is it that crazy?

Kolkata is a crazy place.
Its premier football clubs have different fish as mascots, and the price of these in the market shoots up or falls with a thud depending on which team is the winner of the match on a given day.

-P.G. Tenzing in Don't Ask Any Old Bloke for Directions:
A Biker's Whimsical Journey Across India.
(but that's the one description i like from this book)