Cricket is to me what algae are to the fungi in lichens. It's a part of me that I cannot deny, and that I couldn't live without. It's a romance that had faded but as I watch a series that has to be a let down in terms of excitement, I find my self falling in love all over again. It might be the way I'm living my life these days. Enjoying every moment, each a thrill all its own.
I've never really been into bare facts and figures and can't honestly quote freely who had the highest score in the 2nd test India played versus Australia in 2004.
I guess as a sports journalist I should, but the bare truth is that I don't. I've never been into the details of the sport from a sense that I cannot tell you how many balls MS Dhoni took to make his 148 at the Iqbal Stadium in the second test in Pakistan in 2006. And while I was in raptures watching every ball of the Jharkhandi's knock, I honestly would prefer to leave the stats and the number crunching to those who do it best. Sure, it's a job that must be done. And of course, someone's got to do it. But not me.
To draw a silly parallel, it's like life. Enjoying the Dhoni innings in every way, was for me an experience very much on the lines of soaking in the bigger picture. The details are important but only in a peripheral sort of way. It's the details that make up the bigger picture, and it's always the wider perspective that gives us a real satisfaction. I mean sure, a good sentence might stick out from a book, but if the book didn't give you the sort of stimulation you wanted from it, you're chances of remembering that line are rather slim. It's the same way with pretty much everything else in life, at least as far as I'm concerned. The bigger picture always trumps. So, on any given day and twice on Wednesday ('coz it's media night at TC's...), not for me the eternal joy of realising that a record is about to be broken... give me the thrill of watching the ball sail over the ropes anytime!
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Hear Hear!!
I need to do some 're-romancing' myself..sometimes life can be so incredibly dull...and i find myself floating in this deep slumber...coz there's nothing to wake me up..anyway gotta go get ready for 'BUT WHY?!' :P
ps. i'm not stoned...tho i wish i was
I could think of a few things that might wake you up... Of course, the less said the better simply because I'm a man of few words... and like I've already said, I'll try to say with a few words what some others might be given to saying in many, long drawn out sentences. But still... anyway, wouldn't mind helping you find a re-romance... would be an interesting exercise... and yes, after the game today, I wish I was stoned! POSITIVELY
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