Collapsing Cricket dreams of a Troubled Nation

Not to be surprised, another interesting news is here. The invitation of Pak Cricket control board to play three Tests, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 game in a series proposed for October has been turned down by Sri Lanka Cricket authorities. The troubled nation’s cricket dreams are really struggling. 

Perhaps the Sri Lankan board would have given his consent for the proposed tournament, but the recent attack on Pak Naval base shut down all the chances. Where the defense forces and their equipments are not safe, even the utter fools in the world would never get ready to be the guest of that death zone.

Everybody would agree with me that perhaps it was the almighty, who rescued the Lankan team from that certain death circumstances on March 2009. After the attack, the only foreign team is Afghanistan, which has dared to play a tournament in Pak. As the Afghan team is a second level team in world cricket, it will make no difference to other team’s convictions about the risks in playing cricket there. The ongoing peace talks between India & Pak would have resulted in convincing BCCI to send his team to Pak. But, the death of Bin Laden and the upshots have ruined those plans already. 


Not only the security concerns, but also the allegations of match fixing and the involvement of leading players in those cases have created distrust for them all over the world. I am sure that at present no teams in the world are willing to see Pakistan team against them in the gentleman’s game. So, it’s the time for Pak democrats and players to take necessary steps to keep cricket alive in Pak before it’s too late. 

World's most expensive coffee!

Can you ever imagine, what is the highest price that can be charged for a cup of coffee? Then look at these figures.

Degree of Coffee

Degree of coffee is often heard in Tamil Nadu. Many people don’t know what is degree coffee and why degree?

In olden days many households in far south, particularly in Thanjavur & Trichy districts of Tamil Nadu, used lactometers to measure the density of milk to find out whether it had been adulterated with water.

International Rates of Tiger Body Parts

Tigers are being killed for their body parts. There are a huge demand for tiger body parts in China and other countries. Given below are some uses & values of tiger body parts in international market.

•  Skin :- Used for display and to treate mental illness. Skins are sold around 20 to 25 thousand dollars.
• Brain:- Used to treat lazyness and pimples. Brains are sold around $2000.
• Nose leather:- used to treat super facial wounds and minor bites. It Costs around $500.
• Bones:- Used in treatment of arthritis, general weakness, headaches, stiffness and paralysis in lower back and leg. These are sold around $500 per Kg.
• Whiskers:- used to treat toothache. These are sold around $100.
• Eyeballs:- Used to treat epilepsy and malaria. It costs around $250 to $350 per pair.
• Gall bladder:- The bile is used in treatment of convulsions and meningitis in children. It costs around $400.
• Teeth:- Used to treat fever, rabies and asthma. Tooth is sold at $10 per piece.
• Fat:- Used as a cure for vomiting, dog bites, bleeding, and hemorrhoids. Fats are sold at $400 per Kg.
• Claws:- Used as a sedative for insomnia and are sold at $ 480.
• Penis:- Used in love potions and as an aphrodisiac, are sold at $200 -$500
• Trail:- In powdered form used to treat skin diseases, are sold at $600.

Courtsey : India Today