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IPL Protests for Cauvery catches international attention

Thursday, April 12, 2018 • Tamil Comments
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IPL Protests for Cauvery catches international attention

The protests against the IPL to catch the attention of the central government towards the burning Cauvery Management Board issue has succeeded in catching the attention of not only the National media but the interntaional ones too.

The New York Times has carries a story under the headline "Protesting Farmers Disrupt Billion-Dollar Cricket League in India" with an image of CSK fans burning their tickets in protest.  The story introduction goes "With billions for television rights and millions for salaries, the Indian Premier League of cricket is a big-time league in every respect. But now it is being disrupted in a most low-tech manner: by protesting, drought-stricken farmers. And maybe by snakes."

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