india [LIVE].................(Guest Post)

Chances are you might have been outside of your home/house/shelter/apartment/building at midnight on 30th March 2011. You might have fired crackers though its not Diwali yet and its scorching summer time. And also chances are that you'll remember this night for a long time to come. Coz, thats the night when INDIA came out together in unison chanting prayers and cheering a national spirit in the name of victory against our arch-nemesis PAKISTAN at the game of cricket. Even people who are not fans of cricket (yours truly) had a blast of excitement that night on the streets. I heard that tankbund and necklace road were filled with around 10000 fans with flags, DJ, bands and just about 50 police personnel. No harm done, no one hurt, no non-sense, just pure performance, in having fun together. I've never seen any festival being celebrated at this proportion, perhaps the greatest display of national integration. We won the semis in a high octane chase that as reported by the media resulted in thousands of crores of rupees transactions in the name of betting and indefinite bottles of Budweiser in the name of cheering as reported by our maid the next morning. Anyways so my friend Prakash sent me this photo that he took with his new Sony Cybershot. He had a lot of other great photos on that but come on, INDIA doesnt come out at midnight everyday!

PS: Almost forgot, the match, tomorrow, finals, ...SRI LANKA, Dhak Dhak GO, INDIA GO!!