Wednesday 28 March 2012

Número UNO

                 Número UNO is a term coined out for no. 1. Numbers are everywhere! From size zero to jersey no.10, it's everywhere. And you can't live without them.  Hating maths is one thing, but you can't really escape numbers.
                Children will not like solving addition sums but will love to count the runs while playing gully cricket! Or while playing Monopoly, i bet you would love to be the banker even if you don't like mathematics in school.
                Let's start with the superstitions. 786 is regarded as one of the luckiest number. From car plates to Amitabh bachchan's number in "Coolie" or "Deewar", the number  has been seen everywhere. Whereas 13 is regarded as the most dangerous number. And if it's a Friday on the 13th of a month then it is even more dangerous. I just love this day!!!
                Then come the lucky numbers. Dhoni is lucky for India because he wears a jersey no.7 which is his lucky number. Jersey no.10 has it's own tradition that only the best player wears it. Pele, Maradona, and now Messi, and back home, Sachin don the jersey. Dunno how Munaf Patel came out lucky during the world cup tournament wearing a jersey no.13!
               It was the ninth of February in the year 2011. My neighbour's  Daughter ran away with her lover. I consoled her mother and came home to upload this very story when I glanced on the date. And I was mind blown. It was 9.2.11. What a perfect date to run away! Nau do gyaarah! Truly perfect!
              Chetan Bhagat too has a love for numbers!  FIVE point someone, ONE night at a call centre, THREE mistakes of my life, TWO states! No doubt the next book had to have FOUR as a word and even if it was not FOUR it had 2020 (2+2=4)!
               Everything in this world is numbered. It's funny to play with numbers on the car number plates! They say that 666 is the number of the beast! Even songs question us about do aur do paanch kyun nahi?( Farhan Akhtar in ROCK ON!!!)
                So it's obvious that numbers play an important role in our lives. Its up to us to make our lives more comfortable with numbers.

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