This is really sweet. A note by Rahul Dravid’s wife.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/556979.html
Vijeeta Dravid
March 12, 2012
I’ve been married to Rahul for almost nine years now and we have always been very private people. So I’m sure he will be astonished to find that I have written at length about him.This is not meant to be a song of praise for him on his retirement; that is up…
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(Source: waveofeuphoriaa)
Despite no Pakistani’s winning any awards, and players like Afridi being overlooked for the ODI team of the year (only Umar Gul was included), Aleem Dar has once again come out on top, being the best umpire around.
Congratulations!
hmmmm…hehe :)
Lahore: A group of young independent filmmakers has undertaken the initiative of producing an independent feature film called Kaptaan, based on Imran Khan’s high-profile lifefollowing the end of his cricket career.
As Pakistan’s former captain or Kaptaan, Khan stamped the cricket field with his talent and charisma. Years later, he is just as famous after transforming into a successful politician and social activist. The movie based on the former cricket star’s life, which is still in post-production phase, explores the experiences of a man who dedicates his life to his country while also struggling with personal and spiritual anguish.
True story bro.
Taking World Cup T20 Home (by Imran Khan)
after T20 victory.
(although taken in London, this picture captures “Pakistan passion” very well :)
Pakistan Captain Imran Khan for World Cup 1992 vs Pakistan Captain Shahid Khan Afridi for World cup 2011 ( Similarity ) =)
Pakistani cricket fans gather as they watch the Cricket World Cup 2011 semifinal match between Pakistan and India on a huge outdoor screen in Islamabad on March 30, 2011. Millions of Pakistanis gathered around giant screens set up across the country on the streets and playgrounds to witness the World Cup semifinal thriller with chief rival India. The government declared half-day holiday in offices and schools to enable the cricket frenzied people to enjoy the exciting moments of the match dubbed as the “clash of titans.” (Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images) #
— Pakistan (via pakistani)
By Foqia Sadiq Khan
The lasting image of the Pakistan-India semi-final imprinted on my mind is that of a group of youngsters, dressed in cricket team uniforms, sitting in a row in front of a place selling kabab rolls at midnight, discussing Pakistan’s loss. There were processions of victory after the first innings but after Pakistan lost, there was aerial firing which killed one person in Peshawar and caused quite a few injuries. Why did the Pakistani nation get so worked up about cricket?Sensationalist media hype was created much before the semi-final. Half-literate and jingoistic TV anchors were drumming the victory beat with never-ending live talk shows. Not only did the Pakistani prime minister, his cabinet and political leadership fly to India, but the entire country closed shop and watched the game. This obsessive behaviour perhaps indicates that there is a void in our society, that many Pakistanis seem to be deprived of the ‘feel-good factor’ and that is perhaps why they responded the way they did to a cricket match. How many among our youth know Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pablo Neruda and Indu Mitha? Why are music, art, poetry and books not our source of pleasure and pride? How many of us know the works of Sadequain, Gulgee, Nagori and Bashir Mirza? How many of us feel proud about Ayesha Jalal being the only Pakistani MacArthur Fellow or Asim Ijaz Khwaja being the first Pakistani tenured professor at Harvard? How can we make tailors, drivers, guards and farmers take pride in Roshan Ara Begum and Pathanay Khan? Why do we not want to produce more Zia Mohyeddins? How can an overwhelming number of our youth compete with the Indian youth in their mastery over Ghalib? Why can’t the Pakistani youth compete with the Indian youth in sarangi, bansuri, tabla, sitar and harmonium? Why can’t we compete with Indians in the reading of books like War and Peace, Lolita, Capital and Hamlet? We have to make knowledge, music, art and poetry more accessible to people. Music band Laal, is one such admirable effort. There is a need for hundreds of thousands of such efforts! The government and donors need to earmark money and make serious programmes to give priority to art and knowledge, and make books popular with the youth and the nation as a whole. Art should not be limited to the symbolism of an annual artisans’ mela in Shakarparian in Islamabad. It has to be a lived reality in schools (particularly government schools), newspapers and electronic media. Art and knowledge have to be made as popular as cricket. Otherwise, the crisis-ridden and volatile Pakistani state and society will not be able to counter retrogressive right-wing mobilisation.
Images You Do Not Normally See
This made me smile.
This is what it’s all about!
(via philosofi)
World Cup semi final, India VS Pakistan, 30th march, 2011, Mohali, India.
“First of all I’d like to congratulate the Indian cricket team and the Indian nation for this great victory, and wish them all the best fo the final,” he says, magnanimously. “Wahab really bowled well today, but we missed some opportunities. They played better than us. We didn’t make partnerships, we played some irresponsible shots, and a partnership was crucial. I want to say sorry to my nation. We tried our level best, and we enjoyed ourselves at this tournament.”
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