Having initially been seduced by the idea that the IPL showcased the alluring face of a brave new entrepreneurial India, I am reluctant to embrace the opposite view instantly. But there is no doubt that the flaws being exposed daily in the media – cupidity on a colossal, almost suicidal scale, the quest for easy money, the turn to illegality, and the lack of ethical standards at the highest levels – reveal dangerous streaks in our national character.
我一开始也沉迷于IPL堪为勇敢的充满企业家精神的新印度的象征的观点，不愿立刻接受相反的看法。但毫无疑问，媒体每天都在揭露缺陷——自杀式的贪得无厌、追求一夜暴富、求助非法手段，以及最高层道德败坏——这些缺陷表明印度的国民性有着致命缺点。