So long Mr. Spock thanks for the good time...

...Leonard Nimoy died few minutes back. He was the best. Unlike his stern image in Star trek Mr. Nimoy was a gentle soul in real life. Incidentally he was so tired of being identified with Spock he wrote a memoir "I Am Not Spock", ofcourse he did follow it up with 'I Am Spock' after massive protest!! For me he is Spock, the Vulcan, and wonderful part of my childhood.
Suffering for long time from the ill affects of smoking, his one of the last tweet reads "Don't smoke. I did. Wish I never had". He quite gamely ended all his tweets with LLAP, the abbreviation for the Vulcan adieu, “Live Long and Prosper.”

Will meet up in some other galaxy. Should be Fascinating!!

Mother Theresa was one great soul

Mohan Bhagwat is a busy man, after BJP came to power his statements are scrutinised with zeal as if it is government policy intent.  Mr. Bhagwat is not entirely wrong about Christian missionary, proselytising as one of the main resolve. But to reduce Mother Theresa as mere proselytiser is gross, and any right minded person should raise serious objection to it.     

 What is wrong with conversions? Proselytising is guaranteed under constitution, it is a fundamental right. If it provides one with better reasons and amenities to live then the person should convert.  Believe, faith, no faith, no believe etc. is a personal matter of individuals. As mentioned earlier from the context of egalitarian worldview and enlightened thoughts, the encompassing spiritual freedom, God is too abstract. Conversion to different gods doesn’t change anything much, it is a matter of convenience and comfort. Clearly, nobody is born into a religion, humans are born into humanity and they can choose what suits their fancy. Any denial on this right or any form of branding to the community or system because of being born into it is denial of this right (the unfortunate exception could be nationality). Children therefore must be exposed to different religious thoughts, as also philosophical deliberations that question these. People must be exposed to egalitarian views and thoughts, and equipped in matters of logic and abstract ideas. Unlike what the ever predominating market may think human beings are more than consumers, also that schools/colleges are not meant to be factories manufacturing market friendly corporate designed robots, who are meant to dedicate to GDP.  

  Unfortunately, in most societies they don’t have these freedoms, indeed a vicious form of religious freedom is imposed on them. The reason why insular and primitive thoughts get consolidated, it tends to form identity and many times the sole identity under the zealous eyes of perpetrators as well as violators of human rights. Human beings must convert and convert all the time. They must explore, they must know. Nobody is born into the morass of stifling tradition and therefore will have to work out the fate herein. These can be thoughts that emerge from the most primitive and crudest understandings. Converting from one religion to another religion is as natural that can be, moving from religion to no religion is also quite natural. The realisation that religion comes with structures and tradition that is patriarchal and feudal is also quite natural, but nevertheless the insights can be valuable as people negotiate life. 

It is in this context Hindu rightwing have all the rights to conduct ghar wapsi. Nevertheless it is a joke since they really don’t have an egalitarian framework, nor nuanced understanding of Hinduism. Their squatter brethren’s (masquerading liberal. Indeed they claw each other to chisel their identity but yes all of them very much entrenched in the squatter’s primitive home truths, the camaraderie is where the nuance skills emerge) concerns have to put in the manipulative tradition of elites appeasing Christians. It goes back to colonial period, and hence has been drivelled in as defining liberal moment. Indeed it was unfortunate that PM had to make a statement on “attacks” on Christians.  A minor law and order problem that should be dealt by local police in its urgency and severity needed. In a nation of more than a billion the society must unflinchingly question brutal and unmentionable atrocities committed on traditionally marginalised sections on regular basis. Indeed it is ingrained, and the system that perpetuates these are acquiesced by these chestbeating-for-broken-windows scoundrel elite. These are some really hardened pretenders here. Christian community, particularly based in major cities, have international reach and clout, as also some well-established educational institutes and infrastructures under their control. This is what makes the Indian liberal pretending elites salivate, there is a huge brownie point moment here, to brush up their credentials and look good. Putting on Crude woman hat, one can even speculate that this exaggerated concern for minor incidents can be milked to get access to educational institutions that are termed as prestigious. I am told already some are demanding for quid pro quo…St. Xaviers, St. Stephens will have some easy entrants this years. Well sky is the limit when it comes to manipulations by Indian elites. 

