(Whatever that means)
One of two front page headlines in today's Ananda Bazaar Patrika (as Bill translates it):
"11 Bengalis tower over India; in vain fights on one (other) Bengali"
Update: (From pointless discussion with Bill over the past half hour)
Hypothetical situation - Long, distant future. LTTE has gone the IRA way, and on one bright Pongal morning, a 100% Tamil (Tiger flag-waving, Go Cholas[1]) Jaffna team defeats the Indian side. Can you imagine a Tamland newspaper carrying a similar headline without getting slaughtered first by the people inside Tamland and then the rest of India?
(Please don't get me wrong. I am not saying that it would be wrong. Of course it isn't and if I were the editor, I would definitely try it but then as my Dad likes to say, I am more Mallu than Tam in some respects. As far as I can see, Mallus are the only other regional group in India who would dare to have a similar headline and get away with it.)
[1] Vetri Vel, Veera Vel
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LOL! My husband is Irish and he is baffled that the Irish cricket team outranked Pakistan. No one cares about cricket there, they'd rather engage in a sport called "hurling" which does not involve puke in anyway.
Oh dear :-)
gg
Amazing. Well, in the situation where India doesn't make it to the Super 8s, at least the Bengalis will have a team to cheer on!
Btw, I am not able to link my regular blog here - it is forcing me to use my blogger profile. Is that because this is not on th new Blogger?
If Dubai beats India then Malyalam Manorama will probably have a similiar headline
ggop: Hurling? Hmmm...
Shripriya: Yeah, but the question really is which team they will cheer if both India and Bangladesh make it to the Super 8 :)
And no idea abt blogger. I am technically on the new blogger. Will check.
Red: Absolutely. That really was my only point.
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