In 1002 RRC's period 12 fishermen of Thiruvidenthai were made slaves to the temple and were made to pay 3/4 Kazhanju pon from their earnings to the temple. They must assist temple authorities in all functions. In 1088 the slaves of the temple came to the king's palace by mistake. The marks in their bodies were erased and Trisulam was marked again, and sent back to the temple by Kulothunga I. 4 girls were sold for 700 coins each to Tiruvalangadu temple in Rajathirajan II period. Thiruvalangadu inscription explains the slaves were given as (Dowri,) Seethanam in marriage. Some people sold themselves to the temples, because of poverty (So many inscriptions are there) The possession of more slaves marked a status at that time. But slaves were paid, feeded for their work. Slavery is not new to Chozhas. It was accepted.
I suppose that is a joke..KP and Flintoff were not 'sold off' against their will..the money involved might be debatable/criminal, but slavery is undermining individual will and freedom, it is less of a money related crime.
Mr Dhivakar; Another irony. Eariler it was the white selling us, Asians/Africans, for money against thier will. Now the white man is himself willingly getting sold to a dark skinned (team) owner like Vijay Mallya. I know Death is a great leveller but cricket has simply turned the tables.
Our all english channels were showing these cricketers as 'sold' or 'unsold' for the past 24 hours repeatedly. Totally 47 International cricketers were auctioned (live in TV)for three years contract period but luck favoured one third only(!!). The purchasers representativesor otherwise called auctioneers were mostlyour great cine actresses.
Slavery may not be right word here but more or less same. Conditions are more tight for cricketers some timeworse than those olden day's slavery..
Rahul is perfectly right. Time is changing clockwise. May be our turn now.
Hi Dhivakar, yes am not in India. I do hear of malpractices in games on tv every now and then. Selling of tennis matches has also become a contentious issue this way. The cricketer may be in a tight spot I don't deny that. But am sure he has made more than his fair share of money for people to even compete for his 'slavery rights'.
We can talk of malpractices in games, politics, it is kaliyuga after all. Just to give you another example lots of immigrants sign employment contracts to get their green card. They willingly do this and in the process undergo lot of mistreatment from employers (in many cases another 'desi' guy who went through same some years ago!).
Who asked these people to 'undergo' all this? Noone but themselves. Maybe some situations...like some immigrants have bad conditions at home in India but not like someone chained them and sold them for a certain sum of money. Atleast talk of war victims in Africa or Ghaza, ok I can understand the person is helpless victim and is a slave in more ways than one. This comparison seemed extreme to me that is all.
I understand the light side of Rahul's words but looking at the previous performance of Mallaya's team, I am not really sure who is the hunted here :-)