what utter tosh, Ind v Pak in cricket is anything but 'just another cricket match'. it is precisely because of that this match allowed an engagement at a far higher level, between the PM's of two countries (although I am extremely sceptical if manmohan singh's efforts will be reciprocated by anything more than words by pakistan). even so, every effort for peace should be made and only cricket has allowed it. one cannot have the good effect of this match and then turn around and say 'oh it's just another match'. repeating this ad nauseam doesn't make it true either unless you are a diehard fan of goebbels.
forget Ind-pak, it is never just another cricket match for any team from the sub-continent, let's see what sanga says
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"It [winning the World Cup] means everything. We have come through a very tough period. A lot of people have laid down lives for our country. In this new future, hopefully we can take home the World Cup, and that will be even more occasion for celebration."
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doesn't sound like just another cricket match does it ?
as for the rest of his nonsensical khichudi of semi-comprehended bits of history and sociology, it just goes on to show why he is a failed cricketer and not a bigwig of the foreign ministry. is it surprising that a media that sensationalises every damn thing hypes an important cricket match as well ? and that makes us an irresponsible nation ?
what the duffer from delhi forgets is that we are not the one that sends terrorists to other countries to kill their innocent people, we are the country that invites the PM of the country that continues to send terrorists to kill our innocent people.
bottomline, akash chopra should stick to cricket, bleak as his prospect is(kicked out of his state team), he doesn't have much of a future in foreign policy analysis.