I guess I'm a bit late with this... but posting anyway...
There has been a little bit of controversy, about a certain Pakistani cricketer, who wrote in his book that a certain Indian batsman feared his bowling. Now the said batsman has chosen to keep mum on the entire issue.
But wait... we are in India! Here we worship our cricketers and our actors. Build temples for them.
Well... as you might have guessed, the batsman is none other than Sachin Tendulkar. So what if he dindeed was uncomfortable with the deliveries of one of the world's fastest bowlers?? What if he does have an Achilles Heel?? He is only a goddamn human!!!! Why can't we Indians let go of our obsession with celebrities??
On second thoughts... we don't always do that, do we?? What if they lose a couple of matches? Or make a few ummm.... controversial statements?? Well.. we burn their effigies, their poster, throw stones at their homes, vandalize their walls, burn buses (as if we hope to find them hitchhiking a ride on one of those)...
Come to think of it, that's in our nature. Isn't it always like that?? We tend to idolise people in their good times, and are after their bloods when they are... well... going through a bad phase...
There has been a little bit of controversy, about a certain Pakistani cricketer, who wrote in his book that a certain Indian batsman feared his bowling. Now the said batsman has chosen to keep mum on the entire issue.
But wait... we are in India! Here we worship our cricketers and our actors. Build temples for them.
Well... as you might have guessed, the batsman is none other than Sachin Tendulkar. So what if he dindeed was uncomfortable with the deliveries of one of the world's fastest bowlers?? What if he does have an Achilles Heel?? He is only a goddamn human!!!! Why can't we Indians let go of our obsession with celebrities??
On second thoughts... we don't always do that, do we?? What if they lose a couple of matches? Or make a few ummm.... controversial statements?? Well.. we burn their effigies, their poster, throw stones at their homes, vandalize their walls, burn buses (as if we hope to find them hitchhiking a ride on one of those)...
Come to think of it, that's in our nature. Isn't it always like that?? We tend to idolise people in their good times, and are after their bloods when they are... well... going through a bad phase...
hmmm. good take...we do put them on a pedestal. I did that to a certain individual, thankfully he had the honesty and courage to say 'stop. Don't do that, cos then you scrutinize everything that I do and I don't like that.'
ReplyDeleteWhen we put people on a pedestal, we turn them into stone, infallible and invincible. That is scary.
Some people tend to enjoy it. It gets to their head.
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