IPL Row: Who will bell the cat ?

Cricket weathers storms again

Defiant Lalit Modi challenging the BCCI over the IPL Chairmanship hasn't surprised many. It has become a different ball game for ever. 'Cash, lies  and IPL' this is how a 24X7 channel has lampooned this entire episode of events. What lies beneath Modi's arrogance ? Is it the sheer political clout that he enjoys with the rapport of NCP leader Sharad Pawar, or is it his not so infamous links with the 'D Company' or is it the murky details of others involved. Time will definitely be shy to reveal those details.

I-T Officials raiding Modi's Office 

Like the latino's obsession with soccer, cricket is our passionate blood. A colonial residue to many critics. Indeed it has become part of the popular culture of Neo-colonial Indian mindset bogged by the narcotization of media. Earlier it was Mumbai Cinema which was the channel for all the illicit monetary transactions. It continued till the early 90's. Thereafter it has been gradually shifting to cricket. And IPL has become the marriage of that past and present. A cocktail to suit all the monsters and masters. 

It was natural that an Imperial trained UN bureaucrat turned politician with the glamour of letters got attracted to this honey. But he could not get along with the seasoned players of the game. And there comes the exit of Mr.Shashi Tharoor, the Powerless back in Thiruvanathapuram. But the unholy alliances continues unabated despite the sacrifice of him. The ongoing I-T investigations may go down with the dust and the furore. As long as the foreign funds and underworld play relentless in this wicket, it is for sure that this pitch will weather storms of this kind.

Gokul B.Alex
'clarity is rhythm'