"Ham India sey kyun itna against hai? Hamare gar mey itne sarey Indian gaane sunte hai, Indian movies dekhte hain, shaadi ke kayi tareekhey milte hai Indians sey, Kyun itna naphrat hai?", Afridi said after he returned home. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv749SCqzuU&feature=player_embedded
"In my opinion, if I have to tell the truth, they (Indians) will never have hearts like Muslims and Pakistanis. I don't think they have the large and clean hearts that Allah has given us," Afridi said during a talk show on Samaa news channel.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indians-not-as-largehearted-as-pakistanis-afridi/771281/
To many this might be very strange words said by him of such stature and such strategic position. I may not know much of Afridi or his character (behavior) but I tend to decode this immediately after I read the article in express. This might be because just a day before I shared that video in my facebook profile and commented that we should learn his (Afridi's) true spirit. These comments for the TV channel were infact a blow to me and his own good will image imparted by his earlier statements.
This is what I could make out of this strange scene. Anyone would be under enormous pressure after his team looses a berth for the final and that too for traditionally over-hyped match with a viewership of such scale. I think Afridi was mentally prepared and gave such a reply as in video under comments from journalists and their tormenting questions. He poured out his opinion to the public in such a situation. I feel these are true thoughts that he has, but yet to be explored and understood. These feelings he has doesn't match with the way things go around him, with everyone portraying our mutual hatred and enemyship. These feelings are put out only when you are angry or under pressure. These don't come just like that but they are the things that had gone around his mind sometime or the other. These comments were liked by many and disliked by many more.
And to the Interview, these were something well thought, planned, scrutinized. He had enough time to understand the implications of his former comments. These were provocative and infact radical at such a juncture. His team's loss to India is a very big blow, add to these comments he might even risk his position as a Captain. Loss in a match where two Heads of Countries come to watch, people expect a different attitude from captain, they expect him to take responsibility, say sorry for the loss or even resign, but his provocative comments were a surprise to many. So understanding the anger in the crowd, press and from the high-command; I think he had to move along with the crowd accepting them against his minor but held opinion.
Well he couldn't stick to his opinions, or condemn it correctly. I would have hoped that but Afridi didn't give me enough time for that. I strongly feel this is what happens when you move against the tide, you need much more than Afridi for that. This is a good lesson for many and it means much more to me.
Disclaimer: These were my abstractions from this skeptic scene and I might truly go wrong with my thoughts, but I am now always "Hope for the Best". So I would like to end this with saying "Long Live India, Long Live Pakistan, Long live Bangladesh, Long Live Cricket. Long live Vishnu, Family & Friends"...
"In my opinion, if I have to tell the truth, they (Indians) will never have hearts like Muslims and Pakistanis. I don't think they have the large and clean hearts that Allah has given us," Afridi said during a talk show on Samaa news channel.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indians-not-as-largehearted-as-pakistanis-afridi/771281/
To many this might be very strange words said by him of such stature and such strategic position. I may not know much of Afridi or his character (behavior) but I tend to decode this immediately after I read the article in express. This might be because just a day before I shared that video in my facebook profile and commented that we should learn his (Afridi's) true spirit. These comments for the TV channel were infact a blow to me and his own good will image imparted by his earlier statements.
This is what I could make out of this strange scene. Anyone would be under enormous pressure after his team looses a berth for the final and that too for traditionally over-hyped match with a viewership of such scale. I think Afridi was mentally prepared and gave such a reply as in video under comments from journalists and their tormenting questions. He poured out his opinion to the public in such a situation. I feel these are true thoughts that he has, but yet to be explored and understood. These feelings he has doesn't match with the way things go around him, with everyone portraying our mutual hatred and enemyship. These feelings are put out only when you are angry or under pressure. These don't come just like that but they are the things that had gone around his mind sometime or the other. These comments were liked by many and disliked by many more.
And to the Interview, these were something well thought, planned, scrutinized. He had enough time to understand the implications of his former comments. These were provocative and infact radical at such a juncture. His team's loss to India is a very big blow, add to these comments he might even risk his position as a Captain. Loss in a match where two Heads of Countries come to watch, people expect a different attitude from captain, they expect him to take responsibility, say sorry for the loss or even resign, but his provocative comments were a surprise to many. So understanding the anger in the crowd, press and from the high-command; I think he had to move along with the crowd accepting them against his minor but held opinion.
Well he couldn't stick to his opinions, or condemn it correctly. I would have hoped that but Afridi didn't give me enough time for that. I strongly feel this is what happens when you move against the tide, you need much more than Afridi for that. This is a good lesson for many and it means much more to me.
Disclaimer: These were my abstractions from this skeptic scene and I might truly go wrong with my thoughts, but I am now always "Hope for the Best". So I would like to end this with saying "Long Live India, Long Live Pakistan, Long live Bangladesh, Long Live Cricket. Long live Vishnu, Family & Friends"...
