My name s Nitish and I am currently residing in the UK. Originally I am from Mauritius, lived there most of my life and happens to be one of Vikash’s second cousins that he has most probably heard of, or met once..Dats not the important point. I just randomly came across this blog. However after reading thru some of the posted msg, esp. from my compatriot Ravi, I d like to apologise for the utter ignorance and contempt in his msg..I do watch cricket sometimes having been initiated by friends and it is a complicated but interesting sports, and it has a lot of tradition and history! And i do understand that Indians are so good at it as they practise hard at it..dats y India has such amazing cricket players. My point is that as in any sports activities, if you put your head to it, you will be quite successful at it…be it swimming, football, cricket, basketball, gold…etc etc etc. I know that as I was quite good at football myself as well as swimming and used to compete.. My college team in Mauritius even played against the Manchester United under-16 team and we drew; most of us on that team were of Indian origin! However I do not know if this is the case in India as in Mauritius: Sports are not regarded by Indian parents as a means to achieve future expectations.. It is not as seriously taken and there are not as many infrastrutures, coaching, etc dedicated to develop prospective talents. For example, one of my cousins who attended the same college as myself and who was on that very same team that played against MANU under-16 team (his name was Rubesh), and Rubesh was an amazing central midfielder with some very good dribbling skills…Now he s studying medecine in the UK. I was a winger and always thought that with more coaching, I would ve been a better player. However now, I work for one of the Big Fours.. Basically, the point is that if Indian kids are given the same opportunities in any sports, they will be just as good or maybe even better! lol N btw, I am not short as someone said about Indians in his blog… I am at a 6ft1in, and I would say that this is an average height amongst my cousins.

OK Ravi, get your ****ing head sorted out. Being Mauritian isn’t being Indian. I’m mauritian as well, and athough roots are indian it does NOT mean i call myself an Indian over a Mauritian. ‘Mauritian like Vikash’? You mean both your parents are Mauritian? How does that make you ‘Indian Mauritian’?

Also this crap stand out most in your bunch of rubbish:

“Forget the rest like Chopra (he’s not 100% Indian by the way… you can call him a 50% British bastard).”

Chopra’s mother is Indian, which makes him much more Indian than Vikash Dhorasoo- who is hardly indian at all (please not he has never even been there) VIKASH DHORASOO IS FRENCH/MAURITIAN

So India need to find an actual indian to get glory from and not countries like Mauritius.

And oh yes of course:

Why waste his precious time and his hard-earned skills in a worthless team?

For pride and passion. Thats what playing for your country is all about.

he has class speed nice vision and is a really good player

i wonder why he wasnt included in the france squad long before

and if am not mistaken vikash’s parents are mauritian but he was born in france?!!??

There are some World Cup viewing locations, for those of you in the New York area.

And there’s always my living room, where all the commentary will be in Spanish.

Long live Univision!

Since when do Indians or I’d better say the Indian diaspora finds a better adjective to portrait an Indian guy

By ‘Mauritian like Vikash’, I mean Indian Mauritian…

You are making a very cardinal mistake in this board. The correct PC term to use in this board is South Asian, not Indian.