I don't seem to understand that in a country which has the largest intellectual pool in the world why do people still give a lot of importance to the cricketers and more so to cricket.Boss!!!It is just a game and is no more than a form of entertainment.Have people ever tried to put their heads into the blankets of reality and tried to see the pitiable condition in the Indian Armed forces.Are we actually aware of teh fact that over 500 soldiers have committed suicide in the past owing to their inability to go back homes.These soldiers are there in adverse conditions in Siachin glacier,Baramula where temeratures are no less than -40 degrees.Do we actually know how meagre salaries these soldiers get-an army cadet gets around 4K as monthly salary and his yearly increment is no more than Rs 300-compare that to the pay packages that our cricketers get-an A class cricketer gets 60 lacs,B 40 lacs and C 20 lacs-not even in the close proximity of what our soldiers get.Heroes our people who sacrifice their lives to protect our country,remain aloof from their families for months and years to come .I can say this as my parents are in the army and I am proud of them but why does the public fail to realize who real heroes are even after the fact that we have been under the colonial rule for almost 10 decades.When Raveena Tandon tried to bring out the same point in her movie'Stumped' nobody went to see the movie.This is the state of patriotism in India.Why do we worship these dummy gods like Sachin and Dravid .In a country which uses 70% of it's GDP in repaying foreign loans the 30% thats remaining is also put in Cricket but to what result-failure.We have a team of losers and shall continue to have as in India it's always bout politics.We are also publically responsible for iconoclasting these good for nothing cricketers.Is the public actually aware of the fact that there are approx 1000 PoW(Prosoners of War) in pakistan who have been denied salaries and pensions by the Indian Government.These families are starving for even an ounce of food where on the other hand state governments are conferring Lacs and Lacs of rupees to these cricketers.Is this justice??Do we still call ourselves Patriotic??It is a shame and we have to live with it.I am sure a lot of people would be offended on reading this but once they see the essence of this paragraph they would feel I am right.
