As anticipated, the political masters of Pakistan have finally directed its national cricket team to lift the boycott and play India on 15 February, 2026, as scheduled in Colombo . The Masters must've thought the money at stake is too lucrative to continue indulging in such kind of grumpy politics. Of course, they had imposed some pre-conditions that included making the 'handshake' a mandatory protocol, but the ICC looked the other way. So, the PCB takes it as protecting the 'spirit of cricket'. The Indian cricket board , the sponsors, the TV channels and millions of fans who do not necessarily mix patriotism with sports, if it's cricket in particular, must be deliriously ecstatic that all the revenues and hype and excitement shall be there for harvest thr oughout the ICC Men's T20 World Cup-2026 , co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka . Most of the Indians fans must also be ecstatic to have their heroes go on vanquishing the enemy neighbor and humiliating t...
Interesting things happen here.
The people here are not abnormal, not sadistic either. They are only enthusiastic and focused on getting the big news for their headlines. Particularly on a dull day when nothing wants to happen. Not that, again, they want bad things to happen.
So, when a story comes in about a terrible loss of property caused by something or the other the chief reporter goes through it and exclaims, 'Oh! This is good!'
'What do you mean 'good'?'
'No...no...I mean...well...this is another big loss suffered by our people and our country. But, we got our headline!'
Then, sometimes visuals about a big fire are late to be uploaded or downloaded. And, at the last moment the clips come in the editor shouts, 'Aag laga do!'(Put the fire on!) So that the news does not go dry.
You see, the people definitely do not mean what they say or do!
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