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It’s not just a game!

“It’s not just a game” 



India - a country which has 80% of the population as Hindus, 14% as Muslims & the remaining percentage as others. Hence, each religion tries to dominate the other by various means, be it colour, culture, caste or status… Even the citizens of the country are interesting! We saw some political parties asking for vote under the name of their religion, someone claiming that an incident like “Rape” is not a big deal, someone killing innocents in the name of caste & religion & many such cases. We have witnessed all these incidents in the past. However, there’s ONLY ONE TIME when all these negativity, hatred & devil thoughts are kept aside & the whole country with a population of 1.22 billion focuses on just one thing,  Cricket World Cup “IND vs PAK” match!
Apart from the various religions & Gods that we Indians worship, there’s one more religion which is common for all & every Indian follows be it Hindu or a Muslim, “Cricket” & the God of Cricket, none other than “Sachin Tendulkar”. Though, it’s not the national game of the country however the passion & craziness seen behind this game can’t be expressed in words. Yes, we follow cricket religiously however we still see each other from a religious point of view but whenever the game is between India & Pakistan, the whole country unites & we call ourselves as Indians. Whenever the game is on, it’s almost like a national holiday as even the PM’s eye is on the television. So why so much chaos for this particular match? Why the discussion is all over (social platforms, while travelling, between friends, colleagues, offices & even partners) a month before the schedule? Why so much debate on television, advertisements, news, etc on this subject? Why there’s a loss of more than 1000 million productive hours as more than 15 million people (on an average) spend their time only for this particular match? Why companies are worried about their employees leave requests & unplanned absenteeism?

               Well, the whole world knows that the two neighbouring countries don’t get along very well. Every second day we hear some or the other news about their rivalries on issues like border, Kashmir, political, terrorism & many more. It’s only the Indian army, few Police officials & the government who gets the opportunity to reciprocate their action & civilians like us just watch the news, talk about it & express ourselves through social media. India vs Pakistan Cricket match is the only time when Indians get the opportunity to see a live war between the two & remove their frustration & anger in front of the television by creating the atmosphere through yelling, motivating, cheering, etc. The aggression between players of both the team is a must watch. Both dig the graves & refresh their wounds of incidents that took since 1947 till date & then play with that zeal to dominate & criticize each other (at least on the ground). 
So the breathe taking moment, February 15th, 2015, the day when we’ll be seeing both these rivals again on the field is just around the corner. We hope to see an awesome cricket experience & this date becoming a memorable day in the history of these two countries.

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