Gee..we lost the cup, didn’t we?
This wasn’t going to be my topic. But having lost the world cup just three nights ago, and like any other Sri Lankan there is not much else inside my head. And I don’t mean those Pakinis supporting “kalu suddhhas” anyway.
It WAS pretty much disappointing, especially when we were quite sure at the beginning that we would surely win. But it is not like we didn’t try ,it was just that those Indians tried harder. Tough luck I guess. But for us, the champions would always be the Sri Lankans. No change there.
Maybe that’s the best part about the Lankans. Their positive attitudes and their open hearts to accept anyone as they are .No one scorched Sangas house or burnt Mahelas car and no effigies were burnt either. Only welcoming crackers (which was most probably the sadly unused ones from the night before) and cheers to the team returning home the next day.
Going a little further from cricket to prove a point, I happened to go to the hospital, ward43 a few weeks ago to visit a sick aunt of mine. It was after some time that I noticed an old lady on the next bed. In her shrunken frame she seemed to be bedridden and With No visitors by her side and her bedside table empty she seemed pretty lonely. But that didn’t keep a smile away from her face. She seemed delighted when I walked to her bedside and the fact that I was completely covered leaving only my eyes open didn’t seem to bother her in any way. Asking what was wrong with aachi I found that she had a big time iron deficiency and had been in the hospital for sometime. And in answer to my inquiry she assured me that she had food coming on the way. But with the visiting time over and me having to depart, it was what she said that shook me to the core. Holding my gloved hands she asked me not to worry about my aunt as she would definitely look after her!!
I was seriously shocked. Here was an old woman, much older than my aunt and most definitely in a condition more serious assuring me not to worry about my aunt when most definitely she couldn’t even get up from the bed!! It reminded me once more why I love this little island. And this was the Sri Lankan spirit. A spirit that, despite there being a few rotten apples not in the basket, but the orchard, ensured the wellbeing of others before themselves…
So this being the Lankan spirit and since we didn’t have anything to lose it must have been that we cared about the reputation and the hard earned property of M.S.Dhoni and his troupe..uhh no..i mean team and maybe..just maybe we didn’t lose the cup after all…maybe we just gave it away!!! Soo…what do you think?? Yes no??
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