Remember when you failed an examination. How many people recall that, your class, friends, relatives? You failed to make it to the IITs or IIMs. Who remembers. How many times have you had the feeling of being the best in your class, school , university, state, you failed to get a visa stamped this quarter…, you missed a promotion this year…, how did it feel when you dad told you in your early twenties that you are good for nothing,and now your boss tell you the same..
You keep introspecting and go into a shell when people most of whom don’t matter a dime in your life criticize you, back bite you, make fun of you. You are left sad and shattered and you cry when your own kin scoffs at you. You say I am feeling low today. It takes a lot from us to come out of these everyday situations and move on. A lot? really?
Now here’s a man standing on the third man boundary in the last over of a world cup match. The bowler just has to bowl sensibly to win this game. What the man at the boundary sees is 4 rank bad bowls bowled without any sense of focus, planning or regret. India loses, yet again in those circumstances when he has done just about everything right.
He does not cry. Does not show any emotion. Just keeps his head down and leaves the field. He has seen these failures for 22 years now. And not just his class, relatives, friends but the whole world has seen these failures. We are too immature to even imagine what go
Re: SACHIN this is for you
by Gladiator on Apr 04, 2011 07:55 AM
goes on in that mind and heart of his.
He has single handedly lifted moods of this entire nation umpteen number of times. He has been an inspiration to rise above our mediocrity. Nobody who has ever lifted the willow even comes close to this man’s genius. His dedication and metal strength is unparallel. This is specially for those people who would have made fun of him when India loses. They are people who are mediocre in their own lives. Who just scoff at others to create cheap fun. Who have lived in a small hole throughout their lives and thought they have seen the oceans.
Imagine what would be the magnitude of the inner struggle for him, pain both mental and physical, tears that have frozen with time, knees and ankles and every other joint in the body that is either bandaged or needs to be attended to every night, eyes that don’t sleep before a big game, bats that have scored 99 international tons and still see expectations from a billion people. And he just converts those expectations into reality. We watch in awe, feel privileged.
It was time that his team realizes that enough is enough. They have an obligation, not towards their country alone but towards sachin. They need to win this one for him and they did. This is not just a game, and he is not just a sportsman. Its much more than this. Words fail here..
As Virat rightly said: Tendulkar has carried the burden of nation for 21 years; It was time we carried him.
Re: Re: SACHIN this is for you
by Rutvij Vaishnav on Apr 04, 2011 11:18 PM
A perfect gift for Our Dear Sachin...What a legend? A quiet, thoughtful yet a dangerous and furious personality when it comes to centre of the cricket field. As rightly said, No words to express, because he is beyond this world....Thank you for making us privileged and taking birth in our country.
We got independence, some experts were not happy that pakistan was created. When we did 1st nuclear test, people said we are a poor nation why so much wastage of funds. Whenever we achieved something special there were experts ready with their negative guns to distract (who can't enjoy the moment).
To all such mamu's I wud love to give u a Jaddu Ki Zhappi. Get Well Soon... :)
Friends, the time to think and act for the country was never more pressing. The population of India has reached 1.29. Going by this rate, soom it can reach 2 billion. The natural resources enough only for half a billion people.
There are millions of malnurished kids. 40% population cannot get daily meals. The government of India has failed miseraly in last 60 years.
But it is really shameful that we are extremely ignorant of these facts. I assume that most of the people here are educated people. Still you fight over south v/s north , sachin v/s Dhoni.
I have nothing against cricket.I am a big time cricket lover. But I think if we donot care about our country, in 30 years, India will become Africa. With a 2 billion population and no resources, there will be no law and order. You can expect it to the end for India as a country and for all of us.
And then only option would be to leave India.
So friends, please, at least start thinking of the problems and actions will follow.
Friends, the time to think and act for the country was never more pressing. The population of India has reached 1.29. Going by this rate, soom it can reach 2 billion. The natural resources enough only for half a billion people.
There are millions of malnurished kids. 40% population cannot get daily meals. The government of India has failed miseraly in last 60 years.
But it is really shameful that we are extremely ignorant of these facts. I assume that most of the people here are educated people. Still you fight over south v/s north , sachin v/s Dhoni.
I have nothing against cricket.I am a big time cricket lover. But I think if we donot care about our country, in 30 years, India will become Africa. With a 2 billion population and no resources, there will be no law and order. You can expect it to the end for India as a country and for all of us.
And then only option would be to leave India.
So friends, please, at least start thinking of the problems and actions will follow.
Folks, There are a few unsung heroes whose vigilance and hard works kept the entire Tournament event free... It proves that the terrorists are cowards, who know only to stab behind the ordinary civilians.They couldn't take up the challenge to show their intention on this world stage... And the full credit goes to our brave soldiers...Hats off to the INDIAN SECURITY PERSONNEL!!!
BCCI hikes players’ pay, demotes Yuvi Amol Karhadkar , Hindustan Times Mumbai, November 11, 2010
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) hiked retainership and participation fees across all forms of the game for cricketers selected for international matches on Thursday, even as it downgraded out-of-form batsman Yuvraj Singh and promoted Suresh Raina to the top bracket. Yuvraj has been pushed down from A to the B group in the BCCI’s gradation system, with a substantial lowering of retainership fee
