'Pioneer- Dilli Billi 11th.April.2010

In the last one week I have been horrified by what I see on the electronic media on Sania Mirza’s forthcoming Nikaah. It has become a national debate and as usual our media has gone hysterical. This Hyderabad Tennis champion is our national pride. She is a great ambassador for our country when she represents it in matches abroad. She is pretty, educated and witty; knows her mind and speaks it too.
I am a great believer that personal lives of celebrities should be kept undercover and away from media glare. This young girl was so excited and happy to announce her wedding plans to the media. Her fiancée is a well regarded Pakistani Cricketer. I presume Sania was aware of his past and as any other girl in love is only concerned about her future with him. Did she deserve such pain and agony that some insensitive frenetic people have given her?
The Shiv Sena supremo declared that Sania should not play for India after her marriage. We are fed up of his views on everything. He also now makes noise just for attention. Who is he to talk about what people should do and not do? He has no authority to intervene in everyone’s personal life. It is Sania’s wish what she wants to do; it will be the country’s decision makers who will take the final call if she can play for the country after her marriage or not. Why is it that our politicians must have to say in everything? Have they ever looked within themselves before making judgments on others? We are not blind to what happens in the private life of politicians or people involved in media. But no one is ready to take them on. They only pick easy targets. Most of our politicians live in glass houses and cannot afford to throw stones on other people.
As it is Sania must be going through a rough patch with her fiancée’s past coming to haunt them. She is a decent well bred girl has been dedicated to her career. If she has fallen in love with a Pakistani how does it affect anybody’s life? The families have agreed and the boy and girl are happy. They are both celebrities in their fields and will continue to remain so. I am also shocked at the girl who claims to be married to Shoaib in the past. The other girl Ayesha, would she have made such a noise if Shoaib had not been marrying a star and just a sidey? How can one shamelessly go on and on claiming that Shoaib is her husband? If anything it was an internet affair. This just shows how damaging internet can be; I personally know many friends and how they have been duped with false promises, false identities are given and someone else’s pictures are put on the net. All this is sheer nonsense and I really hope that our media will stop dramatizing every little thing they find. Give the couple the breathing space they deserve and blessings. And the politicians should stop shouting on things which has nothing to do with them or with national interest. They should concentrate on more serious stuffs which benefits the Aam Admi. Like the Right to Education Bill, Women Bill and Health issues.
Tennis is anyways just another two-three years for Sania. With age catching up she will have to take it easy. We all have sisters and daughters and we should just treat Sania as one of them and let her be married in peace and live happily ever after. In other words give the kid a break.