India in the World Cup

Like all Indians, I was shocked and horrified at India's loss against Bangladesh and finally its dismal and "early" exit from the world cup. Team India did let us down. No doubts about it. But I think the people who think that they should avenge this defeat by targeting the Indian cricketers and their families are worse. If we idolise these cricketers (when they win anything, against anyone.. ) and grant them a semi god status because of the victories, we should have the courage to accept them in their defeats as well. One thing that I feel, we Indians as a species seriously lack, is constructive criticism. We go overboard while praising our idols but when our idols of worship fail to live up to our unrealistic expectations, we almost always tend to subject them to inhuman cruelty. I agree, our country spends like crores of rupees on these people, I also agree that each of these cricketers has become millionaires and they earn more money than an ordinary person does in his entire lifetime(even when they lose matches). But we must also realise that it is "us" who are responsible for this. Kids, teenagers, adults ...almost everybody love the brands that our cricketers go for. All of us live the moment vicariously when these people get us glories, then why can't we be sensible enough to stick to constructive criticism and do something about improving the state of affairs rather than churn out stories for news channels by painting these people's houses black or such other acts of cowardice.

BTW I really liked this article by Ranabir Majumdar on NDTV.
http://www.ndtv.com/debate/showdebate.asp?show=1&story_id=243&template=&category=Sports