Friday, January 14, 2011

Lohri festival



Lohri is a festival of Sikhs. On this day all the farmers in Punjab cut their crops happily. Many people celebrate Lohri with a bonfire. 

Especially in Punjab people organize very big events in which there are many dances and competitions too. I also celebrated Lohri very nicely. 

Near my house there was bonfire first I thought they are warming themselves.Then I remembered that today is Lohri  I also went there ,they all were celebrating it with great joy. There was a big speaker and Punabi songs were playing and they were also doing Bhangra. We also danced.

After sometime we thrown some Pop corns and some dry fruits as Prasad on the bonfire and then we took a round of a bonfire. We also eaten revri,ghazak,popcorn and peanuts.

 When I came back home I saw my mother cooking some special food I asked my mother what is it? she told me that we cook this food “Mangaudi” on Lohri. After that I ate Mangaudi with green chutney, it was very tasty and then I slept.

One amazing fact is that Lohri night is the longest night of the year.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Cricket - The World's 2nd most popular sport

Cricket is a very old sport. It was invented by the Britishers. A large number of people play this sport and so it is the second most popular sport in the world. The first match was played between England and Australia in 1877.

Cricket is an outdoor sport. If you go in any city, village or town you will find that young children only want to play cricket.

There are many famous players who play cricket exceptionally well. There are three forms of cricket
  1. test cricket
  2. one day cricket and
  3. 20-20.

    Now let's describe these forms in detail:
    In Test matches it is a game of five days.
In One day, the name suggests that it is a game of one day. It is of 50 overs. The third form of cricket 20-20 is the most exciting game of all the three forms, it is of 20 overs.

When a cricket match is held, all the cricket lovers come to the stadium to motivate and enjoy the game. Those who cannot come to watch it live they are able to watch on the television. When the match is going its just looking like a war is going on.
Sachin Tendulkar (pic courtesy: telegraph.co.uk)

All young children want to be cricketers. I also want to be a cricketer as I am a young boy. Our country India's ranking is No.1 in all the forms of cricket. Our country's captain is Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Sachin Tendulkar - I believe that you all may be familiar with this name.He is the God of Cricket he has played the maximum numbers of matches and scored the maximum number of runs in International Cricket.Sachin Tendulkar has scored 51centuries and 46 centuries in one day matches.

There are many more famous cricketers like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mike Hussey, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, etc.