After a long time got inspired to blog bcos of cricket strangely enough. Once a decent cricket enthusiast, have stopped following cricket post the match fixing scandal many years ago. Even ipl or the T20 couldn't lure me back to the gentlemen's (?) game. Alas, one insignificant subtraction from a cricket crazy nation does not alter equations which I know! However, with 2 ardent followers of the game at home I can see the kinda mindspace it gets besides the time investment.
Having followed the ipl saga closely I thought if consolidating my take as well.
Simply put it is a betrayal for me in more ways than one. Even letting aside the extreme commercialisation, improper deal allotments and money minting it is the corrupt practices and the indiscriminate spending of tax payers money that bothers me most. When the Mumbai blasts happened most of us were charged up enough to act against corruption of any sort but all that zeal seems to have fizzled out. Despite the hullaballo the TRPs of ipl doesn't seem
to dwindle. Are we then so apathetic or self centered enough to be only concerned of getting entertained or resistant to scams and scandals of any magnitude? Are we to believe the ipl provides pristine entertainment amidst the rumours of match fixing!
Even ignoring the above two aspects considering the common man cannot be bothered about issues larger and complicated with an insignificant role in resolving them.
Hopefully v can atleast be concerned about the impact ipl in generalnor cricket in particular is making to the legacy of the Indian parivar. An average indian parivar during the ipl season spends an average of 6 hours a day for about a month watching it. It is the time of the day when