Mother Theresa was very much enmeshed in Christian thoughts and seeked salvation through it. It is the greatness of the lady, as also egalitarian benevolent nature of Christianity, that she was able to reach the pinnacle of compassion. She could reach the most wasted, diseased and ailing souls in grotesquest of reality that could terrify many. Undeniably it is the strength she sustained from her faith. It is that power of faith that gave her the compassion in a situation that will make most people shirk in disgust. Clearly if she wants to transfer this faith that sustained her and made her into this rare beautiful individual then if it is conversion so be it. In the context, it is the best human experience that is transacting, it is something that should be cherished.  Further, if I am the wasted diseased soul lying on the street and if someone extends, where nobody could, then I would like to convert to that persons worldview, it is more than indebtness it is glimpsing something rare that I would like to be part of, even in my dying moment. If that is conversion let it be.

Mother Theresa was a rare individual (of course everyone has blemishes) and an amazingly beautiful human being. She made people aware of the compassion that individuals are possible of. For that humanity is indebted to Christianity. And yes for that if you want to convert to Christianity please do.

A disclosure: this blogger was hugged and kissed by Mother Theresa while I was in kinder garden. Second disclosure is that I don’t have anything against religions but yes don’t give damn about it. It’s too demented and twisted, a waste of time, as much as atheism is.    

Unearned income should be taxed heavily

Taxes are how the State generates revenue, but many hidden tax tends to impact common people and take away their hard earned money. VAT (on non luxury/basic items) being the most sinister, it’s good to see that AAP is trying to make it easy for the common people. Everytime I have breakfast from nearby hotel, I end up paying more as tax. Even something as innocuous as taking your own money from ATM is being sucked on by Banks. Market media and its promoters will be extremely vociferous about merit and world hinged on competition, a sort of self-justification. Economists closely knit with money bags will chest beat against subsidies, and will make assured talks with compelling jargons which common people are not expected to understand but are meant to agree. We are told it is for our own good. Taxes are increased to augment revenue which is good for the society but clearly it is not targeted well. Nobody seems to be aware or concerned that there are lots of Indians particularly in the elite section wallowing in unearned comforts, and therefore arrogance and wasteful in their dealings. They are insulated from the hard realities of common people and tend to deal with situations in their patronising snobbery. What makes it worse is that many of them pontificate and position themselves as unsolicited guardians, clearly to further their own narrow ends. It is referred to as positive banding, the beginning of unearned income.

Income that doesn’t come from one’s calibre or competence or commiserating with hardwork one puts in becomes unearned and therefore should be taxed heavily. The biggest source of unearned income is from exploitation of natural resource. Any random fellow with minimal understanding on digging, use of basic technology (with more money more modern technology one can use) and material can plunder the mountains and dig up valley. It is not a rocket science. Ideally State should have access to judicious exploitation of natural resource on a no profit basis, that is, earning is spent on public good. But strangely market has taken over and money bag corporations have queued up. As mentioned the competence required on digging up land and related matters herein doesn’t require much knowledge, indeed they work on nepotism and corruption. Semi-literate Aggrawal (of Vedanta) or Bellary brothers have amply demonstrated that with basic literacy and minimal skills one can be a millioners or billioners. It’s about strategy to influence policy makers. The fact that most millioners and billioners in India (as also in poorer countries) are from sources that is to do with land and its exploitation clearly points to nepotism and corruption. Only a minimal profit should be allowed on these exploitations that is essentially public property, the rest should go to the government. How are private individuals (as corporates) allowed to earn such huge amount of money from public property? How did Aggrawal or Adani or Ambani become so rich, what is their source of income? Clearly they have exploited natural resources, that is, public property that took billions of years to form and is irreplaceable. These big moneys have influenced policy makers and made huge amount of money. This money they made is what we call unearned income. Indeed there needs to be an international law on these matters. Many moneybags arise from richer countries, even Indians have converted to NRIs, to exploit resources from poorer countries that has malleable system. These kinds of unearned income should be stopped or heavily taxed. Most of natural resources are sold as raw or semi raw materials to smarter countries like Germany/Japan/South Korea who converts these into valuable products. Poor countries have people who influence policy makers so that they can plunder natural resources. These unearned incomes by some colossally rich people should be checked, should be taxed.  

