So between my general laziness, travel week, and questionable Internet connection the part 2 about Goa has yet to materialize. As your all undoubtedly heartbroken I;m going to combine the Goa into a massive traveling in India post that will eventually be made (maybe). The real reason why this blog post is coming up is that India has advanced to the finals of the world cup on saturday. And they beat Pakistan to do it. Pakistan and India have gone to all out war 3 times in the since independence, had several sub-open warfare conflicts, and more recently India has accused the Paki intelligence service ISI of being behind several terror attacks in India, including the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and the 2002 attack of the Indian Parliament. Therefore this match was probably the most important of the tournament for India, with several Indian commentators calling it more important than the actual finals and likening it to a pseudo-war. Its estimated that well over half of the Indian white collar workforce either took a half day or didn't work at all, and in Pakistan there was a similar workless situation. (versus Sri Lanka btw) It was interesting knowing that there were an estimated Billion people watching or listening to the match. In the aftermath of this match, the streets which had been mostly empty during the match erupted with people shouting screaming flying down the road on motorcycles and cars etc... The only thing I can compare it to is when Obama won the presidency in 2008 and DC erupted in similar street celebrations. The celebrations are still ongoing, but have moved away from the streets after the initial hour or so outburst of noise and craziness. The only reason why the celebration for a win on saturday might be bigger than this win over Pakistan is because the day after is Saturday and not a week-day. Right so thats the update for now lets go India crush Sri Lanka.
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