The wildest and most amazing aspect of all was that Indians of all religions, states, races, and creeds celebrated like mad that night and month in utter astonishment at the unthinkable, and today I could finally feel it! Pakistan even ceased cross-firing along the border to allow India to hear the semi-final match between India and the West Indies on June 25, 1983. This demonstrates that while we may speak various languages or hold different ideologies, our hearts all beat at the same time.