And the Awards goes to…Part II

Cricketer of the year

Many contenders across the world - Ponting hitting more than a 1500 runs, Sachin hitting his 35th ton, Shane Warne taking a record number of wickets, Lara becoming the highest run-getter in tests, Dhoni making a great debut, Flintoff for a fantastic year et al. But the award goes to RD, Rahul Dravid, the man lead the country with imagination and was once again consistent in the ODI as well as Tests. He is one player, who has been asked to open, stabilize the middle-order and even keep wickets for the team when the need arose. A man who has so far has had no controversy in life and the only Indian featuring in the A to Z of cricket in the BBC website. Yes D is for Dravid.

Maximum benefit before retirement award for the year

Well Amitabh Bachchan seemed to be all over the place. Every month he had a release, if not in the main role he will make a cameo and make his part felt. If you thought the big-screen was his forte, well he was there in KBC 2 and every other ad from pen to suiting to chyawanprash. He even made headlines for 2 continuous weeks when he was sick. The newspapers in Mumbai had him all over the front page tracking his illness and recovery. God help journalism in this country.

Moral Policing of the year

I would give it to Deputy CM of Maharashtra for closing down the dance bars in Mumbai and making thousands of girls who were engaged in that profession jobless. The effect of that decision trickles down further, thousands of men who were working as waiters and cooks in these bars, another thousand rickshaw and taxi drivers who used to get maximum customers during the 1AM to 4 AM time are all jobless or looking at a lower income. Its also common news that these gals who were in this profession have moved to newer cities and have taken for prostitution. A close second would be the people of Tamil Nadu for the anti Khushboo campaign!

To be continued...