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> There is a widespread misconception about India's National language as being Hindi. The same misconception is present with national sport (believed to be Ho
by ffpip 6y ago
> There is a widespread misconception about India's National language as being Hindi.
The same misconception is present with national sport (believed to be Hockey, actually is no sport)
- burlesona 6y agoHockey? Really? I would surely have guessed Cricket.
- ffpip 6y agoHockey was more popular in India in last century than it is now. It won Olympic medals so people started calling it 'National Sport'. Then cricket's popularity blew up (it was popular, it just increased a lot). A fun question people ask here in India is 'What is the national sport of India?'. Most people reply cricket, few 'intellectuals' say hockey, but there is no national sport.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoI think that since international cricket is more popular than international hockey, non-Indians know a lot about Indian cricket than hockey.
- dragandj 6y agoHmmm, I'm from South-East Europe, and the only times I remember hearing a lot about cricket is from Lewis Carroll, and from Indian news. I'm not how many people in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, China, etc. know that cricket exists. They don't care much about hockey either (the grass one), so you might be right, but only because 0.0001% is larger than 0.00001% :)
- dragonwriter 6y ago> I'm not how many people in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, China, etc. know that cricket exists. Lots of people in the places that were part of the British Empire other than in continental North America (where for some reason it had less staying power) which includes all of those places except South America (if you count the West Indies as part of North America.) It's popular some other places, too.
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