Mr Somdev has a wonderful Attitude to work hard under presssure and Win the Games Spectacularly. We must Congratulate Somdev for his splendid performance and cheer him for his win in Semifinals and Finals.
Re: Wonderful Attitude
by amrit singh on Jan 10, 2009 11:41 AM
Oh really? How many ATP tournaments has he played from which you judged his attitude? Now dont tell me that you used to watch his college level games. He just tured pro man.... Wait and watch. Lets see his game and attitude in 2009... I hope he lives upto the expectations
This is another great example of America's greatness. It is land of equality and people are gven priority based on their talents and skills. Not by nationality, religion, caste, language or sex. US identifies and recognizes talent and because of that it is a great country. As long as indians elect the kind of politicians who kill engineers for not 'donating' money for birthday parties and let their world cup boxing medalists take taxis on their own money to reach home from airport we should never take pride for the kid being indian. Instead we should feel ashamed for not grooming such talents in india and let others to find our talents. Somdev is a talented individual and lets hail him and wish him success.
Its a pity that petty politicians decide Guys like somadewverman , Ashok amritraj, cannot represent India because they are NRI's! I very well understand preference should be given to lacal guys if there is brek even. But sadly India has no much international standard male single tennis players. Blame it on infrastructure for sports in India or sportpersons being poor.So I think it should be left to the individual, in case of multi national citizenship, as to which country he represents. Unfortunately hook or crook politicians would see to it that indian flag will not fly high although individuals do try that.
Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by The Leader on Jan 10, 2009 09:35 AM
Teh govt decison to not allow non Indian passport holders to represent India is correct. These so called sportsmen want the US lifestyle but want to use India to get to Olympics and other important events. Indian constituion does not allow mulitple citizenship. So there is no question of anyone being both an Indian as well as a US citizen.... To clear matters, NRIs are Indian passport holders, but living outside India for more than 6 months in a year. They can represent india. Btw, I am glad the Somdevdevarman does not fall in the same category.
Re: Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by Devin Aaron on Jan 12, 2009 05:43 AM
Your jst another person who is fooled by the govt. nd especially by the indian sports ministrys' claim to object PIO's nd OCI's.
Sports min. havin a policy in accordance to the rules nd regulations of citizenship is fine nd all tht, as its the sports min. nd sports federation to decide whthr to allow or not allow an foreign athlete based on whtever decision or policy thy come up with.
Bt deporting an athlete based on performances whtr dull or good is purely the decision taken by the coach of indian tennis team. Its defnitly nt the job of sports min. nd govt. to interfere in that.
Wht the sports min. did ws judge the players intentions wrongly by bringing up rubbish non-evidence fact tht foreign players ar "using" india to get to sporting events. This is the dumbest statment made the indian sports min. nd this explains why the system of indian sports is weak. Worse is you actually believe that(lol)
Wht ur saying is also hypocritical as you uphold the govt. rules nd also u judge the players intentions as basis fr objecting them frm playin fr india.
Either indian sports min. follows this rule nd not allow the players w/PIO's or OCI's in the first place, or sport min. allows players w/PIO' or OCI's based on their potential to contribute to the sport to the best of athlete nd coaches abilities.
The sports min. nd federation has allowd these foreign indian players w.o "indian" passport in the beginning, then now they ar objecting them. Hypocrisy nd foolishness.
Re: Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by Ravi on Jan 10, 2009 03:46 PM
you mean to say have a indian passport and live elsewhere (in Somdev's case USA). Indian constitution is return by indians and can be changed in a way advantageous to India. Moreover if in some category Indians cannot qualify to olympics and NRI's can, whats wrong in having medals in India's account! Its just give and take! There should be provision to individuals to select which nation they represent in case they are multinationals. will there not be big news if some american or otherwise with indian origin does something!
Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by Madhab Barma on Jan 10, 2009 04:54 AM
Somdev is born in Tripura. He is basically a Tripuri Boy. He is related to R D Burman and S D Burman, from the Royal Tripuri family. He is studying in US now, but grew up in Guwahati and Chennai. Unless you know of a guy completely, never comment on that guy. His surname is written a little different way. It should have been Debbarman. Thats how Tripuris write their surname.
Re: Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by Mak Kumar on Jan 10, 2009 09:20 AM
what is the big deal if his name is spelt a bit different. Good to know that he was born in Tripura but more important that he represents the real Indian born in East, bred in South, educated in US and now representing India. Grow up dude
Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by Madhab Barma on Jan 10, 2009 04:54 AM
Somdev is born in Tripura. He is basically a Tripuri Boy. He is related to R D Burman and S D Burman, from the Royal Tripuri family. He is studying in US now, but grew up in Guwahati and Chennai. Unless you know of a guy completely, never comment on that guy. His surname is written a little different way. It should have been Debbarman. Thats how Tripuris write their surname.
