tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post7471250449442815318..comments2021-03-01T08:52:38.915-08:00Comments on Hantu Pantu - Diaspora life in the US: National pride and the world cupBrennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16876092361003495121noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post-26063388816951813582021-03-01T08:52:38.915-08:002021-03-01T08:52:38.915-08:00Thank you for taking the time to publish this info...Thank you for taking the time to publish this information very useful! <a href="https://www.protoday247.com/category/events/international-events/" rel="nofollow">cricket</a><br />Niche expertHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405949247821710519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post-32890927785034149602011-05-04T07:08:04.222-07:002011-05-04T07:08:04.222-07:00Very interesting read Brenny! It is nice to hear t...Very interesting read Brenny! It is nice to hear the other side of the story.<br />And let me confess, if I have to support anyone in cricket apart from India it is Sri Lanka for me. I admire the conduct of the team!<br />BrindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post-20999228979896708592011-04-16T07:48:17.504-07:002011-04-16T07:48:17.504-07:00There is another side of the coin too.
I love my ...There is another side of the coin too.<br /><br />I love my motherland as much as any Indian do but only because of my particular religion many times people look at me with suspicious eyes.<br /><br />Can you imagine the pain a person feel when his/her loyalty towards his/her country/motherland is questioned despite of being loyal to his country/motherland?MAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965737316296160189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post-54245790900653774062011-04-16T07:34:55.562-07:002011-04-16T07:34:55.562-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.MAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965737316296160189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post-57683093968429537282011-04-06T07:10:11.869-07:002011-04-06T07:10:11.869-07:00First of all let me thank you AnbuSelvam for a tho...First of all let me thank you AnbuSelvam for a thought provoking and sincere comment. You are also my first anonymous comment and it means that people outside my immediate circle are reading my blog, so that is neat.<br /><br />I can understand your perspective. It brought home to me a deeper understanding within myself of what it means to have a homeland <br /><br />My personal two cents aligns with Prashanta. In fact, when I was reading your response, I was thinking about what it is like to be a Sri Lankan who lives in the US. The US is seen as a melting pot, where people are here from all over the world, and are Americans in one sense, but also align very fiercely to their homeland or area of origin.<br /><br />A question to you, AnbuSelvam. If you were to move to the Australia, or England, or even Sri Lanka, who would you cheer for in the world cup?Brennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876092361003495121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post-18074320882064691222011-04-04T21:38:26.518-07:002011-04-04T21:38:26.518-07:00Wonderful writing Brenny, and I liked your stateme...Wonderful writing Brenny, and I liked your statement "Sports is supposed to transcend politics" - and you showed me how it does. All these days - esp. with Indo-Pakistan match,with everybody saying "The game of cricket that wins" I wondered how, and your blog has showed me how.<br /><br />I too cringed when Sangakara thanked the President. Recent Wikileaks & other reports talk how Rajapakse violated human rights to crush Tamils. <br /><br />I am proud to be Indian and am grateful for differences & dialogues we can have in India. So, I disagree with fellow AnbuSelvam. I think refugees have to respect Indian laws but India being a democracy, doesn't mean the refugees have to submit their entire identity and merge with "INDIA". I think the richness of India is from this diversity rather than a homogeniety that would be created. And as a proud Indian living in Bengalooru - IF I wanted to support Sri Lanka or Australia, democratic India gives me that freedom. That wouldn't have made me less of an Indian. <br /><br />But this is an interesting debate. Living in the US, do you feel that identities have to be merged with larger US or do you retain Sri Lankan identity & values, and still be an American? (I think your blog already kind of answers my question! :) )<br />PrashantaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039168537095427456.post-18151732314659191932011-04-04T13:24:45.168-07:002011-04-04T13:24:45.168-07:00I understand the emotions that you might have gone...I understand the emotions that you might have gone through and I respect that; I do sympathize with the struggles of the Tamils but being Indian I would love people who take refuge in our country(from other countries like Bangladesh, Lanka, Burma, Tibet) to respect the land that has accepted them with open arms; Show some gratitude to the land that has pretty much given them the same rights as that of its citizens(to a large degree true).<br />Respect and gratitude are largely relative terms, it has a lot to do with the values that people are raised with. In the game against Lanka, I saw scores of lankan tamils in Chennai cheer for their home land team; This was something that bothered me a lot and I know it hurt the feelings of my friends and my brother when we saw this happening. We lost our PM, lots of soldiers, countless peacekeepers for the sake of tamils in the north but at the same count seeing them cheer for lanka was a horrid feeling. <br />My two rupees.<br />AnbuSelvamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com