Make way for India – The champions of the world

Yes!!!!!!!! Team India has done it…Unbelievable but true – India is the Cricketing champion of the world. You got to see it to believe it. The festive mood, the crackers bursting, the screams, the people dancing on roads…..its Jubilation all around. Wonderful feeling, I guess a lot of people who saw the match will proudly say, we were there when it all happened. I will not go into the details of the match, because I am sure almost everybody might have seen it by holding their pumping hearts in their hands.

I tried to capture the way cricket binds all of us through this photo. Alas!!! It has not come out very clearly, but still I hope it tells the feeling that runs around cricket in India. The photo that you can see is taken in a small street in Hyderabad, I am not sure if you can see it, but there’s a TV right in the middle of the road!!!!!!!! And people all around it eagerly watching the game!!!! Food and snaks were being offered so that people don't miss even a ball!!!!!!!It happens only in India :-). Of course this snap was taken much before we actually won the match, I wonder what it would be like “after” becoming the champions????!!!!!!

The one thing I like about Cricket in India is that it really brings people together. There are no Muslims, there are no Hindu’s, there are no North Indians, there are no south Indians but Indians with Raw emotion – a Hunger to see India win…..Anything that brings this attitude in us ought to be admired.

Sure sometimes you feel that we are giving undue importance to just a Game, we feel there are far more important things that we need to look at. But then again we need to celebrate on our success else we will never appreciate what we miss when we fail. If all India can stand together and dance if a handful of Young Indians win a match – So be it.

Nothing more can I write now, cause I need to have the feeling sink in that India are truly the Champs of the world…..HIP HIP HURREY – CHAK DIYA, INDIA. :-)