Padam Shree Award and Cricket

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Dear Members,

I was wondering about the way "Padam Shree" awards are being given to the Cricketers. I guess, for the performance in the field of sports, Arjun Award is good enough for a person to get. Yes, exceptional players, who achieve exceptional results, may be given this honor.

What I have noticed that one odd performance in the field of cricket gets you the award. M S Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh have got these awards this year.

I don't think we should distribute the awards like this, for it will dilute its importance to the public.

What are your views on this?
 
you are right sir. Ashwariya Rai has also got this :).
Ye kaisi andhi chal rahi hai ... netaji ko bharat ratn dene mein itni kotahi aur in puchallon ko itni asani se bantein ja rahe hein ye sab awards.
 
May be they are changing the criteria and motivating people and giving it to ANYBODY like a common man:oAishwarya got it?may be because she is married in Bachan family?Kya pata usney Amitabh ke samney sharat rakh di ho ke Dad mere ko award dilao nahi to Abhishek ko divorce de doongi:Dand Big B organised having good political links
 
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Thumbs Down to Indian Govt

This is indeed pity on Indian Govt, they for sure ignored the real deserving candidates, its quite disappointing indeed. I wonder on which criteria Dhoni and Bhajji awarded with this prestigious award??

Very much agree with Col Uncle that if we keep practicing this it certainly will dilute its importance and prestige.

I'm not able to digest that real heroes like Sushil Kumar and Vijender Beniwal were ignored and preference given to these cricketers, THUMBS DOWN !!! :mad:

Read what dejected olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar feels after this ignorance -
http://sports.timesofindia.indiatim...ion_asks_Sushil_Kumar/articleshow/4033645.cms

moreover, I was shocked to hear on NDTV news channel that Ashoka Chakra winner gets aid of just 1400 Rs. Per month. Mind you Ashoka Chakra is the most prestigious gallantry award in peace time, just equivalent of the Pramveer Chakra. Its indeed matter of sheer shame that how our Govt treats the Real Heroes of the soil who sacrifice their life without giving a second thought.

Its indeed shameful but a matter of concern ... !!


Jit

 
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cricket bekaar khel hae. par dhoni ko diya tho theek hae T20 world jitaya tha. India ne kitne medal jitee haeen individual sports mein? can count on fingers. It is because of cricket no other sports is developing in india.
 
raj2rif said:
Dear Members,

I was wondering about the way "Padam Shree" awards are being given to the Cricketers. I guess, for the performance in the field of sports, Arjun Award is good enough for a person to get. Yes, exceptional players, who achieve exceptional results, may be given this honor.

What I have noticed that one odd performance in the field of cricket gets you the award. M S Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh have got these awards this year.

I don't think we should distribute the awards like this, for it will dilute its importance to the public.

What are your views on this?
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Wrong decision but it will surely help them to get votes from Ranchi and Punjab. They had given the award to Abhinav Bindra which is correct but they missed out Vijendra and Sushil. We all know there is nothing like appreciation in Indian government every they do is for Vote bank that's it.
Cricket is most popular game in India that's why they always consider cricketers more eligible than other great personality and that's why people like Sushil get neglected .
 
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Cricket ko kyon dosh dete ho.

amans said:
cricket bekaar khel hae. par dhoni ko diya tho theek hae T20 world jitaya tha. India ne kitne medal jitee haeen individual sports mein? can count on fingers. It is because of cricket no other sports is developing in india.
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Sir, Cricket se kyon dushmani nikal rahe ho. Cricket as a game is followed and loved in india,this is same as soccer is being followed by most of the counteries in western part of world. So if brazil doesn't get any medal in other sports then are u going to blame soccer for the same.
 
raj2rif said:
Dear Members,

I was wondering about the way "Padam Shree" awards are being given to the Cricketers.

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 What are your views on this?
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Well for me it seems that we are really short of deserving recipients of these awards and therefore just to improve the count and to please certain people/sections of society these are distributed in the current fashion.

Also if someone has the clue as who decides these awards - i am sure they are either incompetent for this task or are influenced by others in their decision making process.

As many members pointed out even i am disappointed with the unjustified distribution of Awards.
 
sumitsehrawat said:
This is so shameful. I thought Sushil and/or Vijender would win. They deserved and I very much agree with Sushil's displeasure.

btw... why is Harbhajan getting this award? 4 match gin ke khela hai vo...
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Respectfully disagree. :)

Neither am writing for Cricket , nor am against other sports. While considering candidates for awards , one must take in account the contribution of players. Not to degrade the medalists ( and I do know that the conditions are not in favour of them without the govt support and money and media coverage , but that is no fault of a cricket player :) ) , harbhajan has been playing at international level for nearly 11 years now.

314 wickets in test matches and 202 in one day internationals , 1400 runs in tests and 911 in ODIs ( and off late he has really been more than Ok with the bat !! )[[ See these runs in light of we loosing ODI in 99 world cup in Olonga's over when our tail enders could not make up 4-5 runs and when Saqlain rushed through the tail at Chinnaswamy after Tendulkar got out to him ( which Sachin made in great back pain, those memories very distinctly itched in my memory :) ]].

