tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post3519707349736169274..comments2023-03-26T10:01:44.499+05:30Comments on Chai 'n Spice: The finer detailsSunita Mohan http://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-45592023656827096092012-03-08T15:45:01.598+05:302012-03-08T15:45:01.598+05:30See what I mean, Harini? You need a woman to get t...See what I mean, Harini? You need a woman to get the finer details! Like getting autographs. Or even recognising the cricket Greats away from their home-ground.Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-10813549425401818642012-03-02T18:21:38.390+05:302012-03-02T18:21:38.390+05:30Ha ha ha! I identified with this perfectly, Sunit...Ha ha ha! I identified with this perfectly, Sunita! Yes, we have the same discussions, the bowling sessions followed by a crash and breaking session! So far I cannot claim that they haven't recognized cricketers. They seem to recognize the Thane cricketers too! But one thing, it is I who managed to get the autograph.:)<br /><br />Beautifully written. I am going to have my husband read this tonight!:)Harinihttp://tongueticklers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-57972905553244631382009-11-04T16:35:38.057+05:302009-11-04T16:35:38.057+05:30The in-laws too, eljay? Wow! That must've been...The in-laws too, eljay? Wow! That must've been one tough initiation into the family! But I can identify so well with the mealtimes set by match timings. And the bit about the newspaper was just too, too funny! :DSunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-16820766079525263902009-11-04T16:18:12.750+05:302009-11-04T16:18:12.750+05:30I just enjoyed your description of the cricket cra...I just enjoyed your description of the cricket craziness shared by your hubby and son. My hubby's family is equally cricket-crazy, and that includes my MIL and FIL. In the beginning, I had a hard time learning to eat before the game started, then at their lunch break and tea times, and sitting around the TV and watching the game intently the rest of the time. Since I am not conversant with all the terms, I would retire to the background and sit with the newspaper, only to be told not to turn the pages so noisily!eljayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356849436510208447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-69370507044070829112009-10-27T20:11:43.288+05:302009-10-27T20:11:43.288+05:30Wow! That's a big switch, Renu. But at least h...Wow! That's a big switch, Renu. But at least he stuck with sports.<br /><br />Only the male half, Anna. My daughter and I are totally unaffected by the cricket-bug ;DSunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-70592808998760847082009-10-27T16:36:59.267+05:302009-10-27T16:36:59.267+05:30amazing description of a cricket crazy familyamazing description of a cricket crazy familyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372324438950818687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-66786987762834266912009-10-27T15:52:35.445+05:302009-10-27T15:52:35.445+05:30It was quite surprising for everybody in the famil...It was quite surprising for everybody in the family that when he grew up he was the captain of his TT and badminton team..cricket was lost somewhere in growing up:)Renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052079745061422542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-92120485251060660222009-10-27T13:01:49.439+05:302009-10-27T13:01:49.439+05:30Thanks, Renu. So, has your transferred his affecti...Thanks, Renu. So, has your transferred his affection to something / someone else? Or has he just grown up?Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-29635827808323193382009-10-27T10:28:27.918+05:302009-10-27T10:28:27.918+05:30Lovely post:)..even my son was great fan of Cricke...Lovely post:)..even my son was great fan of Cricket in his childhood, but no more.Renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052079745061422542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-91573875107097534332009-10-15T13:45:36.445+05:302009-10-15T13:45:36.445+05:30Oh you know men, Helen ... they absolutely refused...Oh you know men, Helen ... they absolutely refused to believe it. Then they tried to act as if it was no big deal :D <br />I think we have the same tastes in sports. I love watching cricket only when India is playing well ;D<br />My husband was a great fan of the earlier West Indies team of the '70s and '80s. They were almost unbeatable, weren't they?Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-8662124228582429512009-10-15T05:51:37.394+05:302009-10-15T05:51:37.394+05:30OMG Sunita that was sooo funny. I would have loved...OMG Sunita that was sooo funny. I would have loved to have seen their faces when you told them ha hah ha. I am still cracking up ROFL. I am not a big fan of cricket ...only when we are winning so you know that I won't be watching the game for many years LOL. Perhaps one day young Junior will be touring the West Indies. Did your husband ever made it out here for the world cup? Mind you the West Indies are a mess now ..the board and the team need firing. Who is your husband favorite West Indian Cricketer?islandgal246https://www.blogger.com/profile/09139072456332225087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-51959308756364164422009-10-11T10:31:17.208+05:302009-10-11T10:31:17.208+05:30Thanks Lakshmi :)Thanks Lakshmi :)Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-90491574911145584972009-10-11T09:21:40.875+05:302009-10-11T09:21:40.875+05:30lovely post sunitalovely post sunitaLakshmi -Celebrationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090207378306536443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-10327267418684002312009-10-09T21:58:12.277+05:302009-10-09T21:58:12.277+05:30I'm glad to know I'm not alone in this, Ar...I'm glad to know I'm not alone in this, Arundati! :D<br />I can fully understand how he finds football more interesting ... it's a more fun game, isn't it? And definitely a young man's game!<br />Actually, can you blame him for not knowing much about Indian football? Is there anything to know ... apart from Baichung Bhutia? When a country with such a gargantuan population like ours has to get players from African countries to pad up its football teams, it doesn't say much about the quality of football among Indians, does it? That's my uneducated opinion anyway.<br />All the best for his CAT preparation... I hope it sees you still sane at the end of it! ;D (I'm still recovering from my son's Std X Board exams)Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-79693049210886501962009-10-09T11:43:39.004+05:302009-10-09T11:43:39.004+05:30Hi Sunita,
I guess this is a very familiar scenari...Hi Sunita,<br />I guess this is a very familiar scenario in most Indian urban homes.<br />In my case, my son , now eighteen years old, was crazy about cricket, played in the school team till about the eighth standard and just when it was developing into a magnificent obsession , we[my significant other and I] decided that enough was enough..Luckily my husband's interest is restricted to watching the matches on the telly although he has done his bit in ferrying my son to cricket coaching classes. My son still claims that the loss is Indian crickets'.<br />Now his attentions are diverted to football and basketball. He plays basketball and very keenly follows all football matches -EPL etc Now his ambition is to become a football manager preferably to manage a team like Man U...To him, Man U is the ultimate and he dreams of the day he can watch a live match.But ask him about Indian football - zilch. <br />I dont know which is worse - a cricket ball flying around the house or a basket ball being thumped all around!!!<br />As a mother, my concern is that he can do less with the sports bit and get on with his studies. He is studying BCom ,IInd year and preparing for the CAT next year!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596180185626752663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-24736974159844388312009-10-06T07:08:32.364+05:302009-10-06T07:08:32.364+05:30Ha! No can do, Anil :D
The actual phrase is "...Ha! No can do, Anil :D<br />The actual phrase is "God is in the details", attributed to Gustave Flaubert. <br />So, where we? :DSunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-60488507113783424832009-10-05T23:36:38.666+05:302009-10-05T23:36:38.666+05:30And like they say, the devil is in the details! :-...And like they say, the devil is in the details! :-)Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-18699264042295741832009-10-05T09:36:32.671+05:302009-10-05T09:36:32.671+05:30Maddy, I don't know how and where you get all ...Maddy, I don't know how and where you get all these very interesting snippets of information. That should make a great post! <br />I can just imagine what those first malayalis who saw cricket being played thought of the whole thing ... "first he throws away the ball, the other guy doesn't want it either so he hits it away, then all of them immediately decide they all want it and keep running after it ... and they spend the whole day doing this!"Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-25582861749200148702009-10-05T01:39:23.455+05:302009-10-05T01:39:23.455+05:30That was fun reading and reminded me of something ...That was fun reading and reminded me of something I wrote some years ago..