I myself am against the glorification of the silly game called cricket and the lime light it hogs dwarfing other interesting games such as football and hokey. As Dilip Deka has rightly said in his mail, man does not live on bread alone. If you can buy your favorite book from your neighborhood bookshop why go to a book fair? If you can find DVDs of certain films in the market why organize a film fest? So on and so forth
Passing tart remarks on peoples earning and personal wealth is clichéd and straight jacketed. Events like National Games, ODIs not only help uplift spirit of local people but also bring cosmetic changes, if not more in the happening city. If a match has caused inconvenience for the neighborhood, dont criticize the event, rather provide constructive ideas how the infrastructure could be improved for such events in the city. Regarding Mukesh Ambanis gift to his wife: It is his money and his dear wife, for Gods sake! If you gift a pair of silk mekhela sador to your wife on her birth day should your peon protest just because he could gift his wife only a pair of kopahi mekhela sador? Lets think rational and express our thinking moderately. Superlatives do not serve any purpose. Rajni B B http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3800
