Day dreaming
19th June 2011 was a day of celebrations, literally. For most of the world it was Father’s Day, for those lucky farmers in UP, it was Kisan Adhikar Divas (Farmers’ Rights Day) as it also happened to be the birth day of one Rahul Gandhi. The problem that one has for most of these days is that they end up being just that. One day to show one’s love and respect to the parents, farmers etc etc etc. For the remaining 364 days it’s business as usual.
With cricket producing so many characters, one believes that the cricketing world should too have these days on the birth days of their favourite cricketers. A few do spring to one’s mind
- S Sreesanth - World Mental Health Day
- Ricky Ponting – International Day of Tolerance
- Munaf Patel - Safe driving Day (Speed thrills but kills so reduce your speed mate)
- Darrell Hair – Celebrate Baldness Day (Sometimes Hair loss is good for every one concerned)
- Simon Katich – Senior Citizens’ Day
- Shane Warne - International Women’s Day
- Greg Chappell – International Youth Day
- Ian Chappell - Brother's Day
- Mohammed Amir - International Anti-Corruption Day
- Mohd Asif - International Day Against Drug Abuse
- Shahid Afridi - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- Lalit Modi - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (at least of Cricketers)
- Steve Bucknor - International Day of Disabled Persons
- Ramesh Powar - World Food Day
There obviously can be many more. Most of these days are actually celebrated, a few have been invented by oneself. But none can be more apt than Harbhajan Singh’s Birthday. It shall be called Mother’s Sister’s Day.