a third celebration to show our patriotism - India Vs Pakistan cricket game
Patriotism, used to come forward only on two occasions. 1. Independence Day (Aug 15) and 2. Republic Day (Jan 26). While some of patriots are serious that they exchanged the dates or did not bother to understand the difference between these two. Time kept going, politics kept changing and in this process we developed another occasion to show our pride. Yes the day of India Vs Pakistan cricket game. There is no doubt that sport games bring people together, but too much passion mixed with patriotism is dangerous for ourselves and our players. Things go worst when some of us start acting on behalf of law, decide the guilty and punish them. Imagine, where we are heading too?
Now coming back to topic of newly developed occasion of showing our love to our country. Yes, the cricket game between India and Pakistan. Like many other games, every countrymen wants their team to win. And in sport, only one team is winner at the end. So, if we can celebrate a win, we should also have ability to celebrate a defeat. A celebration of defeat can also bring the countrymen together and show the sportsmanship to each other. But this has not happened during recent Champions Trophy final match. Defeat of team India put some of us (including some politicians and players) on fire and we behaved so un-mature that we became enemy of each other within our country.
In the process of acting fast, we forgot that our action may bite our society. This all started from social media, where some super emotional people took in-charge and started a campaign to show patriotism. News media picked these from social media and showed their love for country. Rest of the well wishers of team India either fell in the trap or did not bother to check facts whether the video/picture is real and belong to current time. The people who got hurt during this process are like ghosts, who see what they want to see and believe in what they want to believe. The ghosts don't see each other, but there was Social Media Hoax Slayer who took in-charge and tried it's best to expose all the lies.
Look at the incidents when some and us and news media fell in trap of fake and morphed claims. The posts and articles claimed that the incident was the celebration of Pakistan wins in Champion Trophy final.
A good read from The Logical Indian on India Pakistan Cricket match and people reaction across India can be read here. People got panic and broke their TV set and protested on street. The situation was so fearful that extra security personnel were deployed in MS Dhoni house in Ranchi.
Remember, we can say whatever we want as our constitution give us this right. But be responsible at the same time and don't spread lies. Ethics don't allows us to spread lies.
Now coming back to topic of newly developed occasion of showing our love to our country. Yes, the cricket game between India and Pakistan. Like many other games, every countrymen wants their team to win. And in sport, only one team is winner at the end. So, if we can celebrate a win, we should also have ability to celebrate a defeat. A celebration of defeat can also bring the countrymen together and show the sportsmanship to each other. But this has not happened during recent Champions Trophy final match. Defeat of team India put some of us (including some politicians and players) on fire and we behaved so un-mature that we became enemy of each other within our country.
In the process of acting fast, we forgot that our action may bite our society. This all started from social media, where some super emotional people took in-charge and started a campaign to show patriotism. News media picked these from social media and showed their love for country. Rest of the well wishers of team India either fell in the trap or did not bother to check facts whether the video/picture is real and belong to current time. The people who got hurt during this process are like ghosts, who see what they want to see and believe in what they want to believe. The ghosts don't see each other, but there was Social Media Hoax Slayer who took in-charge and tried it's best to expose all the lies.
Look at the incidents when some and us and news media fell in trap of fake and morphed claims. The posts and articles claimed that the incident was the celebration of Pakistan wins in Champion Trophy final.
1. A video surfaced on social media claiming to be celebration of Pakistan win in Mumbai while the actual video was from Pakistan. Yes countrymen were celebrating win of their country.
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| Image Source: http://smhoaxslayer.com/this-celebration-is-in-pakistan-not-mira-road-mumbai/ |
2. A video surfaced on social media claiming be celebration of Pakistan win from West Bengal. In reality, the video is neither the match win celebration nor from West Bengal. The actual video from Mar 2017 doesn't not contain Pakistan flag.
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| Image Source: http://smhoaxslayer.com/neither-this-is-pakistani-flag-nor-is-this-celebration-of-pakistans-win/ |
Many other fake and morphed photos/videos can be found on social media. This was not enough, some of our fellas crossed another line and started abusing our players.
Remember, these are the same players who bring charm on our faces when team India wins. It is our turn to show them our support and make them smile to overcome emotional damage from the recent match.
A good read from The Logical Indian on India Pakistan Cricket match and people reaction across India can be read here. People got panic and broke their TV set and protested on street. The situation was so fearful that extra security personnel were deployed in MS Dhoni house in Ranchi.
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| Image Source: https://thelogicalindian.com/opinion/icc-pakistan-india/ |
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