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12 angry men.

The movie begins with a court trial in New York court house indicting a kid who was considered to be brutally murder his own father. The Judge,seemed tired, had decided upon the jury to take the decision whether guilty or for acquittal. The Jury comprised of 12 jurors. Everybody in their mind had already decided the boy was guilty & should be hanged till death. Leaving the verdict to be decided by the jury the judge retires. The jury decidedly moved to a private room for the decision regarding the boy's fate. It was a hot, humid day. Almost everybody was soaked up in sweat. Before they sat down few had refreshments. Later rain brought relief to the jurors who were disgusted in over spending of time on a topic which had nothing to argue on. Note: There were no names used of anybody till the end. First round of voting started with 11-1 guilty to not-guilty. The eleven jurors were taken aback. Few were raged, taken aback  & equally awestruck as the one who voted not guilty...

World Cup 2015: The era of new bloods.

2nd April, 2011. Enthralled with emotions & overwhelmed with jitters. One might have skipped a heart beat or two.  Can any patriotic Indian forget this night? Those who've witnessed the cricket match between India & Sri Lanka held at Wankhede stadium(Mumbai), would long cherish the memories forever. But time moves on. Now here we are,after four years,on the brink of another world cup to begin. A month is left for one of the great tournaments in cricketing game to begin. Indian team is busy playing Australia in the Border- Gavaskar trophy with 2-0 down & a new skipper in records. Hats off to the great MSD for his contributions to the Indian Test Cricket Team apart from the dismal performance in the overseas. The statistics explicitly suggests his average took a plunge in recent years. Despite this he will be hailed as a hero for for taking the team to great heights, rank one in test rankings. The BCCI selectors have had a herculean task to select 15 players out of 3...