Random Thoughts

Will the Pakistani mentality ever change?

The 20-20 final was perhaps the biggest match of this decade so far for the cricket lovers in India and Pakistan. The end was quite sensational leaving no room for the skeptics to dismiss it as just another ‘fixed’ match.

However, the comments of Pak captain Shoaib Malik during the presentation ceremony were not only disturbing but also saddening. In his opening comments, the Pak skipper apologized not only to his citizens but also to the entire Muslim community in the world for losing the game. This is disgusting.

What did he want to mean by that? Didn’t he see the joy on the faces of Shah Rukh Khan and the Pathan Brothers of India after the game was over in India’s favour? All of them are Muslims and they were as happy as the Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and people from other religions belonging to India. Why the hell Pakistan always behaves as the Messiah of the Muslim community in the world?

The match was not between two religions but between two nations. And, India’s victory was not a sheer effort of the Hindus. In fact, the man of the match was India’s Irfan Pathan… That says it all.

And, as always, the Indian media forgot to latch on Malik’s comments. The comment should have been taken very seriously by the news media and this should have been propelled all over the world depicting the ugly and nonsecular face of our close neighbours.

posted by Ranjit @ 9/25/2007 12:45:00 pm