"played by 22 flanneled fools being watched by 22000...."
WHAT?
22000??
Yet, you may not be far off....in terms of the 'act of watching' or more precisely whiling away time. But, we love this game and indulge in an act of wishful self-fooling!!
Do you know, people live and die for this game...some make living and many die literally!! You would have, if you had watched the reactions to the loss of Pakistani team in their first two World Cup 2015 matches.
Fortunately, I am not a Pakistani.... and not fool enough.....I value my TV set, and certainly my life, more!
Who knows, the guy on the picture below, may have been taking his TV to a repair shop...!
Who knows, the guy on the picture below, may have been taking his TV to a repair shop...!
However, it does bring happiness, it does....for me and for billions.
Was it not your Bard who said "One man's tragedy is another man's comedy"? Somebody in some country find a loss tragic and break their whatever, in despise and somebody else find it comical enough to film and telecast it and make billions laugh at the tragedy and the loss of...!
Was it not your Bard who said "One man's tragedy is another man's comedy"? Somebody in some country find a loss tragic and break their whatever, in despise and somebody else find it comical enough to film and telecast it and make billions laugh at the tragedy and the loss of...!
I hear you murmur...in the grave..."What sort of a world is this...." You may have understood many things, which made you worthy of nobel prize, but....
When music sung or played by someone else, when movies and drama written and enacted by someone else can bring happiness, why not this game by 11 flannelled....22 flannelled....or 24 flannelled (why miss out those two guys who converse and entertain only by raising their arms upwards and sidewards!!).
Money, yes, it does rain money for few, no matter how and how much....!
Mr Shaw, certainly I need not remind you about the phrase, "Whan the sunne shinth make hay": some John Heywood may have said this in 16th century, but it is only now our people have managed to put this phrase to great use!
You need to watch our 24/7 TV channels to understand what I say:
- if a team wins it is marketed!
- if they lose, it is still marketed!!
It is all about "mauka" - no, I may not be able to explain this one to you, nor you will be able to understand its true meaning - it is beyond your language and grammar!
Everything is bought or sold!
NO No no, certainly not....I don't mean that way; Kipling has taught me how to trust and allow doubters...
"If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too...."
Will you be able to understand if I tell you that they sell and buy space, minutes and seconds in media!?
But make allowance for their doubting too...."
Will you be able to understand if I tell you that they sell and buy space, minutes and seconds in media!?
In your days there were more intellectuals and less opportunities; now we have more opportunities... To make a living, in your days, you need to KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT SOMETHING at least!
Now Tom, Dick and Harry can write, talk, do whatever and thrive WITHOUT KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT ANYTHING!!
Sir! (even though you may have shunned it, it is customary to address anybody this way in our times!),
Yours truly also has a secret desire to 'sell some words' and make hay..... The sun is shining bright 'down under' and will remain that way for another couple of months!
In that fervent hope, and also knowing that you would certainly not resurrect to admonish me for this indulgence!
Yours truly also has a secret desire to 'sell some words' and make hay..... The sun is shining bright 'down under' and will remain that way for another couple of months!
In that fervent hope, and also knowing that you would certainly not resurrect to admonish me for this indulgence!
To Continue.....
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