I turned 25 and I wasn’t feeling great about it in the first place. On the eve and probably around 00 hours when I turned 25, India had the penultimate nail on their world cup dream coffin… I must have spent at least a fifth of my 25 years playing, watching, reading, talking , thinking and of late blogging on/ about cricket. It was pretty painful seeing the team lose and be knocked out. And despite my best guesses it’s kinda apparent that matches were not rigged. (Did Bob’s untimely mishap prevent it is a question beyond me to answer)
What was more infuriating was the pace at which the heroes were written off!!! People taking funerals for the hitherto heroes?? Guys, how would u feel if someone had a mock funeral for your beloved?? (If you don’t feel a thing and you do a mock funeral, I would like to ask providence on why valuable space is blocked up for the other masses) This is the bane of making the great game reach the illiterate/ emotionally freaky/ educated yet uncultured masses… If what was seen on TV was any indication, there is no dearth for these people around the country….
It’s one of those days am ashamed to be an Indian… Not that the team has let the down… Everybody have their share of bad hair days…. One doesn’t chop the head off for that!! You make what amends are needed… Agreed they earn too much money, agreed that their success in life is not directly relatable to success on field… But who is the layman to judge their levels of integrity. They make huge sacrifices and what they earn is the price. Who wouldn’t want more money?? Who wouldn’t wanna cash in on their fame and earn more without doing anything that’s morally bad??
The friggin media is gonna be the end of the world… The day they want them they are heroes, the day they are down they are battered… News in today’s world of “Listed media companies” has lost its meaning… They will run any story that brings in TRP… My kind request is please don’t portray the burning of effigies, mock funeral, setting fire to pictures on the prime news!!!
The takeaways are – Cricket is a sport… For most Indians (including me) it is a religion since I’ve spent more time thinking about it rather than God. I don’t trash god or burn him or beat him when I feel let down… I’ve not been able to find god, for crying out loud :) :)
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you…. Oh my fellow lovers, I can understand the emotions… But don’t be morons… If u hate them don’t watch them… It’s better than beating their families up, or burning them… How sad is it that you made the captain beg you for the safety of the team’s families… Be prudent, be critics, be purists and not terrorists…
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