Weighty minds will probably see the IPL’s tawdry underside as emblematic of post-liberalization India’s crony capitalism and business short-termism. But it is always dangerous to find in sports large metaphors for national decline, so the temptation to view the IPL as symptomatic of everything that is wrong with today’s India must be resisted.
重磅人物可能会把IPL华而不实的阴暗面视为后自由化印度的裙带资本主义和商业短视主义的象征。但用体育来充当国家衰落的大隐喻永远是危险的，因此必须抵制将IPL视为一切当代印度错误的象征的看法。