The Complexities of Playing With India

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dirtier I am not questioning you zeal and unfledgling patriotrism. I am questioning whether thinking of this as war does indeed not put undue pressure on the players who are doing something that the politicians and pundits have not on both sides, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

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LD,
we`ve had a discussion about this on chowk before. . .perhaps before your time.

the word `paki` was and still is used to denigrate indians, pakistanis, bangladeshis, in britain and possibly other commonwealth countries, but britain in particular. it is their way of calling us the N-word.

certain indians use it here to denigrate us as well. and certain pakistanis use it because they see nothing wrong in abbreviating it, plus they`re bloody lazy. but just you wait `enry `iggins just you wait! when a gora banda calls one of them a `paki` to their face. . .their now pakistani blood will boil. : )

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#38

some of us `pakis` are good at some things. . .some of us pakis are good at not pointing out the indian desh or deshwale`s faults.

some of us `pakis` don`t sound like we`re rabid indian haters or hindoo haters

tell me again that `pakis` are good at nothing. . .go on, tell me again. better yet, tell me what you`re better at other than putting pakis down, ey?

and you go on about farzana not having a clue. chee chee. you do believe in karma, don`t you? even if you don`t. . .what goes around, comes around. . .just like what goes up, must come down.

and ironman. . .why don`t you step inside the pakistani border, we`ll show you some 6-ft thagRe doodh peene walay `pakis`.

pathetic! just as pathetic as we pakis!

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#31 jang...
[Breakfast: Kheema-Pau and Bakri Milk Tea
Lunch: Mutton Curry and Parantha and Bakri Lassi
Tea: Seekh Kabab (again with Bakri Milk Tea)
Dinner: Sali Boti, Awadhi Mutton Biryani with mint chutney, Coffee with Bakri Milk.]

HAHAHAHAHA....and who takes the bait?..the khota pundit...(khota= donkey)....check out #38 where he goes on throwing stats of india`s brilliant domination in olympics... oop`s, it`s asian games and commonwealth games....

1. Jang the interactor is indian oye khotay pundit... how?.. here is the proof...
only hyderabdi indians pronounce ``Qaaf`` as KH...eg...Qeema becomes Kheema now check the breakfast menu... and what is kheema-pau ??

2. Awadhi Mutton Biryani with mint chutney... Awadh is still in india, you will not find awadhi biryani anywhere in pakistan and to add insult to injury..eat biryani with chutney?? no pakistani will be seen dead with that combo...;) and what the hell is Sali Boti?? sali in urdi is sister-in-law...( do they eat their own sisters-in-law...weirdos)...

...finally khota pundit...did you know the total tally of olympic medals for Cuba is 47 gold, 36 silvers and 34 bronze till 1996 olympics and the population of Cuba is....hold your breath...a grand total of 11.263 million ......

...and finally khotay pundit , i will quote your closing sentence...``wake up and smell the coffee. You Pakis are good at nothing. I know it will take time to sink in. Meanwhile i will keep posting the irrefutable statistics.``....;)))

++Competitive sports is a good thing.Winning is important.
(agree completely, winning is important too, agree there too, be agressive win, keeps up
the morale)

We are not brown `beggars` `fighting` over cricket with the rest of the world laughing at us, as a misguided, inferiority complex ridden person insinuated in an earlier post.
(unfortuantely the rest of the world is laughing at people like you who treat this as war, or an extension of that, for those enjoying the sport, winning does matter(i`m an indian supporter, of course i would love for india to win) if they do not the pakistani team was better, and india needs to improve. But that is to the extent that it should go, unfortunately educated(i assume you are) people such as yourself get lost too much in patriotic fervor that you fail to understand the basic principles underlying sport (any sport not just cricket).

Cheers

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arjun_m, rsridhar,

``...athletic Pathans and other Pakis...``


For some reason...some untangible reason...most people think of afghans/pathans as `athletic`??

As a kid and teenager in delhi it was a common sight to see afghans peddling potions and edibles for `increased virility`. That always made me smile, because the peddler looked like he badly needed the stuff he was peddling!

I think it may have something to do with the afghan landscape. One gets the feeling that only a hardy soul could survive there. That may be true. But does handsomeness and hardiness translate to `athleticism`?

Only when a afghan is seen standing next to a US soldier do we have something to compare them with. Then we see a thin, malnourished, dirty little fellow.

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As for the pakis...I`m yet to see even a 6-footer paki in the US.

I think they have the `frightened cat` syndrome.
When a cat meets an aggresive dog, it raises itself as high as possible with fur sticking out...trying to make itself large...hoping to fool the dog that its larger than it is.

So, we have paki miliatry websites where they display the largest/fattest soldier they can find...hoping to convey that...lookie here...this is a `typical` paki soldier...or the Romair types who say all pakis are `italian` looking...and ghee-laden flesh is `well-built` !!!

Yup, we`re all fooled.

dirtier is right that cricket is and should be tied to politics but his logic is flawed. Cricket has more in comon with positive cross border initiatives like arts and cultural exhanges, travel and tourism and moreover trade. it is unlike jihadi militant garbage which also has political overtones. When people talk about cricket having political overtones, it has more to do with setting positive exchange mechanism, sportsmanship and common loves. It has nothinhg to do with Kashmir or dhaka or Siachen or jihadi and RSS vermin.

Hope India wins, if they lose... it is ok...because the ultimate victory is for the two people who are trying to move beyond siachen and kashmir and jihad...

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This is my first post on this site. I have read through quite a few articles, sports, politics, etc.. . Cricket being the discussion and being ardent follower, would just like to post a few thoughts.
1. Millions follow the game in both countries, are passionate about the game, but politicians give it a twist( a religious one i must say, and the sportsmen from both countries comply(in the media)
2. Has anyone given thought to the fact that most in cricketing fraternity are friends and the hype is just something created by the media,backed up by politicians.
3. Also try not to get politics involved in sports, i know its inevitable but try to look beyond that....
**On a side note(the australians are successful because of professionalism, unfortunately our players even though they try cannot succed, because of too much politics involved)

Cricket diplomacy,

Once up on a time, there was ping pong diplomacy between US and china. This sending of the cricket team will not add anything. Pakistan is acollaborating country, right from its creation to the latest, where mushy has collaborated with the US and is killing its own people trained by the govt as jihadists.
US is wooing india to be part of the NATO to prevent the Russia, china-india alliance. India will not go for the nato bit and will tilt towards the r-c-a alliance.
That is the time for pakistan to fire up the jihadis again, this time once again with US support. Pakistan has no identity, no vision. Sorry, I am wrong, tahmed bin urstruly of faisalabad has a vision, to become an arab. Cricket never makes any heros, does not inspire anything in pakistan. ASk imran khan his hospital gets pittance from the pakistanis, while the lasjers are rolling on millions.