IPL makes you poorer!

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The ad in the newspaper caught Mr. Chatterjee's attention immediately. The ad read: "Jump the queue! Watch Channel X and you could play for Australia or England or Pakistan in the forthcoming World Cup. Live your dream!" Mr. Chatterjee pondered - he was 51; has already taken a VRS from his comfortable Government job, had a beleaguered, nagging wife and ran a PCO. His son was settled in US of A, married to a Jamaican girl. His post-independence engineering days were filled with profound and hefty books and notes and tutorials. Then he got married to his dad's old friend's youngest daughter. And then, he got his job, to which he stuck on to till he retired. He lived his job-life signing yellow, papers carefully folded in files and visiting factories for inspection of materials and scraps. And now, suddenly, thanks to BCCI,....