                  

Another important source of unearned income is from inheritance that truly reflects feudal nature of society, arising as it is from lack of land reforms or any measure to check these historical discrepancies that is built on traditional biases. It is undoubtedly a statement of intend of earlier leaders, indeed many of whom masqueraded as freedom fighters, some ensconced as pretentious Gandhian, the harbinger of barbarian nonviolent status quoist. It is a terribly inegalitarian society. A grotesque reality that has made lives of people miserable, a lop-sidedness that gets reflected in all social indices. Inheritance forms a major source of unearned income. Indeed the entrenched incompetence has seen to that these are not discussed; there is a bogey being raised by cunning manipulators, of destroying family business, therefore catastrophic for Indian economy. The zombie apocalypse moment is being perpetuated as Indian strength. How many times we are being fed the hogwash that family businesses and concerns is what is saving us, as Indians slip into morass of incompetence and inequality. Well when you have news media being controlled by big family corporates and lackeys, journalist will only parrot. Journalists are supposed to make buyer friendly world, and within that they can work out their freedom. 

Not only inheritance in big businesses need be taxed heavily but every inherited transaction happening should be taxed substantially. Nobody should have benefits of unearned earning. Every piece of land, every house, every shop, every capital…anything that is inherited should be taxed heavily. Now these are tangible inheritance, something easily quantifiable. There is another aspect of inheritance that mediocre Indian elites suck on and that is intangible inheritance. Intangible inheritance in primitive society like India is rather valued, the legacy of ordained fine-tuned to grab money. I have already discussed about racist surnames that leads to camaraderie and benefits accrued in the process. It is so entrenched in this godforsaken manipulative society (in the meanwhile considers itself as some kind of special people/culture!) that unless international community declare this nation as racist it will not have an impact, the manipulative elite will scuttle it. The legacy that the progeny accrue from the profession/name of his parents (mostly father)/family needs to be scrutinised. These are extension of feudal nature of society and definitely source of unearned income. In this primitive society you will observe that in whichever field there is big money, as also where benefits or competence can be manipulated, you will see progenies masquerading with legacy doing well. Like most politicians, artists (in particular film industry)…so on, they tend to create lucrative position for their progenies to squeeze in, it’s a legacy racket.  These are being projected as the talent of progenies; sometimes they give example of progenies who have failed to justify their claim. There are two issues here, firstly, nowadays the scope of manipulation with the help of modern technology is rather fool proof, with control over medium, necessary clout and money you can create any perception, therefore easy ride. You can be assured that innovative technology invented abroad today will be manipulative technology tomorrow with Indian elitizens. Secondly, even despite these those who fail must be amazingly mediocre or lacked necessary placement skills. This family name/clout/pride framework that exaggerates progenies talents is unearned income, they are in the position because of family, and this should be taxed. 

