returns,
Technicians, media persons, magazines, at hot spot,
Players elsewhere raring to come to India and play,
Chapter opening of Regionalism and not Patriotism,
Rejoice at one end, mixed reaction and jealous at other end.
Farmer suicide cases have taken back page coverage.
Test – One Day Match - same movies cannot sustain long
Change is debatable but inevitable and irreversible.
At the day end, game should be interesting and pulsating.
Blame game take us no where when all enjoy this game.
There is no look back in this game of fashion and speed.
IPL – T20 is here to stay and cannot be pulled down
Whom to point, when same ‘Farmer’ buys a ticket to watch?
-vidi-
30-04-08
Socially & culturally charged piece....The structure is pristine....smoothe as a coin tossed' cross a freshly glaced iecpond...You have good command, in steering your work to where you want it to go...in driving home your sharp-pointed message.Solid crafting indeed, Vidi... ~ FjR ~ .Visitor.
Kudos to you for highlighting that. A portion of this money if invested wisely in social causes could result in wonders in infrastructure, education or health. 10+++
Thanks for introducing the farmer element in the commercialism of sport, money and Bollywood. The cricket emlement is interesting to read as well. Its up to us to see that farmers are not relegated to the back page, I think Vidi.
wonderful topic and thesis...making cricket a mockery...making crorepathies multicrorepathis..giving room to Newspaper goons to write about filthy news like ' so and so thrased some body in a friendly manner and he was abt to die again in afriendly manner'...all these nonsense are made available because Indians are ready to bite the bone with bleeding from their tongue and assuming its the blood from the bone.....go ahead slaughter those nonsense programmes
It is so amazing the way you have described the IPL cricket league and I must say that a poem related to cricket is rare to see. So it is really very interesting and nicely written.
Too much money in cricket...alright! but if a portion of the money that is raised by way of public patronage for this entertainer is set apart for repaying debts of farmers...those who are at the helm of affairs of this money spinning circus should think that way...molten snow and mist must find a downward slit... This poem has nothing against cricket...only upholds the farmer's cause...a good one
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 6:08:06 PM # 1.0.0.1119
I feel that we two very much think alike, although i like cricket and can enjoy if demanded but wasting time, money and all that drama for whom? ? ? ? those chucked out players from the teams..? ? ? playing just for money....etc, why film stars are here? ? / why not the regional teams of the youngsters zonal wise so that new talent be given a chance...Too many questions unanswered... well composed... such poems should be written..and encouraged...