No Pakis in IPL 3

I really couldn’t control myself from writing this piece and posting after going through two news articles on Google news.

The first on TOI – which quoted famous Pakistani celebrity social worker Asma Jehangir in the Jaipur literary summit saying the foll:

Justifying the anger in Pakistan, human rights activist Asma Jahangir asked, "What if we did that to you?

And what exactly did she mean by that?

Stop Indian players from playing in Pakistan Premier League?

Or stop Indian actors/actresses/obese musicians from performing in Pakistani film industry?

Or stop Indian cash starved rock musicians from publishing albums in Pakistan?

ROTFL


And btw, TOI is the same newspaper which tied up with a newspaper in Pakistan and came up with the genius of a campaign- called ‘Aman ki Asha’ and printed full page adverts along with news items of LeT camps in Pakistan preparing to attack India in 2010.

Also FYI- TOI happens to be from a business house which categorizes ‘news/media’ as ‘infotainment’- trust me on this- and if you don’t- just lookup anyone who worked in TOI in a senior position, on Linkedin.





The second news item on the same topic was:

SRK wanted Pak players in IPL

Well, if he wanted, why didn’t he take one? Isn’t he still one of the franchisees? Or has he secretly sold it off to some one else after last years’ fiasco of KKR?

Instead he comes up with the filmy dialogue about his fathers’ Pakistani lineage and how the youth of India and Pakistan should not hate each other? And not believe in the hatred which politicians start.


Well, SRK- the present prime minister of India was also born in a place which is currently in Pakistan, and Parvez Musharraf was born in Delhi. Your dad wasn’t the only one!


And more importantly, the youth of India doesn’t hate Pakistanis, or Pakistan just because they are a nation or of a nationality.

We hate them because of what they do-spread, protect, nurture and use terrorism as a strategic tool against India.

I am very sure- if one of your neighbors’ family member comes and attacks you and his brothers and family support him and give him shelter and feign ignorance, repeatedly- you cant be friends with that neighbor and distinguish between the family members who attacked you and those who didn’t.

I admit, majority of Pakistanis might be friendly towards India- just like majority of Indians are!

But this people to people contacts and solidarity campaigns are not going to make anything better- unless people in Pakistan force their leaders to stop using terrorism as a state and strategic tool.

We can’t roll out the red carpet for them along with being in constant danger of being hit by a terrorist attack. And Pakistanis can’t get away from the blame by calling state supported terrorists as non-state actors.

We don’t distinguish between a good Pakistani and a bad Pakistani- just as we don’t distinguish between a good American and a bad American.

And this message has to go in clear to the Pakistani public as well as their policy makers.