Whats all the hoopla about anyway?

Well, our boys in blue have disappointed us.... but so what? does it mean that that is the end of life? does it mean that the boys are not capable enogh to deliver next time? does it mean that we as a nation go into mourning, or even worse start our blame-game? No it does not mean any of the above things. I recently read in the news paper that one man died of a cardiac arrest after the india-srilanka match, unable to take the shock. and what is worst is that the man in question was into a marriage just about an year old. I dont feel so sorry for the man as much as i feel for his wife. that according to me was one of the most ghastly ways in which a marriage ended.

why do we attach so much importance to a game? or for that matter why do we always attach so much importance to things which dont really matter? we go into national mourning for amazingly stupid reasons, reasons like a character from a popular(??) daily soap (one of the many churned from the K-Serial factory) dies, so much is the outcry that the character had to be "brought back from the dead" (eventually paving way for a million other characters to follow track). are we losing our duscretionary capabilities? where do we draw the line so that we can enjoy a game for what it is and take winning or losing it as a part of the game?

the ammount of money that goes into cricket is sensational. so the honchos of cricket have every reason to cash in on it. the players are not just millionaires but more, with all the sponsors, advertizing assignments etc. have we commercialised the game so much that it loses the very basis for which it all started? that is to watch our players play good sport! but it is not them who are to be blamed. it is us and only us. it is us who have elevated the game to such a pedastal that it lost all its charm as a game and gained a religious status. we have stopped seeing the players as humans who are capable of committing mistakes but have deified them and expect them to deliver superman-ish results everytime.

i am not a cricket fan and i will never be one. so i may not really know the emotional upheaval that one goes through when india is playing. but i do know friends who are crazy about the game and who watch the game purely out of love for the game. they still watch the game and want the best team to win. that, according to me is the attitude to watch it. watching a game for the fun of it is good, even healthy. maybe it is time for young india to realise that they are being robbed out of their pockets only because of their gullibleness. vent that passion for things more important. things that can bring to india much more than a cup. things that could bring smiles not only on the players faces(and lots of booty in that pockets), but on atleast one underpriveledged!

we are the beacons for the indian future. let us not waste ourselves for so meanial a reason like a lost game! let us be game for cricket and more!