For long, Ive cussed at people for not loving cricket. I mean, How can you not?? Ive publicly ridiculed them, safe with the knowledge that out of every 100 people at any social gathering, 98 would be on my side.Indians at least, I have said, should undergo a medical examination if they are found to not love this amazing game.
There were times when I used to proclaim, that I am a cricket lover first, and then a Hindu, a Brahmin etc etc...
But not after today. We were seated in the hall with some relatives who had come over for lunch. The topic veered to cricket.
" How can you not like cricket ? " I posed to my mother and aunt.
" Thank your stars we dont," she replied. "If we did, who would run the house? "
There was a minute's silence, and me and Dad looked at each other. Like she almost always is, my mom was right. I did some thinking.
If my mom was a cricket fanatic, who would cook when the match was on ? Who would serve? Who would attend to the doorbell? Who would do the countless other things that she did when me and Dad sat glued to the TV for hours...
I then proceeded to expand my thoughts beyond my family. Work Colleagues. I remember my batch mate, who wasn't interested in cricket at all. He was my OPD duty partner during internship. So many times ive asked him to stand in for me when Ive sneaked off to watch a game. Would he have let me if he was equally crazy about cricket ?
And not only me, there may be million of others who rely on the "cricket-disinterest" of thousands, to be able to watch the game in peace.
I have decided that will never berate an individual who does not like cricket.
Who knows, he/she may come in handy someday. More sooner than later , I think.
6 comments:
very very true Dr Behere..if it is really not the disinterst of some people in the game it would ot be so conveinient for the cricket fanatics..to enjoy it so much:-) another way to look at cricket being followed as a religion in India..is the serious lack of development of other games. The best part of this post is the photograph:-)
Nice one! Being a cricket fanatic myself I can sense where you are coming from. Rarely do we think about things in such a manner, so it was nice reading your blog.
And like the comment above I too think the picture of the 'cricket' is great :) It just "lifts up" the article.
@ dr.srpunyani:
Thanks.... the photo was a last minute inspiration...
@ Nikhil Kardale:
Thanks nikhil.. but im asking you again, do you know me ?
how did you hear of this blog?
@superdoc
I came across the link to your blog on Ranjeet's blogroll. Ranjeet & me were college mates.
Do visit my blog too sometime :)
hey rohit...i am as always inspired with the writing skills...so touching and honest...its not that i hate cricket but after my grads i just kind of gave some more room to other things as well....in those days winning a game for our country was a miracle and mostly after the match the mood was low and everything seemed so hopeless....so to say, I also started thinking whats so special of this game which takes away my right to be happy and cheerful by bunch of 11 non performers...and from then till now....its every other thing which gains more weightage than this game...I still watch it and sometimes though guilty with the same intensity but come back to normal whence the situation demands and very happy with the change....
Seriously feel that other sports need more or equal attention....or else our kids would be fighting for the berth in the final 16 or 11in coming years...
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