Hello happy Cricket fans!!!

When India was taking on Pakistan at World cup Semi-Final at Mohali on 30

March 2011, the entire India was glued to the television sets.
The emotions were very high ranging from nervousness, pressure, agony, ecstasy,
anguish, desperation, worry, despondency, hope, etc.

Pakistan went ahead and declared national holiday. In India, although some of the
corporate declared holiday but many of them were still functioning with a big
screen set up in the middle of the office. Those poor fellows who didn’t receive
such a courtesy, declared holiday for themselves!!!

Chennai too was not far behind. On the match hours, the streets were completely
BLANK!!!!
The shops were empty; buses were empty; malls were empty; theatres were
empty; streets were empty; why even the TASMAC was not having their regular
sales!!!!
This is the day the nation took a break from regular miseries and enjoyed the
victory!!!

On that extraordinary, uncommon, unusual evening, - between 6.30 p.m. and

8.00 p.m. - I took a visit along some of the EVER CROWDY streets of Chennai like
Usman road, Ranganathan street, Panagal park, Mount road, Nungambakkam
High road, Kodambakkam high road and captured the EMPTINESS!!!!

How many times have you seen Ranaganathna street, at Pothys, at Saravana
stores – there is not more than 10% of space occupied by customers!!!! Even for
them it must have been a lifetime experience!!!!

Relieve those moments in the photographs that follow!!!

K.V. Anand
(Thanks to my Friend who inspired me to skip the high profile match and to go out to capture this occasion)
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