There is a huge unearned earning that is based on perceptions and exaggerations, what is being regarded as branding. The market has created these nonsenses that have eaten into the society. The sacred act of creating illusion of product to be sold is something that comes natural. They have ransacked the medium, crudely tapping on every emotion so as to trap people into buying. Is this what modernity all about? What a disgrace. Extremely good at gab and selling skills, clever Indians (that is nearest some can come to competence) have controlled the market media. They expertise in selling what other countries produce, yes also minor Indian creations like soaps, washing powder so on. The money here is huge, due to the population of this ever multiplying people. There is also amazing amount of black money doing the round. The market therefore degrades the institutions, they put price for everything, crony capitalism, nepotism and manipulation becomes the norm. Some of these amazingly limited intellects walk with ease as ‘image gurus’ among powerful politicians (incidentally powerful politician means highly responsible, meaning people have voted and put faith on them to genuine work and not manipulate). With the clout gained from the skills of selling products they park around the power centres and acts as touts, the one who creates and destroys perceptions. Obviously these are overpaid people, and the reason they are paid more is because they can manipulate more. It will be difficult to quantify their earning skills. Cleverness as earning skills thrives in mediocre societies, Indians therefore do well. Indeed rich coffers of temples, as people suffer, is a testimony to these. For certain section creating illusion for common people and exploiting is part of hallowed tradition. 

       In this game of perception that is used to sell products are set of extremely Cooperative For Money ‘popular’ people, the one with amazing moral dexterity. Market has chosen and exaggerated movie actors and cricketers. So emerges godforsaken icons. Both amazingly limited, failing in all close scrutiny (you sometimes really wonder trying to identify what exactly is the talent?) and earn few million times than their limited skills of acting or sport skills can ever earn. In Indian context barring some really rare exceptions one can safely say that acting in movie (or making movie) doesn’t really require much talent. A random guy can do it with few days of practice. Further in movie-entertainment, which is a hugely exaggerated art form, acting is only one minor aspect.  But manipulators have exaggerated the mediocre actors as much as they have done for the cricketers, it is a sinister act called branding, a concoction to suck in money for no reason. Both therefore become conduit for manipulating money out of common people. If Tendulkar earns millions as Coca Cola boy, the question here is where is his talent in this earning? If hugely exaggerated actors like Shah Rukh (whose movies becomes hit even before they are released, indeed ZK genes is quite good at this manipulation) can get millions of rupees of blurting one line in an ad then what kind of talent is he exhibiting or work is he performing that he is being gratified with such huge amount of money? Indeed the kind of money most people cannot make in many lifetime. You may keep wondering what special talent these people have that commensurate with the money offered. For blurting one line the mediocre fellow is getting money that would shock most. It’s an amazing racket of amassing unearned income. The fellow is earning because of his branding. The question here would be what is the basis of branding? Then you realise it is the perception, the one that is manipulated and exaggerated. Clearly this earning is based on perception as also hinged on large population as consumers. No one can and should be allowed to earn these inflated amounts that has nothing to do with skills or work. To understand the way these people work one needs to have closer look at the functioning of IPL (an Indian wonder that in a way defines this manipulative functioning, that degrades anything and everything, but fortunately has the potential to destroy cricket), huge amount of money from nowhere to whosoever. IPL is a definition of functioning and remarkable degradation of India that the market/sellers are constantly pursuing.

If an actor or cricketer gets paid for his/her professional skills, exaggerated as it maybe, it still sounds logical. But in mediocre India cricketers have moved on to entertainment. They spread their mediocrity as they move. While actors are everywhere sucking on whatever they could, branding is the rescue act. They sing, they also become judge after their expiry date to whatever the market media fancies, some take up causes, fighters of freedom of expression from the most degraded of surrounding. They even dance –indeed most so called award ceremonies are about these appalling indulgences, as they workout with rows of gyrating almost mechanical movements. This hilarity is passed on as artform/dance as ‘actor’/’celebrity’ is involved. People are ready to watch the trash, the actor’s branding therefore makes him a compelling presence as a dancer, the disgraceful skills are tolerated as indulgences that we are expected to feel good about. Recently actor Mohanlal had the audacity to sing at National Games ceremony, clearly people in Kerala know the limits which our arrogant self-assured fellow missed. An actor should act, a singer should sing, a writer should write, a scientist must do research, high jumper must jump high…these are simple rules on which competence work. One can try other things but shouldn’t exaggerate and try to supersede genuine talents. The problem here is just because a fellow is an actor or a cricketer, the market manipulators exaggerate for source of earning. Therefore he/she starts to sing, dance, bat, judge…and tries to manipulate through and suck in on easy money. As things are subjective, or made subjective, due to adoring indulgences they scrape through and so ready for huge money. In the process they sideline genuine talents. Now you must put these in context of a nation that has very poor social indices and most people have serious problems. Could you believe that these nonsenses are happening in a nation that has millions of people who go without food?

