KOCHI: That Sreesanth is made to wait at the doorstep of the National Cricket scenario even after he is let free by the court, has not gone well with BCCI and KCA, especially the latter. The Court has virtually nullified the life ban BCCI had rush-slapped on this South Indian star cricketer that ruined his career.
That we, as a nation, could not stay afloat in the global games’ arena despite having master players, clean points towards the excesses politics played in sports and other fields in India. It had been our perennial sorrow that deserving aspirants are blatantly ignored and side-lined at the pleasure of politicians and party heads. Personal interests and party affiliations turn decisive in place of competitive edge of contenders. The nation has been losing its shine when selectors run their personal agenda in secret connivance with party heads. What other reasons can we cite for our nation’s dismal performance in athletic metes and games globally.
Various divides that India suffers on account of its complexities, whether it be on grounds of regionalism, language, religion and so on needs to be broken down. Favoritism and nepotism that have been plaguing Indian way of life and worse still, blocking our due and natural progress are elements of evil in our culture. A cleansing is overdue, a filtration is emergency. Stunning still is the state’s complacency in the matter of bringing back Sreesanth and recompensating him. The state of Kerala has to take initiative in restoring its proud son Sreesanth back to his glory. If this also does not happen, people’s trust on those in authority will wither, to the total detriment of other potential entrants into sports and games. Unqualified, non-pretending and non-partisan consideration of the truly talented and gifted aspirants alone can remove accumulated resentment in the minds of potential prize winners of the country and launch the nation along its due orbit.
A lot among the Malayali community silently admire Sreesanth and do feel sorry for what has been served to him by the agents of disaster. And it is proper and right for KCA to usurp the low laid emotion of the mass and light up the darkened spirit of sports and thereby activate our belief in nationalism. Should we not rush to contain these agents who contaminate our life and its substance and help ourselves stay afloat prudently in the larger interests of the generation that follow on!
–– Rajesh Nair Member, KCCI Youth Forum