A Confectionery

My very first poem, when I was in class 8 :) Trees, Rivers, Oceans and Seas, who provides us with all of these? These are things which may never cease, but trespassers destroy them with real ease. Spring blossoms, winter flakes, Save the earth for our sake. Reduce, re-use recycle now, Save the earth somehow. Snowy white winters that melted into springs, now are just some imaginary things. All this might not forever last, but let us at least preserve the present, if not the past.

Fixing probes, scams, match fixers and what not. So many diseases that have devastated the functioning of the game. A game that’d once bring pride and honor to our country, now comes as a disgrace. Cricket, which became famous throughout our country thanks to our colonial background, is being disturbed by incidents that we could never even think of. Once considered the game of the upper class, cricket gained recognition in our country, when the British Nobles started playing the game in India. It was said, that playing cricket made you superior to people of all masses. Soon enough, the British departed from India, and left back this exciting game for the people. India gained wide popularity around the globe thanks to its talented cricketers. But now, we’re being infamously touted as the ‘ match-fixing nation’ again, because of our players. Even though it is called the Gentleman’s game, it would be an inappropriate title for the game as of now. Marred by controversies an...