This post is inspired by the BBC documentary "The Empire of Cricket - India". For those of you who are too lazy (like I was) to read the whole "The Corner of a Foreign Field" by Ramachandra Guha, I assume the book must have been something similar (is that an over-simplification? Probably is..)
Another evening spent with youtube, my ol' friend who never lets me down. Will I ever tire of watching re-runs of my favorite team play?My mother always cribbed about how only the players themselves and I watched reruns the Sussex vs. Lancashire county games. I remember running around the house like a mad-man after watching a bare chested Ganguly on the Lords balcony in 2003, announcing that India had finally arrived. The images in these videos move me in a way hard to explain or put into words. I surprise myself when the obviously pirated bad quality videos on youtube of events well over a decade old give me goosebumps even today!
Here are some memories / images / voices, whatever you wish to call them, that always have and always will bring a smile to my face and give leave me with a warm feeling. Of course there are many more, and I can never comprehensively list them out, but I hope this list leads you down the same trail of enjoyment :)
"They are dancing in the aisles in Saar-jaa"
"The Win" -Perth, Jan 2008
VVS Laxman at the Eden Gardens
Kapil catches Viv Richards - WC 1983 Final
Natwest Trophy 2003 final
Sachin's "mediam pace" interview :)
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The Sachin interview never ceases to bring a smile, almost like the first time one is seeing it :)
I just saw the empire of cricket-India video; just two parts, and in its own way it is different from the book. It was lovely to see Pataudi cut or Madhav Mantris "Clean bowled, no problem". It brings Guhas words to life. By the way did not anyone else think Mukul Kesavan looks a bit and also speaks a bit like Guha?
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