It’s just not cricket

Making sense of the good, bad and often strange trending topics online

It's just not cricket

Making sense of the good, bad and often strange trending topics online

Our lives would be a lot less colourful without the presence of a certain Lalit Modi. The former IPL Czar became a trending topic after Indian cricket board chief Shashank Manohar rejected his latest tirade against the BCCI.

Someone called Madhavan Narayanan commented: 'I think Modi is working towards a Cricketpal, like the Lokpal.' Tanmay Bhat added: 'Somebody please remind Modi that this is Twitter, not Sach Ka Saamna.'

Eventually, a certain Muneeb Raja spoke for the majority: 'This saas-bahu drama between the BCCI and Lalit Modi is so obnoxiously boring.'
Writing on Wall
Rahul Dravid completed 15 years in Test cricket on June 20, 2011. Apparently, 'The Wall' made his debut against England on that day. Naturally, he clogged timelines, and for a fairly long period of time too.

As Pawan Kumar pointed out: 'Normally, trending topics appear and disappear before one realizes it, but Dravid is trending for almost as long as he stays at the crease!'

A particularly pertinent comment came from someone using the handle SassySups: 'The gentleman completes 15 years in a game that has no longer remained a gentleman's game.' Rightly put, I thought.

It's not you
How would you define 'relationship killers'? Folk online listed everything from 'not being able to hold conversations' and 'not giving attention when it matters' to the age-old 'focusing on the negative all the time.'
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Two instances appealed to me though. This: 'The first time a girl complains about me sleeping in my Batman costume sorry babe, out you go.' And, this: 'Oh, her? Oops, forgot to tell you... I have a daughter.'

The last word
Writer Shobhaa De does not like the concept of Slutwalk. She made that very clear: 'What's with this pathetic 'me too' rubbish? Exhibitionism by another name. What next? Studwalk? Pimpstrut? Cheap stunt, aur kya?'