The early morning nip in the London air and its dreary misty grey were justoutside the window, yet it seemed an universe away. It was March 24, India weremeeting Pakistan for the last engagement of the 2004 ODI tour at the GaddafiStadium in Lahore. A disciplined performance had earlier allowed the Indians tocome from behind and tie the rubber at 2-2, now they had a chance to actuallywin the series. There were no less than 250 South Asians and people of SouthAsian origin who had descended upon the London University Pub that day. This wasafter we had coerced the university union to subscribe to the only TV channelthat was showing the series in England.