<br /><br />http://maddy06.blogspot.com/2007/12/backyard-cricket.html<br /><br />well, I do not know how and why, but this introduction by the English really got the Indians (except most malayalees) interested. what If I told you (you can tell your hubby as well)- the first ball in India was bowled by the British in Kerala(whether it was hit or went through or got somebody out - i do not know) . More on it another day, I will write about it.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-91499635694139505882009-10-04T12:44:58.284+05:302009-10-04T12:44:58.284+05:30Hi Ashvin! It's great meeting someone from the...Hi Ashvin! It's great meeting someone from the 'highly endangered species' list . And even nicer to hear that you enjoyed this blog. <br />Oh, I don't think your kind is extinct ... yet ... but highly deserving of being way up on the protected species list :D<br />I can easily believe and understand how it leaves you cold. In a more advanced state it can make you gag and puke and turn green! :DSunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-61674232867111379252009-10-03T16:53:22.153+05:302009-10-03T16:53:22.153+05:30I was referred to your blog.... and had a wondeful...I was referred to your blog.... and had a wondeful time reading it.<br /><br />Would you believe cricket leaves me cold ? An Indian male (hopefully there are others) who just doesnt care about cricket ? I mean I have nothing against it, would watch it on TV IF I didnt have anything else to watch but there it ends.....Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891321830756798690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-63351094138489306372009-10-02T13:30:23.679+05:302009-10-02T13:30:23.679+05:30"The 'boys', as men are called in cri..."The 'boys', as men are called in cricket"<br />Is that because they still have to grow up, Amila? ;D<br />Heartbroken? I think it's more like a mixture of utter despair and disgust! I'm sure you recognise the feeling?<br />IPL makes it a bit complicated doesn't it? One is so used to supporting the home-team and all of a sudden the home-team is in 5-6 different camps. I think my son favours whichever team is smart enough to snap up his favourite bowlers. But at heart, I think they're both Mumbai loyalists.Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-53158205936472518992009-10-02T10:24:49.230+05:302009-10-02T10:24:49.230+05:30"It was worse than having another woman in th..."It was worse than having another woman in the equation"<br /><br />hahaha....my favourite line in this post.<br /><br />Sunita, I now know what you meant when you mentioned earlier that you have two of the greatest supportest of Indian cricket at home. The 'boys', as men are called in cricket, should be utterly heartbroken to see the exit of their team from the Champion's Trophy. It is the same for me, believe me, with us having crushed the hosts in the first game in such convincing manner. England really spoiled our party.<br /><br />Do the boys have 'a team' that they support in IPL or do they support several teams as their favourite players are spread all over?<br /><br />I propose a book.Amila Salgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607756343837325575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-21220559903973023212009-10-02T07:50:55.906+05:302009-10-02T07:50:55.906+05:30Kamini, scratch a little and I guess we'll fin...Kamini, scratch a little and I guess we'll find that we all have similar stories, hmmm?<br />The 'minefield' sounds so familiar! ;D <br />Would you believe my son has more pairs of shoes than I do? And that's just counting his sports shoes ... there's one with spikes for bowling, another for batting, normal all-purpose sports shoes, football shoes,sprinting shoes .... somewhere Nike / Reebok must be laughing. I think he's trying to meet their annual sales target!<br />Politics? Your breakfast / dinner conversations must be very interesting!Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834259211447876563.post-37743056055859701812009-10-02T06:41:11.238+05:302009-10-02T06:41:11.238+05:30I loved this one - had me laughing and shaking my ...I loved this one - had me laughing and shaking my head all the way! Why? Because I have the same thing going on at home! Well, not identical, but similarly crazy. The son is a basketball maniac, the husband is a politics-junkie. Both equally ridiculous, in my opinion. Our apartment is a veritable minefield of balls and shoes, and 25 years ago I'd never have believed that I would be having the kind of "conversations" I have today.<br />Your last two anecdotes were the best! And so perfectly representative of how men and women differ!Kaminihttp://kaminidandapani.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com