Hat-trick against Aussies , blowing aussies up in 2001 test series , RPO of 4.2 in 180 odd ODIs is certainly not bad in the age of short boundaries and flat pitches. Great athlete , good fielder and long spell bowler ! You are degrading sports as a whole if you say the award come for free.

He is also 1 out of those privilged 20-30 who get to play for India in this cricket crazy nation , and that is no mean achievement.


Of course Sushil and Vijender deserve accolades and praise and attention and acknowledgement and appreciation but just because they are not getting that , it is certainly not Bhajji's mistake!
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How many nations play Cricket and whats the competition on International level if we compare this game with other games. Winning against Cubans is not a mean achievment.

Games and sports like Boxing, wrestling, swimming, Atheletics, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, etc etc have much tougher competition

Above all there is a difference between tri-series & the Olympic arena

anilsinghd said:
Respectfully disagree. :)

Neither am writing for Cricket , nor am against other sports. While considering candidates for awards , one must take in account the contribution of players. Not to degrade the medalists ( and I do know that the conditions are not in favour of them without the govt support and money and media coverage , but that is no fault of a cricket player :) ) , harbhajan has been playing at international level for nearly 11 years now.

314 wickets in test matches and 202 in one day internationals , 1400 runs in tests and 911 in ODIs ( and off late he has really been more than Ok with the bat !! )[[ See these runs in light of we loosing ODI in 99 world cup in Olonga's over when our tail enders could not make up 4-5 runs and when Saqlain rushed through the tail at Chinnaswamy after Tendulkar got out to him ( which Sachin made in great back pain, those memories very distinctly itched in my memory :) ]].

Hat-trick against Aussies , blowing aussies up in 2001 test series , RPO of 4.2 in 180 odd ODIs is certainly not bad in the age of short boundaries and flat pitches. Great athlete , good fielder and long spell bowler ! You are degrading sports as a whole if you say the award come for free.

He is also 1 out of those privilged 20-30 who get to play for India in this cricket crazy nation , and that is no mean achievement.


Of course Sushil and Vijender deserve accolades and praise and attention and acknowledgement and appreciation but just because they are not getting that , it is certainly not Bhajji's mistake!
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Yes Anil, you are right in your assertion on his service to the nation.

But the last statement by you " it is certainly not Bhajji's mistake" doesnt hold any good because its not Bhajji who is being blamed or criticized but the credibility of the authority (jury) is questioned who thought he would be the right choice for the award. I do not wish to belittle Harbhajan and do agree that he has been a good cricketer. But then Anil, not every good person (national figure) is awarded with Padma Shri... only a handful of them win in their lifetime and I am afraid there were many more suitable (to be frank, more deserving) candidates.

I do not wish to malign any award winner but then Harbhajan has been a very controversial figure in the recent past. Do we need to be retold the infamous slap he smacked on his national teammate's face... and that too openly in the playground? Was it not a moment of NATIONAL shame??

Let me repeat I do not wish to look down upon him but then there are many more who could have been awarded for their exceptional talent, service to the nation and more importantly ever-applauding sportsmanship. I am a supporter (not a fan) of Bhajji when he plays and even when he doesn't play but overlooking more deserving candidates for Padma Shri is not acceptable to me at least.
anilsinghd said:
Respectfully disagree. :)
it is certainly not Bhajji's mistake!
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sumitsehrawat said:
Yes Anil, you are right in your assertion on his service to the nation.

But the last statement by you " it is certainly not Bhajji's mistake" doesnt hold any good because its not Bhajji who is being blamed or criticized but the credibility of the authority (jury) is questioned who thought he would be the right choice for the award. I do not wish to belittle Harbhajan and do agree that he has been a good cricketer. But then Anil, not every good person (national figure) is awarded with Padma Shri... only a handful of them win in their lifetime and I am afraid there were many more suitable (to be frank, more deserving) candidates.

I do not wish to malign any award winner but then Harbhajan has been a very controversial figure in the recent past. Do we need to be retold the infamous slap he smacked on his national teammate's face... and that too openly in the playground? Was it not a moment of NATIONAL shame??

Let me repeat I do not wish to look down upon him but then there are many more who could have been awarded for their exceptional talent, service to the nation and more importantly ever-applauding sportsmanship. I am a supporter (not a fan) of Bhajji when he plays and even when he doesn't play but overlooking more deserving candidates for Padma Shri is not acceptable to me at least.
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Yes Sumit this the same guy who slaped his team mate and that exporter who is nominated for Padamshree i don't know what was the reason behind nominating him. Can our govt. do a single thing which can be appreciated by nation? Disgusting people again i m feeling i wish that i can slap on the faces of these political Terrorists. Every time they make our people our country shamefull.:mad:
 
so does it mean that congress party doesnot care for votes from haryana.....because if they can ignore such great acheivements then i don't think Mr. Hooda can lobby for anything else.......this has been a consistent problem...haryana CMs are never able to lobby with govt at delhi
 
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