The Great man named Sachin Tendulkar

Most of today’s generation grew up idolizing Sachin not just for his cricket but for the man he was. In 19 years he has is name inked in every page of the record books and has probably achieved all in the game. Yet, there is always the expectations of millions of people he bears every time he sets foot in the pitch. In a country where different religions are desperately fighting for their status and fighting in the name of god, Sachin is probably the one name that unanimously strings through everyone’s heart breaking barriers of religion, economic status and even nationality . In the religion named cricket Sachin is the invincible god.

Brain Lara is equally elevated in my heart. I grew up watching and learning the game from my dad. My dad was a big fan of West Indies and an admirer of Brain Lara. This is why maybe I admired and idolized Lara as much as Sachin. When Sachin broke Lara’s record I was actually caught up in mixed emotions. Records are not constant, they are meant to be broken. I just had this thought that if someday some guy was close to break this record he would have to get past Lara to even reach Sachin.

Today there so many young cricketers who have seen fame over night and the fame has gotten into their heads. Most of them have just set foot on their journey and yet have already lost their humility and innocence. Sachin is in his last few laps, a journey that is spread over 2 decades and yet Sachin seems to have the same  innocence, humbleness,honesty,dedication and enthusiasm the young bubbly 16 year old Sachin had 19 years ago. For man who has achieved great heights and fame remaining the same with the humbleness and maturity is something stupendous. We all have something to learn from as a human and not just a cricketer. To my best memory , Sachin is probably one among the very few cricketers who has had no issues in his long career, no rumours, no bad ties with team mates, no bad spats with BCCI or the press. Records alone don’t define this little man. There is the Human in him from whom we all have to learn about life.

His records may all be broken with the passage of time but still sachin will be remembered for his records, splendid cricketing career and the humble little man in him. Even at this age after so many years of cricket Sachin still has the spark in him that prompts him to jump with enthusiasm every time India wins or celebrates. It is probably the same spark that lights up in each one of us every time he enters the ground, every stroke his bad elegantly strikes!

Like Micheal Atherton said ” The archives recall not one single incriminating incident,not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team or reporter…Is he human?”

FOUR POINT SOMEONE

I had this four point agenda to keep myself busy outside college and have successfully accomplished two!!!!!;-)

Boredom is a silent killer especially when there is overdose..! lol! To kill that disease I had this four point agenda:

1.Play a sport( Game i mean). My love for Tennis  aroused the passion to learn to play the game. I always pointed out to my mom on how mean she was in enrolling my  sister in tennis coaching  and  not having done the same  with me. Some things come late in life  i guess and so has my tennis coaching!

2. Learn to play an instrument. I also had this fascination for violin though many call it a bunch of whining strings! Initially I used to tell my mom about learning violin just to stop her from putting me into yet another singing class( in 17 years I have lost count of the number of teachers I have had,let alone their names.) But gradually fascination grew and now destination reached!

3. Learn a foreign language. coming soon.

4. Own a bike,of course learn to drive one.

Frozen Thought

Most of you must have heard of the ‘Frozen thoughts’ magazine. I just can’t miss reading the monthly issue( my aunt subscribes for it). Frozen Thoughts always has answers for the parade of questions that pop in my mind. Just as I was thinking about something and even discussed it( argued fits in better) with U and few days back with my Mom, this months issue had a beautiful answer to it.

We live in this world which is becoming flat, where everybody knows what others are doing and always wants to have a say in others lives. We always form opinions about others, be judgmental. I had this big discussion about how some people I meet are so different and do peculiar things that we( okay I ) would never possibly do, how people seem so oblivious to everything in life.! Only after reading that article I realized that doing what your heart wants you to is best way of living life. Most often I find my self doing things because i have been taught and seen people doing it that way. This is something that happens almost unintentionally but consumes so much of self space! We do things because people have done it that way or people expect it that way. The pleasure comes only when we do things our own way and do it only because we want to do it and not because somebody expects us to do it. Here is the story that so beautifully explains this:

A 3 year old girl had a colouring competition to attend and hence all the family members were teaching her on what to do, things like the leaf is green , mountains to be coloured with brown and so on. The girl learn t it all but at the competition  she had coloured the leaves pink and red. On being asked why she did that and not green( as told to her), the child answered” because I like it this way”. She was happy with her colouring.

She did something the way she liked it despite being told what to do. But doing it her way gave her maximum pleasure and happiness. It is important that we do not let others thrust their views upon us when we do not believe it to be that way. This does not mean going against others but only means doing things that give us pleasure. Each one of us may have varied opinions on what is right and what is wrong but it is important we realize that opinions are relative and does not have universal relevance.

Live your life your own way and let others live it their way.! Just think for a few minutes if you have done some little thing the way you want it and not the way the world knows it. It is important to fulfill your own expectations before meeting others.