All this apart, personally, for me, sport is more than just being patriotic. Although it has been that way and it will continue to be so, I have been having a deep thought of disassociating nationalism/patriotism from sport, especially cricket.
In fact, cricket is much beyond patriotism. It is an art. A science. A true cricket-lover would appreciate any team winning against any other. She would love any player do his job the best way(I used "she" as a syntax to please any feminist that would appreciate my article!). In fact, the very reason Sachin is successful is because he loves the game. Often interpreted as the love for the country, more often proved so than not, it essentially boils down to one fact. Sachin is in pursuit of excellence. Every other game he improves himself. He just loves to go down there, invent new shots, perfect the already invented ones and add total charm to the game. The sport evolves.
Even now, I must agree I am bordering on the lines of hypocrisy by unduly talking mostly, if not entirely about Sachin. See. Yet again. But human nature and tendency makes me so. But, I would like to share a thought. I have a feeling that commentators like Gavaskar and Shastri are doing a great job. They up the euphoria during every century hit, every boundary scored, every sixer hit and every crucial over and not to forget, every wicket taken**(In lack of a better expression, I settled for a copy-paste). But beyond a point it seems like much ado about nothing. By doing so, they often miss the finer nuances of the game. It gives undue (im)balance of perspective to one team alone. Instead, they could border(pun intended) more on technique. On strategy. On appreciating cricket as a pure art form. Or science. Or perhaps even engineering*(to please my fraternity) .And for this I would recommend (if I had the powers), to bring in commentators from other countries, more experienced ones like the Windies and South Africa. They don't necessarily need to have been int'l players, do they?(I am not requesting for Man-deera's, sorry feminists). However to cool you, Anjum Chopra could just be a perfect choice.
I am writing this article for three reasons.
3. To prove to myself that I can write.
2. To kick the laziness in me.
1. To want more people to 'like' this comment passively.
0. To spring up a thread where people can discuss more on the ideas put-up
-1.To criticize me.
So please go on, do item no. 0, and feel free to appreciate me on items 3 to negative 1.
Escape
Aravindh
Peace...
Or not
Posted on my facebook notes on December 4, 2009
