Thursday, August 25, 2005

Tennis and Media!

The more you try to run "away" from popularity/publicity, your mind and heart will pull you towards it! Yes, I know, you can see the glamourous tennis star of India - Sania Mirza. (You didn't know that I am a mind reader. Did you? ;) )

Sania has got "all" those things + "Bold & Beauty" to be fit for being a glam doll, role model, AND a Tennis Player. When the publicity reached her head, she fared badly. It was only when people started "advicing" her to concentrate on tennis than publicity, she had to strive hard to get back to playing tennis.

This has not happened only with Sania. History has been repeating itself. Remember when Leander Peas and Mahesh Bhupati had started "shining"? The Lea(n)der pair failed to lead.

Is it that the people fall for publicity, head over heals, OR it is the media that creates the hype. Currently, in India, Tennis is Sania!

3 Comments:

Blogger Bharath (Pops) said...

Hi ash(wini) :) .. In India Tennis is Sania... and she is proving i yet again in US. she has got the charector and talent to reach as high as possible give the sports lovers a wonderful treat. i simply love her attitude.

6:01 PM  
Blogger GURUTANTRY said...

Hi Ashwini :), its the hype about SANIA which is created/ing by the media where people started thinking that TENNIS is SANIA in India,but the fact is more than that. There are many players go unnoticed, so many factors are there, we will not discuss that here, since Iam sure you & I know it very well in a Democratic country like India. I just dont understand why the Govt's of State or central dont leave her alone, instead of awarding in lacs to her for just a crossing 1 or 4 rounds, where the same amount can be put to best use to train the crude talent & I bet there are much more better players than sania, & she is no match for them, its just becoz of the infrastructure shortage, we are no compitetors in the world of TENNIS MAP.

2:30 PM  
Blogger Ashwini Bhat said...

I fully agree with you Guru.

3:52 PM  

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