The "Monkey" and the Dreaded finger - Part 1

Let me start this post with a piece of Joke. Then I would try to relate the events on the cricket fields in Australia between India and the Aussies. The joke says once there was three men, a hindu, a muslim and a sikh. They were debating on the original religious identity of Hanuman, the Hindu(Indian) Mythological Superman.Hanuman belongs to the genre of Apes.In stricter terms, in the same category as the monkey (Or a stronger/bigger version of it). The hindu fellow argues that Hanuman was/is being idolised and worshiped among Hindus from Ages, he is all over the place in Ramayan. He has to be a hindu ! The muslim suggests not to go by the writings and the ancient scriptures for Hanuman's identity. He says, "Let's take a look at the names, the nomenclature...we have so many Rehman, Suliaman ..even a Talisman...why cannot we have a Hanuman" ... There is no reason to Deny that Hanuman was a Muslim ! The debate was getting interesting and heated up. It was up to the Sikh (A sardar !) to say his final opinions. He was confident..."Aare ...you both are foolish to go by identity and names...go by the works he did".... Ravan kidnapped Sita, Ram's wife... Hanuman does the jumping around by putting fire on his tail.... ridiculous isn't it ? He must have to be a Sardar ! " The reasoning was funny enough for the judges to tilt in favour of Hanuman being a Sardar ! We that's the joke ..but in the cricketing field a Sardar has been banned for three test matched for calling a Aussie a Hanuman (Read "Monkey"). Could it be more ironic ? Harbhajan singh might have remembered the joke while calling Andrew Symonds a "Monkey". Whether Bhajji actually uttered the "M" word remains a matter of debate, but only if Symonds were aware of the role of Hanuman in Ramayana and Indian ethos..he would have happily wanted to join the Sardar Gang ! Now it is up to the BCCI and the ICC to soft out the issue and go ahead with what has been a test series of controversy. The umpires also chose to be the "Ravana" was their dreaded finger "did not" go up as expected when the Indian's were fielding. The Aussies might have gotten away with the bad decisions, but really Harbhajan Singh do not deserve a ban for three matches ! Thus goes the story of the monkey and the dreaded finger !