When they started it they said this is going to be a complete entertainment. They said this is going to our nation’s pride. They said everyone is going to love this. They said, “This is not jus t a game, but something more than that”, I never understood it that time, but now I understand it very clearly.
When the whole country was observing Earth hour they played Day Night matches.
When the whole of Coimbatore saw 4 hours of “load shedding”, they managed to light up the whole stadiums with high intensity lights.
When the food prices were rocketing, government said, “We don’t have enough funds to provide subsidies or provide aid”, but they managed to get the stadiums at cheaper rates from government. They called it encouragements for sports.
When every citizen of India was subjected to full pay tax, they managed to get tax exemptions. (Entertainment tax)
When ambushes, bushwhacks happened elsewhere, they managed to get security at minimal rates.
When 82.5 percent of Indians fell below the International poverty line they were bidding for three thousand crores.
When Mr. Manickam had just Rs.90 to spend for a week, they managed to give Jayasurya 9,75,000 in USD as his salary.
When many projects had zero support from government officials, they managed to get support from various ministers and “Minister of state”.
When many multilateral summits had no strategic breaks, they managed to have strategic breaks, the time when they had “discussions” and we had advertisements.
When empowerment drives and awareness programme saw fewer celebrities to market, they managed to get the whole of Bollywood.
When cinema ticket costs 60 bucks from where you can see heroines and item gals dancing, they managed to give tickets for 40K plus with which where you can dance with them.
When they found India undivided by cities, they managed to divide teams based on cities.
My grandma used to say, “You need right people at right place” and they managed to get a person who was convicted for having cocaine as their commissioner.
"Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it”. When Swami Vivekananda found it tough to bring hundred young energetic youth together, they managed to bring hundred businessmen together easily.
When they had nothing Indian in it they managed to name it, “Indian premier league”.
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