At the time of writing, people across India are furious over their performance in the cricket world cup(they lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). What was touted as a campaign that will end with Indian team returning with the gold seems as if now they fear returning to India. After all, when you have people who throw stones at your homes, who won't be scared?
I was wondering...
--> There are many corrupt people in India, and their incidences don't get publicised. Even when TV Programmes like Sansani(Star News) shows beurocrats taking bribe, how many of us go outside their homes and protest?
--> We ourselves are responsible for giving Cricket so much importance. In shooting, India has performed better than Cricket but how many of us actually pay attention to that sport? Their aren't academies to improve shooting skills of aspiring shooters and most of us won't buy a product if it hasn't been endorsed by a Cricketer or a movie actor/actress.
--> Are cricketers better than the people who come to our home to wash our dishes or clean the house? You must be baffled seeing the comparison, but the thing is, both are simply doing their job, as they dutifully have to do what has been assigned to them. Who knows, some of our domestic helpers were really good at cricket some time ago, but due to financial constraints couldn't make it big.
--> Are we really as expert in our fields as them? Ok, our team might not have won, but atleast they reached this stage. Can we claim ourselves to be the best in what we are doing? We ourselves know that there are people doing a better job than us and at times are hurt by comparisons. So why are we comparing others?
--> The time that is spent in watching a cricket match can be put for other activities also, and we all know that. Watching TV is one of the easiest things to do, and we can switch channels any time.
--> Finally, cricket is just a sport. There has to be a winner as well as a loser. According to my ideology a real sportsperson plays for more for enjoyment than winning. If you enjoyed whatever you were doing, then you won. I can't go on the field and practice foul play simply for winning the match.
I will be watching India's next match. Old habits die hard, I guess. Or,like many others patriotic supporters, I am still optimistic that one day India will be at the top, .
2 comments:
I do agree..the problem lies with the fact that we attach a political, biased and emotional approach towards this game of cricket.Apart from shooting, one more arena (where we indians are as spectators and supporters) is olympics.We honour our prized possession Rajyawardhana Rathore with Padma Bhushan..thts it!!coz v dnt hv any other victory...dont u think we need to take that aspect into regard.Cricket was never our game, though we have imbibed it deep inside us..our national game is Hockey..how many of us know at present who all hockey players we have in our team..Sports should be played with sportsmanship..
when the players feel that there performance will affect their family back home, how do you expect them to give their best keeping all these unwanted pressures at bay!!!
cricket is being given more importance than other games in Inida.
This way, Indian sports as a whole will never see it self on top.
Not fair !!!
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