Excellent post! And a great example of what makes your newsletter so special -- why I never miss reading your posts even when I don't follow cricket. Thank you for always highlighting things that get brushed under the carpet!
Clever writing. Clever clever boi. Also, I have been to watch match in stadiums as well and I am amazed that you are referring to there being actual washrooms in stadiums? Ye kab hua sarthak?
"Between us, we had about sixty rupees in coins that we were reluctant to throw away. So we bought some chips from a nearby store and handed the packets to the policemen in good spirit. They threw the packets into the sewer running under the main gate."
That one boiled my blood more than anything. Okay maybe the urinals did more. Could actually smell the fragrances your described through the screen.
I have seen very few matches from a stadium in my time, but everything in this piece rings true of exactly the kind of apathy for citizens that all our public spaces reflect. The moment you mentioned going by Metro, I wanted to travel back in time and warn you that I know this won't end well even before I read the end of the piece.
This is easily the worst part of living in this country - Life is way too sasti in India.
Very. Sharda Ugra wrote a piece, a few years back, about how stadiums portray the worst of how public spaces are designed in India. Audiences are treated like cattle.
Excellent post! And a great example of what makes your newsletter so special -- why I never miss reading your posts even when I don't follow cricket. Thank you for always highlighting things that get brushed under the carpet!
Thank you so much, Ila! :)
Clever writing. Clever clever boi. Also, I have been to watch match in stadiums as well and I am amazed that you are referring to there being actual washrooms in stadiums? Ye kab hua sarthak?
Superb.
"Between us, we had about sixty rupees in coins that we were reluctant to throw away. So we bought some chips from a nearby store and handed the packets to the policemen in good spirit. They threw the packets into the sewer running under the main gate."
This had me in splits.
Ahaha thanks man.
And for real. "Hato yaar tum, andar jaao". xD
That one boiled my blood more than anything. Okay maybe the urinals did more. Could actually smell the fragrances your described through the screen.
I have seen very few matches from a stadium in my time, but everything in this piece rings true of exactly the kind of apathy for citizens that all our public spaces reflect. The moment you mentioned going by Metro, I wanted to travel back in time and warn you that I know this won't end well even before I read the end of the piece.
This is easily the worst part of living in this country - Life is way too sasti in India.
Very. Sharda Ugra wrote a piece, a few years back, about how stadiums portray the worst of how public spaces are designed in India. Audiences are treated like cattle.
One realizes this a lot when they leave India. Bitter. True.