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Shandur Polo observations
-letter
I humbly express my feelings on some
disappointments this year at Shandur. The first one was my
inability to convince my employer who didn’t give me leave and I
couldn’t attend the gala but thankfully he provided me with a
television set at the office. Yes, one of the the main party’s
decision to opt out of Shandur was a factor enough to ignite our
resentment. but there was yet another trouble, I am sure; every
one might have observed who sat before the TV to enjoy the king
of games being played by the kings at Shandur. You did guess
correctly. It was the commentary, which deprived us of the echo
of our cultural tunes-Dhole-Damama and Surnai. . Needlessly the
commentator was repeating the same words excessively, putting
all the music resonance into background. The commentator though
a pure Chitrali did not use a single word about the players, not
even names of the players, except for one or two.
Commentators are supposed to tell the viewers every aspect of
the game and necessary information about all players. Remember
the recently concluded FIFA World Cup where commentators were
giving rare information about the clubs the players are playing
with. In this case it was lacking needful information even,
names of players scoring goals were not being called out. I hope
next time there will be improvement..
Ejaz Ahmed,
Islamabad.
20 July 2010
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