Author: WebDesk

I didn’t know of Mr Tendulkar in his first few innings. In those days, an actor by the same first name (no surname) was known to more people. For a billion of us, December 13, 1989, was destined to change that. A Waqar Younus bouncer felled a cherubic sixteen-year-old son of middle- class India. This was war. The Pakistanis roared just as our hearts sank. My mind, I must confess, even flirted with the horrible idea if this were the end-of-story, a re-enactment of Nari Contractor falling to Charlie Griffith. A few seconds later, the bonding of a lifetime was…





I have known Sachin at many levels. First, I played with him and against him while growing up in Mumbai and while aspiring to play for the state and the country. Second, we became friends over a period of time, and finally, Sachin is the brand ambassador of the company I work for as Chief Executive Officer. So it has been a relationship that goes back nearly 40 years. The first time I heard of Sachin was when he was 10–11. In fact, that was the first time I had seen him. It was before his exploits for Saradrashram…





I am not here to comment on how good Sachin Tendulkar was as a player. He was the greatest. Period. What I would rather like to do is share two stories that will help us understand Sachin better. Each time Sachin came to Kolkata we would make it a point to go to the Kali temple together. One time it was on a Sunday afternoon when the roads were half empty with most taking their leisurely siesta. We were in South Kolkata on Hazra more, a kilometre away from the Kalighat Kali Temple. Accompanying us was Harbhajan Singh who was…

I have been a fan of Sachin Sir since I was in class V. I developed an interest in cricket watching him. May I say that I used to play cricket in school and later on in life also got selected for LS College in an Inter College tournament. But I was never given an opportunity to play and our games teacher ridiculed me once by asking me to go and meet Sachin Sir if I was a diehard fan. He had no idea what Sachin Sir meant to me and in fact had done me a favor. Back…

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