India wins the World Cup, amazing day, great day...But strangely when I should be glorifying in India's win, and rejoicing that for once the team I support won, with me watching live, (Arsenal, Minnesota, Orlando Magic), I can't help but actually understand the viewpoint of people who don't like sport or who don't understand the attraction of sport and it's effect on the populace. India won the World Cup, it was awesome and all...but the world kept turning, the Earth didn't move, Nothing significant happened, The clocks ticked around like usual, As the statistics go..in those 8 hours that it took to watch the India-Sri Lanka final (which was an amazing match btw)...80 people died in Africa if what I read about a person dying in Africa every 6 minutes is true that is. Why is it that I spend so much time on sports, why does it determine my mood, and moreover why do I get so emotionally invested. It's just a game, they're just the best players of that particular game playing out there. I'm sure for them, it's hugely significant..achievements, dreams, raison d'etre for playing...etc, etc, etc.
I suppose one could trot out the old maxim of when Tendulkar scores a century, the poor man on the street who has had one meal of daal-chawal (lentils+rice) today, he'll be happy despite being hungry. Other reasons have included, as the Pakistani captain said "for this one month, the whole country has forgotten all it's divisions, Shia, Sunni, and come together to support us wholeheartedly". But in the end, it's just a moment.
And I've come to the realization, that watching sports shouldn't impact that much. You should savour the experience, but not get so involved that say if Arsenal draws AGAIN...and Man United somehow comes back AGAIN from 2-0 down to win 4-2..shouldn't matter that much.
Uh huh...:D
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very enlightening
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