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English experiential poet of open verse& creator of the FOOTLE (singular form)&EMAGI digital reverse ekphrasis.A regular @PS since 2007 ,with 10,000+ poems posted&sponsor of 1312+contests ( Amazon booksreviews (500+)GOOGLE my POETRY/ART BLOGS @https://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406 inc youtube links to my recitations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEST MATCH SPECIAL an historic event

Blog Posted:6/17/2021 3:55:00 AM

INDIA according to MARK TWAIN is the cradleof the human race,the birthplace of human speech ,the mother of history ,the grandmother of legend,&the great-grandmother of tradition.

Happily, English is also an adopted national language there(as our PS  poetry contest listings so regularly testify )&

even more....

.they learnt to love the English national game of cricket & (deservedly) will tomorrow compete in the inaugural TEST MATCH CRICKET FINAL ...a historic event indeed completely in accord wih Twain's truism

Update

For the record New Zealand won on Day 6 



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Rama
Balasubramanian
Date: 6/17/2021 9:56:00 PM
Thanks for your wonderful comments on my country India. I love my country for above and also for its abundance of natural beauty. If you have not visited India, do make a trip. It is beautiful!
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 6/17/2021 10:46:00 PM
Every Indian male loves cricket. It is the favourite game of boys here, may be because of colonialism
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Brian Strand
Date: 6/17/2021 10:40:00 PM
My Dad was there from'43-'46 Rama,so my interest started back then
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Constance
La France
Date: 6/17/2021 6:30:00 AM
Brian, I do not know much about India, but it certainly looks like a very interesting country, I should do some research on the history and people as we have many members from India here on the soup. But, I do know that the English love their cricket, we are not much into that sport in Canada, which is odd as Queen Elizabeth is our Queen, enjoy the match, who is playing in the Final ?, Peace _Constance
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Brian Strand
Date: 6/17/2021 7:56:00 AM
India play New Zealand (5 day game at Southampton).Canada play the short T20 whiteball game at a lower international level.Do check out India ,there are some faciinating travel DVD about this emerging force in the economic world.Cheers

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