....‘A man who doesn’t initiate is no man at all,’ he often tells me. ‘That’s what life is all about.’... ‘Maybe I’m initiating by standing still,’ I tell him. ....‘Standing still is passivity,’ he says. ‘It takes nothing to stand still. We stand still when we are born and we stand still when we die.’ ....‘Maybe it takes more courage to stand still when everybody’s on the move,’ I tell him.”
Am overjoyed and as happy as every other cricket loving Indian at India winning the T20 worldcup. It was a nail biting finish and I whooped in joy as the tricolour was paraded proudly around the ground..but all the same it seemed too good to be true. A creepy thought passed my mind - Is this all true or is it part of an elaborate scripted show put up for our benefit? It was like a bad thought or dream that nobody wants to think about but it keeps recurring. Maybe I am just going bonkers. Voice in my head - heck, isn't it too much of a coincidence that the final would have to be between India & Pakistan?...Especially after the world cup debacle, cricket took the biggest beating ever in its Indian history. It was almost on the verge of dying a slow death, sponsors pulling out support , public support was lost. Me - What the hell, it was a great game. Played in front of millions. Voice in my head - Forgot the earlier match fixing tales?. After the world cup fiasco the very foun...
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