Game of Words: View Vs. Counter View 1.20

Football can overtake cricket in India in terms of popularity

View – Jonathan Piers

I stepped onto the pitch, the crowd on their feet, chanting my name; being an Indian that day among some of the world’s greatest, to stand out, to perform, filled my heart with pride.  I felt I made my nation proud, that I contributed a few drops to the ocean of change flooding over sports lovers in our nation. Football is becoming one of the dominant forces in Indian sport. Our people are coming around to understand the beauty of this universal sport, and are beginning to comprehend and appreciate what this sport has to offer.

The Indian Super League came knocking on Indian doors in 2013. We had the I-league before that which, unfortunately, was not really well covered by the media. Since the ISL entered the picture, the viewership boomed. It became the 4th most watched football league in the world. Renowned cricketers themselves invested in the teams that participated, like Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar owned Atlético de Kolkata and Kerala Blasters respectively. Since then, it has just been getting bigger and bigger. With the introduction of Premier Futsal, things got a whole lot better for Indian football. Big names like Paul Scholes, Ronaldhino and Ryan Giggs, along with some of the best futsal players in the world, drew some of the biggest, most crazy crowds to flock the stadiums and watch these legends rub shoulders with their fellow Indians and take the footballing world by storm. Think about it this way – players who have won everything there is to win in the game, are in our backyard. Football fans around the world would kill to watch these men play live again. Let’s not forget the ‘wow’ factor that it had. To call it a spectacle would be a massive understatement. It was an entertainment galore.

This is not to say cricket will ever lose its value. Nor is it to say football will be the new religion in this country anytime soon. But it will be the next big thing in a decade or more. If you told someone in the street, ten years ago that football in India would be where it is today, they would have told you to go fly a kite. But it is here, and it’s here to stay. At this rate every Indian, when born, will have a football at his or her feet and not a cricket bat.

Counter view – Ajay Ramakrishnan

“Sachin! Sachin! Sachin!”- it would be futile to count how many times that chant has lifted the nation, brought light to the darkest corners where hope was all but lost, and united a country that is built on foundations of difference.

Cricket in India is not just a sport, it is an emotion. It has not succeeded on the merit of the game alone, but with the love of the people. It is ingrained in the very fabric of the nation. So much so, that it is hard to imagine a world where one can exist without the other. Where football owes its growth to the rising popularity of foreign leagues like the Spanish La Liga and the English Premier League among the middle and upper classes, cricket has its roots firmly set in the lower classes, and branches out to all levels of society; and it is the lower class, as we know, that is the overwhelming majority of the Indian population.

Now you may say it’s all well and good to look at things from an emotional perspective that isn’t really tangible, but the reality on ground backs these views. Both government as well as private aid and infrastructure is well developed for cricket, while being woefully inadequate for football. To illustrate the extent of the existing difference between the two sports, let us look at their most popular domestic leagues. Though we have had the recent introduction of the Indian Super League, marketed as the premier destination for quality and talent to promote and popularize football, few know that this league is not even recognized by FIFA or the Asian Football Confederation. It’s attendance and viewership pale in comparison to cricket’s Indian Premier League, with the IPL reaching a total viewership of 568 million in its 2017 edition, while the ISL had less than half that number at 216 million. And when you take into account the fact that the IPL broadcasts for a month and a half as opposed to the ISL’s three months, the extent of the chasm between them truly comes into clearer perspective.

You may also argue that football has come a long way, and that the present situation shows grounds for enough growth to overtake cricket. But if a sport has to grow to be the biggest among its peers on the national level, it can only do so with the support of the people of the nation. And therein lies football’s biggest hurdle, one that I daresay is insurmountable considering the foundation of cricket popularity lying with the majority lower class of the population. We all love an underdog story, but when the love and support for the underdog is with the minority, it’s chances are slim to none at best.

Game of Words: View Vs. Counter View 1.19

Should we return to the Barter

System?

(By : Shahul Yunus V, Robin Jacob, 1 BBA B)

Could we resolve the problems brought by the currency system by going back

to the barter system? Will the modern society accept the old -age system of bartering

goods and services. Read more to find out!

YES / VIEW (INFAVOUR OF BARTER SYSTEM) :

- Robin Jacob, 1 BBA B.

In June 2015, Zimbabwe began offering 5 US Dollars for 175 Quadrillion

Zimbabwe dollars. In 2008, the rate of inflation hit 500 billion percent, soon after

Zimbabwe abandoned their currency. In simple terms, inflation is too much money

chasing very few goods. The very crucial idea which stops inflation is the Confidence

in One’s currency. The guarantee that a 100 dollar bill is not just a piece of paper.

People in those days traded their goods for other products to satisfy their needs. In

Initial days, there was no concept of money. People got their desired goods and

services through Barter system. The system of bartering has been noticed recently

during riots, wars and famines. The same barter system was used by men to lead their

daily life in early times. Everyone can satisfy their needs by exchanging what they

have got.

We currently use the currency system for trading the products and for goods

and services. The value of money keeps fluctuating according to the exchange rates.

The fluctuation in the currency system is the main reason for inflation.

The Barter system involves much risk.

NO / COUNTER VIEW(AGAINST BARTER SYSTEM) :

- Shahul Yunus V, 1 BBA B.

Absolutely Not. A man trades with someone else who has what you want and

wants what you have. For example if A produces soap and B produces rice, A would

have to wait till a month as most soaps last a month. But A has to consume rice daily.

