Excellent piece- IPL must stay in India to prove we don't dance to terror's tune

[achilles]

IPL must stay in India to prove we don't dance to terror's tune Players have an individual choice to make over the IPL, but Lalit Modi is right to stand firm England cricketer Kevin Pietersen is among those considering his IPL career amid terrorism concerns. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images Even as you read this, a terror cell is probably planning to target a Premier League game or the NFL's Monday Night Football in the United States. Once you face up to that reality, then it's easy to see why the Indian Premier League won't be moved out of India this year. There are some who'll argue that the switch to South Africa last April set something of a precedent. It didn't. That temporary exile was prompted by the government's refusal to spare the security personnel deputed to ensure that India could go to the polls without the spectre of terror looming over the ballot box. If you look at the advertising promos for the third season of the IPL which starts on 12 March, the emphasis is very much on the Indianness of the event. Sure, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Kumar Sangakkara lend some international flavour, but the tagline – Saare jahaan se achcha (Better than the entire world), written ironically enough by Muhammad Iqbal, who later became a proponent of the two-nation theory and Pakistan's national poet – is an uber-patriotic version of Tina Turner's Simply the Best, used to promote everything from HBO to Australian rugby league. It's become fashionable with some to stick pins into Lalit Modi's voodoo doll at every opportunity, but the stance that he has taken regarding the relocation (or not) of games is perfectly reasonable. Reg Dickason, security advisor to the England team, has warned of a "credible" threat from the 313 Brigade in Pakistan. Their very choice of name reveals them to be ignorant apostates. More - http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/feb/24/ipl-terrorism-india

[Adorable Fan]

Yeah i support Modi on this stance.. We dont care a thought for these cowards ( terrorists are cowards )..

[achilles]

I think Lalit Modi has united all Indians in support of his views. And he makes sense. We can't move the IPL coz some randumb people have a problem with it. Seriously mates, didn't Australia play in England despite the 7/7 bombings?

[Gunner_Mania]

I think Lalit Modi has united all Indians in support of his views. And he makes sense. We can't move the IPL coz some randumb people have a problem with it. Seriously mates' date=' didn't Australia play in England despite the 7/7 bombings?[/quote'] http://shortofalength.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/damien-martyns-interesting-perspective-on-ipl-security-worries/

[Watson87]

Modi is right.

[achilles]

http://shortofalength.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/damien-martyns-interesting-perspective-on-ipl-security-worries/

Hmm. Publicly, I don't think people will agree with Damien. Off the record though, I'm sure everyone will admit that there is a problem.

[Ultimate_Game]

Very well written piece and Modi is absolutely right in this case :two_thumbs_up: IPL is an indian event and should be held in India. If players don't want to come to India let them keep away from IPL and IPL riches. I mean you can't have your cake and eat it too.

[achilles]

^ Yes. You eej make sense :icflove:

[gs]

Very well written piece and Modi is absolutely right in this case :two_thumbs_up: IPL is an indian event and should be held in India. If players don't want to come to India let them keep away from IPL and IPL riches. I mean you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Egg-jactly!