You are a “REAL” Indian sports fan if:

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:20 pm

You are a “REAL” Indian sports fan if:

1. Your home page on the computer is Sports-India.

2. You know more about Leander, Mahesh, Harsh and Prakash than the Bollywood stars.

3. When asked to name a famous Uberoi or Oberoi, you blurt out Shikha and Neha before Vivek.

4. You will do anything to improve Indian sports including marrying Maria Sharapova.

5. Your photo album has more pictures of Sania than your own.

6. You know that Daniel Chopra was born in Sweden and raised in India and not vice versa.

7. When asked to give two reasons why Indian hockey and Indian football are not doing too well, you say Mr. KPS Gill and Mr. Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi.

8. You know that Indian Express and Payoli Express are not trains in India.

9. You have trouble staying awake until midnight for school or office related work but are wide awake until 3 a.m. following the matches of Indian sports stars in the chat room.

10. You sign out, “My passport is German, but my heart is Indian - more than ever!”

11. You know that Anju George leaps forward and Bobby Aloysius jumps up.

12. You think about Ritwik Bhattacharya, Joshna Chinnappa and Saurav Ghoshal instead of a vegetable when someone mentions the word "squash".

13. Your knowledge of Indian sports is not limited to Tendulkar, Ganguly, Irfan, Dravid, Anand and Major Rathore.

Addendum:
Add your own quotes to the list.

amr090 · Post by **amr090** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:25 pm

haha pretty amusing.

gvhvhg · Post by **gvhvhg** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:06 pm

i got 9.5 out of 12....i gave my self half for the oberoi thing....id say them all in the same sentence

funny stuff though bhushan

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:14 pm

gvhvhg, did you miss #4?

I added a new #12.

gvhvhg · Post by **gvhvhg** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:41 pm

yes i took note of #4

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:04 am

Very well said Bhushan ...

Jaydeep.

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:51 am

I think I got 12.5 out of 13...
I will stop at the second half of point 4, which must be exclusively the domain of our dear friend Gurvinder Harvinder etc etc.

sramu · Post by **sramu** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:28 am

I am sure gvhvhg is trying hard for 4 - more than anything else.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:34 pm

#4, #5 and #10 were written exclusively for three special people in the forum.

However, the sentiment behind those statements was that the "real" Indian sports fans go beyond the call of duty, love to take more pictures of the stars, and often sign off using terms like "#1 Indian sports fan, tennis #1, etc.

We have fans who have volunteered to share their apartments with the players, and have found time to go and cheer the players during the match.

Florian Buechting · Post by **Florian Buechting** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:36 am

Simply beautiful

Thank you very much!

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:13 am

I have moved this thread from a global announcement to the Other Sports forum.

India1989 · Post by **India1989** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:12 am

13. Your knowledge of Indian sports is not limited to Tendulkar, Ganguly, Irfan, Dravid, Anand and Major Rathore.

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:47 am

YOU ARE A REAL INDIAN SPORTS FAN IF

1.AFTER GETTING A COLLEGE DEGREE , THE NEXT DAY YOU LEAVE INDIA FOR GOOD.
2.AT THE NEXT OPPURTUNITY; YOU TAKE UP THE CITIZENSHIP OF YOUR ADOPTED COUNTRY AND YES... U RENOUNCE ANY ALLEGIANCE TO YOUR MOTHER LAND.
3.YOU SPEAK ABOUT INDIA NON STOP FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
4.YOU VIST YOUR COUNTRY ON REGULAR INTERVALS TO CHECK IF IT IS STILL THERE.
5.YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN MAKE BIG SACRIFICES BY PLAYING FOR INDIA .
6.AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU PUT UP A GOOD WEBSITE FOR INDIAN SPORTS .....

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