Game India, match (in) Pakistan

Now that Sania Mirza has confirmed herself on twitter, this alliance is pretty much on.
Sania Mirza weds Shoib Malik. Truly speaking, This is none of anybody’s business. But being a celebrity and the darling of Indian media for half a decade or so, Sania Mirza is now doomed with prospect of being at the receiving end of all sorts of opinion by everyone who can opine. Your’s truly is one of them, therefore, I am contributing my share of bytes too:)

I started following Sania Mirza , when she made headlines for the first time as a 12 plus year old who reached the semi finals of US open - girls singles.

It was 1999 i.e., days of Anna Kourniva- erstwhile eye candy of Tennis. Me and my then- room mate (alter ego of mine) declared her as one from the BHMB category and Anna of India. This is much before 2004 when she first erupted into the tennis scene after winning the WTFhyderabad open and reaching 4th round of grand slam, before losing against the eventual title winner - Serena Williams.

Sadly , this euphoria was short lived. Alike many other sports celebrities who promised heaven before vanishing into abyss, Sania faded too. But unlike others , interestingly, she didn’t lose one bit of media -coverage any day.

Be it first the fatwa for flaunting forbidden flesh , or her lovely remarks like ‘ I would better be called a youth icon rather than a sex symbol’ or her controversial photograph of shoeing the National flag.


She continued to drop sets against -Ovas of Russia and williams of US but her nose ring ensured that she appeared in the page 3 if not at the sports page. (and not to mention the male- washrooms)
Just when her namesake Saina appears to finally replace her as the and role model for Indian sports women, Sania has hit the headlines again. Which, if-you-ask-me is unfortunately for the worst reason till date.

Love knows no boundaries. And it doesn’t involve the grey matter, etc etc. I know all that. Perhaps that’s the reason she is not noticing the dent she is creating on the Indian Muslim fraternity. By giving another reason to the saffron hardliners to put question marks on their integrity.

I am not sure if this was the best example to showcase the people -to -people contact thing the moderates are endorsing with Aman is asha campatign (After having waited patiently for the 26/11 anger to subside).

I know couple of families in Delhi who have daughter-in-laws from cross the border. And if I could quote their words, these Trans boundary matrimonial alliances are something they have started to avoid during the last decade and half. Although, the primary reason is to avoid the constant police scrutiny which they face otherwise, but some percentage of this fact is also true that they can’t stand a Pakistan- connected relationship as it involves frequent rifts due to sea of differences that seperates us when it comes to the values and views about history, if the family is an educated one.

Half of our country is not bothered about Pakistan. South of India apparently never discuss it at all, One reason they have moved ahead and prospered. Its just the Lahori hangover of some powerful Delhiites who have roots at the other side, this pakistan issue is watered as the persistent subject of attention and with idiotic campaigns of aman ki asha, somehow we have never been able to come out of this mindset of treating this enemy-friend- terror supplier- terror victim neighbor equally, when in reality , they deserve the least.

Sania mirza could have done that too. Shoaib Malik must be a thorough gentleman or may be close to a paigambar himself which obviously compelled her to overlook that he is a mediocrily talented , one -time wed Pakistani.

She is so much madly in love that she is not aware of even one single bit of this. As a next mandatory step, she must now pack her bags and shift to Karachi and start representing Pakistan. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of one bomb blast/ terror attack that unless she gets to be ultra thick skinned , it would be tough job to face the biggest allegation of her life as the mascot of traitor.

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