Thackeray’s joke on Sania

There is nothing nonconforming for Sania Mirza, the Tennis player from India to marry Shoaib Malik, a cricketer from Pakistan. The news became a hot piece just because both are celebrities but belong to rival countries. World class players are world citizens and their decision to get married is not against or in favour of India’s secular views. It is their individual decision to get married and that decision will, in no way, improve or reduce India-Pak relation ship.

Bal Thackeray questioning Sania’s decision to marry Shoaib and still play for India, is an old man’s joke and can be ignored. To marry whom and when is the sole decision of the person getting married and can not be linked to the dictate of some religious fanatics who often see guilt in all matters in and around the country. Sania is a true Indian and she can remain so if she desires. The old man’s mind is seemingly twisted when he speaks about the 'tight clothes’ of Sania in the Tennis court. The only undesirable issue in the proposed alliance of Sania and Shoaib is the tale of previous wedding of the latter.

K A Solaman