Comments on: The Day We Won The Cup http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/ Wed, 23 May 2012 01:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Weekly Roundup: Magic Moments | Waxing UnLyrical http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-932730 Weekly Roundup: Magic Moments | Waxing UnLyrical Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:55:41 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-932730 [...] The day we won the cup, by Arnab Ray, over at Random Thoughts of a Demented [...] [...] The day we won the cup, by Arnab Ray, over at Random Thoughts of a Demented [...]

]]> By: Harshit http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-932071 Harshit Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:24:54 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-932071 Hope we get a similar blog from you soon enough, Arnab :). Hope we get a similar blog from you soon enough, Arnab :) .

]]> By: The World Cup Is Nigh | Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-896245 The World Cup Is Nigh | Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:00:24 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-896245 [...] No I would not exchange youth for that experience, that “of having been there” in time. It was like having been alive on August 15, 1947, a privilege few generations get. Not that we realized it then, but that day we had witnessed the start of a revolution, not just in the history of the sport but also in that of the nation. [...] [...] No I would not exchange youth for that experience, that “of having been there” in time. It was like having been alive on August 15, 1947, a privilege few generations get. Not that we realized it then, but that day we had witnessed the start of a revolution, not just in the history of the sport but also in that of the nation. [...]

]]> By: Sonal http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-842085 Sonal Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:34:28 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-842085 Fantastic...Wonderful..Wow :) Fantastic…Wonderful..Wow :)

]]> By: sbd http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-841997 sbd Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:26:55 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-841997 _/\_ _/\_

]]> By: Akhilesh http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-811929 Akhilesh Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:11:38 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-811929 I know its been about 5 years since you wrote this and i just read it; but i'll be damned if i still don't state that from my total disinterest in cricket (was that blasphemous? :)) to actually going on to finding and downloading clips/scenes/history/trivia/a lot more on that match and then reading on and generally getting a lot more interested in cricket, this bloody piece of piece of writing made me a cricket fanboy :P Sorry, could not resist that. Absolutely brilliant piece. I know its been about 5 years since you wrote this and i just read it; but i’ll be damned if i still don’t state that from my total disinterest in cricket (was that blasphemous? :) ) to actually going on to finding and downloading clips/scenes/history/trivia/a lot more on that match and then reading on and generally getting a lot more interested in cricket, this bloody piece of piece of writing made me a cricket fanboy :P Sorry, could not resist that. Absolutely brilliant piece.

]]> By: Avik http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-736769 Avik Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:28:39 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-736769 Brilliant... mesmerizing... and whats amazing is how clearly it is all etched in your mind... Hats off p s "Long before Azhar and Jadeja, I had bet against my own team" ... hahahaha too much !!! Brilliant… mesmerizing… and whats amazing is how clearly it is all etched in your mind… Hats off
p s “Long before Azhar and Jadeja, I had bet against my own team” … hahahaha too much !!!

]]> By: KP http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-673147 KP Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:37:17 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-673147 Hey GB... for a change i read this today.....frankly i am tired of this 26.11 aftermath BS....everyone in India here is into blunt tokenism of candle-light-protest heavily....losing the perspective & the plot.... i was born that year & as Jung said i kind of carried it on in my "collective subsconscious"... was just thrilled to find your post on The Day The Earth Stood Still ..or rather India...with disbelief at its own children bringing moon on earth...yes it (the event) was & is so important that such heady hyperboles are kind of expected.......your post has a touch of "magical realism" ....i got into trance while reading.....fantastic memory you've...& some lines are like epitome of your pithy crackling observations: “Winning the cricket World cup is as much a pipedream as winning the football one. "the collective will of so many Indians makes it change its line." "Binny (India’s version of JLo)"......was too good... keep writing such gems! Kudos once again!! ........miracles do happen...... :) Hey GB…

for a change i read this today…..frankly i am tired of this 26.11 aftermath BS….everyone in India here is into blunt tokenism of candle-light-protest heavily….losing the perspective & the plot….
i was born that year & as Jung said i kind of carried it on in my “collective subsconscious”… was just thrilled to find your post on The Day The Earth Stood Still ..or rather India…with disbelief at its own children bringing moon on earth…yes it (the event) was & is so important that such heady hyperboles are kind of expected…….your post has a touch of “magical realism” ….i got into trance while reading…..fantastic memory you’ve…& some lines are like epitome of your pithy crackling observations:

“Winning the cricket World cup is as much a pipedream as winning the football one.
“the collective will of so many Indians makes it change its line.”
“Binny (India’s version of JLo)”……was too good…

keep writing such gems! Kudos once again!!

……..miracles do happen…… :)

]]> By: raj http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-559515 raj Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:59:27 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-559515 stupid article,whats the fuss of winning cup and 83 and aus has won 4 world cups and won it very convincingly and not like India who were underdogs and just one it one find day. there was no pressure on india,even if they lost it was okay but AUS had immense pressure of retaining cups and they did it successfully.. i would suggest the writer to come out of fantacy and start looking ahead . there is no point getting so emotional over old victories..look today and the future USA cant start celebrating today for man of the moon man in space first computer and list is endless and its a shame today India has only one good thing to celebrate after independence.. stupid article,whats the fuss of winning cup and 83 and aus has won 4 world cups and won it very convincingly and not like India who were underdogs and just one it one find day.

there was no pressure on india,even if they lost it was okay but AUS had immense pressure of retaining cups and they did it successfully..

i would suggest the writer to come out of fantacy and start looking ahead . there is no point getting so emotional over old victories..look today and the future

USA cant start celebrating today for
man of the moon
man in space
first computer
and list is endless

and its a shame today India has only one good thing to celebrate after independence..

]]> By: Legends and Heroes at Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind http://greatbong.net/2005/06/24/the-day-we-won-the-cup/#comment-558551 Legends and Heroes at Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:32:20 +0000 http://greatbong.net/?p=82#comment-558551 [...] Awards  Subscribe in a readerFF 1 900 Hotties An Indian Wedding Death of Desibaba Hottie Hottie Bong Bong Letter From The Andamans Calcutta Book Fair Mithunism--The Religion Parnab--A Beautiful Mind Sourav Ganguly (Indiatimes) The I3D World Cup Final 1983CA [...] [...] Awards  Subscribe in a readerFF 1 900 Hotties An Indian Wedding Death of Desibaba Hottie Hottie Bong Bong Letter From The Andamans Calcutta Book Fair Mithunism–The Religion Parnab–A Beautiful Mind Sourav Ganguly (Indiatimes) The I3D World Cup Final 1983CA [...]

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