First of all my most sincere apologies to my readers for not being able to reach out to you since a long long time…. I’ m seriously sorry friends….but THOUGHTS AND PEPPER had actually run out of thoughts….. ;)
But I’ m back…with a sack full of new, a bit peppy and of course, a bit hatke vichaar s going haywire in my mind……with a pinch of pepper sprinkled on them……as usual… J
The latest thought that is running in my mind….well I should say, the one that seemed the most appealing to me at this point of time is…
The World Cup Scenario….
Cricket has been since years followed as a religion in our country. The craze, the passion for it has been unending. Cricketers being worshipped as gods, and celebrated as film personalities. This has been the tradition in our country, followed from the time India proved its mettle in the 1983 World Cup. Since then, be it the kids playing gali- cricket in the street, the school or college students playing on the playgrounds or be it the group of old people sitting together hearing to the live commentary on the transistor, after every four years, every Indian has dreamt of seeing the world cup in the hands of the Indian team…
But this craze is not only limited to the world cup matches…of course not….there is one more platform where cricket is accompanied with the same mania, same zeal and same enthusiasm….well….no points for guessing, .. The answer is…. INDIA- PAKISTAN matches….
Whatever be the reasons for it, the craze for any India Pakistan match is umm……..sorry guys but I am seriously out of words to describe it….. And I don’t think any Indian needs words to understand it…. I mean cricket is in our veins guys…
During such matches, it seems that every Indian has been given a strong dose of adrenaline, a boost in their veins ….the hoots when Yuvraj or Dhoni play a master stroke, the mourning when Sachin returns to the pavilion scoring a nervous ninety, the shrieks when Gambhir or Raina are saved from being run- out, or the loud shouts of joy when Bhajji takes a wicket….all these moments do not seem less than a massive moment of celebration, just as the birth of a child at home, most of the times, even more than that… The craze is unbeatable, unmatchable and unimaginable…
Coming back to the current scenario, i.e. World Cup 2011…
It seems that some o the major upsets in the history of cricket have been created in this world cup. Taking a look at the last three matches, Pakistan reaching the semi finals giving West Indies a humungous defeat by ten wickets, the other day New Zealand defeating the giants of the game, the South African team…and the one that is of utmost importance to every Hindustani… India throwing out the Australian team; which has been taking the cup home consecutively for the past two times; in the quarter finals itself. This came as a real pleasant surprise for every Indian who was glued on the seats in front of the idiot box for hours on a stretch just to watch the fate of the world cup trophy, or I should say, just to decide within themselves “Will the cup be ours this time?????”
The excitement, the joy, the happiness knew no bounds… Cricket fans celebrating India’s victory over the Victors in every possible way…
Viewing the current situation, and the teams India has to compete with now to claim a right over the cup, it seems somewhat predictable that this year the trophy is ours…. However as goes a famous saying…
“Do Not Count Your Chickens before They Hatch”…
Though now this rule is very less applicable, even then, all we can do is just wait and watch what the destiny holds for the Indian team as well as for the World Cup Dream of every Indian….
So with my best wishes to the Indian Cricket team, Dhoni and his MEN IN BLUE,…and also with a hope that the dream is fulfilled… here is Roshni Punjabi signing off, promising to be back soon, with some more thoughts, and of course… a tinge of pepper… J
Adios readers…
And
Chak De India… :)
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