As anticipated, the political masters of Pakistan have finally directed its national cricket team to lift the boycott and play India on 15 February, 2026, as scheduled in Colombo . The Masters must've thought the money at stake is too lucrative to continue indulging in such kind of grumpy politics. Of course, they had imposed some pre-conditions that included making the 'handshake' a mandatory protocol, but the ICC looked the other way. So, the PCB takes it as protecting the 'spirit of cricket'. The Indian cricket board , the sponsors, the TV channels and millions of fans who do not necessarily mix patriotism with sports, if it's cricket in particular, must be deliriously ecstatic that all the revenues and hype and excitement shall be there for harvest thr oughout the ICC Men's T20 World Cup-2026 , co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka . Most of the Indians fans must also be ecstatic to have their heroes go on vanquishing the enemy neighbor and humiliating t...
...well, no excuses! In my latest ezine aricle we posed the question about who would have the last laugh on the N Deal. Well, too many laughs, but the last is still to come! On winning the trust vote convincingly the Indian government laughed merrily. Then, a few days back the opposition parties and the leftist laughed a lot. Then again on NSG winner the govenment had the heartiest laugh. Yet, the Deal is still to be through. What a Deal! If the Deal is finally passed the left parties would wait for the next government to come after winning the elections and scrap it. Just chill!