Everyone in Indian sub continent is gripped by a peculiar type of fever......The World Cup Fever.
From conversations on a road side stall to conversations in boardrooms of India Inc.....everyone is talking about cricket or rather everyone is 'living cricket'.
All 1.21 billion Indians unanimously pray for India to win this world cup and that is what I dislike.
I know after reading this many of you speculate or even question whether I am really 'Indian'.....well my friend trust me I am as Indian as anybody in India, what I dislike is the way in which we show that we are united.
Consider this, we are living in a nation whose 60% population is below poverty line....a nation who is far below in health care services and primary education facilities than its international counterparts.....a nation which is gradually turning into a viscous cobwebs of scams......a nation where business honchos spend millions of dollars on buying tickets to watch India-Pak semi but, they frown when Warren Buffet try to convince them to give a part of their wealth towards philanthropy.
The way we are supporting our team for the cup is magnificent, we are praying, singing jingles, fasting, doing whatever we could.....all that only for cricket.
We are doing all this because if we will win than we will be recognized as the best cricketing nation, that's good to think about our country.....but don't we want ourselves to be recognized as the least corrupt nation....or as the country with highest literacy rate....or as a nation which 'thinks globally and act locally'.
What I mean to say is that there are many more serious issues that our country is dealing with...always blaming the government for the misfortunes of the citizens of the country will never ease our miseries.....so I believe we must pay real heed to the stigmas that prevail in our society and try to improve the conditions of our people by "acting unitedly", as we are doing for the game called 'cricket'......
