Happened to watch the IPL match last Saturday. I am not a great cricket fan, however, this experience was good one. For a change, I was cheering for Royal Challengers and being a part of a game like cricket; a game which I never watched after my 10th. The more amusing part was that although I am a great fan of Sachin Tendulkar, I hoped his wicket fell. And felt extremely bad when I saw my fav cricketer getting back to pavilion. It must have been such a challenge for people from various Geos get together and play a game. I also found it very interesting to notice that this whole business of IPL had employed so many people from all Geo’s. Wow… just too amazing.
Coming to the match itself. I experienced the great positive energy the fans brought in. Few were supporting Mumbai and most were supporting Bangalore. However, there was so much of cheer and fun in the stadium. The DJ also adds the right amount of fun factor and breaks the monotony of the game every now and then. This was quite important as most of us got bored or fed up during the second half when RCB was loosing.
Also, most importantly… I was glad that my family and many more families like mine returned home very safe and sound even after the bomb blast. I felt that the policemen did a great job there and handled the situation very well. They gave us all the comfort and security required. I am feeling so good about the fact that we still have the government that takes care of us so well.
The only sour part Bangalore takes today is the loss of revenue due to with the semi-finals moving out of Bangalore and the whole idea of terror and the bad elements increasing in Bangalore slowly and consistently. I think its time that our central government makes some strategy to control and eradicate this terror from India.
Wow… this is such an amazing feeling…
I sincerely hope that the old social culture is still ON in few areas of Bangalore. 
