Mission 2020
by VAK Mumbai on Feb 11, 2007 07:33 PM Permalink | Hide replies

If Bharat has to achieve its target set by Dr APJ then this is the time to shun cricket and do hard work.

Cricket is not just a highly pampered game but it is shuddering to imagine the number of hours lost in watching and hearing the game.

It is a colonial game and fit for masters not for a developing nation.

There is absolutely no benefit for common man. Only media mints money and the bookies earn in crores.

We can spend that time in prayer, meditation, bhajans, yoga apart from doing whatever we are.

For heaven's sake let us SHUN the game and do better things.

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RE:Mission 2020
by on Feb 11, 2007 07:51 PM Permalink
VAK, I think you should not be following these articles if yu hate Cricket. Pls follow sites that discuss prayer yoga etc..you seem to be more interested than any others...

for GOD's sake, this is just a loss.. am sure we need to motivate the Indian team to win the world cup

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RE:RE:Mission 2020
by on Feb 11, 2007 08:19 PM Permalink
Thats a good point.."motivate the Indian team to win WC". But the question is what will motivate them to perform consistently. If things like playing for India, thousands of fans support in stadium, millions of people support and prayers, very fat pay and incentives etc cannot motivate them, then what else we can do to motivate? Losing is part of any sport, but only our team can gift a game, which was almost won, without any fight. I think at the ned of the day, the paying patriotic public is the only loser as all other parties like BCCI, playes, television channels are the real winners.

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RE:RE:Mission 2020
by VAK Mumbai on Feb 11, 2007 08:07 PM Permalink
I love all other games. Many of them have brought laurels but the media and foolish public are obsessed with cricket out of prejudice.

We have excellent teams of Kabbadi, Wrestling, Shooting and Hockey but those players wont be recognised if they stand in the streets. This is injustice to them and the NATION.

Cricket is more a business for media and bookies.

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RE:RE:RE:Mission 2020
by meena chandar on Feb 11, 2007 09:06 PM Permalink
What is not business... afterall we all want to make money.. if not you and me should be working for the army and gaurding borers..
If any individual does not want to watch cricket, he/she should stop watching.. and if you love other games, why dont you start a blog site talking abt how other games are great, history of the games, what our teams have achieved etc... and more importantly do not indulge in opposing Cricket.. it is only negative energy wasted by you...rather focus positively on popularising other games to the extent you can....

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