Just before
Woolmer's death, not only cricket websites but other wibsites also
were full of the most despicable venom penned by irate fans
mortified at India’s poor performance aginst the not only weak team
but also newly entered in the World Cricket Cup ournament Bangladesh
at the World Cup. And after the defewated by Srilankan team
condition in India is very panik.
A cricket fan is
dead by heart attack to hear the defeat of India in the hands of
SriLankan team.
For years now,
especially after the birth of electronic media competitive hype has
increased to such an extent in the media that already scenes of
soccer hooliganism by cricket fans has become commonplace, as has
firebombing on homes and public threatening of national cricketer in
India. I am not taling here of other countries.
Electronic Shock
by Electronic Media
And one wonders
to just what extent the world's mass media is inadvertently helping
turn sporting passion and national pride into what can only be
described as mass hysteria?
The entire way in which the carefully orchestrated and choreographed
professional wrestling “business” is portrayed on television is
based firmly on provocation and confrontation with fans being
whipped up by commentators and participants to the most
extraordinary and pretty darn frightening levels of vengeful
hysteria.
Mass Media bcomes
Mass hysteria
My eyes are
regularly on the blogs titles and news hadlines and I find that
whole country is in the attack of such high termperatrue of cricket
which is greater disease than bird flue.Cricke is the front page
news always in every newspaper now adays.
There seems to be
no doubt that the mass media is adding fuel to this fire of manic
behavior among supporters. In many instances very selective morality
is being employed by many a mass medium in taking player and
administrator comments out of context in an effort to hype up
confrontation and provoke responses that guarantee the
sustainability of the story.
Other bird flues
due to intercourses
Aother
intercourse bird flue was brought by ‘Munnabhai lage raho’ for
Congress but this disease gripped many in the leadership of Manmohan,
Sonia, Sheila Dixit and so many others. In our country there are so
many types of Dengu mosquito which are developing breeds to
intercourse with the media especially electronic media.
‘Love guru’ and
Nishabd are another type of dengu family. I saw these gurus Prof
Matuknath Chaudhary with his lover Jullie and Big B for praising his
role in ‘Nishabd’. One = one became two and now there number is
increasing with more speed than dengu.
Now there is no
healthy competion
What was once
healthy competition is now turning in competitive paranoia.
After looking at hundreds of case studies, Alfie Cohn, the American
author of No contest -The Case Against Competition which won
the National Psychological Award for 1987, came to the very firm
conclusion to say: "It is destructive not merely because we are
doing it the wrong way - it is destructive by its very nature. I
think the phase ‘healthy competition’ is a contradiction in terms
and the ideal amount of competition [notice that he doesn't say
'conflict'] in any environment - the workplace, classroom, family,
playing field - is none…"
Aajtak, Star and
Zee TV are mostly reserved for the cricket. Oher channels are not
behind. In fact in this matter, they compete one other. So many
former cricket players are buisy to fan to cricket fans. Even former
Pakistani Cricket captains are coming here to earn handsome money
from the channels. Coach comes from abroad. Politicains griped BCI
in India. I don’t know what the health is, what the age is and what
the knowledge of cricket with respectable Sharad Pawar is. I have
seen many faces of Rajiv Shukla. His legs are in BCCI, Congress and
journalism also. We see enemity in the cricket board election. Are
they are devoted for cricket or money or for gaining political
benefit?
Accountable
There is no question that both professional sport administrators and
the mass media can expect growing social pressure to become
accountable for their actions. For using provocation and hyping
conflict in advertising events and for being mischievously selective
when quoting players and administrators in efforts to make coverage
more juicy, controversial and fgenerally give issues longer legs.
Somehow those who administer sport and those who keep the public
informed are going to have to seriously start looking at ways of
relieving the pressure among fans, otherwise the current trend of
calling for coaches to be fired when they lose a game or two will
turn into vicious vigilantism.
Two examples of
Madness beyond the cricket
I read autography
of Mahatma Gandhi in my school life. Gandhi was in night rest with
his wife in his room when there was a call for him about the illness
of his father. He overlooked that. Later he was with tears to see
the death body of his father.
In the democracy
every citizen is the king or badshah. But they
should not be Mir and Mirza: “The chess continues
even as the British troops march into the city until they have a
fight over the game. Mir, who has nearly shot Mirza and is ashamed
of his behavior, says, ‘We cannot even cope with our wives, so how
can we cope with the company's army?’”
We showed
sportman spirit!
Cricket fans should know what is going on in India beyond the
cricket. Nehru gave us slogan of “Hindi Chini bhai bhai” to embrace
Chou en lye. In return China attacked India. And tragedy was that
former defense minister of that time comrade Krishna Menor ordeere
our brave army for not shooting a single bullet on the force of
China. Deciplined brave army was borne bullets of Chinese army on
their chests in Indo China War.
Tragedy was not ended. At that time communists were supported Chaina
in many ways openly and doing themselves undeergroud.
After that the sportsman spirit of us was not ended. We the great
Indians gave the West Bengal and Kerala to the communists to rule
us. This was the example of the timr of our first Prime Minister.
Now I want to give the latest examples of MM Sonialed UPA
government. People of Pakistan want to be free from the dictatorship
of Musharraf. But Indain government took the shelter on the sinking
boat of Musharraf to sink the interest of India. Government is such
that it sent a sketch of suspected and wanted Pakistani terrorist of
blasting in Samjhauta Express. Our Secular did this to messae to
Pakistani Govrnment that forget our demand of Dawood and others.
Look our latest demand. I am fool so I am asking here “ Is this
trend childish or of foolish nessor not?” Our secular government
does not want to see beyond Gandhi Nehru dynasty. What is the latest
sadakchhap dialogue of Rahul Gandhi? But by the way UPA follows the
example of our ancient India also. In the issues of Joint Mechanism
with Pakistan, Army reducing in J & K, death hanging order of
Supreme Court, issue of SEZ and like other issues UPA follows
Kalidas who was cutting such stick of tree on which he sat.
When I saw protest against the players of Indian Cricket team then I
think then why should this anger not be divert against the deeds of
impotent Government? Why would had that anger not turned against the
comrade Krishna Menon and Pt Nehru of that time?
By Premendra Agrawal