Wow, what a great day in the History of Indian sub-continent. Now in the world cup only 3 teams are remaining.
In the wee hours of the day, I just happen to go through Economic times, it quoted " Unofficial National Holiday in India" True if you see the hype and Aura around the match, it's bound to increase the expectations from the players, from both the sides.
Both the players and Fans (along with politicians , diplomats, bidders and underworld ) are working hard to extract 100% from the match. This can be easily concluded from the events taking place from the last week.
Today , I will not get surprised if we see, less share trade volume on Stock exchanges. The TRP of this match will break all the records as advertising rates are inching towards north
From the critics point of view, it is sheer waste of almost 2-3 billion working hours for India and same applies for Pakistan (.4 billion working hours).
many optimist see the match as a step forward towards peace, I am not sure whether I agree with the statement. The argument is Cricket match is zero sum game and it's a knock out game. and probability of tie, is less than 1% ( from past experiences) and even less when all the variables of the game are considered.
My point here is , it's going to hurt sentiments of people of either country, if there is result of the match, As Cricket is religion in the sub continent, the emotions are attached, therefore the healthy competition gets converted into national evaluation and hate rate , and group dynamics compels individual integrity to remain dormant.Nature is also trying to Interrupt , and reduce the Einstien pain waves.
Please do not question, my patriotism , somewhere in my heart, I am inclined towards my country but I am more worried about the people's ability to digest the outcome of the cricket field war, where almost 1.5 billion people play the match with prayers and superstitions.
I am sure, today there will be free flow of adrenaline, with electrifying atmosphere. but the worry is , the dominance of emotions over individual integrity. or dominance of group think over conscience. Today no stone will remain unturned, but worry is , that no stone should break a glass.
so my take is , "no one should loose today".
