Cricket...... Just a game with Ball and Bat with 6 wickets........ Some people call it as a version of Baseball, some call it similar to golf, some call it mix of the baseball and golf........do they really know what cricket is ..........
I tried to explain one of my dutch friend about what cricket for us means:
- It is a religion for 1.2 billion people in India
- It is an essay which any Indian kid in a school could write without fear, knowledge and tuition
- It is an encyclopedia whose figures and facts are known to every Indian
- It is a Degree Course which every Indian completes in their Mother's womb
- It is wave which starts from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Jaisalmer to Assam
- It is an emoticon defaulted for all Indian software and chats
- It is a gossip far crispy than gossip gals and desperate housewives
- It is a passion which drives the nation towards 9% growth annually
- It is something which turns griefs into happiness and Death into lives
- It is something which makes a girl feel jealous as they are deprived of focus from their mate
- It is which makes a scholarly lose his scholarship and a dumb to gains wisdom
- It is Cola with No Ice and Whiskey with a high Price
- It is always a discussion at Tea or Dine, at sea or skyline
- It is for which Sleepless nights and stressful days don't matter
- It is a song with lyrics unknown
- It is a day's meal for the poor and an investment for the rich
- It is life at once and death at none
- It is Mother's blessing and Father's vision
- It is the Blood which flows inside each Indian...... BLUE
I can't explain all what Cricket means to us in our lives.... I could just write that every Indian BLEEDS BLUE !!!!
When cricket is ON in India nothing else could remain ON..... As whole of India comes to a stand-still, Colleges are bunked, Schools deserted, Offices in Canteens, Kitchen in TV rooms...
WE just don't love the game... WE live it !!!
Cheers,
Bleed Blue INDIAN
