Giri at 0730pm on 03rd April
India’s win yesterday in the cricket World Cup after 28 years was an exciting treat to many of us Indians and it was comforting to see, for a change, many of India’s corporate honchos and Bollywood stars acting like cheerleaders at the Wankhade stadium. I wonder if the next season of IPL, that will soon begin, will generate the same fervour as this World Cup!
Cricket-diplomacy, in the sub-continent, has been used several times in the past to facilitate geo-political dialogues. While the results are debatable, there is no doubt that the concept of using sports, arts and culture as ice-breakers between disputing parties and as reinforcing pillars for shared efforts between neighbouring nations and states has the latent potential and will continue to be attempted. That being the case, how about using art, sports and culture to resolve inter-state, centre-state disputes (such as river-water sharing disputes) or event the Maoist problem in India! Perhaps an annual touring exhibition of the most popular cinema, music, theatre, dance personalities and their works, generously sponsored by a public-private partnership (Government of India’s Home Ministry, state governments’ cultural departments and leading chambers of commerce and industry) may provide the right environment for ensuring that stalemates in dialogues do not remain so for a long time; the pressure from people-to-people contacts and cultural collaborations that results from such touring exhibitions will be a force to reckon with.
It’s going to be sometime, before I write on my findings from the internet on the subject of the lateral thinking and how suggestions have made a difference in business and social contexts. This is because, I am still trying to collate all the information that I am reading, into some order for presenting. So please bear with me.
I wish you all a very interesting and satisfying week ahead. Expect my next post on 10th April. Until then........
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