September 24th, 2007 - If you didn’t already hear about the thumping Indian Win in the T20 World Cup, you were really sleeping hard. A young, energetic and aggressive Team India clinched the first ever T20 World Cup defeating arch rivals Pakistan in a nerve-wrenching final in South Africa on September 24th 2007. It was a grand finale to a tournament full of thrills and record breaking feats by Indians, including the fastest 50 (in 12 balls), and the ‘full monty’ (6 sixes in an over) by the vengeful Yuvraj against England, celebrated by beaming Indian expatriates the world over.

Not to be left behind, expatriate Indian youth in Boston celebrated the victory in a unique way. Pramit Makoday, the Secretary of the non-profit charitable organization, Next Generation Foundation (NGF – http://www.nextgenfoundation.org) and Nagendra Tomar were joined by a group of other cricket enthusiasts in taking out a huge car rally, with each car sporting multiple Indian flags, on the streets of Boston’s western suburbs to celebrate India’s win.

The rally made a bunch of pit stops on their way, arousing a lot of curiosity among the American passers-by, who were ever so curious about what the hullabaloo is all about. A lot of them asked the Indians various details about the game of cricket and were amused to find a lot of similarities with their own favorite, baseball.

Rev. Stephen Gemme, pastor of the St. Bernadette church, one of the rally’s pit stops in Northboro, MA, was so excited to know about cricket and India’s win that he joined the Indian crowd in the celebrations of the rally.

The rally covered about 10 miles of distance in a slow procession ending into an open area, where everyone started dancing to the tunes of the recent, popular Bollywood hit films, ‘Rang De Basanti’ and ‘Chak De India’. Indian snacks and sweets were distributed to all the participants.

Local cricket enthusiasts, Jayesh Singodia and Ashwaghosh Kamble, contributed significantly to the success of the rally, by taking care of a lot of logistics arrangements.

The charity organization Next Generation Foundation (NGF) has been very recently involved in helping introduce the shortened format of Twenty20 cricket in the Boston area, in coordination with the Massachusetts State Cricket League, in the New England Cricket Cup tournament inaugurated by the cricketing legend, Joel Garner. NGF also was the primary beneficiary of the recently concluded BCC Cup tournament organized by the Burlington Cricket Club, and partly supported by NGF volunteers.

Next Generation Foundation (NGF) is a registered socio-charitable organization striving to create a revolutionary drive within people to make the social changes to benefit the food, clothing and educational needs of underprivileged children. Members of NGF believe that every child across the world should have the equal and fair opportunity to choose their own destiny and build a better future for mankind. NGF had taken our first step towards this belief and started with NGF founders' home, India, by extending help to the underprivileged children living in this world's largest democracy. In the long-term NGF would be able to extend charitable help to other parts of the world. NGF welcomes you join them in this revolution. NGF is a 501(c)(3) public charity. All contributions to NGF are tax-exempt. Visit NGF's website for more information about NGF at http://www.nextgenfoundation.org.

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