Cricket, cricket and more cricket
I remember going to Barbados to visit my family a few years ago and I was shocked at the sheer amount of international football on the TV. There was Italian football, Spanish football, South American football and, most importantly for me Premiership football.
In the UK it can be a struggle...
...for me to see my beloved on the TV, as it鈥檚 fair to say their not at the top of the list for teams who get TV coverage. But, low and behold, I arrive in little old Barbados and what do I find on cannel 27, ASTON VILLA. Outstanding!
The same sort of thing has happened in India, but this time with my second love, cricket. Everywhere I look it鈥檚 cricket, cricket and more cricket, Australia vs. New Zealand, South Africa vs. Pakistan and now England vs. New Zealand. I鈥檓 in paradise, I thought, until I realised I鈥檝e got lots of work to do and wouldn鈥檛 dream of sacrificing that to watch the game! Anyway I guess my point is why do I have to go half way around the world to watch my teams play on the TV?
Well, rant over, here鈥檚 what I鈥檝e been up to. I鈥檝e just got back from the Cyber Towers having sorted out the food, taxis and all the ISDN鈥檚 (the things that mean we can broadcast to the world from outside the studio).
I鈥檝e also been speaking to any Hyderabadi that will talk to me about their city, asking them what they think about India鈥檚 boom. And everyone, I mean everyone has said it鈥檚 a positive thing. 鈥淭here鈥檚 more jobs鈥 I鈥檓 told by the workers in Hi-tech city, 鈥10 years ago I had no one to drive around, now business is booming鈥 says my hotel taxi driver, and even the guy on the side of the street selling small cups of sweet tea and coffee tells me life is good. In fact the only negative thing I鈥檝e heard is that the traffic in the city of spiralling out of control. Apparently in Hyderabad alone there鈥檚 more than 100,000 extra cars on the road each year.
I accept that I haven鈥檛 spoken to anyone and everyone and maybe I鈥檓 not asking the right people, but surely everyone can鈥檛 be happy about the rapid expansion here, can they? You tell me.
I鈥檓 off to get another and call some more guests as I put in place the final preparations for tomorrows show.
Stay safe now.
Rich
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