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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (SRT)

Moving a little bit away from philosophy, I am posting on current topics. This being my first post, I really hope that you like it.

So the name Sachin Tendulkar as and when is heard evokes a thousand emotions. This name founds resonance with a large demography of persons over the world. Based on his achievements its is said that the cricketing era is divided into three periods namely Before Sachin(BS), Sachin(S), and now After Sachin(AS). His retirement was thoroughly dramatic which resulted in a nationwide "Sachinnn Sachinnn" frenzy. But now when the dust has settled down lets analyze what was it that he had done & also his grey areas.

Though many people have different views about what Sachin has done. But according to me(also other people will agree) there are following ways in which he has made a tremendous impact on us:

1. He made us believe in real life superheroes: We started to have a belief that superheroes are real who walk in daylight & keep people in awe of their talent & perfection.

2. Unity in diversity: In a country where even language changes after every 5 kms., this was one example that people could unite for a single cause.

3. It is ok to fail once in a while: Every person has a bad day, even sachin did not score centuries everyday.

4. Made us believe in "Practice makes a Man Perfect".

5. A person however great he is should not be arrogant. It was a great lesson that humility is what makes a person successful.

6. Passion is what is necessary to keep you going: Never did his fame supersede the passion he had for his game.

7. Lead: Its not necessary to always be a leader to lead. One can also lead by example.

But however great he was as a player, as a person he did some mistakes which can be listed as under:

1. Biggest of all the controversies involving sachin-The ferrari incident: Sachin did not wanted to pay import duty on ferrari given to him by Fiat & presented by Michael Schumacher on his beating the record of 29 centuries set by Don Bradman.

2. Chappel controversy: The biggest of all coach-player controversies. Also involves many other senior players.

3. Monkeygate incident: Sachin kept silent. Then denied hearing anything, again changed his stand.

Having these blemishes on oneself as a person does deny you the right to be called God. But people in India believe "Cricket is our religion, Sachin is our God". I do believe in the truth in the first part of this sentence & also sachin did meet the fantasy of every Indian person. People say sachin retired, cricket will never be the same again. But these were the same people who were criticizing Sachin when he was not performing well & asking him to retire from cricket.

Same was the void felt in soccer when Maradonna retired. But soon enough Messi filled it. Hopefully this too will be filled going by the performance Indian team has put up. Bt nevertheless you'll be missed Mr. Sachin Tendulkar.

Ending this with a common cheer heard when sachin was in team.

Sachinnn, sachinnn sachinnn!!

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