 Mohanlal was decent enough to apologise and return the money for the mediocre fair, the kind of unearned income that could easily feed children in a school for atleast a decade in this malnourished nation. But the Congress government was seen magnanimously insisting that he take the money, probably they are trying to rope in the aging actor. Maybe Mohanlal could take some lesson from ZK (a veteran in manipulation he degraded Commonwealth ceremony but came out unscathed because of his market media clout and sycophant leaders who looked the other way; those were the heydays of sickularism nautanki, and he sucked in big time. However manipulating national award for his gene had a tragic end. What a resounding slap that one, not one but two. Ouch it hurts!!). Will Tendulkar apologise for taking money from Coca cola for reason that has nothing to do with his record breaking batting skills, indeed there isn’t anything positive about Coca cola. The clever fellow knows his lick and the clout herein as much as all the mediocre ‘celebrities’. They can earn easy money and do whatever but these unearned incomes should be taxed heavily. 

Actors have also start to play cricket that attracts huge money, some in the entertainment industry have even downgraded cricket (a sport that is least athletic to start with) and goes by the name box cricket. They can carry on with the racket but unearned income should be severely taxed. These huge unearned earnings of actors and cricketers that has nothing to do with their talent (least as they maybe) but about perceptions and exaggerations, therefore should be heavily taxed. This kind of manipulation and easy money for some because of clever placement must be scrutinised. This is crony capitalism, unethical in any form.

Further, these kinds of unearned income create a system that thrives on irresponsible behaviour and crass spending.  When most in elite are moneyed for the reason that cannot be classified as competence or talents or work then they don’t particularly value things. They therefore create huge carbon footprint from their lifestyle. This degrades the environment as also create further livelihood challenges for the impoverished majority. It’s clear from the inane car and other luxury product ads that in the last few years some section are earning lots of money for no reason. They are so stupid that the car manufactures believes that they will decide to spend huge amount by looking at some dumb ads. It’s a statement on calibre of people earning huge amount of money, they themselves don’t know the reason. It probably is why ritual based religious indulgences and superstitions are coming back in all its vigour among the moneyed section. Education doesn’t seem to have any impact where providence and alignment of stars is what matters. What is there to read or learn when the fellow throwing the ball is earning in millions, if he was a good sportsperson then it can be partly be justified. Look at the money earned by ‘sportsman’ named Yuvraj Singh who has well past his prime, truly Babaji’s blessing. Indeed the followers of Babas themselves form a strong mutually supporting clique. At one time if you were a follower of charlatan at Puttaparthi you could easily be in contact with the highest echelons of power, bureaucrats, the politicians…almost all the elite. The redemption was achieved by donating part of their unearned income/fortune to the Baba. Indeed temples like Tirupathi are open 24x7 on this kind of donations. Unearned income could be shared with god, it makes it guilt free!! Squatters have unique ability to tap in. Srinivasan is an incredible case study.  

     
Some of the actors point to their genes as legacy (for their body ofcourse, Khan claims on his pathan origin!...indeed dear fellow we have all evolved from monkey). Yes with limited talent and huge unearned money coming their way they need to have reasons for this amazing irony, unfortunately they really don’t know where racism begins or where prejudices thrive and sensibilities end. It is shocking how much things are degraded.  Not a surprise since trivial people with unearned income will only trivialise things.  The buying friendly investment jubilant society cannot be expected to be different.      

