Monday 8 April 2013

Merry IPL festival...!

India is no short of festivals, events, melas, and carnivals. We need a reason to engage ourselves, we need a reason to express ourselves, we need a reason to hedonism, and we need a reason to speak and write about. In the month of August, there is Dahi-Handi, September brings Ganpati, October is devoted to Navratra, November shines with Diwali, December provides X-Mas, New Year, Janaury sweetens us with Sankrant, February loves us with lovely Valentine, March baths us with Holi.

But, what about April and May? A notable festival was missing. What to do in these two months with vacation on?

Thanks to God (and BCCI), the biggest festival got introduced in the months of scorching heat - April and May..... yes, The IPL Festival! It has colours of Holi, fireworks of Diwali, Jagran of Navratra (day-night matches), worship of idols, "Merry" of Christmas (I hope you understood what "Merry" stands for), and party of Valentines. It filled the void of our appetite for the festival. Such is this festival, we don’t even realiase that the heat is on. Like other festivals, Government should include the IPL in official holiday calendar and on the IPL final, there should be public holiday.

No one can claim that it is a festival of Hindu, Muslim or Isaai. Whole cricketing world including players, audience, spectators participate in and cherish this festival. In that sense it is a secular event.  Here, there is no me or you, mine or yours, people say it is ours. Genuine cricket lovers, seasonal cricket lovers, filmstars, politicians, everyone loves this festival for their "own" reasons.

Those who are devoted, enjoy this festival on the festival ground, the likes of us belonging to poor class participate in the event through TV sets.

Some social workers, activists, and matured politicians are questioning about the wastage of water and electricity. It is part of their professional life, but these people too check the status of this festival on their android cells. Like Shri Shri Ravi Shankar says "Life is a festival, enjoy every bit of it". Similarly, IPL is a festival, enjoy every match of it.

So, Merry IPL to all…





Ritesh Kadam
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