Congrats Mr Bindra,He is Mr India.Glorify his achievements,Give him a warm welcome.Colour the Skies and greet him lads.Lets not fight over it. Likewise he belived in himself not the Govt.
RE:Change of game
by Pranav Sharma on Aug 14, 2008 01:48 PM
Thanks Nagesh. This is most fitting comment I have ever seen about super hyped Sania. Hats off to you.
PHELPS takes part in a sport which almost all of world knows and does participate..our GOD SACHIN plays a sport which only once SLAVES of Great Britain Play....only 8/9 countries.....BUT ALL OF US ARE HAPPY THAT INDIANS ARE 3/4/5/6 THE RANKING TEAM IN CRICKET OF 10 TEAMS...............THESE CORPORATES WHO BACK THSES GUYS NEEDS TO IGNORE THEM..........FOR GOD SHAKE DO NOT BUY PRODUCTS WHICH THESE CRICKETERS ENDORSE....WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE PRIDE OF THE COUNTRY
RE:INDIANS ARE NUTS
by sandeep kumar on Aug 14, 2008 09:59 AM
If u dont want to buy products, then dont take bath,dont brush,dont use deo, sont shave..as these are all endorsed by cricketers. U'll be a public nuisance coz u'll stink man.good luck, stinky
RE:INDIANS ARE NUTS
by amrit on Aug 14, 2008 09:59 AM
Very good post. I completely agree. The fingers on your two hands are enough to count the number of countries of the world that play cricket and you don't need any hand to count the number of non-Commonwealth countries (ie countries which were not a part of the British empire before 1946) that play cricket. So what makes more sense for a nation claiming to be a future superpower - invest energy and resources into something the whole world plays or into something a handful of countries play. Also, cricket does not really demand the fitness and skill required by Olympic sports. That is why it is less attractive to the world in gneral.
People, cricket has given gems like sachin,saurav,kapil,gavaskar,bhajji,kumble etc. 1.Won world cup 83, t20 in 2007 2. Beat aussies many times over the last few yrs 3.chased 406 in the windies in 1971 against 4 gr8 fast bowlers like holding,croft,roberts,marshall etc 4. BCCi supports other sports also..gave 25 laks to bindra 5. thousands of cricket academies for kids 6. Hosted wrld cup,champions cup etcc..and world richest cricket body 7. The passion shown by Sreesanth and Harbhajan is an example to ppl on how to fight against racist people. Pppl like Sree, robin, bhajji are the face of NEW,AGGRESIVE YOUNG INDIA!! 1 series loss against lanka will happen..remember aussies lost ashes 2005. But they came back.
Taking this into picture, Cricket shud be our national game..and its rightly said that cricket is OUR religion and SACHIN is god!
RE:RE:For GODs sake, stop blaming Cricketers!!
by Nagesh Bhagwat on Aug 14, 2008 09:48 AM
If Sreesanth and Harbhajan are the new face of cricket, I will never let my kids play the game
RE:For GODs sake, stop blaming Cricketers!!
by Crab on Aug 14, 2008 09:48 AM
boss cricket is not even an olympic item. Kabaddi should be our national game we have won all the world cups in kabbadi. we have produced gems like munna ram, chinni ram, bola ram and tikka ram in kabbadi. kabbadi federation gives one cup of channa for kabaddi players. kabbadi can be played in a small place without investing anything. Kabbadi national game
RE:For GODs sake, stop blaming Cricketers!!
by amrit on Aug 14, 2008 09:55 AM
The fingers on your two hands are enough to count the number of countries of the world that play cricket and you don't need any hand to count the number of non-Commonwealth countries (ie countries which were not a part of the British empire before 1946) that play cricket. So, please select whatever religion and god you want for yourself, but that cannot be not the religion or god of a nation that is trying to claim a superpower status. I am sorry to say but your god would simply not help there.