The nonsense begins

For next one month or so market media, sellers, manipulators and all kinds of attention seekers will try to invade the mind space and eyeball frame. All for the bunch of amazing mediocre but colossally exaggerated money spinners who go by the name ‘team India’. Some six odd teams are competing for what is termed as world cup. Never was world so short shifted. Mostly nations not known for sporting skills give importance to something as sedate as cricket. The only saving grace is Australia and England, the white men presence gives it the authenticity of ‘world’, as also exposure to commentators from developed societies. This gives the credibility that they desperately seek. Unfortunately cricket doesn’t have many followers in these nations, as they are competent in other sports that need high level of athleticism and skills. Cricket is mostly taken up by low calibre athletes. So the cash rich Indian icons are playing the low grade sportspersons from these nations, even in West Indies the region that produces best athletes. They don’t prefer cricket and is quite a mediocre involvement. Even then Indians are not able to win is a statement on mediocrity of this society as also manipulation of sport bodies. They need minimum calibre upon which they arrange their sucking machine. More than sporting skills, which is indeed is low in cricket (I have seen ‘Bengal tiger’ –the travesty, running at the peak of his career. I couldn’t help laughing!!), in India it is their selling skills, the market desirability that plays a factor. I don’t think Sri Lankan players, despite being much talented than many Indian icons, would make the cut into Indian team, nor do I think Tendulkarji would have played for so long (and accumulated his inane world shattering records) if he was in Australia (they would have kicked him out, and would have shown no reverence to extend his expiry date and hence keep making the nation proud. It’s a manipulation that works uniquely in India). Competence rarely has anything to do with individual records in teams sports. But Indians are sucker for records; it’s a path to nirvana for many. The kind of amazingly stupid things people do to get into record books. It is rarely about skills or competence but about quirk to show one as different (check the Guinness book entries of Indians and astounding enthusiasm on these matters). It is an amazing affliction this insatiable urge to create records. I guess it originates in uniquely Indian mind that seeks to justify itself from squatter’s framework. From the entitled world that is ordained to them our little fellow assumes himself to competent, it is something that is gifted. The squatter’s framework guarantees it, it is ordained. He/She is undoubtedly assumed to be cut above the rest, the stars are aligned for greatness, now it is for our little fellow to prove it. In most cases inheritance and hereditary benefits takes care of these, major hiccups are cushioned. But for some individual it becomes a vocation, to showcase themselves as superior. Unfortunately they are least of talented they therefore choose innovative means to justify themselves, create records. Highbrow ones justify themselves in areas where competence is judged subjectively, here they work on manipulations and clout. You will see that most journalists/politicians/artists with pretension will end up writing books, being an author is natural progression in the entitled world, anything short of it unacceptable in the scheme of things. It maybe a different matter that nobody reads these nor does it measure up to the scrutiny. There are hundreds English magazines that one get to see these days, must be a racket to convert black money. They also meet each other in literary melas (a new market friendly fad) and assure each other of their uniqueness and intellectual superiority. The only problem being subjective can be manipulated to be great in Indian context but it rarely come anywhere near international standards. Therefore amazing lack of Indians in international scene or where the competence matters (rare examples are always there but you can be assured they never seek support from market manipulation). Cricket is not an athletic sport, and no Indian cricketer ever came anywhere near international standards of competence as a sportsman. Even as cricketer they are mostly trivial exaggeration, it is a market ploy.  

