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Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza has declined to play in the $600,000 Bangalore Open, where she would have been a big draw along with the Americans Serena and Venus Williams. Well, that’s her will, she has to decide where and when to play and when not to. Yet the reason she puts up are hazy. She says she has no problems representing India; it’s just that there are too many controversies dogging her whenever she plays in the country. Now that is a truth.
She wears a short skirt in a tennis court and religious clerics object her and issues fatwas.
She talks about pre-marital sex, and again religious protagonists send her threatening emails. She gets out enjoying in her own city and shoots some add-pictures at Mecca Mosque (Hyderabad), and again the people have problems with her. And now the height is she has been vilified because the camera angle at which a definite photograph of her watching a match was shot made it come into view as if she was pointing her feet at the tricolor. How ridiculous it sounds if some objects at this and files a petition against her about disrespecting the National Flag?
From 21 year old Sania Mirza via Taslima Nasreen to 92 year old MF Hussain all becomes targets of the overheated and improper nationalistic and religious sentiments.
Even a case was filed against Narayan Murthy and the case was filed because last year in April an instrumental version of the national anthem was played at Infosys premises in Mysore instead of a vocal version.
The thing is if the Narayan Murthy had focused his energies and life on being a master of protocol then he wouldn’t have been software king. Same is true for Sania.
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How could she have made herself available to play at tennis court if she had followed the Islamic protocols of dress-codes? If she talks about pre-marital sex, does that means she is indulged in pre-marital sex? And even if she is indulged in pre-marital sex, then what the hell is wrong in that? And even if her feet were actually aiming towards the Indian Flag, does that mean she was insulting Indian flag? It’s all rubbish and ridiculous charges by those who gropes on for short term fame by creating such ridiculous excuses.
Some time ago, some minister was accusing SRK for smoking at public places. Why cannot he smoke at a public place (while there was no restriction) just because he is a superstar? And recently Raj Thackrey accused Amitabh Bachchan of neglecting Maharastra and working for his native state UP. I wonder how much and what Raj himself has done for Mumbai and Maharastra.
Despite all this, and whole empathy towards Sania Mirza, I just don’t agree with her reason to opt out of the Bangalore tournament. She is living in 21st century where every thing is checked, mocked touted or questioned. She has to go through this grate there’s no other way out but the ability to keep cool and calm and reply to your best. When things are good and you are respected and rejuvenated by the same public and media you are happy elated same way when things are negative and harsh you do you pay for it with diplomacy and wisdom. Opt out is no strategy it is Ostrich way.
Sania has been valiant enough to stand up and attain her ideas and dreams
I wish Sania will change her decision and stand to all such mockery without a flicker. Flinching from such ridiculous situation won’t help, and why should she sacrifice her options for the sake of madness of some nationalistic religious sentimental fools? She should not get carried away because no one can stop dogs barking. Just because someone says something, you can’t abscond and stop doing what you love the most. Sania has been valiant enough to stand up and attain her ideas and dreams, how could someone’s comments stop her from living it. I think she should just disregard all the comments and go behind her dreams. We live one life, if we don’t do it now, when do you think we will? She has full right to live the way she thinks she should.
If she doesn’t want to play in Bangalore tournament for her valid reason, then there’s nothing wrong, it is her decision to be made. Yet, if she is stopping herself because of some foolish comments in media or some maddening petitions against her by religious clerics and nationalistic jokers, then I think she should reconsider her decision to sacrifice for these fools, she should not sacrifice her will and her dreams for any such cause because that’s the Ostrich Way.
She has done a great lot to achieve the position of Asia’s top player and world number 29 in the WTA rankings. She has done India proud a lot and if she is to outshine all others in her game, she can’t afford to be distracted disturbed and sidetracked by such matters as whether the length of her skirt meets the exacting specifications of religious clerics.
She must understand that her struggles are her alone, and no community, no religion; no country will back her in her struggles but her own strength to compete and win. While it is also true that each and every win of her self will be enjoyed by each and every section of Indian society and may be by the world too.
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zinkku Says:
February 7th, 2008 at 6:37 pmit’s right decision by sania, speaks as an individual
Parents 4 Education Says:
February 7th, 2008 at 6:48 pmI agree Sania should re-think about her decision not to play in banglore.
suren Says:
February 7th, 2008 at 9:59 pmthese stuff of ppl targeting those who occupy the public domain reminds of an old tamil saying which translates to “even if you cannot help people at least don’t be a troublemaker”….
S Ramanathan Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:35 amagree to every word. **** em all! jus play the game and try and win!
Ajay Kumar Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 2:31 amGood post!!. Reflects the mood of a lot of people who savor their independence. And as far as Sania is concerned, she has made the country proud and I wish the fundamentalists leave her alone.
a new philosopher is born Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 7:25 pmclap clap….twice thumbs up…great post
prachi Says:
February 11th, 2008 at 11:25 pmgreat post!!!
Me Says:
February 13th, 2008 at 2:51 pm@zinkku
Yet it is her loss, so why she opted to bear that loss?
@parent for education
yes she should rethink.
@suren
Trust me, they won’t stop troubling.
@ramnathan
yep thats my view
@ajay kumar
I don’t think that will happen, if muslims will leave then hindu fundamentalists will start. Fundamentalism is wrong in any form.
@neo-philosopher and Prachi
Thanks buddy :)
Barathsingh Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 12:59 amYo! yo! nice write-up. keep goin!!
viraj Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 3:06 pmvery well written…keep it up :)
tarakeshwar Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 4:10 pmany figure of her class is bound to have criticism…. she just has to take it in her stride and ride the wave!
home work Says:
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 amSomeone asked me why women don’t gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don’t have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women’s total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.