Once a cricket fan, always a cricket fan. That's my motto. Well the title might suggest otherwise to a cricket fan but this post hardly is a cricketing topic. Or in more familiar terms, it holds true in each and every aspect of a normal human life(including Indians).
We as Indians prefer to be aggressive in specific conditions. One such situation could be to show your inferiors "Who's the boss!!". Another occassion could be teachers bossing around with students on petty matters(Who better to have experienced it more than my batchmates ;)). Another occasion could be a bit of showing off in front of your girl friend. Is that it???? Is it the only time aggression finds a place in our feelings and emotions. How about the current situation when there has been a financial breakdown in the business world. What have we done "aggressively" to get over it. The result is that the worst hit economy by this meltdown (USA) , has its currency soaring to a decade long high as compared to "stable" economies like India.
Now lets get back to cricket. On the backdrop of the current Indian Victory over Australia this might seem a bit harsh but I bet the topic would have been raised if the result would have been any different. Having a lead of 201 in the first innings is sufficient to give headaches to the opposition especially knowing that you can bat again. But even the "daredevil, combative Indian cricket captain", MS Dhoni, didn't have the guts to go for the kill. Its not often that a team like Australia is floored, so I dont think this is a chance to let go.
Then again lets have a glance at the current political scenario. The Preso(would be insulting to the nation to write the full word but I hope you can make the word out of it [:)]) of India looks nothing more than an ordinary house wife with no voice at all. Has anyone heard her give out a message on the meltdown or the catastrophic fllods in Orissa or the riots in different parts of the country. She has really taken the "ceremonial post of Indian Politics" at its face value. Then again we have the PM. The top most leader of the "democratic " India hardly seems to be anything more than a meek leader who can easily be eclipsed by a common college student with decent PR skills. In the pictures taken during his recent viosit to the USA he hardly seemed fit to be a leader who was going to decide India's nuclear needs for the coming decade or so.
Our lack of aggression simply means that we Indians have been manipulated over and over again. Whenever we have had the strength to stand up to the challenge and face the world , we have been world beaters. The world resisitance to India's Pokhran Nuclear tests of 1999 during the A.B. Bhajpayee Govt. flashes in front of my eyes and it really feels proud that we have had leaders like him.
Then why is it that we are afraid to display our aggression often. Is it that we are afraid to take the "Bull by the horn"??? Or is it that we are afraid of the reaction that our actions may invoke. Whatever it is I would like the readers of this article to spend sometime to think over it andhelp me decide "Do Indians lack aggression or is it that they prefer not to show it".
We as Indians prefer to be aggressive in specific conditions. One such situation could be to show your inferiors "Who's the boss!!". Another occassion could be teachers bossing around with students on petty matters(Who better to have experienced it more than my batchmates ;)). Another occasion could be a bit of showing off in front of your girl friend. Is that it???? Is it the only time aggression finds a place in our feelings and emotions. How about the current situation when there has been a financial breakdown in the business world. What have we done "aggressively" to get over it. The result is that the worst hit economy by this meltdown (USA) , has its currency soaring to a decade long high as compared to "stable" economies like India.
Now lets get back to cricket. On the backdrop of the current Indian Victory over Australia this might seem a bit harsh but I bet the topic would have been raised if the result would have been any different. Having a lead of 201 in the first innings is sufficient to give headaches to the opposition especially knowing that you can bat again. But even the "daredevil, combative Indian cricket captain", MS Dhoni, didn't have the guts to go for the kill. Its not often that a team like Australia is floored, so I dont think this is a chance to let go.
Then again lets have a glance at the current political scenario. The Preso(would be insulting to the nation to write the full word but I hope you can make the word out of it [:)]) of India looks nothing more than an ordinary house wife with no voice at all. Has anyone heard her give out a message on the meltdown or the catastrophic fllods in Orissa or the riots in different parts of the country. She has really taken the "ceremonial post of Indian Politics" at its face value. Then again we have the PM. The top most leader of the "democratic " India hardly seems to be anything more than a meek leader who can easily be eclipsed by a common college student with decent PR skills. In the pictures taken during his recent viosit to the USA he hardly seemed fit to be a leader who was going to decide India's nuclear needs for the coming decade or so.
Our lack of aggression simply means that we Indians have been manipulated over and over again. Whenever we have had the strength to stand up to the challenge and face the world , we have been world beaters. The world resisitance to India's Pokhran Nuclear tests of 1999 during the A.B. Bhajpayee Govt. flashes in front of my eyes and it really feels proud that we have had leaders like him.
Then why is it that we are afraid to display our aggression often. Is it that we are afraid to take the "Bull by the horn"??? Or is it that we are afraid of the reaction that our actions may invoke. Whatever it is I would like the readers of this article to spend sometime to think over it andhelp me decide "Do Indians lack aggression or is it that they prefer not to show it".
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