Unmasked
Espspcricinfo.com is my daily resource to whet my appetite to keep abreast with what happens in the world of cricket. The Espn site has contributions from writers of all hue, one of my favourites being the ex-Kiwi skipper, Martin Crowe. His writing is as elegant and impactful as his batting in his hey days. There was this one article which particularly caught my attention. He had written this when Jonathan Trott was struggling during the Ashes series in Australia. During the course of the article he wrote about the facade which sports men or women create to insulate themselves, and how Trott was getting unraveled. The article set me thinking; am I hiding behind a mask? As thoughts swirled in my mind, I began to dwell on the way we all have a mask, a facade behind which we feel secure and pretend. We humans are hypocrites; every one of us, baring none. We all wear masks, although the extent to which we layer ourselves or are aware of them varies. Typically masks are the pe...