There was quite a flutter at the US Open Tennis at Flushing Meadows in New York when the pair of Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Paki Qureshi , the Indo-Pak Express , got together to almost win the doubles championship only to be thwarted by the "twin towers" of USA , the great doubles team of Bryan brothers ! On merits of the game alone , it was great to watch the partnership of both teams play in excellent tandem. However , it was so obvious that the junior Querishi took every advantage of the affection shown by the spectators by making political statements regarding his country not being a "terrorist country". He successfully took advantage of the media just like his senior Quereshi the foreign minister when he grabbed the mike to say so in as many words.
While it may make a great emotional story , as these two players were trying to stir up during the press conferences , it has to be noted with caution that beware of the hype and the emotional outbursts of any Indo-pak relationship being subject to any chnage because these boys are showing the way ! For the long term succes of the tennis partnership , I strongly recommend that they continue palying tennis instead of giving political counsel in which case Bopanna will have to convert to Islam because Quereshi will not embrace Hinduism! If that were the case Sania Mirza's chances of improving the relationship due to marriage was much better than the Bopanna -Quereshi partnership. Let the media not overplay the sentiment.
The ground reality is very dangerous with Pakistan's outrageous interference in Kashmir and the Indian Government's inability to respond to this shameless attack on Indian sovereignty. The muslim vote bank issue continues to dog the Congress party. While they had no hesitation in branding Hindus of "saffron "terror , they forgot to call the colours of the Paki terrorism ! The Hindus of India must respond to this allegation at the polling booth soon.
While it may make a great emotional story , as these two players were trying to stir up during the press conferences , it has to be noted with caution that beware of the hype and the emotional outbursts of any Indo-pak relationship being subject to any chnage because these boys are showing the way ! For the long term succes of the tennis partnership , I strongly recommend that they continue palying tennis instead of giving political counsel in which case Bopanna will have to convert to Islam because Quereshi will not embrace Hinduism! If that were the case Sania Mirza's chances of improving the relationship due to marriage was much better than the Bopanna -Quereshi partnership. Let the media not overplay the sentiment.
The ground reality is very dangerous with Pakistan's outrageous interference in Kashmir and the Indian Government's inability to respond to this shameless attack on Indian sovereignty. The muslim vote bank issue continues to dog the Congress party. While they had no hesitation in branding Hindus of "saffron "terror , they forgot to call the colours of the Paki terrorism ! The Hindus of India must respond to this allegation at the polling booth soon.
And finally , as much as we all want a good neighbour and good relationships all around , we Indians must not forget that these Napakis do not mean India well and will not settle for anything short of destruction of India - let us not be coy about it ! Just ONE example ought to put India and Indians on alert. They have refused to accept any direct donation from India even for those poor who are ravaged by the floods while accepting all freebies from China ! They cannot say thanks to India while they will to the UN. Why we Indians don't get it ?
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