                             

 It is the addiction into inane and peripheral trivialities that seeks to make cricket compelling for Indians, the quirks, superstition, inane anecdotes, personal lives so on. The so called ‘sport’ is amazingly limited while effectively streamlined for senseless couch potatoes. They watch it whole day with kind of puerile patience that comes as a second nature to bovine society like India. No learning, no intellect involvement just crass noises of collective justifications and some feeling of satisfaction for the nation, this then is sought to be milked. The bovine audience is now readied as buyers. Watching cricket is an amazingly trivial way to value time. You could sleep, you could go for a walk and observe things, or even watch something meaningful on TV. Cricket effectively destroys these, as they glue for hours and hours. It is sad they catch them young, it is the worst thing that can happen to a youngster.  Coco Cola boy (also venerable Tendyaji, sucker for records, positioned as humble gentleman, never takes responsibility for ills of game, always market tuned for lick. It will take some time to regain credibility for Bharat Ratna. It’s been severely degraded) is spreading happiness, they aim children and make enthusiast out of them. It is extremely sad that children are exposed to these. It is a disaster, as this game can be addictive and then it is smooth sail as senseless couch potatoes, eventually buyers with all kinds of lifestyle diseases. It is colossal waste of time and human resource. It attracts people with limited intellect and irresponsible nature. There is so much to see and know in this world. Watching cricket severely dents these, it is nothing but a sheer waste of time and energy. Indeed I would even venture to say that not watching cricket can be in itself productive, it brings meaningfulness as also negates orchestrated market traps enrolled in crude jingoism. Hopefully responsible parents understand values of these, and prevent children being sucked into these exploitations. Cricket has the potential to convert normal individuals into couch hugging market friendly zombies who knows to see, clap, consume and feel exhilarated about his waste.

The feudal nature of society has seen to that many in the lap of luxury and wasteful ways seeked redemption in cricket, it also brought them close to their colonial masters, the attention they craved. Since they had clout they pushed cricket down the throat of Indians, in the process these mediocre people become sports icons. It need be noted that Indian cricket despite icons and record breakers, as also low calibre of competitions from international teams, never ever did well. Out of six odd teams they rarely won ‘world cup’ (till recently, more to do with ineffectual oppositions) is a statement in itself. While the intellectualisation was done by people who studied in England and swing some bats, ofcourse being least of talented they worked on their English and ended up as writers, journalists and sport columnists. They did the spade work of creating halo on mediocre cricketers and creating icons out of amazingly limited sportsmen, in the meanwhile romanticising the game with their compelling narrations and eased into our conscious. These elites gave credibility to the farce, and now it has become part of market ploy to trap wasteful irresponsible Indians. The grip is tight. The nonsense called ‘world cup’ precedes everything in the market media’s conception of world. Other sports suffer, not many will know that National games are happening and many talented athletes are putting in their best. In the skills and athletic calibre many are much talented than overrated and exaggerated mediocre Indian cricketers. But you can already predict their arduous path, in the context of things Indian cricketers have become curse on Indian society. 

One recent example would really put things in context. An Australian cricketer died sometime back as he was hit by a ball, despite the fact that it was domestic match for Indian market media and commentator worth their soul it became the news. They poured on it, it was main news for days, articles, columns and god knows what all were written. They were grief stricken; I am told that the concerns of Indians deeply touched Australians. It should, that is what Indians are good at. The concern for tribulations of whites (I have written earlier, Indians in Britain are such agreeable people has left even Britisher’s consternating, some even think that they could have carried on ruling Indians. Such fantastic people!!) and the games they play has been a constant narration with Indian elite. There are sportsperson in India who suffer, die or are grievously injured in sports. Indeed a jockey died, a footballer died (from Mizoram, Peter Biaksangzuala in the picture) last year, in case of Jockey it was not even reported while footballer was a minor incident and the so-called sport journalists (mostly sucking on doles falling from cricket) didn’t show much concern. The kind of concern that Indians showed for domestic Australian cricketer when put into the realities of India will show what kind of scoundrels these people are. It is the same narration on which ‘world cup’ is being celebrated. It is a farce on Indians, in the name of Indians. Many cricketers who amount to nothing in their own country are icons in this manipulative mediocrity seeking nation. Many Australians (and to some extend England/Pakistan players) make money even after retirement, as players (in money sucking travesty called IPL), they work as commentators, experts in TV channels and even have become part of entertainment industry in India. How much trivial can it get?