He asked me where we were from. Finding out that we were from Chennai, his face lit up and he looked like he would hug me there and then. "You are from Dhoni's city! He is my favourite cricketer, and Chennai Super Kings is my favourite team". I tried to gently remind him that Dhoni was not quite from Chennai, but he waved it aside as an irrelevant detail. For him Chennai was Dhoni and Dhoni was Chennai.
What a strange country we live...and strange are the things that unite us -- cricket? Bollywood? food? perhaps all of these and some more...and I will have something to say about the last in a future post.
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OLO waiting for your future post.. but tell us .. -- why did you tell the gent from Kargil you are from Chennai? You are as much from Chennai as Dhoni is from Chennai. He was right. Not to nitpick or anything...
I have been in Chennai upwards of 20 years - does that count for nothing?
Thanks for the clarification, Sire. Indeed you hail from Chennai now. Mannikkanum! Naan thamizh pésa véndum.
Cute post OLO. With the added bonus of comments from AmOK, he who is not Omar Karim.
Well observed, Anant. We are united by who we are -- and even by who we are not!
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