No respect for Yuvraj's ailment
Yuvraj Singh's illness should not be turned into a spectacle, Pradeep Magazine writes in the Hindustan Times
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
Yuvraj Singh's illness should not be turned into a spectacle, Pradeep Magazine writes in the Hindustan Times. The way details of his ailment have been treated as gossip, he says, reflects on the fact that Indians treat their sports stars as commodities.
His fans have a right to know what his condition is, and by when he could be back on the cricket field. The problem arises when we treat even this personal tragedy as a matter of public discourse in which speculation, gossip, fact and fiction merge so that the story becomes too soppy or even juicy.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo