I remember the episode you mention of everything being Indian. The best bit about that was Sanjeev saying the Royal Family were indian as Charles still lived with his mother and they had arranged marriages Class!

Back to MJ – for UK viewers, his interview with Bashir is on ITV on Thursday (watch it on youtube at your will).

“Walli-Miah Shakker-Piye” ..that sounds like an Indian name, He is INDIAN!!!!!!

“It is better to burn out, than to fade away “

Maybe Mai-Ka-Lal Jai-Kishen ( as he is known in Rural India) also believed in the same Philosophy.

Although i was never a fan of Michael Jackson in the past few years as compared to the many diehard fans he has all across the Globe but I have to admit that just like many other kids growing in India and all over the World I did grew with him and infact Michael Jackson’s last good/decent album Dangerous was the first English Album i ever purchased when i was around 11 Years old so in a way i was a fan of his but when i discovered more music later on in life i moved on and also his addiction to antidepressives and drugs also led him to lose some of his fanbase.

The reason why I still respect Michael Jackson is because i see him purely from his music point of view and just like Beatles(although i dont agree) and Elvis before him did produce something which could be said New and Innovative or ahead of its times similarly Michael Jackson’s combination of Lyrics,Music and unforgettable Dance Moves makes him truly a Legend as far as Music goes whether he was an Angel in real life or not that is not my concern, what is more important is that he was the best at what he did and i will always look up/ be impressed by such people because there are very few people who know at a very early age as to what their destiny is and maybe deep down inside somewhere i am also looking for that one thing in which i can excel, whether it is Cricket, German Language or for that matter anything else but if one finds that One Thing which when you do, doesnt feel like a job and at the same time you give your best shot then and only then one can find eternal happiness or as some say achieve Nirvana.

KARACHI: Former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq believes flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi should succeed Younis Khan as Pakistan’s next Twenty20 captain.

Younis announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricket after leading the country to the World Cup last month in England and Inzamam felt Afridi would be the right replacement.

“I would back Afridi because he has performed outstandingly in the World Cup and he enjoys this form of the game. Plus, he has proven himself leading the Karachi and Sindh teams in domestic cricket,” Inzamam said.

It was very important that whoever led Pakistan was a good performer himself and led by example, he said.

“Don’t forget we just nine months to prepare for the defence of our title in the World Cup in the West Indies next year,” Inzamam added.

Afridi has said he is not running after the captaincy but if he got the chance it would be a big honour for him to lead the country.

On Younis’ decision to quit Twenty20, Inzamam said his decision must be respected.

“I would not say whether he took the right decision or not. But the fact is it is his decision and it must be respected,” Inzamam said.

LAHORE: Mavrick fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said that he was fit when he was dropped from the T20World Cup squad, and is still fit now.

Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, Shoaib, who had made many ins and outs due to fitness and indiscipline problems in the past, said that he was dropped on medical grounds even though a fitness test was never taken.

‘I think it was the desire of the PCB not to select me for the T20 World Cup,’ he said.

He said the PCB also did an illegal and immoral act by announcing the name of his disease through an official press release.

‘I have the right to move the court of law at that time but decided not to do that because of the central contract, and I did not want to create any trouble for the national cricket ahead of the mega event’ he said.

Despite complaining about the PCB attitude, Shoaib was more critical against manager of the national team Yawar Saeed and head coach Intikhab Alam for dropping him from the squad. Shoaib said he could file a legal case against them.

Shoaib said he could play Test and ODI cricket and he would be more useful if the PCB used him in Test cricket after breaks.

Michael Jackson was gay.

As someone who works as a lawyer and deals with abuse cases, i can say that those who are alleged abusers dont have a “break” as such, which is what happened with the first abuse case in 1993, and then another one years later. If MJ was REALLY a “kiddyfiddler” (as we criminal lawyers call them) then where were all the abused kiddies coming out of the woodwork once charged were made? Nope, none.

If i had a child who had been abused, i wouldnt settle out of court. Heck i’d want the “alleged” peadophile to be convicted so that other kids wouldnt suffer the same as mine. But that didnt happen did it? Sure some might say the parents didnt want the kid to go through the ordeal of cross examination and to be made out as a liar, but give over….puh-lease! Principles were obviously cashed in, if there were any in the first place (!)

First charges settled out of court, second charges…acquitted.

Sure the guy was eccentric, he put his eccentricity on display, and others cashed in on this, as well as his vulnerability and exploited the poor guy, including his own father.

He did a lot for kids, for Africa and for the black/white issue (despite becoming white later on in life, lol) as well as black music world over.

RIP Michael Jackson – i’m sure you’ve gone to a better place inshaAllah.

Khansahab – giving you factual information re. the “alleged and apparent” abuse MJ bestowed on kids is something i have no interest in doing. Let your mind run rife with opinions of the great guy, for which you obviously have zero knowledge of.

Til next time – mwah! xox

“A mind can only see what it is prepared to see.” If people have this bent of mind that you can’t fit Abdul Razzaq in the team then you can’t, I don’t see why you can’t fit him in the team if there is an open slot, or you create a slot by spotting the weak-link that is creating a negative impact on the team. That number 7 slot you think is very valuable for Akmal, it is the same for Abdul Razzaq. He has played at that number for many, many years.

And, Pakistan has shuffled their batting order more than any team in the world to find an opening pair after Saeed Anwar and, right now they have limitation due to the unavailability of players in the squad and they do not want to call someone from home, they can ask Akmal to open the innings. You jettison Butt and Malik and get in Abdul Razzaq and Fawad Alam.

In order to survive in the team, Malik would like to play at any number in any capacity. Remember during Inzamam days they shuffled him up and down and he used to say that he is flexible and can play at any number. Keeping Salman Butt in the team after repeated failures is a blunder after blunder, Pakistan is losing matches because of him. The moment they dropped him in the WC T20, Pakistan started to win matches.

If an aircraft is carrying a drag it consumes more fuel and it cannot attain the desired speed hence it creates a double negative effect and the same goes for the team. Malik and Butt are a drag, they are making Pakistan lose and they are killing the spirit of the other young players.

As regards Kamran Akmal opening the batting in test matches, I have said enough in my previous comments in this thread and in the previous thread hence, I do not wish to add anything further on the subject and my views are still the same.