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Abdul and his radio

By Will 2 years ago, at the start of March Leave a comment on this post



Abdul, originally uploaded by Arpana.


Regular CoU readers will know of my fascination with photography and, in particular, photos of the “other side” of cricket. Here, Abdul is desperately trying to tune into the cricket on his radio. A quite brilliant photograph, capturing the fervour of cricket in India.

(original comment - Today afternoon, returning from my site and walking down on Abdul rahman street, where almost all shops were closed with huge Demonstration and protest against President Bush visit to India… I could see this little Abdul (Thats what his friends called him as i clicked him) was busy reparing his radio so that he can’t miss cricket series India vs England.)

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4 Responses to “Abdul and his radio”

  • Nagraj wrote:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 5.34 pm

    really nice picture shows Abdul’s passion towards his fav.game.

  • Jess wrote:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 5.52 pm

    I hope Abdul managed to listen to some of the game - when I was listening to TMS this morning they were saying that the Indian radio stations weren’t broadcasting any of it at the moment thanks to the ongoing wrangles about rights. Very sad if true.

  • Wraye wrote:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 7.05 pm

    My heart goes out to Abdul more than you can possibly know.

    I took my radio into the office as usual, all tuned in nicely. Then our press officer arrived and turned on her computer across the room from me (she is only in the office 1 day a week) - instant howls and squeals from my tranny. As soon as she left for a meeting, I tried a desperate dance to refind Aggers and Co. to no avail. Ended up with Cricinfo. Wish me and my radio luck for tomorrow!

  • Jess wrote:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 7.08 pm

    I know the feeling, Wraye - I can’t charge my iPod and listen to LW in the same room! The computer seems to be ok, provided that I hide the radio behind the bed and turn the volume up…


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