Why do Bengalis feel sad when Brazil loses a football match? The country is on the other side of the world and speaks a language called Portuguese, which is not even taught in Max Muller Bhavan or Ramakrishna Mission. The moral police of the government would ban people from supporting Brazil if they knew about the things that take place during Mardi Gras. The only possible reason is that they have players whose names resemble our near and dear ones like Dida, Kaka and mama (will play in the next World Cup).
World Cup is the only time when it seems that Football is our national game and Cricket an unknown game like Baseball. Messi scoring a goal becomes front page news replacing the Asia cup winners. Winning a test series in West Indies after 35 years gets overshadowed by the loss of the Brazilian team.
Tonight is another night when the sale of Prozac will shoot through the roof because every Bengali will miss his Kaka. But this time the situation is not so bad. We don’t mind cheering for Spain, and the other Latin American teams, whose names resemble the Bengali’s obsession with their second most important thing in their life, a successful trip to the bathroom in the morning. And there is Argentina with our own Maradona. Let’s hope we get back our smiles tomorrow instead of listening to the song “Don’t cry for me Argentina”!
Friday, July 2, 2010
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