Hero-worshipping is common phenomenon of human society. We always praise and shower gifts and respect on those who make extra-ordinary achievements in their respective fields they are performing in, which can range from sports to literature to art, even politics. But we also forget how to respect them when their glorious days are over, especially in the field of sports and entertainment. As soon as the performance of a player or an actor or artist drops, we all demand for their immediate retirement or removal from the team. Any one who follows Indian cricket can relate to what I am trying to say.
Cricket is probably the most popular sport and field in India presently, which most of the Indians passionately feel about. One good match- winning performance by a cricketer and he is our hero. Not so known Ishant Sharma was a hero after a great performance in Australia earlier this year. Nothing wrong about that, the lad deserved that. However, by chance, if his performance drops ( God forbid that) in two to three series, the same public, critic and yes the media people will not live in peace until and unless he is dropped from the team or like a miracle picks up his form again. And that one miracle will be enough to regain his status as hero. Like what happened with Virender Sehwag, whose praises one was not able to stop singing after his double century in the recent test series played between India and Sri Lanka. Why are we being so unfair to our heroes? Why do we forget the fact that they too are human beings who too can fail in their effort like us? Probably when we start considering them as hero we start thinking them as better than all of us. Yes, they are but you cannot deny the fact that they too are humans. They too can err or falter.
Next time before criticizing our team after a defeat, it would be more productive and helpful if we keep our criticism to technical errors done by the player or team, rather than criticizing the individual. This will help the team as well as boost the confidence of the player to give a better performance. In times of trouble, words of comfort and advice are the biggest help, not asking for severe punishment.
Cricket is probably the most popular sport and field in India presently, which most of the Indians passionately feel about. One good match- winning performance by a cricketer and he is our hero. Not so known Ishant Sharma was a hero after a great performance in Australia earlier this year. Nothing wrong about that, the lad deserved that. However, by chance, if his performance drops ( God forbid that) in two to three series, the same public, critic and yes the media people will not live in peace until and unless he is dropped from the team or like a miracle picks up his form again. And that one miracle will be enough to regain his status as hero. Like what happened with Virender Sehwag, whose praises one was not able to stop singing after his double century in the recent test series played between India and Sri Lanka. Why are we being so unfair to our heroes? Why do we forget the fact that they too are human beings who too can fail in their effort like us? Probably when we start considering them as hero we start thinking them as better than all of us. Yes, they are but you cannot deny the fact that they too are humans. They too can err or falter.
Next time before criticizing our team after a defeat, it would be more productive and helpful if we keep our criticism to technical errors done by the player or team, rather than criticizing the individual. This will help the team as well as boost the confidence of the player to give a better performance. In times of trouble, words of comfort and advice are the biggest help, not asking for severe punishment.
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yes, i agree with u the very meaning of democracy of what we boast of is that we are free to express without any restrictions, however what i feel before criticising any one not only in sports we should keep in mind of our own rihgt of doing that, we shouldn't just open our mouth only to criticise, for these players, or any person who has achieved something in life because he is that capable, so momentary lapse in performance should not be the bone of contention...!
As far as our cricketrs are concerned, some of them are really great like sachin, sourav, etc...no in this cricketing world has been able to achive what these pair has, so before downsizing them to mere human beings subject of mass criticis we should look in to our own performance, because what i feel is, when people criticise anyone they actually are criticising themselves, somewhere they are not happy with their life, in short its their way of expressing their frustration, their failure in their personal life, their office etc...!
so i avoid commenting on anything unless i am completely aware of what that field or person is doing..!
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