In some sense, this blog is a little bit like a rap. It is written in anger. While many of us are saying goodbye to Sachin Tendulkar after enjoying his cricket for 24 years, there are a few who are saying things like “I don’t understand the obsession with one game”, “why do you glorify a man so much”, “he was just another cricketer”, etc. What ticks me off most is when people ask me “why do you call him God”? ( We recently came out with a TShirt Celebrating "God's 200th Test Match" - http://shop.fantain.com ). I am actually angry at these people. When they ask that question, they immediately put themselves on a pedestal - they KNOW Sachin is not God while, poor me, I am still under the mistaken belief that he is actually God. In their mind, they are saying “This is what is wrong with this country…. now I know why we are not prospering as a nation…..”. Let me answer - on behalf of a million people who refer to Sachin as ‘God’. WE KNOW HE IS ACTUALLY NOT
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