Thank u Venka; a magician spinner; after nadkarni one who can deliver maiden overs; Kishore song dedicated https://youtu.be/9dcBy2uXL7E FILM YARAANA AMITAB KR IRS 271023
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chittanandam V R <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 19:06 Subject: Tribute to Bishen Singh Bedi To: For those who know Pakistan Cricketers of 70s, you would remember Intikhab Alam and here he is : โ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐: โ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐โ, ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: '๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!' (From the Indian Express) ---- Who will call me every then and now in the evening and will request me to sing a Louis Armstrong song? Who will give me compliments about my singing? Who will pull my leg about some of my random dismissals during my playing day? I am heartbroken. I have lost a part of my heart today. I canโt express in words how I am feeling. I have lost a friend, a younger brother. Last year, around the same time, we met at the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara. He forced me to sing Louis Armstrongโs songs, held my hand, we smiled, we cried. Those were some of the most beautiful few hours of my life. I can still recall his smiling face, waving us goodbye once he crossed the border. I have known him since 1971. I was playing county cricket for Surrey. Bishan was there with the Indian team for their England tour. The first time we interacted was in a match during that tour. India was playing Surrey and they had fielded three spinners, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and Bishan. I hit two or three sixes off Bishanโs bowling. All of them were over his head and those were massive ones. After the third six, he came to me and said โKaptaan ji dusre bhi bowler hai, mujhe baksh do, mere peeche kyu pad gaye (Captain, there are other bowlers as well. Please show some mercy, why are you after my life).โ After the dayโs play, he came to Surreyโs dressing room. I was dying to talk to someone in Punjabi. Then we never looked back. The same year, we spent five months in Australia playing for the World XI. There were players from six or seven different countries. Gary Sobers was the captain. I was the vice captain. Bishan came up with the idea that since it is a long tour, we should at least meet once a week outside the ground. I made a Sunday club. Once a week, we used to hang out. We used to eat, drink, sing and dance. I used to sing for them. This is where he listened to Jazz for the first time and fell in love with Louis Armstrongโs songs. We were similar in every sense. People always talk about his action, and how great a bowler he was. I used to tease him โOye Sardar tu bowling karta hai ya Ghalib ke sher sunata haiโ (You are bowling or you are reciting Ghalibโs poem). Such a beautiful action he had. He was a magician with the ball but besides that, he was a great human being. I have never seen anyone as genuine as Bishan. There was no fakeness in him. He was the same inside out. I used to get worried because of his personality. Whenever I used to warn him, โBishan, sometimes it is okay to be diplomatic.โ In his younger days, he would reply, โI will try.โ After his retirement, he would say, โab toh aadat daal lo (At least get used to it now).โ I can go on and on and on about Bishan. It is indeed a sad day for world cricket. We have lost a gem. Our friendship will continue till the time I am alive. He loved me like his elder brother. I loved him like my younger brother. I may never sing Louis Armstrongโs songs. Maybe, once we meet in another life. Today, I will dedicate a Kishore Kumar song, another favourite singer of ours. This, from the movie Yaarana, is for Bishan, โTere jaisa yaar kahaan, kahan aisa yaarana, yaad karegi duniya, tera mera afsana.โ Khuda hafiz, my friend. Keep a glass of red wine ready for me. Until next time!โ What an emotional farewell message upon the demise of Bedi! Great souls! Received from Venkatnathan. Chittanandam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoryA7xiJkVKDdpGVQsLzYE%3DGqLkqCEohwxcaUfSE-SPeA%40mail.gmail.com.
