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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Sachin Tendulkar - Proud to be an Indian
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The history of Indian cricket has been re-written since the day that Sachin Tendulkar begun to play. And that is exactly twenty years back down memory lane. We have had great players like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, the famous spin trio, Md. Azharuddin and many more and several winning moments since the 1983 World Cup victory. But it will not be an exaggeration to state that the winning confidence in Team India has taken concrete shape as the master blaster has gone from one achievement to the next.
Newspapers and TV channels this entire November have been busy tracking the successes of Sachin Tendulkar with numerous assessments of his calibre and even more features on his entire career. This article is a late entry on the scene really. When it comes to talking about unadulterated greatness, there is profusion and loss of words at the same time. The fact is, when everybody is in agreement, there is no need of debate. Sachin Tendulkar has been a complete man for all these years.
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Tennis is not your game...try poker.
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“I'm the last person to throw stones, as there have been some difficult times in my own life, but to hear that he took crystal meth, that certainly puts a whole new light on Andre and it's not a beautiful light…
“I'm struggling to get my head around why Andre would want to confess to something so damaging as taking drugs and then getting away with it? Why would he want to be so brutally honest?…
“I'm really surprised that he would want to discuss such a private part of his life, to talk about such a bad period in his life. I'm sure this will help to sell his book. He doesn't need the money, though. He's a rich man.”
-Boris Becker
As the world is going through a shockwave following Andre Agassi's drug confession in his autobiography, there is another question looming in our minds that is largely unexplained. Boris Becker's reaction I suppose catches the essence of it though his explanation may not be entirely acceptable.
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The Power of the Printed Word
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I have often wondered when writing a book review…….how many people are really going to browse through the page? It is really a sad territory to tread on. There is no mincing matters here. An individual's intimate relationship with books is a thing of the past. I am speaking in generic terms, there will always be exceptions and thank God for them. When I am talking of books I am of course referring to those that are meant for bringing happiness and contentment. As far as information and research is concerned, I accept the supremacy of the internet as far as convenience is concerned.
If you just care to give a search on google on this topic you will be surprised at the number of people who actually sound intensely anguished that their children, or the 'young generation' for that matter have been overtaken by the internet and other audio-visual media. It is my opinion that 'today's generation' is just a convenient and ready ploy for transferring responsibility that should ideally be one's own. It is impossible to miss out the irony of complaining about the internet on a website. Why not get the precious opinion printed if it really matters that much.
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