Monkey chants' - a non-issue blown out of proportion by guess who - the Aussie babies. There is an Indian side of story and a Aussie side - those who say nothing actually happened & those who are behaving like babies - 'mummy, mummy isne mujhe chidaya' (Mother, he teased me). Chronologically, first Mr. Andrew 'baby' Symonds complained of some monkey chants from the crowd in Vadodra. I cannot just understand one thing - in what sense were these things 'derogatory racially' and made him believe that it was pointed at him. Only one reason comes to mind - probably he is too self conscious and have faced similar things in their domestic circuit where racism is a big problem (Reports). Can you imagine Indian junta first knowing that he is a West-Indian and then trying to relate it with monkey - absurd. No one in India have that much time. It was in his mind and he was insecure- so he just vented out his frustration by relating something with some other thing - completely different. Now, they are crying it happened two times in Chandigarh and then in Mumbai, but why do they forget - it was they, themselves, who gave it a racial overtone after Vadodra - 'aa bail mujhe maar' (inviting for trouble). Indian public wouldn't have known about 'monkey chants' being racial but thanks to the Aussie babies now they know it and obviously, its a common human psyche, teasing someone by things which irritate him. They themselves asked for the trouble and now they are getting it. And if Aussie do not want to be heckled, I believe they shall start playing indoors in closed rooms - it will save them from all sort of taunts. Can Indians not say that Symonds behaved in a racist manner by misunderstanding what Indians were doing to enjoy themselves at Vadodra and giving it a racial meaning...???
I earlier used to believe Harbhajan Singh who mostly speaks without thinking a lot and therefore, I laughed at his statement -'Aussies are bad losers' but now I believe this is one of his statement which is not really funny - but a fact. They behave as if aggression, sledging, heckling, taunting etc belongs only to them and if someone else does it - its fake.
I would love to see how their 'sober' and 'cultured' crowd behave when Indian team visit their nation and what action they take if such incidents happen there. These fights will no doubt get murkier - unless some concrete measures are taken - it was Aussies who pointed finger at us unnecessarily and it would be better if they realize that what happened at Vadodra was misunderstanding on their part and accept it publicly. It can definitely help to boil down the things.
Finally, Mumbai crowd should not let the Aussies get away in the next 20-20 match - they shall repay him with interest whatever he has said about the Crowd behavior.
