“Just suspended. Wait - we have just begun. Had a restful day. Been in the spa all day. Much needed rest.” Lalit Modi tweeted after being suspended from the post of IPL commissioner. But despite his false bravado one thing is clear that he is no longer the poster boy of Indian cricket. The politicians he hobnobbed with not so long ago ,now treat him as pariah ever since income tax sleuths began investigating charges of money laundering and host of other charges in the IPL. His political friends have ganged up against him because they want to save their skins for they too have reaped rich dividends from the money spinning Indian Premium League. I must admit that I am happy with Lalit Modi’s downfall because he tried to malign the clean image of Shashi Throor ,one of my favourite politicians by making the ownership pattern of Kochi IPL team public on twitter, of which Throor, being a cricket aficionado, was a mentor. Sunanda Pushker,Throor’s close friend had a 5 % sweat equity in Rendezvous Sport World, a partner in the consortium which bought the Kochi team. He did not make the ownership pattern of any other team public. The media and opposition parties accused Throor of being corrupt, saying he had invested in the team through Sunanda. Ultimately he had to resign from the union cabinet. Throor says that his name will be cleared because he has not committed any crime and I trust him, so do innumerable people.

When a lot of muck was being thrown at Throor ,Modi must have been very happy ,patting his back for having successfully plotted the former’s downfall, I wonder what he is thinking about his own fall from grace, I wish I knew. Any ways i am sure Throor will make a comeback in the union cabinet. He is a dream politician who is intelligent, suave, articulate, well read .honest, and of course good looking. We need more politicians like him. I have read in the papers that he is going to marry Sunanda,I wish him all the best.His girl friend is undoubtedly very beautiful.

Sooner rather than later a film will be made on the meteoric rise and the spectacular fall of Lalit Kumar Modi,.Which hero will be best suited to play him? I am unable to decide. Suggest some names guys