This Independence Day, I achieved two long-standing dreams.
The first was at the Landmark Quiz Chennai. We (me, Skimpy and Kodhi) won it.
The three of us have been taking part in the Landmark or Odyssey quizzes since 2004. We’d do our August 15/ January 26 pilgrimage to Chennai and just miss qualifying, or qualify and then come last. This year, we qualified. We didn’t get knocked out. And we were on brilliant form, cracking questions throughout the quiz and peacefully winning.
We then went into the all-India finals, and ended up losing by one question, but so it goes. No Enthu Da is now established as a quiz team. We have a reputation. Another couple of years like this, and we could start getting name recognition like QED or Mama Machaan Mapillai. Sooner or later, we’ll win the national round too.
That was dream one. The second dream got fulfilled just after the Chennai round, when the three of us were interviewed by the Chennai local news channel.
Reporter: How does it feel to win?
Kodhi: One of the things in life’s to-do list has been checked off.
Reporter: So have you been quizzing lots before this?
Wimp: Yes, we’ve been coming here and trying to win for five years now.
Reporter: So how do you feel on Independence Day? What does Independence Day mean to you?
Me: Freedom is awesome! It’s great that we have freedom and now we should help other countries with freedom too. To the north you have China being high-handed so we should support free Tibet.
Why was this fulfilling a dream? Well, the news channel is a joint venture between NDTV and The Hindu.
Abusing The Hindu in The New Indian Express is one thing. Expressing pro-Tibet opinions on a Hindu owned media outlet is one of the greatest hacks I’ve ever pulled. Now, as with the Landmark Quiz, it’s time to raise the game – the new goals are to win the national Landmark, and to somehow write an anti-China or anti-CPM oped in The Hindu itself.
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