Comments on: The Eye of the Tiger http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:26:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chai http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-466448 Chai Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:19:27 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-466448 Really SG is a great icon... Really SG is a great icon…

]]> By: mere funde » Blog Archive » Return of the Prince http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-354980 mere funde » Blog Archive » Return of the Prince Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:29:23 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-354980 [...] of our very own Dada to international cricket and a return that was not supposed to be. Go and read GreatBong’s thoughts on it. True. However, this fairy tale has come [...] [...] of our very own Dada to international cricket and a return that was not supposed to be. Go and read GreatBong’s thoughts on it. True. However, this fairy tale has come [...]

]]> By: Ranjan Chakravarty http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-125404 Ranjan Chakravarty Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:13:14 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-125404 @Ashok: We need to make our vigilance clear and fair so that decent people do not buy into this injustice. And let THEM know we are watching and we are not abashed to stick up for these folks. Read my comments. It happened to Utpal Chatterjee and a lot of others. Let it not happen to more. @Ashok: We need to make our vigilance clear and fair so that decent people do not buy into this injustice. And let THEM know we are watching and we are not abashed to stick up for these folks. Read my comments. It happened to Utpal Chatterjee and a lot of others. Let it not happen to more.

]]> By: Ashok http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-125342 Ashok Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:25:48 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-125342 @GB: Indeed a fairy-tale return, one only a prince can script. This is the best article I have read on SG's comeback. It celebrates excellence, and I fail to understand some of the criticisms that seem to focus on comparisons. @Suzi, Ranjan: Yes, we need to highlight seemingly baffling exclusions. Ever wondered whether the lack of representation of East Zone in the national cricketing contingent is sympotamtic of a greater malaise in the system? Budget allocations, for instance? @GB: Indeed a fairy-tale return, one only a prince can script. This is the best article I have read on SG’s comeback. It celebrates excellence, and I fail to understand some of the criticisms that seem to focus on comparisons.

@Suzi, Ranjan: Yes, we need to highlight seemingly baffling exclusions. Ever wondered whether the lack of representation of East Zone in the national cricketing contingent is sympotamtic of a greater malaise in the system? Budget allocations, for instance?

]]> By: Ranjan Chakravarty http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-123379 Ranjan Chakravarty Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:36:04 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-123379 @Suzi: Yes we should do something, which is what we are doing: we should write and flood the blogspace that we are aware of the injustice and we have noted it: we can act just like the Jewish Defense League -- it cannot eradicate anti-Semistism, but can highlight it where it sees it overtly so at least decent folk don't fall into it; similarly we can highlight this and show that we are vigilant. And please, Mamatadi is a self seeking politician and will do nothing that's not in her self interest. She couldn't care for Ranadeb Bose or for that matter, Dada. @Suzi: Yes we should do something, which is what we are doing: we should write and flood the blogspace that we are aware of the injustice and we have noted it: we can act just like the Jewish Defense League — it cannot eradicate anti-Semistism, but can highlight it where it sees it overtly so at least decent folk don’t fall into it; similarly we can highlight this and show that we are vigilant. And please, Mamatadi is a self seeking politician and will do nothing that’s not in her self interest. She couldn’t care for Ranadeb Bose or for that matter, Dada.

]]> By: Suzi http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-123374 Suzi Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:20:17 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-123374 @RC Yes , you made your point that Ranadeb should be given a chance. I do not doubt that and that’s what baffles me. So what is stopping this talented player from being in the national team is a question which definitely needs to be pondered. I am a laymen in this issue, but is it that the powerful lobbyist are not representing the region? Cricket is the game of money and power, so what is making our region lack that or is it something else? Iam not saying that the selectors are free of any kind of prejudice, but to hold that as an absolute reasoning is a logical fallacy or so I believe. One more thing I do have to add is that Iam a probashi Bengali, and all the years I had been watching cricket , it never occurred to me that why there was not a single player representing the eastern region before Sourav until I started reading GB’s blog ofcourse? Hey, why don’t we all do something – write Ranadeb’s name and injustice on a big red flag and wave it in front of our Mamata Di, the bull that she is, will start running after that issue leaving alone the Singur issue and let the CM bring some money into the state. @RC
Yes , you made your point that Ranadeb should be given a chance. I do not doubt that and that’s what baffles me. So what is stopping this talented player from being in the national team is a question which definitely needs to be pondered. I am a laymen in this issue, but is it that the powerful lobbyist are not representing the region? Cricket is the game of money and power, so what is making our region lack that or is it something else?

