Re: Indian Crowd / How Indians have ruined cricket
Well in the link posted by paki boy, the behavioral aspect of the indian crowd in Mumbai has been discussed by no one else but by Indian journalists…so at least we can listen to their observations with credibility without attributing those comments to “sour grapes phenomenon”…but the problem is that the moment you say something that is perceived to be negative about any aspect of India, “The Indian Nationalism” would wake up with full force and it would become impossible to have an objective discussion….you will be ridiculed, called names, insulted and the whole discussion will simply go south…
based on what Indian journalists said, the Bombay crowd’s behavior seems despicable and would it be inappropriate to think that had Pakistan reached into the finals after defeating India, it may have faced some serious negativity? From anecdotal evidences, we know that the crowd in Dhaka, Colombo, Lahore and Karachi is not as disrespectful of opponents as the crowd in Mumbai and Calcutta…and I feel it has something to do with the tremendous desire of new generation of Indians in urban centers to stamp its “authority” on ‘world stage” at any cost……that is why every disucsison starts with ‘India is the Best” and ends with “Mahan India” and defeat is simply not acceptable…nothing wrong with those desires but experience tells us that when you try to have something too fast and prematurely, usually the end result is not that favorable!
Unfortunately, I do agree with your observation and detest that aspect of Indians (majority). I don’t want to compare ourselves to other countries, but this super power stuff is just too much.