He will be not able to get rice until B really needs a new soap. The Biggest drawback

of Barter system will be how much should be exchanged for services like teaching.

The main issue of this system is It was impossible to save things and use them in the

future. Exchanging things and storing them for a long time would be tedious process.

To sell my product, I will have to find someone who wants my product and I also

have to make sure that the product sold is genuine and is worth exchanging. There is

also a challenge of pricing in Barter system, How many apples should be exchanged

for a note book. The value of the product keeps changing in this system. I may

exchange an apple with an orange. But from the next day, I may demand 2 apples for a

single orange. So, the number of goods to be exchanged for a desired product keeps

changing. Another problem in today’s situation is “How the Employees will be paid in

barter system." What goods should they be paid with ? Will they demand the same

good as their salary every month? People tend to store things, to secure their future.

How these things will be stored for a very long time, as products have a very short

half-life.

Pricing Inefficiency is the major problem of the Barter system. There wont be

a fixed price for the goods and services. Another problem of the barter system is that

you cant buy things in various quantities. If 1 kg of rice if fixed for 1 Rabbit. How

much rabbit should be given for 1/2 kg of rice?

Then arise the concept of something to exchange.

* Should be a medium of exchange

*Should be a unit of measurement

* Should also be a store of value.

* The product must be universally accepted.

(I.e everyone must be willing to take it in for goods and services.

Gold and Silver was used in the early days as a medium to exchange goods.

Gold was universally accepted as the medium to exchange goods(whatever they want,

whenever they want). Gold satisfied all the criteria mentioned above. The monarchs

started issuing the gold coins. Gold and silver coins were used to exchange goods and

services till recent times. Then came the concept of issuing copper coins. Copper

coins were issued in the place of gold coins and was in use till the British era(in

India). Then came the vast concept of Currency. The currency bills were printed,

making a piece of paper, worth exchanging. Different nations named their currencies

differently(like dollars, pounds etc).

The value of the currency heavily rests in the economy of the nation. The market

value of the currency keeps changing due to exchange rates and inflation. The

changes are less noticeable and does not have very much impact on the nation. ( It may

in case of Boom or depression in the economy).

So, going back to Barter system wont be a intellectual solution to solve the

problems posed by the currency system.

Game of Words: View Vs. Counter View 1.18

Existence of Ethics in this Modern Generation

- Done By: Bibin Jose & Nithin O.P

I BBA ‘B’

View  :

" If future generations are to remember us to more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through it. "

- Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th American President

Human beings have a natural tendency to include future generations or modern generations in ethical considerations of the present day issues. Throughout history, for thousands of years, adults have bemoaned the ethics of the modern generations. I would say the values of the ethics of the modern generation are not deteriorating. The main problem with the young people is that, the ones that behave poorly are the ones that get all the attention. Once you witness that, you start to think all people of that age act like that, which is not true. There are more good people in this modern generation, but the media just focuses on the worst, not the good. Young people today are no different than the young people of any generation; they only have as much moral values and ethics as is taught to them by their parents.

Nobody was born perfect in any generation, it is only by nurturing the basic ethics, moral values and manners one become a respectable human being in the society. By this I mean to say that it is the responsibility of the older generation, such as parents, teachers, well wishers, or any possible icons that probably catches the youth's attention to showcase some ethics, moral values and manners. Remember that today in this world of technology, if you blame the modern generation for the deterioration of values in them, then you also have to blame yourself for the same because we would not be present here if not for the older generations. If any generation were to be exposed to the vast variety of technology, science, media and possibly all the luxuries that we have today, would they also be doubted for the existence of ethics in their generation?

Moral values or ethics should not be mixed with modernisation. If you are modern, then it does not mean that you have lost your moral values. Moral values and ethics are subjective. I don't see why we think our generation lacks morals and ethics. This generation is fearless. We become entrepreneurs through social media, we empower our women and we don’t think that women are less than men. We are the most accepting generation by far, the LGBT community is growing. Take a look at how many youth organizations have been a great asset to the world.

If we concentrated on the goodness in young people, we would know that the modern generation is just fine.
 - Nithin

COUNTERVIEW:

Humans have been walking towards the path of advancement. We have been looking for means to get things done easier, quicker and more effectively. We adopted a lot of technologies and made all of them a part of our lives. Business and industry oriented minds keep growing. Men have become addicted to momentary pleasures. In this long run, people are slowly forgetting the importance of having ethics in them. Be it workplace or family, people have forgotten how to behave and be human. The time has come where we find 'being human' only on shirts and not actually in human beings. The time when people used to run to help when they see a road accidents no longer exists. People are very busy with their own lives. Nobody really has enough time for others.

A clear example of humans running out of ethics is the business world where selfish minds and narrow business techniques have replaced ideas of being human. Times when people used to think about love, care, concern are no more prevailing. Money minded lives have turned human beings into machines. Work ethics are being erased by some filthy practices and unfriendly thinking.

Each and every little part of our life is getting affected by the unhealthy lives we are living. Lives are getting unethical with the advancements day by day and as we move from generation to generation.

A clear vision about this generation having no ethics is occuring when we notice the number of teen pregnancies going high, rates of adultery rising and the lack of importance people give to marriage bindings’. The number of teens choosing the path of drugs, alcohols etc, is increasing. Workplaces have become factories where people are put to work beyond the limits. The times when bosses used to care for the health of his employees are all gone. All these throw lime light on how our generation is deteriorating in ethics.
- Bibin