Cricket Mania

This week saw the young Indian cricket team winning the Twenty20 world cup making all Indians proud all over the world.
But, what followed in the name of celebration was nothing less than a mania.

The whole nation went hysterical, or so it seemed. BCCI and other organizations challenged "Karna" (of the Mahabharatha fame) in a rare display of selfless giving - announcing awards and cash prizes one after the other to the players and staff. So far, I was quite happy.

Then comes in the governments. The state governments started competing with each other in giving away huge cash prizes to the players and coaches.

Now, this is where I start hating the whole thing.

How can government give cash awards, and that too, substantially high amounts to these players? Where does this money come from? From us, the tax payers?

Is this even legal? Can the government just sqander away the tax payers' hard earned money like this?

Can cricket cure hunger and diseases, stop floods and droughts, build roads and bridges? Isn't that what the money is supposed to be used for?

Beats me!!!