Quite contrary to what one would expect a sports-columnist in India to write in a National Daily after India's shameful performance in the WC, Nirmal Shekar had this to say in The Hindu.
The concluding paragraph, I found, was extremely moving..."Today, seemingly, there is far too much at stake in cricket for it to be viewed as sport. Yet, that is what it is. The truth is, when our cricketers fail, in the larger context, it hardly matters. But when our politicians, public servants and nation builders fail, it does matter. If only we had demanded of these men and women — from the time of Independence — the same level of organisation, unwavering consistency and excellence that we always seem to expect from our cricketers, India would have joined the First World of nations long ago."
... for some reason, I was reminded of that joke in the movie 'Perazhagan', where a beggar uses a public telephone to call up his friend and ask for the score.
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