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It was back to normal for Hannah Petersen Ellis in the Guardian. This time about the so called break in cricketing diplomacy between India and Pakistan. 

Hannah repeats the trope:

‘Under India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister, Narendra Modi, who was elected in 2014, cricket has become increasingly utilised as a political tool. The country’s largest cricket stadium was named after the prime minister, while the ICC, the sport’s powerful global governing body, is run by Jay Shah, the son of India’s home minister and Modi’s closest ally, Amit Shah.’ The above statement is juvenile and indicative of the fall in journalistic standards.

Hannah equates the countries largest stadium named after PM Modi as cricket being politicised. Modi is and has been one of the greatest prime ministers of India. To name an iconic place after the PM does not been it is politicised. Next she claims ICC is run by the son of India’s home minister. It is like saying Hannah is working for a newspaper which was founded by people who were involved in Slave trade. I think it is called guilt by association. It is third class journalism. 

And yes Hannah Modi is a nationalist PM of a Hindu majority country.  No tantrums will change that.

Nitin Mehta

19 September 2025

[19/09, 23:28] Nitin Mehta: It was back to normal for Hannah Petersen Ellis in the Guardian. This time about the so called break in cricketing diplomacy between India and Pakistan. 

Hannah repeats the trope:

‘Under India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister, Narendra Modi, who was elected in 2014, cricket has become increasingly utilised as a political tool. The country’s largest cricket stadium was named after the prime minister, while the ICC, the sport’s powerful global governing body, is run by Jay Shah, the son of India’s home minister and Modi’s closest ally, Amit Shah.’

The above statement is juvenile and indicative of the fall in journalistic standards.

Hannah equates the countries largest stadium named after PM Modi as cricket being politicised. Modi is and has been one of the greatest prime ministers of India. To name an iconic place after the PM does not been it is politicised. Next she claims ICC is run by the son of India’s home minister. It is like saying Hannah is working for a newpaper which was founded by people who were involved in Slave trade. I think it is called guilt by association. It is third class journalism. 

And yes Hannah Modi is a nationalist PM of a Hindu majority country.  No tantrums will change that.

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