Iam not saying that the selectors are free of any kind of prejudice, but to hold that as an absolute reasoning is a logical fallacy or so I believe.

One more thing I do have to add is that Iam a probashi Bengali, and all the years I had been watching cricket , it never occurred to me that why there was not a single player representing the eastern region before Sourav until I started reading GB’s blog ofcourse?

Hey, why don’t we all do something – write Ranadeb’s name and injustice on a big red flag and wave it in front of our Mamata Di, the bull that she is, will start running after that issue leaving alone the Singur issue and let the CM bring some money into the state.

]]> By: Ranjan Chakravarty http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-123255 Ranjan Chakravarty Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:39:23 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-123255 @yourfan2, GB: Ranadeb has just won the Ceat tyres Domestic Cricketer of the Year award, Manoj Tiwary the Domestic Batsman of the Year award. Recognition trickling in. But still nowhere near the WC 30. @Suzi: Don't you think there's a point to be pondered here. @yourfan2, GB: Ranadeb has just won the Ceat tyres Domestic Cricketer of the Year award, Manoj Tiwary the Domestic Batsman of the Year award. Recognition trickling in. But still nowhere near the WC 30.
@Suzi: Don’t you think there’s a point to be pondered here.

]]> By: Ranjan Chakravarty http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-121612 Ranjan Chakravarty Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:04:25 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-121612 @yourfan2: Thanks. I've just wished him. Let's get the process going. @yourfan2: Thanks. I’ve just wished him. Let’s get the process going.

]]> By: yourfan2 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-121332 yourfan2 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:09:41 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-121332 @Ranjan- Do you have an Orkut Profile? If you do then you might just wanna send Bose your thoughts and wishes. Here's his profile: http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=2032135237719699644 @Ranjan- Do you have an Orkut Profile? If you do then you might just wanna send Bose your thoughts and wishes. Here’s his profile:

http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=2032135237719699644

]]> By: Mohan http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-120813 Mohan Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:21:54 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2007/01/23/the-eye-of-the-tiger/#comment-120813 @ranjan: ok, so what you are saying is bcci is running this huge billion dollar business, but they don't really care about their bottomline as long as they can satisfy their urge to spite the Bengalis? hmm. strange. hmm. thinking about it, I think I have an explanation. It is that Bengal fans are not parochial enough. See, it is like this. Most other state fans are extremely parochial and they watch cricket only if their state player is in the team. We kannadigas are the greediest - there has to be atleast 2-3 kannadigas in the team for us to turn on the tv. BCCI knows this and that's why they make sure we have a good representation in the team. But Bengal fans aren't like that. They watch irrespective of how many Bengalis are in the team. BCCI also knows this, so they think, "Oh these suckers will watch anyway, why waste a spot for them. We might as well use that spot to lure in viewers from some other state". Net result - no bengali players in the team. So what is the solution? Simple. Bengali fans need to get stronger. Let bcci know that they can't take you for granted and stop watching cricket until there is a good representation for the state. Till then take your eyeballs to English Premier League or Hockey or anything other than cricket. That will teach those bcci guys to not ill-treat Bengal players again. @ranjan: ok, so what you are saying is bcci is running this huge billion dollar business, but they don’t really care about their bottomline as long as they can satisfy their urge to spite the Bengalis? hmm. strange.

hmm. thinking about it, I think I have an explanation. It is that Bengal fans are not parochial enough. See, it is like this. Most other state fans are extremely parochial and they watch cricket only if their state player is in the team. We kannadigas are the greediest – there has to be atleast 2-3 kannadigas in the team for us to turn on the tv. BCCI knows this and that’s why they make sure we have a good representation in the team. But Bengal fans aren’t like that. They watch irrespective of how many Bengalis are in the team. BCCI also knows this, so they think, “Oh these suckers will watch anyway, why waste a spot for them. We might as well use that spot to lure in viewers from some other state”. Net result – no bengali players in the team. So what is the solution? Simple. Bengali fans need to get stronger. Let bcci know that they can’t take you for granted and stop watching cricket until there is a good representation for the state. Till then take your eyeballs to English Premier League or Hockey or anything other than cricket. That will teach those bcci guys to not ill-treat Bengal players again.

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