i just started reading the comments in this thread. A few observations and inputs. 1)Maradona and Sachin - ask sachin and he w'd tell he grew up idolizing maradona and john mc enroe. maradona w'd never hav heard of sachin. i first heard abt maradona in 1986 and whn he won the world cup and first saw him play in italia 90. nobody in argentina w'd hav heard abt sachin and im sure he wont hav a single fan in latin america other than some frm the indian community.
2)cricket and football
crickets is just a colonial game whr the world has no interest, tahe south asia out of the equation and cricket w'd hav even less followers than chess.
someone here was saying that crickets a more intelligent, more technical and better to watch than football. thats simply absurd again after a match spanning 8 hours, tv channels here spend 2 hours of analysis of the game and using slow motions teach the public abt the technicalities. since all of us hav seen that we think that crickets more technical. a technique in football is much more complex and it can only be taught in the training grounds not on screen. probably football is the most technical sport where in u use ur whole body to control the ball and arms to giv u balance. the vision u need to hav in football is phenomenal thats y zizou, maradona, platini breed of midfeilders are too less in a pool of more than a million professionals playing the game.
What a pity to waste 5000 security ppl's day or two to protect Maradona, than the security of the country. Well thats the irony of the country India, that there is always a misbalance of use of power for wrong causes. Other important thing to goft kgs of Gold to Maradon, why? Did our great players ever get such an welcome anywhere else in world? Won;t it be better to use the money from such collection to the lesser known Victims of Mumbai blast?
Re: Re: SHAME
by Pramod Jain on Dec 06, 2008 04:48 PM
May not be in football, but we do have/had in Cricket. Here intention was nto to compate the stature of players, but to emphasize on the imbalance of usage of power, and to compare the causes where money is needed and money is going.
Re: SHAME
by Birju on Dec 06, 2008 04:57 PM
It is much better than to protect Raj Thakre, Mullayam, Sonia, Amar Singh, Mayawati .... he is a genius and one of the gretest sports personalities this worl has ever produced ....India has never produced anybody of the stature of Maradona in any feild!
Re: Re: SHAME
by Pramod Jain on Dec 07, 2008 11:02 AM
well then you are at mistake dear. Maradona does not come close to Gandhi anyhow. The other thing, big names are created by popularising the ppl, where we indians are lacking, else there is no derth of talent in India. still my point was to misuse the power by using 5000 security ppl for the security of Just one person Maradona, is it justifiable?
Re: TOUR TO INDIA
by Triumph on Dec 06, 2008 04:00 PM
but he will soon realize that he has wasted 2 precious days of his life by visiting Waste Bongal.
Re: Re: TOUR TO INDIA
by sumit m on Dec 09, 2008 11:54 AM
Triumph belongs to MNS. To him, everything from Bengal is bad. The reason is that he lost his job to a far more competent bengali.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TOUR TO INDIA
by SUTIRTHA BHATTACHARJEE on Dec 06, 2008 05:15 PM
Baap,Aap to Mahagyani hai!Even Baichung Bhutia, the face of Indian football has doubted whether football in India will progress afetr Maradona's visit.As for fellow Bongs,lets be practical and go for employment generation rather than play in the hands of politicians who invite Maradona to tickle with the sentimentaal Bongs, for votes.there are countless Maradonas in India who wither away due to lack of patronage and training.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TOUR TO INDIA
by Birju on Dec 06, 2008 05:25 PM
Mamata brand stupidity very obvious in ur post, after shooing away Tata's now you are after Maradona - please keep away from civilised world you people augur well in the Jharkhand jungles. Ur leader is trying very hard to divide Bengal and become a CM (like Shibu Soren) in a broken fragment state! Filth of Bengal as well as india!
Re: Football in India -- What a pathetic game !!
by Guest on Dec 06, 2008 03:43 PM
Triumph ur the grtsesk a**hole U should know the spelling of the state and which dustbin do u belong from
Maradona means Football-the best sporting event on earth.This should not be compared with Cricket, a lazy fun entertaiment and appreciated by lazy spectators.
Re: Re: Maradona
by Rambo on Dec 06, 2008 03:13 PM
i think u seem to be a bigger dud, and as some one rightly said from a planet where legs are used for some thing else.
