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Hayden repeats ‘India a third world country’

Melbourne, November 20: : Australia opener Matthew Hayden on Thursday stood by his comment about India being a ‘third world country’ but insisted he never meant to disrespect the nation or its citizens and said by 'third world' he meant a large section of the Indian population that are living below the poverty line. He ....Read more

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goodBy: intipa | Friday , 21 Nov '08 7:48:10 AM Reply | Forward well done Jay.. I fully agree with you

3Rd Worl:DBy: Mark | Friday , 21 Nov '08 7:43:01 AM Reply | Forward OMG, here we go again.

Hayden's Third World CommentsBy: AussieSunny | Friday , 21 Nov '08 7:35:55 AM Reply | Forward Do you guys and even Hayden know what does 'Third World Country' mean? I do not think so!! The term Third World does not relate to poverty. It relates to countries who are non-aligned. First World countries are those which are aligned with western powers like USA, UK and most of NATO countries. Second World signifies countries that followed the communist bloc ideologies. And Third World are countries that are not aligned to either the NATO or Warsaw Pact countries - hence NON-ALIGNED. And if you know your history, India is one of the three founding members of the non-aligned movement, along with Yugoslavia, Egypt and Indonesia. it was the famous Nehru-Nasser-Tito-Sukarno nexus that started the Third World i.e. Non-Aligned Movement. You are all wrong! More so is Hayden who has the brain of a fish!

Hayden commentsBy: LK Nagpaul | Friday , 21 Nov '08 7:21:48 AM Reply | Forward India is not third world, but the people are third class who think like that. Get your facts right and do the right thing

Haydens remarksBy: Megh | Friday , 21 Nov '08 6:44:42 AM Reply | Forward well, Mathew Hayden has very comfortable and conveniently forgotten the 4th world environment in which the indegenous australians live in; he has very conveniently forgotten how the Gen Y instead of going to school have taken up drugs and become junkies spreading xenophobia and murders on the streets; He has very comfortably forgotten, Australia lacks basic infrastructure such as OFC network and decent telephony. ofcourse australia has a better life style but its all debt and chinese $. Without China importing Aussie raw material, aussies may not have enough money to survive. so hayden cut the hypocricy and look into the environment you live in. Racism will not survive in this competitive world and at the end of the day you will need the indian $ after the 20-20 so just buckle it up!

Grow up, self-obsessed Indians and be proud for what you are not what you pretend to be By: gujipak | Friday , 21 Nov '08 6:42:35 AM Reply | Forward Do you want to compare Australia with India or do you have doubt about status of India? Check the line for visa in front of Australian high commission in India and the same in front of Indian HC in Australia for Australian people (not Indians who successfully begged Australian citizenship and got it). Also compare how many Indians are there in Australia as permanent resident and the same for Australians in India... Got your answer? There is no shame to admit if your parents are poor but it’s a huge sign of immaturity and lack of self confidence to ignore facts and pretend that you are from rich parents.

We need to grow up 3By: kum | Friday , 21 Nov '08 6:40:16 AM Reply | Forward Some may call the exit of most Indian's to foreign land as natural choice or some may call those leaving India for greener pasture as opportunist. There has been no effort to collect statistical data on considering feeling of those Indians who leave India for the best. May be I can give my personal view as no statistical information is available. I doubt any one is happy to leave his/her country for better opportunities as he/she has to adapt to new conditions. Some can presume that most fly to greener pastures for money and better condition. Money may be factor but most have left India for better working condition which are at times difficult to create in India.Some may say that we can fight, however most do not like politics in their day to day activities.The day we recognize talent not related to country/religion/region/cast that day India will make its first step towards development , until then we will never be developed.

Third world.By: R.G.JANI . | Friday , 21 Nov '08 6:26:22 AM Reply | Forward India is there GREAT and PROUD enogh,. IGNOR this Heyden

we need to growup2By: kum | Friday , 21 Nov '08 6:23:22 AM Reply | Forward The list of our mismanagement in resourced relate nation is endless. Most may we cannot clean the mismanaged system or most may take the best option to live in US/UK.The economic slowdown is the right opportunity to implementation of management of resources earnestly. We should forget to dream that GOD will do any good and we have to clean our own country as no one else is going to help us. This is also the high time to believe in yourself as all religion teaches us that there is possibilities even in impossible circumstances. The elder generations should initiate the process of including able younger in development. The able younger excludes those who need reservation or jack to get into the development system. We need to buld army of developers and thinkers to give India its true place.May be my above thoughts also falls on deaf ears. As even today most Indians take pride in being citizen of other developed country rather than being called Indians.

Just stick to the game. Just because one has a tongue, doesnt mean one has to talk.By: Manu | Friday , 21 Nov '08 6:14:26 AM Reply | Forward Heyden, or for that matter any player from any country is a ambassador in disguise. India is a third world country and definately has multiple sets of problems, but totally out of context remarks should always be avoided by any player. They should just stick to the game and comment about the game giving a non-controvertial and neutral point of view, which will be help the game in general and earn them and their country respect. It is to be understood that every one has self respect be it poor, or be it rich. Be it a PM or a peanut seller, and no sane human being will like to discuss his personal problems with an unwarranted individual or accept an unwarranted remark. Heyden is not a fclose riend or a member of family and definately not some one who cares about India. Just because one can talk, doesnt mean one has to talk.

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