When 1.4 Billion People Pause the Planet: India vs Sri Lanka as Global Theatre
The world, as is its wont, ground to a halt for exactly eight hours and seventeen minutes last Saturday. Planes circled politely above the Bay of Bengal, Bitcoin dipped a respectful 2.3 %, and three minor European monarchs postponed their divorces. All because a spherical piece of leather was being hurled and walloped on a…