HOW'S THAT POSSIBLE!!
A man being dropped or being over looked by a sports selection committee is not the issue here, it is the mindset and the stench of blatant misuse of power that upsets me . Being a cricket fan, I cannot come to terms that we have a bunch of vindictive, spineless, jelly fish ruling the roost.
With Third Umpire being brought in to resolve any doubts on the field, we have done all that a game is not about, off it.
We have proven again that petty politics is our forte.
I don't know why my question, of how a foreign force could come in as a mere trader and go on to rule us got answered yesterday. I see a striking similarity. Of course then it was hospitality that was taken advantage of and today it is perhaps sheer lack of self respect and any national value that has made this possible.
Well done selectors. You just made Mir Jaffar look a shade better!
With Third Umpire being brought in to resolve any doubts on the field, we have done all that a game is not about, off it.
We have proven again that petty politics is our forte.
I don't know why my question, of how a foreign force could come in as a mere trader and go on to rule us got answered yesterday. I see a striking similarity. Of course then it was hospitality that was taken advantage of and today it is perhaps sheer lack of self respect and any national value that has made this possible.
Well done selectors. You just made Mir Jaffar look a shade better!
posted by Autumn Leaf | 11:26 AM
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Straight from the heart! I agree! Petty politics.......that has been the agenda for quite some time now....that's all we read every morning! Like the brevity of your piece! No ranting...
Being a Cricket Lover, a rationalist (or so I would like to believe) and a Bengali I think the exclusion should not be made into such a big issue but the way it has been brought about. Definitely not befitting India's most successful captain of all time. Lets hope Dada gets a fair deal and wish him all the best and the selectors some grace and dignity.
P.S: Talking about Mir Jaffer, the fact that Wasim Jaffer has replaced The Bengal Tiger, your article might be taken in a different sense;)
hi first of all thank you for commenting on my blog. seconldy ur article was too well written. and u mentioned it correct, petty politics is our forte. maybe i will write a article on it, on how we suck at pretty much everything.
take care. hope to see ur blog soon.
Comments : cudn’t agree more. The problem is we pay too much attention. There’s too much money in the game. And very few people with the right staidness of mind to deal with the fame and glory that focuses on the game. People are too busy making a statement, likes of greg, ganguly, more – what is this overt need to assert oneself over the dictates of the game. We never see a sachin , lara or mcgrath doing that. The answer is because they know that whatever they have achieved has been given to them by the game, and beyond it there is a different reality in which they exist. As normal human beings. Its very hard to be normal, very easy to assert the aura of a hero – assertion defeats the purpose.
Hello, I do not agree with the previous commentator - not so simple
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