tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post921259428199424206..comments2024-03-27T13:09:26.512+05:30Comments on E=mc^2: Why I am happy that India lostSujaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16539694685428659940noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-54436328960795737732012-05-13T21:06:50.170+05:302012-05-13T21:06:50.170+05:30There is a sizable crowd in India who have the att...There is a sizable crowd in India who have the attitude like - "You can not imagine the immensity of the f**k I do not give about cricket." I am a proud member of that crowd. :D<br /><br />I have employed a strategy to avoid anything cricket. Whenever confronted with people trying to promote or discuss cricket, I make a completely wrong senseless deliberate comment to discourage having discussion with me. The looks on their faces are priceless. hehe. They assume I know nothing about cricket. I in fact do not. :P<br /><br />I grossly ignore TV ads and other cricket stuffs.el ninonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-27820386075637075802007-04-26T21:15:00.000+05:302007-04-26T21:15:00.000+05:30Sujai, awesome man.RegardsVinodSujai, awesome man.<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/>VinodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-87724453132209125932007-04-04T13:50:00.000+05:302007-04-04T13:50:00.000+05:30I tagged S. Ramanujam (Novice Academician)( with t...I tagged S. Ramanujam (Novice Academician)( with the Thinking Blogger award- cum-meme and , in turn,part of the rules he tagged you along with 4 others. That's how I discovered your blog in the first place.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850860500644316987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-28046283512923960572007-04-03T17:17:00.000+05:302007-04-03T17:17:00.000+05:30Julia Scissor:Thank you. But I don't understand w...Julia Scissor:<BR/>Thank you. But I don't understand what that means - 'to be nominated for a thinking blogger'. ?Sujaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539694685428659940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-2493084408239828682007-04-03T11:56:00.000+05:302007-04-03T11:56:00.000+05:30Touche!P.S: Congrats on being nominated for thinki...Touche!<BR/><BR/>P.S: Congrats on being nominated for thinking blogger.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850860500644316987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-41731565436589742952007-03-28T07:42:00.000+05:302007-03-28T07:42:00.000+05:30As Indians, all we care about is heroes, be it spo...As Indians, all we care about is heroes, be it sports or movies. We need our heroes in some way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-30908941798194441552007-03-27T15:53:00.000+05:302007-03-27T15:53:00.000+05:30I agree. In the US, college football and basketbal...I agree. In the US, college football and basketball games are telecast on major sports channels. In addition they have baseball and ice hockey. Every metropolitan area has its own teams that the locals root for. Most of the leagues are not even international (except for a few Canadian teams). But Americans do not think a game is any less worthy if it is not played on the international stage. We Indians unfortunately suffer from this complex. Witness the craze for "international schools", "MNC" companies and the like.<BR/><BR/>In India, except for Bengalis who are passionate about football, no one cares about state level games, even in cricket. I do not know why. No one seems to give a damn about Ranji trophy matches.<BR/><BR/>Also the reaction of the fans questions the maturity of Indians in general. We build temples for actresses, worship our cricket stars when the going is well. But if they fall out of grace, we hound them, ransack their belongings, burn effigies and so on. We act plain stupid! This was a point made by many people especially after Woolmer's murder.Shankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226872090172256516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-23295925561717471012007-03-26T18:27:00.000+05:302007-03-26T18:27:00.000+05:30what I find to be most interesting about your post...what I find to be most interesting about your post is this last section about youth. I think you bring up an interesting point about self-esteem. I find so many kids here (I'm living in India at the moment) who are constantly beat down (verbally) by other people telling them how dumb they are and yet it still results in some of the cockiest folks I've ever met. I don't meet that many people (at least stateside) that are so willing to tout their own horn, but here it seems every other person is ready to tell me what a great person they are...so is loosing all the time really having that great an effect on their morale? I don't know. Second, China? really, is that how we should go about winning Olympic medals? I see value in finding the talent and nurturing it, which is something we don't do all that well at the moment, but the Chinese way doesn't seem to be the way to go to me.Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878317004372833102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-76429183884793042602007-03-26T16:40:00.000+05:302007-03-26T16:40:00.000+05:30Well written.....though I really wanted to write o...Well written.....though I really wanted to write on the same vein, I didn't want to as it is a waste of energy....this "cricket-loving-mob" will never learn!! and neither will the cricketers!!Naveen Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611027024509881501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-26554948598590985422007-03-26T15:23:00.000+05:302007-03-26T15:23:00.000+05:30yes... but when will we (not me though) really rea...yes... but when will we (not me though) really realize that its a sport and it needs the right attention not the pathetically "religion" status it has in India. And playing the same matches over and over again on tv on top bores me to no ends. Maybe we like to watch them lose every time and every series... love the words "morale booster" in the post... hahahaha ... if I was one of the present cricket team members ... i'll never come back to India.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-13903842686040260562007-03-26T15:15:00.000+05:302007-03-26T15:15:00.000+05:30>> Brazilians or Germans watch soccer wherever it ...>> Brazilians or Germans watch soccer wherever it is played, even when one club or a city plays another. Americans watch their sports wherever it is played, even when a college team plays another. That’s not exactly what happens in India. Almost nobody watches when Mysore plays Bangalore (I don’t even think such a game actually takes place). So are we genuinely interested in this sport or just in one team (which happens to be Indian National team)?<BR/><BR/>There is a simple reason for that - most of the sports in the world are not globalized into a league system, unlike cricket. Example, in Football (soccer for any idiotic american reading this), except for the world cup and european championship matches, international matches are classified as friendlies, which are not taken seriously. Similarly, American football is not played much anywhere escept within the US and is therefore very popular at the league and college level.<BR/><BR/>Also, another reason why people don't watch domestic cricket is because of the overall marketing associated with it - the best are playing international matches, the rest are not shown anywhere. I think its an opportunity unexploited. The PHL is a great initiative in this regards and has been doing pretty well, inspite of the fact that it is a tournament separate from the domestic hockey structure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-45186349291539255772007-03-26T13:53:00.000+05:302007-03-26T13:53:00.000+05:30This is the TRUTH. Nice article and one should rea...This is the TRUTH. Nice article and one should read this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320740862291963008noreply@blogger.com