Expecting artists and players to take sides ..

@vandana7 Seems like some wrong button was pressed. If they condemned terrorist attack...may be terrorists would be after them. - is it true for them only? Still we see so many condemning the terrorism! I am reminded of Adnan Sami's statement. Think he is Indian now... anyway, he condemned terrorism and apparently drew flakes from Pakistanis. His counter-question was, do they think Terrorism and Pakistan are one and same? I am saying the same. These artists could slam the terrorism, they are not being diplomatic or wise not to do that. Terrorists don't work on credit system - they are not going to spare the artists because "last time they had not condemned our acts". They are just postponing the inevitable. I know only one lady journalist from Pakistan, and if that's the same one, she should have been spared from such questions. Who knows, maybe the anchor was another Famous lady Journalist from India who derives pleasure from others' woes! These words do sound like hers. For all I know that lady J from Pakistan is delusional too... Obviously our art would be recognizable in our lands mostly! Flagged as I may get for this, it is the truth! The two nations were not dropped from the skies... And we have tried artists and/or locations from Nepal too, which indeed is a separate country. The love for music will foster better relationship.... that ship has passed and our relationship is the same. I, for one, am not in favor of buying a new artifact. Actually I do agree with you. They should not make supreme sacrifices just for a few lakhs they earn here, they should forfeit that prospective. Apparently some did already. Kudos to them. Just a passing thought.... how many lakhs they make in the native country... which market is more profitable?

@hora_fugit ...No...it was not the Famous Lady Journalist from India...who derives pleasure from others woes ....it was a male anchor...he felt sorry for cornering her, but her answers were honest...better than the lady advocate in Supreme Court...I think we need to set our house in order before expecting others to do something. And notwithstanding our differences in thinking, trust me these would never come in between our friendship so stand or no stand ..just my feeling that if they use a nuclear weapon, would we have time to use ours or vice versa, if we use ours would they have time to use theirs...and if both use, then that is both countries gone for several thousands of years....for Kashmir, which would be a goner too...and yes, China has a reason to feel concerned because air and water could be affected, as would Nepal, Bangaldesh, and Shrilanka. I am not saying terrorism is not wrong. It is. But when they are saying every time let us talk Kashmir, avoiding it and continuing it this way is helping nobody....now have an international conference call, let the whole world see the truth...and decide for themselves where it is going wrong...or who is wrong and let people also shed their mistaken beliefs with historians and authorities pulling up documents and presenting and reading them. That way, if they feel they were wrong they would step back, and we feel we were wrong, we would. But skirting the issue is helping nobody...and it is only increasing the risk of nuclear weapons reaching wrong hands, i.e., terrorists, who are under no obligation not to use them.

But that would make their families vulnerable back home.... Did Shoiab Akhtar not take some stand? For a simple thing like the game, they made him miserable. Imagine that kind of public anger directed against a family. If they condemned terrorist attack...may be terrorists would be after them. If they condemn their government the government would be after them, either way...they had little to choose from. I did not say "Let the oppression rule". Please don't interpret it like that. If they applied for Indian citizenship, would we give? Look at Bugti's case and decide whether we can absorb the Pakistanis who do not agree with their leaders. That would be the inevitable outcome if they dared to open their mouth... Obviously our media knows how things are, and a lady journalist from Pakistan was cornered into admitting something, based on which the anchor had mentioned, I hope you would be safe. I feel our art is confined to India Pakistan and Bangladesh. Even Shri lanka is accustomed to different type of music. We have talent no doubt. They watch our movies, we opt for their artists singing for us. May be love for music will foster better relationship. With both nations being nuclear nations, sitting for dialogue is necessary.

I do not hate politics :) Last line is true though. Even that needs politicking...

It is often in the interests of politicians to keep animosities alive because it keeps attention away from their poor performances or other misdeeds.

Hey it is difficult for them...remember one of them Shoaib Akhtar did mention it...and how much he was troubled back home? They have loved ones back home...if they utter anything here, their loved ones will be troubled. Do you expect them to lose their loved ones for India? Just because they came for some employment out here?

@skysnap .. So when we know that they are in tight corner, expecting them to make supreme sacrifices just for a few lakhs they earn here is kind of weird expectation or not, especially when their loved ones are there back home, who can be taken to prison and tortured...can't we understand the situation...are we not that mature?

@vandana7 Here's something I have learned about tight corner and making sacrifices. You know when it comes journalism, book selling and getting TV or movie roles offshore, the western media asks indian people to comment on culture and life in india. What do you think these people say in front of western media? Priyanka chopra on jimmy kimmel show said, other than her father and brother, she doesn't like any indian men and she's better off without people in this country.. she got applauded by western audience.. malika sherawat once too was in controversy over the point that if you have to choose between a white man and indian man, what would you do? her answer too was shocking. You'd never find such comments from pakistani celebs .. not just in indian context but any other industry.. You see when it comes to benefits and sacrifices, indian celebs don't have rosy past. I applaud pakistanis for sticking with their own nation despite knowing the fact that their nation is declared as terrorist nation. As far as india is concerned we are easy to be bought, the other side just needs to know how much to bid for ..

Thank you Valerie...I don't know why people don't put themselves in shoes of others to realize why a person behaved like that.