Twenty three years ago when a young kid named Sachin Ramesh Tendulka of 16 years old from Bandra (Mumbai) started playing cricket for the nation, no one could even imagine that one day this young kid would reach such a height of success that other can only dream of. For his indomitable passion for the game not only he has been able to play for so long till now, also during this journey he has bagged many more stupendous personal as well as team achievements. He has been chasing his dream to be the best ever player of the game and he has been successful in this regard. More than 15000 runs both in test & ODIs and highest numbers of centuries in both test and ODIs are more enough to describe his caliber as the ever best batter that the game has produced so far. He added another feather to his illustrious cap recently when he scored 100th ton in his international career.
He has been contributing tremendously into team’s success may it be test series wins on foreign soils or world cup win on home soil in 2011. For his outstanding performances through out these years he has got so many distinct recognitions like his nation’s highest sports award i.e. ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ , international cricket council’s highest award i.e. ‘ICC player of the Year’ and also highest award given by bible of cricket i.e. ‘Wisden player of the year’ and so on. After winning almost every accolade in the book, there is one recognition that still eludes him - the Bharat Ratna – India’s highest Indian civilian honor.
Here the question arises does Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar really deserve this highest civilian honor of his nation? As this honor is meant for the people who have scarified their life for the upliftment of the society working in field of economy, cultural, educational, scientific etc, is there a serious need to tweak the rules in order to bestow the honor on Sachin? If I am not a hypocrite (I hope I am not) my answer is a big ‘NOOOO’.
This is why I don’t think Sachin does not deserve this award is:
After all Sachin is a professional entertainer. He has been playing for the country in return of taking money. Every act of Sachin in public life is for money... advertisement etc. Sachin may provide his fan a healthy entertainment, amuse them for sometime, but his contribution to his field of mastery will bring least changes in the real life of the people of his country. But the people who have been working relentlessly in the field of science, medicine, peace, education, economy that a life of common people is related to, in order to bring the changes in the real life of people deserve this highest honor more than Sachin Tendulkar. It will be utmost disrespect to those people who set rule for deserving candidate for this honor if we try to tweak this very rule to pave the way for someone like Sachin. After all Sachin may be the ever best player of the game but he is not bigger than rule, system and country.
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