The Pupetier

Yesterday's t20 final between India and Pakistan was an extremely fascinating contest. The game kept swinging one way and the other with almost every ball. No one could say with any degree of certainty at any time what the result would be. At the end India won by a very small margin. Yet all would agree that Pakistan did not deserve to lose. Finally, Gavaskar summed it up well when he said that cricket had won.
It reminded me again and again about the way life runs its course. We give credit to this or that player for the turn of events. But to a dispassionate observer it is clear that the players are mere puppets. The real Pupetier controls all the moves while remaining always behind the scene.
The Pakistan players acknowledged this while making every statement. Inshallah, God willing, they would say. They on their part were going to do the very best. The rest was in the hands of The almighty and The compassionate one. The Indian captain Dhoni said nearly the same thing.
This game was Geeta in action. I wish we can all live in this way. What a wonderful spectacle life would then be.
Ganoba