Saturday, January 23, 2010

No game on the sands

It is not clear who was inconvenienced by kids - and several adults, too - playing cricket on the sands of the Marina. Apparently many of the walkers were, as were people who had parked their vehicles right next to the sands of the beach. So it was one fine day, a couple of months ago, that the cops began to chase away anyone found with a cricket bat in his hands on the Marina Beach. Many of the regular beach-cricketers were upset and staged protests; by one count, there were about 2,000 poeple protesting against the police action.

To no avail. The ban on cricket stays, and boards like this one, in English and in Tamizh, make sure the message is understood by anyone who wants to put bat to ball on the sands!



5 comments:

Hobbes said...

This is just poor ... I mean, no cricket ?? Where are we headed to next?? No sundal ?? No bajji ??

Shantaram said...

@ Hobbes: End of civilization as we know it!!

LVISS said...

THRY WANT TO KEEP IT CLEAN.

Shantaram said...

@ Lviss: But you see the best sweeps in cricket!

LVISS said...

MOST OF THEM REVERSE SWEEP THESE DAYS.