Mumbai Diary: Sunday shorts

Light rightFor Mumbaikars it is important to know that June is actually the gay pride month where the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender LGBT community and the gay movement is marked in different ways across the globeSalzburg Salute Gay themed traffic lights PicAFPThe citys gay community and others too should be interested in knowing that so many countries are way ahead of India when it comes to gay visibility and rights and we do not mean just by the gay marriage aspect A combination of pictures shows new traffic lights showing female l and male r samesex couples in ViennaThe Austrian city of Salzburg unveiled these gaythemed pedestrian traffic lights recently We can hear the LGBT Mumbai community saying Mumbai banega Shanghai Mumbai banega Singapore No Mumbai banega SalzburgSmile submergeWe love how social media becomes corny in situations like Fridays deluge when the city was submerged Then those with little to do start clicking madly and spreading some light and laughter Not drownin but clownin Boys at Dadar TT do the flip on Friday PicRuchita ShahLike those ever clever ones were talking about Varun Dhawan and Prabhu Devas movie called Any Body Can Dance ABCD So they played upon the acronym and changed it to ABCD Any Body Can Drown Lots of ho ho ho amidst the H2Woe we sayThe cricketing We Didnt Start the FireTrust England and Australia to promote a big cricket series in the best possible way With the traditional Ashes series to be held in England this summer broadcasters Sky Sports have started promoting the battle with a rendition of Billy Joels We Didnt Start the FireSky Sports commentators David Lloyd and David Gower speak to Ian WardThe track with cricketing lyrics is sung by rock star Elio Pace The video features Skys star commentators like David Gower David Lloyd Mike Atherton Nasser Hussain Michael Holding et al as well as top Ashes performers over the yearsWonder what American music legend Billy Joel thinks of it Now for some Wedidntstartit trivia In the opening Test of the 197475 Ashes series in Brisbane England stalwart Tony Greig bowled a bouncer which did not hit Aussie tailender Dennis Lillee but the pace demon fell on his crease as wicketkeeper Alan Knott completed the catchAs he walked into the dressing room a fuming Lillee told his captain mdash sunday midday columnist Ian Chappell mdash just remember who started this When Chappelli expressed his bewilderment Lillee repeated just remember who started itIt would be fair to say that this incident kicked off the bouncer war however onesided that was in that series in which England were pummeled 41 thanks to the pace of Lillee and Jeff Thomson Anyway the lyrics of the cricket version of We Didnt Start the Fire goes like this And the video is on YouTubeDonald Bradman Peter May At The Oval Final Day Little Urn Bobs perm Double U G Grace Walter Hammond Mitchell Johnson At The Gabba Big Decision Chris Broad Ponsford Riiiiiiiiiichie Benaud Larwoods Bodyline Athers slips on 99 Laker Jones dive Gower flying in the sky Baggy Greens swingseam Warnies ball in 93 Ricky Ponting Pratty gets him Freddie makes the bails flyWe didnt start the fire10 11 whitewash Nasser and that toss Tubby Taylor Sherminator Brigadierbloc Swansongs followons Headingley 81Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Harmys shocking first ball Brett Lee on his knees Aussies got a winning team Davy Warner third man Andy Flowers Engerland Jon Snow final Test Manchester yes ChefThommo Lillee fierce pace Bumble smacked in that place We didnt start the fire