We Indians still worship British language, English just because we respect all the languages. But British journalists, who are supposed to be the most civilised citizens of the World, have no basic manners. After the first day's play at the second cricket Test, VVS Laxman took the mantle of talking to the media. There were British journalists and there were Indian journalists. Minutes later, when Laxman was answering a question from a Indian journalist in Hindi, the British journalists walked up to the table, picked up their voice recorders and walked out. Laxman and Rufus Rockey, the Indian team manager, looked bewildered but stayed on. The Indian team management says that the least the local journalists could have done was to wait till Laxman had finished his answer and then excused themselves.
It is learnt that the Indians have made a verbal complaint to the Indian Cricket Board, and according to a team source, a “strong mail” has been despatched to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The crux of the complaint is that as the hosts, the ECB does not have someone to manage the media at press conferences.
“You simply can’t do this,” said a source in the team. “Even if they have to go off in a hurry, they should have the courtesy to let a man finish his answer.”
The British need to learn a few basic manners in respecting the World. This World is beautiful because it is made of diverse cultures, rich languages. Let's learn to accept and respect that.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
British Journalists don't want to hear Hindi!
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