Should Sachin get Bharat Ratna award? I am an admirer of Sachin Tendulkar, like hundreds of millions other Indians, grew up watching him play. I used to switch off the TV whenever he got out. Watching him play was always a pleasure, especially during his early years. I remember recently telling someone, that once in his life a person should see Sachin bat in front of Mumbai crowd, in Mumbai. It is an experience that cannot be expressed in words; amazing, electrifying, awesome and unbelievable are the words that come closest to reality. Undoubtedly, Sachin was, is and will be the biggest and the most popular sports star in Indian history; this guy is gifted by God, supported by lots of people that help shape his career. However, to be fair, I am compelled to think if Bharat Ratna is the award he should be receiving and for what reason? In 1955 the award was started with criteria “for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as recognition of public service of the highest order”. In 2011, this was diluted to “for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour”. Whatever the criteria might be, I only have two points; 1) Apart for playing cricket, scoring runs, making records, featuring in top 50 richest sportsman in the WORLD with alleged net worth of over $200 million & getting a seat in Rajya Sabha; what National Service has Sachin done? Come on, let’s be fair and name few. 2) If Sachin gets a Bharat Ratna, then what wrong have people in the list below done and why should they NOT get a Bharat Ratna? Don’t forget, some of them died serving the nation. - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Subhash Chandra Bose (withdrawn) - Bhagat Singh - Chandrashekhar Azad - Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Major Dhyan Chand - Dr. Homi K. Bhabha - Shakuntala Devi - Viswanathan Anand - P.T. Usha - Kapil Dev (for getting first world cup for India) - MS Dhoni (for winning world and ALL other cups for India) Share of you agree. #SachinTendulkar #BharatRatna #Cricket #India #Dhoni #SRT #Gandhi Sachin Tendulkar, Bharat Ratna, MS Dhoni, Gandhi, Bhagath Singh, India
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 07:06:42 +0000
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