Monday, January 07, 2008

The heat down under has reached a point where its effects have started to be felt on the upper surface too.
What has happened in Australia is not just about any cricket game, or the talks of the "right spirit" that a team should bring with it. It transcends all the small talk and the finer details which the media is bordering about. It is straight forward racism and the obvious bias towards the "whites". It is not shocking .. no. It has always been present in every walk of life for centuries and it should be no issue of surprise if it crops up again in a game of cricket. If 12 wrong decisions are a sign of incompetency.. which everyone around us is trying to label it as. Lets check facts. It is a shame on the ICC panel of elite umpires because steve bucknor is an integral part of them. Imagine an elite panel umpire giving wrong decisions. Lets look at the third umpire who after being consulted gave a wrong decision. why just the umpires.. Its another issue that steve bucknor has been more than generous in his gifts of wrong decisions to India and with the holiday season just ending, he just put in a bit extra. I know I know every channel that media provides is crammed to the brim with call for action against the umpires.But it will all soon pass...
Lets now move towards the decision given against harbhajan singh. Apparently he called symonds a "monkey" .. Interesting considering scientists choose to refer to us humans as evolved primates;primates whom we lovingly call monkeys. If "monkey" is a racial slur.. I think oxford dictionary should consider including a note in its dictionary mentioning it and adults reprimanding children and calling them "monkeys" should be fined. But then thats another issue. Australia have been the pioneers in sledging .. i suppose that's what they call it. They have been using it .. and quite effectively it seems cause they have gone unnoticed by the powers that be till now. Anyhow the irony is that .. that very team choses to accuse India of racial discrimination. strange ... very strange .. and surprising too..!! In the match yuvraj singh was called up for waiting on the crease.. mind you just taking some extra time to show his displeasure on the decision given .. and he is complained about by the umpire.. and ricky pointing .. our dear ricky pointing shows his bat to the umpire .. takes about the same time .. while leaving says something to the umpire .. and bangs his bat on the hoarding .. and still goes scott free..!! Now dats style .. I just wonder if it was the style that helped him, his reputation or his colour ?? just wondering.
But all this you know.. and I won't waste much time on it .. to more pressing matters :

Heres a little trivia .. how much does the Indian sub continent contribute to the total ICC revenues? chalo Indian subcontinent chhoro .. how much does India contribute in percentage terms to the total ICC revenues?
well..??
The answer is a mind boggling 73% Now if we consider the Indian subcontinet with the cricket crazy bangladesh, sri lanka and pakistan the number could as well reach more than 80-85%. So if suppose we were to consider a possibility of Indian subcontinent leaving the ICC and forming a rival body. Guess what .. ICC is doomed. Despite this, we are treated like this.. inspite of our contribution we are subjected to biases and are mostly at the receiving end of decisions. Why because we chose to forgive and forget?? because we hail from a culture that is more tolerant? because we do not respond .. or more specifically do not "chose" to respond in kind to the lowly gestures the more"cultured" whites chose to exhibit. But I say enough is enough. we have taken a lot of beating, its time we hit back. Its time we respond in kind. Its finally payback time..!
apologies and reversed decisions shouldnt be the point of contention. If they do, then the whole fight is lost then and there, because it shows our willingness to compromise and hence our weakness.
Why can't we as a nation for once stand for what it feels is unjustice done to her and her people. Why should we be the good guys and in order to "maintain good relations" go out of the way to appease others. Why can't we just say " look, enough is enough, we have has enough of your sledging, enough of your racism .. why don't you take it all and shove it up your ass, cause this once, we are not going to take it sitting down. " why does our BCCI head have to be such a loser and look to "maintain relations" rather than preserve self esteem and respect?

I would like to make an ending note here.I am not against "whites" or "blacks" or any such colour that exists. because its not the skin tone that decides the personality, its the mindset, the mentality that dictates it. I am not a racist and I despise every human who choses to be one. If the amount of pigment secreted dictates how a person is going to be treated and be accepted by the society. I have nothing to say except ..."GOD save the world".

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