Much speak has been of late about decolonisation – not a lot of nations as soon as dominated by colonial powers like Britain, however of establishments and what goes underneath the quaint time period, ‘thoughts’. Part of decolonising the post-colonial thoughts is the spree in changing colonial symbols with nationwide ones. For occasion, the statue of a British monarch within the centre of India’s capital with an empty house, which is then, in flip, crammed by the statue of an Indian chief who fought towards the Brits. But whereas the state ‘decolonises’ – including to its personal ‘nationwide’ attraction lest anybody forgets that 75 years of decolonisation that will not have wanted reminding – the necessity to decolonise headlines each time India beats England in cricket (it hasn’t gained in hockey, the one different sport actually the place the 2 meet, for a very long time) is pressing. Perhaps, the perfect time to train this fumigation can be now – with England having overwhelmed Pakistan, one other postcolonial nation, to win the 2022 T20 World Cup on Sunday.

The lazy, stale ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ form of headlines nonetheless conjured up every time India defeats England – or on the even rarer event when an Indian-origin Englishman turns into British prime minister – should cease. In truth, England’s win on the 16-country event ought to be the one final time when that headline ought to be used, with apposite irony.