Cricket is almost a religion in India and like so many things in the religion which you would like to change but you cant, I guess its the same with the Indian cricket. I really fail to understand all the hoo- haa that this game has generated for the last 2 days. I agree that it was an achievement to win against Australia in their home ground but does it solicit so much of attention that people throng the airports and gherao the roads to garland the team. It almost seemed like the cricket team had won a world war and come!!
There is a limit to which one can go to felicitate these crciket icons. In a country where we have a raging debate going on about the waiver of 60 thousand crores to farmers by the goverment, the cricket board shamelessly gave away 10 crores to the players,who are already minting millions through endorsements. Why doesn't this cricket board ever think of sharing their philanthropic ideas on something more important to the country, especially when we have a well known politican running the BCCI show.
Have you ever heard of such glorification and celebration being carried out in China, Russia or the other more athletic countries in this world, which take away pots of gold every time the Olympics are held. May be there lies the reason for our failing to make a mark in a lot of things....... we just carry things too far..... be it celebration or criticism....we just fail to maintain a balance!
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