Re: Maradona
by Triumph on Dec 06, 2008 03:14 PM
whatever u say might be true, but in India football can never ever replace cricket. Look at the stadiums where football matches r conducted. They r virtually empty. there is no future for football in india
Re: Re: Maradona
by Dev on Dec 06, 2008 03:27 PM
indians should play football. it is a good game for fitness its better than cricket in this regard ..but cricket is better to watch
Re: Re: Re: Maradona
by Rajeswari Hariharan on Dec 06, 2008 03:30 PM
iam far better off admiring sachin, dhoni, kapil, kumble, dravid, sourav and gavaskar - great indians, than admiring a foreigner like maradona. There is so much to admire about indian cricket.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Maradona
by Guest on Dec 06, 2008 03:46 PM
Cricket is played by 10 countries and footbal by all countries , There is nothing to admire abt indian crckt Support Indian footbal, There is no dearth of talent there might be better than sachin kapil
Re: football
by Ranajit Mustaphi on Dec 06, 2008 03:03 PM
Do you think Cricket is a game?It is even not known by all big powers like America,Russia,Germany,Canada,Japan,China,Italy,Greece and manymore.Cricket is played as funmaking entertaining event.This is not included in olympic games also.
Re: Re: Re: football
by Rajeswari Hariharan on Dec 06, 2008 03:32 PM
India is a power in cricket and thats all matters to me. Why should we follow some other game jus because americans and europeans follow it........
Re: Re: Re: Re: football
by Sameer on Dec 06, 2008 03:41 PM
Americans? Dude, football is world's game, the world cup is watched more than any other event, even the olympics.. America is also a dud in football and is improving. Perhaps you are stuck to the stupid cricket, a colonial game, in which Indian mostly loses, the betting, satta and other things occur, with underworld hands in it, indirectly funding terrorism. Cricket is one of the reason for India's poor performance in other games. See, we got a medal after so many years in Olympics. Come out of your shell...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: football
by Triumph on Dec 06, 2008 03:51 PM
@sameer: u say india mostly loses in cricket? what about football. I guess we r outside 100 in the rankings. Also no Indian is seriously interested in this game. So why waste time.
Re: Re: Re: Re: football
by SUTIRTHA BHATTACHARJEE on Dec 06, 2008 05:06 PM
When the Game is limited to 10 nations,India is a power,When its in hockey,football and Olympics, India is a Power[less.]Sports shall be included in daily life to improve quality of life, not merely as viewing for entertainment only.I, stress this coz I play cricket,football and volleyball.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: football
by Triumph on Dec 06, 2008 04:04 PM
mrthamra: i do know it. and do u know the language that u r communicating is in English?
Re: Waste Bongal or Mini Bangladesh ???
by sumit m on Dec 06, 2008 02:36 PM
To malign all of Bengal due to commies is in bad taste. With your logic, one can state that all marathis are bad because you support politicians like deshmukh and thackeray. But that is not true is it? Please stick to the issue and do not generalise.
Re: Re: Waste Bongal or Mini Bangladesh ???
by Triumph on Dec 06, 2008 02:39 PM
@sumitm: whatever points I have raised r true to the last word. I have friends, relatives who live there and they r just waiting for the day to be relieved from their resp companies to leave that state for good. read my entire post and u will understand what i have written is true.
Re: Re: Re: Waste Bongal or Mini Bangladesh ???
by sumit m on Dec 08, 2008 11:31 AM
@Triumph: Have you ever come to the city to work or as a tourist? I don't believe you have. You are speaking with shades on your eyes. A very closed mind. The city has its quirks, just like any other city in the country. Some like its quirks, some don't. For example, i enjoy being in Delhi, but hate Mumbai. I feel more comfortable working with Delhi-ites because i feel they are better human beings. Mumbai is a place where friendships are forged only for personal gains. No true friendships, mere acquaintances. In that respect, Nagpur is far better, cause people out there are true Marathis, who welcome you with open arms. Just cause this is my opinion, does not mean that Mumbai is bad or Delhi is a better city. I hope i have been able to communicate my thoughts to you.
It is not because of the Kolkata people being lethargic and not being able to protect themselves. It is not because Kolkata has port. It is because of this attitude of fighting among ourselves, dividing based on states, languages and culture that the British were able to conquer us.
Re: Re: Re: Re: We are fighting against ourselves.....
by Triumph on Dec 06, 2008 02:47 PM
@terabaap: if u say the truth, the Bongs will immediately start abusing and reporting the msg for abuse.
Re: Re: Re: Re: We are fighting against ourselves.....
by subhrajit guha on Dec 06, 2008 02:50 PM
he he...tere baap... go to hell. u r worst than a street dog.
