Friday, April 1, 2011

How do you make one billion people disappear?



Any tourist who happened to be in India last Wednesday,  must have been wondering if evacuation orders had been given to over a billion people and where on earth did they all go?  Indian streets, stores and restaurants were virtual ghost towns. The reason? The entire country was gripped in Cricket fever as India played against Pakistan in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup. 

Televisions, on-line streaming videos and radio's relayed the war like match to billions in India and abroad, who watched with families and friends, biting their nails in anticipation of every ball hit and whether it would be a catch or not. Even those not interested in Cricket would have been caught up in the tension, anticipation and cheer of every stroke, run or near miss...just from the energy of those around them. Needless to say, India went on to win the match (followed by the spontaneous cheers of the same billion people and lakhs of rupees worth of crackers burst to celebrate the historic win) and will now play the finals this Saturday against Srilanka in Mumbai. 
So come Saturday -  India turns Ghost Country once again!







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