I am as secular as the come in a Sena Heartland. Hence, for any pre-IPL cricket fan brought up on the Inzamam-Waqar staple lines of "Inshallah the boys played well!!", it was expected (even if out of place) to hear Kamran Akmal and Sohail Tanvir mouth the standard invocations.
What was an ear-sore was Yusuf Pathan too lauding Allah for everything that went Jaipur's way for the past 5 weeks!! In all honestly, I believe that Yusuf (& bro, Irfan) are lauded and loved by every Indian as much as Yuvraj & Dhoni, in a complete nationalistic passion. I ask anyone who reminds me of the brothers' religion to shut up (it felt pretty much the same for Azhar as well), so I would really like it if they themselves don't remind others of what religion they belong to!
Personal freedom is completely granted, but in view of their home-state and the fact that Jaipur was blasted just a few weeks ago -- it kinda creeped me out!
As an aside, this was really good to hear!
Reality Check 101
10 years ago
