The Circus called IPL

The Circus called IPL


This week the Indian media have had its time capsules full to the brim, thanks
to the circus called IPL, a mere sporting event that has been turned into a face
off between two nuclear neighbours. Time and again our Indian media gets carried
away at the smell of blood which could have oozed out of a bruise and not necessarily as a result of a deliberate knife attack on an individual.


IPL in it's third year had it's perverse grandeur start with it's "cattle auction", just a week after the petty petulance stand of Hockey India, it is indeed a situation where in one sees the difference in diversity of the two sports in India. One overwhelms with debauchery and the other mired in misery, the game that was supposed to be the national Game of India, lolling in doldrums, in existential crisis, ostensibly seeking life saving support, where as the clone flaunting with exuberance, it's power of it's vaults.


It is very often seen that the power of money sometimes makes people irrational,
there is a huge hue and cry about the treatment meted out the Pakistani players,
at the IPL auction and what indeed transpire there was not good for the sport
nor for India as a nation. If there were security or availability concerns, those should have been sorted out before hand and the concerned players should have been politely told about it, rather then humiliate them in front of the world. Players are not politicians and they should not be victimised for the politicians short comings. By humiliating the Pakistani players, we have stooped to Pakistan's level and their ideologies, if we are a better nation we should show that we are better by our actions.

On the other hand the Pakistani politicians claim that they have been hit below
the belt and for them it's "izzat ka swal hai", is it not our "izzat ka swal" when their trained terrorists hold sway in India? Politicians, whether Indian or Pakistani, are the same rotten apples, they make mountains out of moles, make people fight against each other, it doesn't matter to them, if the nation suffers because of the words or their deed, as long as their seats are made secure.

I do enjoy the game of cricket very much, but not as much as I use to before the
match fixing episode, lost some interest but even then follows it when I have the time, specially, the early afternoon quickie called T20. This version of the game had a rather controversial start in India, with ICL and IPL locking horns in the first year, in the second year it was bulldozed to another continent because of the "Jamboree" called elections, in India and now into it's third year, it's taken an ugly political turn, looks like this "circus" called IPL has a very strong fan following called "controversy".



Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Dubai

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/27982