Cricket & India

For years i have been racking my brains.... why is cricket so popular in India? I mean there were other sports ... hockey for e.g which had infinite opportunity way back.... but how did cricket come to be so popular. Before we start, the most popular sport of a country says a lot about who we are... take for example the most popular sport in USA ... Rugby... bloody & physical game... you need to be built like a truck -  limited brains but unlimited muscles will get u far in this game, there is one rule "seek & destroy", just like the USA policies... if someone as much as farts war is declared...seek and destroy... 

UK - Soccer - Very "feets" on game, you need to be good at juggling & dodging balls with your feet.At the slighest hint of physicality cry foul..... Just like UK juggles big bro USA...... the moment its security is threatened.... it conveniently "joins" the war on global terrorism.......

Somalia/Ethopia - Long distance running - the citizens of this country can do little more than run... run from oppression, run from famines, run from poverty...... run lola run...

and Now INDIA.... cricket..... why is cricket so popular?.... because india is basically a country of lazy individuals which abhors physical hard work of any kind... cricket was invented because you could now have a game which requires the least amount of physical effort playing it...

Bowlers - 10 overs each, each over lasting around 15 minutes.... so approximately 2.5 hours body movements... with 5 minute breaks between each ball bowled AND 15 - 20 minute breaks between each over bowled

Batsmen - Max 1 hour on the field... again with breaks in between lasting from anything between 5 minutes to 30 minutes

Fielders - there is a 1/9th ( 11 - 1 ( Bowler ) - 1 ( wicket keeper ) = 9 fielders ) probability that you may get the ball . ie an 11% chance that you may be called upon to move your leg and arm muscles for 2 to 3 minutes... assuming a 4 hour session thats just 26 minutes of work

Cricket is probably the only game in this world where the spectators viewing the game actually do more physical hardwork than the players PLAYING  the game..... 

  

 

 

Laptops..... great way to look busy

After an indepth analysis of "corporate" culture..... i have come to the conclusion that laptops were invented because senior management ran out of ideas to look busy. A presence of a laptop within typing distance automatically makes you look like a manager who has been designing strategies since you were an egg in your moms womb.

Notice how many senior managers ALWAYS work on a laptop inspite of having other options, while those actually getting their feet dirty have a computer that is just marginally more evolved than a calculator.

Any work done on a laptop is deemed to be of vital importance to the "strategic" plans of the company, even if it means 8 solid hours of back to back solitaire.

Now you needn't worry about watching porn on your laptop .... just keep your hand movements below "vigorous" and you are safe.... extended laptop usage might also just win you the employee of the month award and a promotion!!!

Chal gotta go, boss has surfaced from HIS laptop...... which means  i have a small time window, in which i need to exhibit actions that communicate the message that i am hard at work........ :-)