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.
RE:Why Cricket-Why not armed Forces??
by Life Splinter on Mar 26, 2007 12:27 PM Permalink
we people give more emphasis to cricketers actually instead on paying more attention to the game called Cricket...we forget the game for the name
RE:Why Cricket-Why not armed Forces??
by shishir k on Mar 26, 2007 12:44 PM Permalink
Well.. I agree with most of the point made by Saurabh... but the media hype is soooo high... esp with Cricket that all other things become non issues. Generally the 99% of the people, who come with a typical employee thinking fall prey to what media wants them to eat, drink, see, visualise. The result is that they are never allowed to think beyond tomorrow. If you ask a group the question - 'where do you see yourself 5 years from now', 95% have no idea. They dont even have a clue of why they are 'living' the life. From such people, one cant really expect anything but idolising cricketers.
RE:Why Cricket-Why not armed Forces??
by Nikhil Joshi on Mar 26, 2007 02:04 PM Permalink
Dude where do u think u r taking this discussion too? these people you talk abt who r working in the army...they are not forced to do that..they can leave the job if they cant make ends meet...My country already spends 1 lac crores a year on defence...I dont see where we could more money on....get ur basics rite...the money spent on cricketers is waste i understand but this was never India's money...if coca cola or pepsi want to spend their dollars why shud we care? Every person earns on his own...this is pure jealousy...talking abt ur comment on intellectuality...well intellectually speaking i wouldnt want an army..if sweden can survive without one...so can we...i think its a waste of precious 1 lac crores....all i am trying to say is..its not an ideal world...while i believe its waste spending on cricketers...but its not my money....why shud i care where is it spent.
RE:Why Cricket-Why not armed Forces??
by bharat on Mar 26, 2007 12:25 PM Permalink
Such emotional responses and knee-jerk reactions will not help improving Indian cricket!
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by shishir k on Mar 26, 2007 12:52 PM Permalink
How will your life change if Indian Cricket improves? This is what I call lack of prioritisation in our own life! For Gods sake, leave cricket.. its not going to change anything in ur or my life. If at all you are so concerned... go and play cricket and change the things !
