The unsatisfying sound of silence
The HinduMight the arena, with its pulse of competition, mend the shattered heart? The stance taken by cricket’s governing body, an irrational prohibition against Usman Khawaja wearing a pair of shoes emblazoned with the words “all lives are equal” and “freedom is a human right,” strikes at the core of our fundamental rights as liberated citizens. Indian great Vijay Merchant declined to tour England to protest the imprisonment of Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters in 1932, while Jesse Owens used the Olympic podium to throw light on Hitler’s evils and the ills of segregation in his own homeland four years later. Boardroom champion of equal rights and justice, the FIFA president swiftly betrayed its lofty ideals when it prohibited the display of ‘OneLove’ rainbow armbands at the 2022 World Cup. Seemingly learning from the public relations disaster, Gianni Infantino allowed the use of eight armbands with messages of gender equality, inclusivity, and peace at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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