Amitabh Bacchan on cricket show????

Yesterday ,there was a T20 match between India and Sri Lanka. While the match was full of entertainment, the prematch and midmatch discussion was the part which became pretty funny...

Mr. Amitabh Bacchan was there to promote his movie Paa. Even though I am not a big fan of wasting the important cricket discussion time on movies, but considering the "experts" were likes of Murali Karthik, I was OK with it.

But then came questions, from Mr. Anchor, who was bound on asking all the cricket questions to Amitabh.
And I kept on wondering why he was trying to act like an expert...Here is how the conversation went:
Anchor: India's middle order has not performed well in last T20 matches (shows stats).It is worse than the tail-enders. Mr. Bacchan, what do you think? [really??]
Bacchan: I think middle order is the most difficult place to bat. You either get a good start from openers, where they can play freely or they get out cheaply and then you are under pressure [what does that mean??]. So this kind of comparison is not fair...

WOW... what an answer....!! Again... I kept wondering...

Next one, during midmatch show:
A: India bowled 17 wides, that's like 3 extra overs. Do you think that is what has changed the match here?
B: I don't understand the tactics of the cricket [thanks for admitting that!] but it might be deliberate. I mean instead of giving away boundaries you prefer to give 1 run and the extra ball that you get, you might take up a wicket or something...
[*speechless!!*]
the question goes to Murali K, and he is speechless as well...
M: umm....I mean... ummm....you have to bowl all those deliveries again, 3 extra overs to too much. But they were trying to not give the batmen any room and strayed down the leg side...blah blah...
[still speechless....!]
May be he should have just stuck to good wishes to the team and talking about his film... :-/

The new states in India..

I was thinking about the whether the formation new states is good for integrity of India as a nation or not... some of my friends are still having a very good discussions on mails...
Out of them one in particular, who is not only a well-read person but also a Dy. Collector has written a blog: Formation of new states
It is worth a read...

3 langauge formula

The HRD Minister, Kapil Sibbal, is trying to introduce a new (?) formula in the Indian Education. "The 3 langauge formula".
The idea is to teach 3 languages in schools: the State language (mother tongue), English (a language to connect to the world) and Hindi (a language to connect within the nation).
The idea is great... ain't it? I wonder why nobody else thought of it till now... :-/

AFAIK, this formula has already been tested and is working well in some states and has failed miserably in other states. For states like Tamilnadu and Kerala, the language Hindi is as alien as any other language on the planet, and we cannot force Hindi down their throats.
Hindi (as in people who speak Hindi) never learn any other Indian language, but they expect others to learn Hindi. Isn't that just unfair to the states down south? or even states like Orisa, W.Bengal and N-E states??

Ideally, I would prefer it if we have a common language in India, cause that will be a symbol of national integrity. But which language could it be? May be Hindi is the answer, may be not...
May be there is no answer right now...