tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post1319767500560592968..comments2023-10-04T21:08:04.835+05:00Comments on Silsila-e-Mah-o-Saal: May the Best Team Win!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-75175747975467396672011-04-06T10:00:19.012+05:002011-04-06T10:00:19.012+05:00Well i agree to you also but dont you think that w...Well i agree to you also but dont you think that without emotions there is no taste in sports? Specially Cricket. These emotions and rivalry between Pakistan and India gather a lot of audiences attracted towards the game whether it a Cricket Match or a Kabaddi, Hockey or a Football Match...! As you must be aware of the European Countries Football Scenerio.. People literally kill each other on a single game.. even they are just the different clubs of a same country playing each other.. so if we compare that with Pakistan vs India Cricket Match Hype..then this is nothing against those Football matches..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-31448933424089051992011-04-01T17:35:22.321+05:002011-04-01T17:35:22.321+05:00Brilliant. Thank you for saying this!Brilliant. Thank you for saying this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-55094624852007200662011-03-29T13:15:59.273+05:002011-03-29T13:15:59.273+05:00Glad that someone thinks it's useful to treat ...Glad that someone thinks it's useful to treat cricket for what it is- a game and a wonderful one.<br /><br />-Ed-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-63112341353891580472011-03-29T09:31:49.658+05:002011-03-29T09:31:49.658+05:00You should read these two essays on spectator spor...You should read these two essays on spectator sports by Umberto Eco. They are in his collection of essays published with the title "Faith in Fakes: Travels in Hyperreality" http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Fakes-Umberto-Eco/dp/0749396288<br /><br />I had tried to use the ideas there to write something during the last world cup (2007). http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/the-discipline-of-spectator-sports/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-27058791372412675122011-03-29T05:56:23.354+05:002011-03-29T05:56:23.354+05:00well written, logical, but also emotionless to the...well written, logical, but also emotionless to the point of being compared to Singaporean hospital food. To say its just a game is cricketing atheism.<br /><br />Different people react different ways. But there is no harm for the otherwise calm, composed, and dignified to throw occasional caution to the wind, let the hair loose, and cheer with jingoist ferver that they seldom feel in their placid lives.<br /><br />Not suggesting that we burn the house down, but ok to flock the roads, honk, celebrate, shout. This contest has a different meaning... to deny that is just as naive as it is crazy for those who have given it a war like status. <br /><br /> AamirAamir Ibrahimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-5981813953850099802011-03-29T04:13:28.957+05:002011-03-29T04:13:28.957+05:00While I respect your point of view, The only one I...While I respect your point of view, The only one I see reading too much into the euphoria is you. As you said yourself, enjoy the game and stop stressing about what others are saying or doing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-68377345755822275702011-03-29T01:25:30.563+05:002011-03-29T01:25:30.563+05:00Excellent post!Excellent post!Lubna Aamirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-88810310269983251492011-03-28T22:17:10.791+05:002011-03-28T22:17:10.791+05:00Thanks for this sane and sensible post!Thanks for this sane and sensible post!beena sarwarhttp://www.beenasarwar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-24832333631949904952011-03-28T13:00:14.209+05:002011-03-28T13:00:14.209+05:00A well written and articulated article based on th...A well written and articulated article based on the naive expectations of:<br /><br />a) South-Asians being rational and emotional at the same time.<br />Once you've gotten whipped up in frenzy, the loudest voice always wins! <br /><br />b)The twitter-'liberalati' being any different than the rest of our populous who we claim to detest. - Just like them we have the correct 'solution' on any and every subject! Besides, being "Paralikha jahil's" is underrated! <br /><br /><br />------<br /><br />Its just a game. Just like it would have been if SL was playing NZ. -Really? There is such a game? And a WC Final to go!? o_O. -<br />But when everything around us is going to hell and Ind v Pak is the only chance of some good news and a way to feel part of something, its quite easy to jump on the bandwagon. <br /><br />One hopes there isnt a major khadda on the way and people complete their journeys in one "peace"....One can hope :).Saqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03217844269605100036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-86678632468066702072011-03-28T12:26:59.008+05:002011-03-28T12:26:59.008+05:00very well written!
- Pawan - www.thehipporules.b...very well written! <br /><br />- Pawan - www.thehipporules.blogspot.comSomeday, today will be nostalgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02594035703809902250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-41087144825041905962011-03-28T12:12:43.671+05:002011-03-28T12:12:43.671+05:00i was just about to echo Ahmer-I don't think t...i was just about to echo Ahmer-I don't think that ClearCricket post was meant to be taken seriously! That said, I fully agree with you - this match is a little overhyped. Last year no one gave a damn when Pakistan played India, and now it has seemingly superseded common sense.Nabeelhttp://nsahmed.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-31747573524784469512011-03-28T11:08:20.551+05:002011-03-28T11:08:20.551+05:00Great post! Well said.Great post! Well said.Caffeinated Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14678736134061190620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009876105545684856.post-17363037873411960562011-03-28T10:56:10.658+05:002011-03-28T10:56:10.658+05:00sabahat
the clear cricket blog was mean as a pre-...sabahat<br /><br />the clear cricket blog was mean as a pre-emptive jest, anticipating the fact that hordes of people with otherwise no interest in cricket will take on the hype to promote their own agendas. the point about terrorism was precisely meant to poke at people who start looking to cricket as a means for diplomacy or peace. its one of my pet peeves when we consider that our politicians, media and general populace always speak of war, while the sportsmen - whose job description calls for either victory or defeat - are burdened with these expectations of peace, or stalemate. its contradictory, and exposes how people use sport to piggyback their own viewpoints.<br /><br />that said, there were some points that i personally didn't like, but it was a collaboration and frankly i didn't expect the post to get this much attention. nevertheless, i just wanted to make a point about enjoy cricket for cricket and a sporting rivalry, not as a trojan horse for our own ideologies. <br /><br />in my defense, please do check out the dawn blog either today or tomorrow, where i have a far more eloquent piece on the match. let me know what you think :)karachikhatmalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230156724789704199noreply@blogger.com