Racist..... who???

India is a country of over a billion people. We have been independent for a little over 60 years now. The word "Racism" has been a thorn in our flesh from times immemorial. Unfortunately, time and again, we have been the victims of differential behaviour from the "Superior" race over a variety of issues. But fortunately enough, if observed, the root cause of all these instances have been the rising strength of our country.

So, when Harbhajan was accused of a racism charge, I could not help but smile at the desperation of the Australian cricket team and at the level they had to stoop to eliminate the "Punter Hunter". I am not at all surprised at Ponting's accusation as he must have thought that this was the best way to keep "Bhajji" out of the remainder of the series. What he probably mis-judged was the seriousness of the charge. I would not expect any Australian cricket team member to ever be able to relate to an Indian or for that matter, any other individual of another country, who has brown skin. They will never know what it means to be a victim of racism because they have never been, and will probably never be a victim of racism during their life time.

What Andrew Symonds faced in India in the 2007 series was nothing close to racism, a fact that he himself admitted in one of his newspaper columns.It must have been an over exaggeration by some flustered elements in the Aussie team and I presume the same happened in Sydney a few days ago.