Behind that ‘I am the most secular’ facade of yours, you do smack of parochialism form time to time. But the superstar that you are, and the charming and witty ways that you have; it is not only difficult to accuse you of being parochial, but it is almost impossible not to fall in line with your words. And in calling you parochial, it is almost impossible not to get labeled as parochial oneself. Please correct me if I am wrong. If you didn’t like Pakistani players being left out, why didn’t your team pick them up? Or, why did you not open that charming mouth of yours before the auction against the ‘diktat’, if there was any. If you already had been instructed, either by the cricket board or by the government to steer clear from the Pakistani players, you should have spoken up before the auction. That would have been the right time to raise the issue, and you would have got more and unbiased support from all quarters. If you chose not to speak up then, please shut up now.
The only purpose that you can possibly serve by speaking up now, is fan the feelings of parochialism. That’s exactly that you did. Congratulations! You know, that you will get a 1000 pseudo-secularist in this country if you call for one. When was the last time your charming mouth said anything about the displaced Kashmiri pandits, if being secular is so close to your heart? Your mouth or any of those 1000 pseudo-secularists’ mouths, for that matter. So stop abusing that lime light of yours. Stop abusing that ‘your-word-is-holier-than-most’ power that you command by default.
Pakistan and the Pakistani players are known to court trouble. What if for some reason, the franchises are not able to use the services Pakistani players, after paying lakhs of rupees. See what Afridi did in Australia? How can you blame anyone for steering clear of such ‘un-sportsmen’ like sports men? As a part of IPL and hence cricket, where are your comments on that incident now? And Sohail Tanvir? The player, who earned lakhs in the first edition of IPL, claims in an interview on Pakistani TV channel that ‘Hindus are like that only’. Hindus?? He said Hindus Shahrukh, and not Indians. Now who is bringing religion in sports??
So stop beating hard on that pseudo-secularist drum of yours. Because you are not secular. No one is. Take my advice. Just shut up.
Shut up ‘Mumbai Goons’: You have no right to protest the ‘racism’ against Indians in Australia. What are you doing to your fellow Indians in Mumbai? What is your piece of advice to all the Marathi people working in Bangalore, Gurgaon or USA? Take my advice. Just shut up.
Shut up Chetan Bhagat: Chetan, don’t undo the good (of writing a good book) that you have done, by being a cry baby now. Let us enjoy the movie. Take my advice. Just shut up. Opps! Looks like you saw this blog coming, you already have shut up.
Shut up Vijay Assudani: No matter how long a blog you write, you are not going to get any hits. No one gives a s*it. Take my advice. Just shut up.