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As they say, “With power comes responsibility”
The winners are looked up to as role models more than the ones who didn’t. In a cricket crazy country like us, it is not only the responsibility of the 15 cricketers, 7 support staff and a board of a few hundred to act as the spokespeople of the winners. We, the people of India have that responsibility too.
I’m sure it was the responsibility or what we famously called the collective prayers that made our team win. Of course it was a team of great players but our prayers added to the cause. We were happy we won, some went to places of worship, many took residence in bars & pubs celebrating. Some even patriotically puked maps when they couldn’t handle the juice of victory.
It is all fine and good till we don’t revert to the traditional Indian past time, the art of the rhetoric. Alas, we have lost our minds to victory and this is precisely what we have been doing for the last couple of days. We have seen some irresponsible mails that are being circulated, posted on the social media websites etc.
The mails where the finals has been branded the revenge match, India’s response to the abduction of Sita. As the mails famously call it “Hamne Sita ki choron ko haradiya” (we have beat the thieves who abducted Sita, the wife of Lord Ram). Guys get some sense of history, Rama had already done that. He defeated Ravana, the original and actual “Sita ki chor” (The thief who abducted Sita). What we are doing now is what exactly our politicians have been doing for ages, “Conquering or spoiling minds using some romantic rhetoric”.
How would anyone of us feel if someone calls us “Dhuryodhan ki aulat” (Son of Duryodhana, an evil character in Hindu mythology) or even in a contemporary sense “A Raja ki bachhe ne paisa khilake jeetliya” (son of A Raja, the telecom minister who famously cheated the Indian exchequer of millions, who used money to win the cup)? Hurts right ?
So why the hell are we spoiling a great win with some stupid morphed pictures and insane rhetoric ? What do we get doing this ? 24 likes on the social networking sites and 4 comments ? So what does that achieve for us ?
I’m sure at some point in time someone is going to say, “Go take lessons from Afridi, if he could be graceful in defeat why can’t we be in victory ?”. Well someone has already said it (It is me !!)…
Let’s enjoy our victory, savor the moment, tell the world we are the champions and the best in business … But let’s avoid these unsavory, naïve, stupid jokes and cheap photoshop tricks that makes us project an image of a moron to the world at large.
Bharat Mata Ki Jai !!
The winners are looked up to as role models more than the ones who didn’t. In a cricket crazy country like us, it is not only the responsibility of the 15 cricketers, 7 support staff and a board of a few hundred to act as the spokespeople of the winners. We, the people of India have that responsibility too.
I’m sure it was the responsibility or what we famously called the collective prayers that made our team win. Of course it was a team of great players but our prayers added to the cause. We were happy we won, some went to places of worship, many took residence in bars & pubs celebrating. Some even patriotically puked maps when they couldn’t handle the juice of victory.
It is all fine and good till we don’t revert to the traditional Indian past time, the art of the rhetoric. Alas, we have lost our minds to victory and this is precisely what we have been doing for the last couple of days. We have seen some irresponsible mails that are being circulated, posted on the social media websites etc.
The mails where the finals has been branded the revenge match, India’s response to the abduction of Sita. As the mails famously call it “Hamne Sita ki choron ko haradiya” (we have beat the thieves who abducted Sita, the wife of Lord Ram). Guys get some sense of history, Rama had already done that. He defeated Ravana, the original and actual “Sita ki chor” (The thief who abducted Sita). What we are doing now is what exactly our politicians have been doing for ages, “Conquering or spoiling minds using some romantic rhetoric”.
How would anyone of us feel if someone calls us “Dhuryodhan ki aulat” (Son of Duryodhana, an evil character in Hindu mythology) or even in a contemporary sense “A Raja ki bachhe ne paisa khilake jeetliya” (son of A Raja, the telecom minister who famously cheated the Indian exchequer of millions, who used money to win the cup)? Hurts right ?
So why the hell are we spoiling a great win with some stupid morphed pictures and insane rhetoric ? What do we get doing this ? 24 likes on the social networking sites and 4 comments ? So what does that achieve for us ?
I’m sure at some point in time someone is going to say, “Go take lessons from Afridi, if he could be graceful in defeat why can’t we be in victory ?”. Well someone has already said it (It is me !!)…
Let’s enjoy our victory, savor the moment, tell the world we are the champions and the best in business … But let’s avoid these unsavory, naïve, stupid jokes and cheap photoshop tricks that makes us project an image of a moron to the world at large.
Bharat Mata Ki Jai !!
