A citizen of the cricketing world, no other
I am faced with a dilemma, caught in a struggle, on the one side of which lies my "responsibility" to the nation and the other to cricket and its followers, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
I am faced with a dilemma, caught in a struggle, on the one side of which lies my "responsibility" to the nation and the other to cricket and its followers, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times.
As a citizen of the world, I think India should go to Pakistan to play cricket just as England came here to do the same. It was, as is being said, to prove a point and pass on a message that the best way to defeat the designs of terrorists is to not play into their hands by being terrorised.
As an Indian citizen whose identity is being hijacked by those in power, just as it must be in Pakistan, I may have no choice but to side with those who believe that to punish the wrongdoings of a state you have to punish its people as well.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo