25th June 1983 was a watershed date for Indian cricket ,it was the day when we were transitioned from underdogs to world champions and marked the birth of a new religion ,Cricket.It was the day when the hurricane from Haryana lifted the coveted Presidential World cup.
By chance or by some divine intervention Cricket in India goes along the political and economical conditions of the nation.On that glorious June day when we became the world champions we had already tested our first nuclear weapon and the world had started seeing us as a formidable force just as the cricketing world changed it's view of our once minnow national team.
Rise of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar goes parallel with the economic reforms of 1990's.We slogged all through the 90's and first decade of new century to finally emerge as no 1 ranked team in test matches and again win the world cup ,this time not the Presidential one but a Reliance one.Similarly our GDP (in ppp terms) became the third largest in the world in the same time span.
Today we are witnessing gloomy economical and political scenes all over ,our nation is hit by all kind of scams ranging from commonwealth games to coal gate ,our economic condition is not as sound as it used to be,our GDP is declining every quarter ,we have a huge unsustainable Current Account Deficit and to add on the rupee has taken a free fall against dollar.Moreover we have witnessed some of the most heinous crimes in recent past (Delhi and Mumbai gang rape). Among all this gloom at political, economical and even social level,the divine is again intervening in aligning situations in cricket with those at politics and economics and the time was apposite for the relatively new kind of scam ,a scam of cricketing world,spot fixing which has shamed the nation similarly or may be more than the spectrum or commonwealth has done.
There are lots of questions to be asked , is everything all gloomy as it seems?,have we entered into an endless dark cave?is their no way possible to see the light of pride and happiness? but the bigger question is why at first place we have entered into this mess,who are responsible for all this? well for me the basic cause of things like this are lack of moral values ,satisfaction and endless desire.This is the high time to overhaul the whole education system so that we can inculcate values,morals,respect for opposite sex right from the childhood ,not in a vague manner as we are doing currently but by taking concrete steps ,just as economic reforms are necessary to avert economic crises likewise educational reforms are necessary to avert social crisis(scams being the one).Well this is just one solution to a myriad issue and there can be many others too,this is the high time we start evaluating our options and start working on reforming the society because all those corrupt politicians ,cricketers and rape culprits originate from the society ,from among people like us.
Today as an ardent cricket fan I hope Indian cricket will again produce a rising star as Sachin who will slog on his own to make us reach the pinnacle minus all the negatives of sport and as a self proclaimed responsible citizen of the nation I hope that the land of Buddha,Mahavira and Gandhi will again embrace the teachings of these greats and come out of the vicious circle of immorality and dissolute.
By chance or by some divine intervention Cricket in India goes along the political and economical conditions of the nation.On that glorious June day when we became the world champions we had already tested our first nuclear weapon and the world had started seeing us as a formidable force just as the cricketing world changed it's view of our once minnow national team.
Rise of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar goes parallel with the economic reforms of 1990's.We slogged all through the 90's and first decade of new century to finally emerge as no 1 ranked team in test matches and again win the world cup ,this time not the Presidential one but a Reliance one.Similarly our GDP (in ppp terms) became the third largest in the world in the same time span.
Today we are witnessing gloomy economical and political scenes all over ,our nation is hit by all kind of scams ranging from commonwealth games to coal gate ,our economic condition is not as sound as it used to be,our GDP is declining every quarter ,we have a huge unsustainable Current Account Deficit and to add on the rupee has taken a free fall against dollar.Moreover we have witnessed some of the most heinous crimes in recent past (Delhi and Mumbai gang rape). Among all this gloom at political, economical and even social level,the divine is again intervening in aligning situations in cricket with those at politics and economics and the time was apposite for the relatively new kind of scam ,a scam of cricketing world,spot fixing which has shamed the nation similarly or may be more than the spectrum or commonwealth has done.
There are lots of questions to be asked , is everything all gloomy as it seems?,have we entered into an endless dark cave?is their no way possible to see the light of pride and happiness? but the bigger question is why at first place we have entered into this mess,who are responsible for all this? well for me the basic cause of things like this are lack of moral values ,satisfaction and endless desire.This is the high time to overhaul the whole education system so that we can inculcate values,morals,respect for opposite sex right from the childhood ,not in a vague manner as we are doing currently but by taking concrete steps ,just as economic reforms are necessary to avert economic crises likewise educational reforms are necessary to avert social crisis(scams being the one).Well this is just one solution to a myriad issue and there can be many others too,this is the high time we start evaluating our options and start working on reforming the society because all those corrupt politicians ,cricketers and rape culprits originate from the society ,from among people like us.
Today as an ardent cricket fan I hope Indian cricket will again produce a rising star as Sachin who will slog on his own to make us reach the pinnacle minus all the negatives of sport and as a self proclaimed responsible citizen of the nation I hope that the land of Buddha,Mahavira and Gandhi will again embrace the teachings of these greats and come out of the vicious circle of immorality and dissolute.
