The British devised the game of cricket and it went synonymous with what they did to the Indian environment. Large scale construction of railways was done and for these railways, thousands of square kms of forests were destroyed. Habitats of tigers, elephants and rhinos were destroyed.
For railways, the sleepers were usually made of wood. Right upto my young days, I have seen wooden sleepers. Only in 1990's were Cement sleepers used by Railways. Not only for sleepers, the benches inside the coaches and in stations were of wood. To lay the rail tracks, inhospitable terrain was cleared of forests and animal habitats were destroyed.
Also, steam engines were used in the railways. Right from 1800's till upto late 1980's or early 90's we have seen steam engines rolling on the tracks. Now what do steam engines run on. Steam generated by furnace powered by coal. Where does coal come from? From the mines (initially developed by the British). For those mines thousands of acres of forests had to be cleared.
Earlier there were 500,000 tigers and now less than 5000. Earlier we could find rhinos everywhere in the Indo-Gangetic plain. Now limited to few pockets in North East. Earlier, I suspect there could be a million elephants in the wild and now it would be hundreds.
Now let us examine the cricket game. It is a cleared patch of land. (Cleared of forests and trees). Then there is the boundary (wooden), the wickets are wooden, the bat is wooden, the ball is wooden (covered with leather). Thus cricket is a game which is played at a stage where the man (British+Indian) is relaxing with a game after destroying the trees and the habitat of animals.
Thus there is no reason to appreciate the cricket. It verily signifies the ultimate which man has fallen. Man is rejoicing and proclaiming that the world belongs to man and not to any other beasts of wild.
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Watched two more movies. "Rabba Main Kya Karoon" and "RIPD". Both movies are good. Rabba signifies the new face of modern India and RIPD is playing on the sentiments of the "Apocalypse" and perpetuates the myth. *Spoiler* The people who get on passed to the other side get a chance to make an entry through a "golden gate" which looks like something from 5000 years old Egyptian or Babylonian times.
RIPD is definitely good and leaves a lot of room for the viewer to make their own interpretation. I felt it is a bit like MIB series.
For railways, the sleepers were usually made of wood. Right upto my young days, I have seen wooden sleepers. Only in 1990's were Cement sleepers used by Railways. Not only for sleepers, the benches inside the coaches and in stations were of wood. To lay the rail tracks, inhospitable terrain was cleared of forests and animal habitats were destroyed.
Also, steam engines were used in the railways. Right from 1800's till upto late 1980's or early 90's we have seen steam engines rolling on the tracks. Now what do steam engines run on. Steam generated by furnace powered by coal. Where does coal come from? From the mines (initially developed by the British). For those mines thousands of acres of forests had to be cleared.
Earlier there were 500,000 tigers and now less than 5000. Earlier we could find rhinos everywhere in the Indo-Gangetic plain. Now limited to few pockets in North East. Earlier, I suspect there could be a million elephants in the wild and now it would be hundreds.
Now let us examine the cricket game. It is a cleared patch of land. (Cleared of forests and trees). Then there is the boundary (wooden), the wickets are wooden, the bat is wooden, the ball is wooden (covered with leather). Thus cricket is a game which is played at a stage where the man (British+Indian) is relaxing with a game after destroying the trees and the habitat of animals.
Thus there is no reason to appreciate the cricket. It verily signifies the ultimate which man has fallen. Man is rejoicing and proclaiming that the world belongs to man and not to any other beasts of wild.
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Watched two more movies. "Rabba Main Kya Karoon" and "RIPD". Both movies are good. Rabba signifies the new face of modern India and RIPD is playing on the sentiments of the "Apocalypse" and perpetuates the myth. *Spoiler* The people who get on passed to the other side get a chance to make an entry through a "golden gate" which looks like something from 5000 years old Egyptian or Babylonian times.
RIPD is definitely good and leaves a lot of room for the viewer to make their own interpretation. I felt it is a bit like MIB series.
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