I know I was rude to call Pakistan a Najistan. It was my anger at the total collapse of the government and above all its ineptness at preventing such attacks. My post titled ‘Pakistan to Najistan, on this blog was made more subtle and I vowed never to write for that blog until and unless they change the title back. Well, they don’t care anyways, but it was important to me that I don’t back out from a stand I took after so many years of observing the developments in Pakistan from outside.
From the category archives:
Sports
The list has been prepared by the Foreign Policy. And it’s called The List: The World’s Worst Olympians!
The country’s athletic ineptitude is so profound that a parliamentarian called for two minutes of silence to “lament the demise of Indian sports” after the squad failed to win any medals in Barcelona in 1992.
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The news channels were telecasting the footage again and again. The lips of Shahid Afridi and Gautam Gambhir were circled so that the able audience can read their lips. I really wonder can anything really be a ‘Gentleman only’ sports.
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Chak De has highlights many important aspect of Indian sports which are responsible for the pathetic state of present day affairs-
1. Regionalism. Players are more conscious about their state rather than country. This has to do with lack of professionalism. Most of the players are not professionals because the pay is abysmally low and hence they play for state as a hobby. Regional feelings are bound to be dominant considering the fact that the imaginary boundaries of superiority/inferiority are deep rooted. Jharkhand is considered a land of forest where only adivasis exist. This superlative feeling is so profound that even the movie disparaged the girls from Jharkhand; why can’t the hero of the team be from Jharkhand? Why she is always from Chandigarh/Punjab or Haryana? I do appreciate the fact that Jharkhand is a backward state but then if this is the treatment meted out then who is going to encourage nationalistic feeling? Isn’t Jharkhand a part of India? Does only convent education guarantee quality? Does always beauty lead to success?
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Dear cricket fans,
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