India, May 7 -- Religiosity is a measure of faith or inclination towards religion. In the same week that the nation witnessed one of the worst carnages in recent memory, it also found reason to cheer the emergence of a new cricketing star on the horizon.
Just as the haunting image of a new bride, listless beside her husband's body in a verdant meadow, will remain etched in public memory, so too will the sight of 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi sending the ball soaring out of the park with a flurry of audacious strokes. His cherubic face lit up screens and hearts alike, sending the nation into a frenzy. The media could scarcely stop gushing over the phenomenal talent he had unveiled.
His backstory - marked by toil and parental sacrifice, m...