Re: Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by BS Suran on Jan 10, 2009 08:37 AM
whether , its Tripura , assam, Chennai or blue blood or not , how does it matter Barmanji. He is an Indian and doin well, we need to just appreciate the kid and support and encourage him ...thats it . Ravi was commenting on another issue!!
Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by Vivek Vikram Sridharan on Jan 10, 2009 03:43 AM
somdev is a student in usa. his parents live in chennai. not the same case with prakash amrtiraj. ashok amritraj doesnt play anymore.
Re: Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by S Ghosh on Jan 10, 2009 12:29 PM
His father is a IT official who was posted in Chennai for 10 years. Hence Somdev learned his formative tennis at Chennai. Thereafter he moved to US for higher education. As such he is still an Indian and his parents are from Tripura
Re: Re: Re: NRI, OCI ?!?
by S Ghosh on Jan 10, 2009 12:30 PM
Good to see his neighbours and classmates cheering for him at stands. That gives him extra energy. Wish he wins the title
Re: All the best to Somdev
by Maharaj Malik on Jan 10, 2009 08:23 AM
how do you know itr is exopensive..did you ever play it ? dont talk shit until you know,,its not very costly in fact less than cricket
Re: Re: All the best to Somdev
by praksh shetty on Jan 10, 2009 10:46 AM
really, you are great! what a terrific knowledge you have got! Actually you should have been given the Parama veera Cakra award!
Re: Re: Re: All the best to Somdev
by madhav gokhale on Jan 10, 2009 10:52 AM
MR.PRAKASH SHETTY AS AN INDIAN YOU SHOULD FEEL ASHAMED TO TALK OF PARAM VEER CHAKRA IN A LIGHT VEIN. IT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A SELECT 21 IN 61 YEARS UNLIKE OUR DEAR LEADERS WHO ARE DIME A DOZEN. MOSTLY INDIANS DO NOT EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES PROPERLY. PLEASE ATLEAST DO NOT ASSOCIATE THE NAME OF PVC WITH BUFFOONS LIKE MAHARAJ MALIK AND YOURSELF.
In a country like us once in while we can look forward some one, a country without infrastructure for sports other than cricket. Salute the spirit of individuality in a corrupt nation.
Re: South Indians
by Rajnish on Jan 10, 2009 12:20 AM
u r an a**hole. u call urself patriot and ask such stupid questions. ok tell me now, how many south indians were indicted in cricket's hall of fame, how many south indians have won an individual medal at olympics, apart from dhanraj pillay how many great hockey players SI has produced?some regions do better than others in some sports, thats it and for ur info even SI has not produced any tennis player who can be called great by world standards not even ramanathan krishnan
Re: Re: South Indians
by Calspadeaspade on Jan 10, 2009 02:30 AM
I beg to disagree. Though I hate the message of patriot , I have to tell you Krishnan at his time came upto semis in wimbledon. Vijay Amrithraj at one time was on par with Borg and connors. True, tennis is a very competitive game and requires lot of killer instinct. Vijay and Ramnathan Krishnan appeared on the world tennis map. But patriot is definitely an A**H**e.
Re: South Indians
by Animesh Rana on Jan 10, 2009 12:15 AM
Mr. Patriot, I guess you mistook this North-east guy with a South Indian.
Please check before boasting of south indians. By the way, we have a learned "ghotaala" man named Raju (Satyam) from South India. He beats Laloo's "charaa Ghotaala" hands down.
Re: South Indians
by ameyzzing on Jan 10, 2009 02:53 AM
Dude..Leander is of Goan origin...Family is of land lords in south goa..he may have been brought up in kolkatta..but noway a north india..no north or south.. its east n west...lol
Re: Re: South Indians
by ambareesh barat on Jan 10, 2009 08:37 AM
Everyone misses the point. Leander Paes is of Bengali and Armenian descent. Leander's father is of Armenian descent. He is very much a Kolkata boy and a direct descendant of the famous Bengali poet Michael Madhusudhan Dutt, who introduced blank verse to Indian poetry. check the facts for yourself before you speak. But dont belittle him by claiming him for one part of india. he has single handedly achieved more for the country over the course of his career, than most of us put together will do in a lifetime. and somdev devvarman is originally from tripura. north india by the way has a number of budding tennis players - cant remember names at the moment.
Re: Re: Re: South Indians
by Arijit Chaudhury on Jan 10, 2009 10:31 AM
who says leander is a north-indian. He is a bengali and his family is staying in Kolkata for hundreds of years....First u know everything then comment.
Re: dnt hype
by bhushan hegde on Jan 10, 2009 12:08 AM
He deserves the credit ( you are wrongly calling it hype ). You cannot beat a world # 14 & a former world # 1.
Re: Re: dnt hype
by BS Suran on Jan 10, 2009 08:42 AM
true ....the other guys is a jaundiced one ....he will only praise after somadev reaches the no 1 slot
