[Assam] From Outlook India

[Chan Mahanta]

You missed the whole idea here Umesh.













At 8:59 PM +0000 12/15/06, umesh sharma wrote:
>multi-tasking!!
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>  it seems Indians are picking up this latest western fad:-)
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>Umesh
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>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>Enjoyed this piece by Rajinder Puri. He says it like it oughta be. :-).
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>cm
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>Bull's Eye
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>RAJINDER PURI
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>Versatility is a great attribute. It creates men for all seasons.
>India has many versatile men. Take K.P.S. Gill. He is hailed as the
>nation's foremost expert on terrorist insurgency. He is advisor to
>the Chhattisgarh state for fighting terrorism. Chhattisgarh is the
>heart of Maoist activity. With a third of the districts of rural
>India under Maoist control, terrorist insurgency poses a huge threat.
>But this 24-hour responsibility does not prevent the versatile Gill
>from pursuing his other passion: hockey.
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>Though president of IHF, one isn't sure if Gill ever held a hockey
>stick except when clobbering someone on the head. But one cant
>question his passion. Alas, he loves hockey too well, but not too
>wisely. After he took over, India's hockey team has slid down to
>last-but-one in world rankings. Meanwhile, terrorist insurgency
>escalates unchecked.
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>Consider another versatile genius, Sharad Pawar. He is among India's
>shrewdest politicians. He is the agriculture minister. He must look
>after farmers. Farmers, unfortunately, are committing suicide in
>hundreds across the nation due to debt. Pawar's hands are full, but
>not so full as to prevent him from grabbing a cricket bat. Using his
>formidable political skills, Pawar got elected as the BCCI president.
>It was a magnificent achievement. The BCCI chief is not ranked as
>high as the president of India. But he is considerably richer.
>Cricket has become a lucrative commercial pursuit. Indeed, one is
>unsure whether Pawar's passion is aroused by the game or by its
>riches.
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>Unfortunately, as Indian cricket grows richer, its quality tends to
>become poorer. After Pawar's ascendancy it has sunk to its lowest
>ebb. However, until now neither cricketers nor cricket fans have
>committed suicide. One is sure Pawar will prevent them from
>undergoing the fate that befell the unfortunate farmers who were
>beyond his help. Cricket, after all, is a priority issue. It feeds
>entertainment to the entire nation.
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>Or does it? Last week, an NDTV-Hindi opinion poll discovered that 96
>per cent thought the national attention paid to cricket was
>ridiculous and insane. Only four per cent justified cricket's
>equation with religion. But this was a Hindi TV channel. Does its
>audience matter? An opinion poll in an English channel would give us
>a correct picture-- such as was projected by our honourable MPs.
>Cutting across parties they demanded the expulsion of our cricket
>team's coach, Greg Chappell.
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>Foreigners, quit our cricket! Inquilab zindabad!
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