I do not understand why Indians cry and wail every four years during the Olympic show when every other second they are gaga over bat and ball. The sports in Olympics are the real sports where one's concentration, fitness and hard work are put to test. Only when Indians and the Indian govt. will learn to diversify their interest, enthusiasm and competition spirit from sole cricket to the myriad of other games will India begin to perform in Olympics. Getting a gold medal takes spirit, hard work and monetary moral support. Look at USA or China. These are the very reasons for their medal count.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by hiral joshi on Aug 14, 2008 10:03 AM
This is called hypocrisy. Culprit is our society,we the citizen of India. Cricket is just like any other sport. And it does require concentration, patience, skills, physical strength, stamina, cool temper etc. I dont think we can degrade one game over other for the wrong reasons. We as a society have failed to have a balanced and genuine approach to sports as a whole. We worship blindly the rising sun. Now Abhinav has done something so we find great pleasure in bashing other sports. Tomorrow if God blesses us with another gold in Tennis we'll gaga over tennis. Next time it will be something else. We lack sport culture that is the bitter truth. See what happened with Monika Devi. Nobody speaks for that poor girl, she was framed wrongly. Our people do this to each other just for the sake for personal grudge, selfishness and ego. How can genuine people survive in sports in this scenario? People are flooding Abhinav with crores of rupees which he barely needs, while persons like Monika are not even showered with sympathy.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by Gaurav Dogar on Aug 14, 2008 11:07 AM
I really agree with you. In two years from now, India will host Commonwealth games, but how many people will turn up to watch at stadia with tickets bought. People can buy Cricket match tickets, but not other sports. In recent past also, even Football and Hockey matches have shown not much public in stadia. Govt. financing to sports is visisble to everyone. Coaching techniques in India are very poor as compared to EU or other medal winning countries, barring some countries. People have to change their mindset first towards other sports. I am not saying to leave cricket behind, it is indeed an interseting game and those who say that mental and physical strength is not required in this game are fools. They should get on to the field and play a 50 overs match, then it will strike them that it also needs same attention and concentration. The real point is that we can make other sports make some footprints, only if we the people of India will take distributed interest in all sports, whether included in Olympics, Commonwealth, Asian or National level. Then only we can pressurize Govts. also to raise the funds and quality.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by amrit on Aug 14, 2008 10:18 AM
The problem of India is actually apparent in your reply to my post Mr. Joshi. People like arguing and spending their energy uselessly instead of thinking constructively to improve their future by accepting the truth or their mistakes. We have to accept the problems as they are. We may have our own individual love for cricket but that should not blind us from the fact that all that obsession for cricket is actually harming the nation a lot and doing no or very little good.
RE:RE:Cricket's the culprit
by hiral joshi on Aug 14, 2008 10:36 AM
I absolutely agree my friend, I only pointed out that Cricket is also a genuine sport, requiring all the basic talent like other sports. But we need a balanced approach. We need to encourage all the games.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by amrit on Aug 14, 2008 10:12 AM
Looks like you don't understand figuritive language... Cricket is not even a person. How can 'it' be a culprit? Anyhow, I agree with your point of worshipping the rising sun. But the point is not that. The point is Indian society is too obsessed with cricket. If cricket was altogether abolished from the country (which I don;t want, but just as a supposition), the country would actually benefit a lot because people would then look for a more popular and more skillful game, and we would be able to able to grab at least one more medal. Regarding sport culture, a culture is built. Cricket in India has not let any other sport culture build. That is exactly what Im saying.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by hiral joshi on Aug 14, 2008 10:30 AM
Looks like u dont understand simple english. You bashed the game of cricket just to expose the shortcomings of society. And in the very first sentence I clarified this. The cricket is built in culture of India is not the fault of cricket rather its the fault of our society, media, policymakers, sponsors etc. So you need to degrade them, but you cant say that cricket is not requiring any skills or concentration, that is just unwarrented.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by sandeep kumar on Aug 14, 2008 09:41 AM
boss, cricket has given gems like sachin,saurav,kapil,gavaskar,bhajji,kumble etc. 1.Won world cup 83, t20 in 2007 2. Beat aussies many times over the last few yrs 3.chased 406 in the windies in 1971 against 4 gr8 fast bowlers like holding,croft,roberts,marshall etc 4. BCCi supports other sports also..gave 25 laks to bindra 5. thousands of cricket academies for kids 6. Hosted wrld cup,champions cup etcc..and world richest cricket body
Taking this into picture, Cricket shud be our national game..and its rightly said that cricket is OUR religion and SACHIN is god!
RE:RE:Cricket's the culprit
by hiral joshi on Aug 14, 2008 10:34 AM
This type of euphoritic and psychophantic approach does the damage to the sports culture of our country. Cricket is just another sport. Its true that we have had good success in Cricket but that doesnt make it our religion, nor Mr. Sachin is God. This type of blind worshiping cause vacuum in the other sports. Our country needs balanced approach and genuine sports culture not blind worshiping of just one game or individuals.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by amrit on Aug 14, 2008 09:53 AM
The fingers on your two hands are enough to count the number of countries of the world that play cricket and you don't need any hand to count the number of non-Commonwealth countries (ie countries which were not a part of the British empire before 1946) that play cricket. So, please select whatever religion and god you want for yourself, but that cannot be not the religion or god of a nation that is trying to claim a superpower status. I am sorry to say but your god would simply not help there.
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by Crab on Aug 14, 2008 09:47 AM
boss cricket is not even an olympic item. Kabaddi should be our national game we have won all the world cups in kabbadi. we have produced gems like munna ram, chinni ram, bola ram and tikka ram in kabbadi. kabbadi federation gives one cup of channa for kabaddi players. kabbadi can be played in a small place without investing anything. Kabbadi national game
RE:Cricket's the culprit
by vodafone on Aug 14, 2008 09:55 AM
I fully agree with you. We are too much obsessed with cricket. see the medal tally of Australia, UK, They also play cricket and has done well in other sports too. We like a fool concentrate only on cricket esp. IND-PAK matches and now on this new T20 circus. Winning a medal in olypics is a real pride and honour for any sprtsperson and above all for a country.
