Australia wins the ICC Champions Trophy like real champions. They go forth to lift the trophy that is being given to them by the BCCI head, Sharad Pawar. They acknowledge the trophy, nudge Sharad Pawar out of the way, and celebrate their victory for the press.
2 days later the mob of India notices this. They notice that Damien Martyn 'nudges' Sharad Pawar away. Obviously, there is an uproar everywhere. All across the country, there are riots and peaceful (hopefully) campaigns against the Australians. Donkeys are painted in Australian colours, and have Damien Martyn written on them. The message is clear - A bunch of donkeys kicked the "mighty" India out of the ICC Champions trophy. Right.
AAJ TAK makes even a bigger issue of this. Hey, anything controversial is good news for news television. They replay the incident a hundred times, literally. And obviously, they then get a couple of people to explain how terrible the act was, and how disrespectful the Aussies were and how they should apologize and how they should be fined, punished and what not. Then you see scenes of the mob chanting ferociously against the Australians. Ozzie flags are burnt and there are banners all around saying 'Australians Is Bad'. Right. A heated debate continues to flair up even more.
The nudged victim, Mr Pawar, steps forward, and provides a twist in the tale by not joining the country in mourning "the great nudge". He says that the Australians were excited, they did not realize what they were doing and they did not intend to do it, so the chapter is closed. Thank you, Mr Pawar for making sense.
But then, our very own super cool Yuvraj Singh wants to be in the news too, so he butts in with an opinion of his own, which is so not needed. Right. India. Obviously.
What I think? - Fine, the 'nudging' was disrespectful. It was not required and should not have been done. But it was not intended. Even Pawar gets it. Why make such a big deal out of it? There are so many other issues that require repetitive coverage, not this miserly incident. Why the hell does India have to blow up everything into this big 'tamasha'? Do we enjoy it? What about the poverty? What about the over-population? Who is raising awareness for that? The press , and yes AAJ TAK especially, are at fault for making such a big deal out of something that could have been made done by a side-column newspaper article. They know that the remaining part of the mob who weren't aware of this earlier will follow them. It's like they want to create chaos. Idiots.
P.S. I bet the Australians are laughing their asses off, not at what they did, but at the uproar they created.
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ello Anish! As an aspiring stage performer, I must always commend exageration but WOW! A nudge! Quite impressive really. God forbid they don't have a go at corruption or anything really important, they may just make a difference. Theres really so much to this issue, I mean on one hand the public practically punces on anything and makes a 'hungama' about it, then again feeding their need for attention isn't really helping. We're a country of more than a billion spread across not just the 7th largest country but across the planet, I really don't think they have any excuse for repeating the same article over and over again and not running new ones. Then again I'm no journalist so the politics involved are obviously beyond me.
Jon Stewart forever!
Tickle tackle!
They have to divert attention from Australia's win ... bet these people can't stand foreigners coming to their land, dominating a tournament that their country organised, winning one of the most coveted prizes of their favourite sport ... and the fact that India performed badly. Idiots!
*its 'starring' and not 'staring'
stupid spelling mistake...corrected it.. thanks!
They wouldnt be laughing if we nudged one of their minister.
Sure this has got more media attention then it should have but everyone wants to think that the Australian cricketers are evil (except the Australians obviously).
My opinion though is that what the Australians did - excited or not - was very wrong. I'm no fan of Sharad Pawar but there is a level of decorum that must be maintained especially if so many people look up to you. Forget that Sharad Pawar is a politician but he's elderly. I am sure more pictures could have been taken after a few were taken with him in them. Stupid Aussie crickets.
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