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Dear Sachin,
You must be
celebrating your moments in the aftermath of your retirement from Indian
cricket, based on the decision of Indian government to confer Bharat Ratna on
you for your achievements over the years as a marvelous player and the crazy applause
of Indian media about your related worth. I am sorry to disturb you partly
writing this short letter addressing you. In fact, I must write 10 pages
describing the greatness of your contribution to India but I think, it is like
insulting myself writing about you that many pages. I hate every noted
cricketer in India, not just you. So, this is a tribute to all of them also.
Cricket became the
biggest infection of Indians today, wherever they are. When thousands of girls
and women are leading pathetic lives in India as prostitutes; when thousands of
farmers are committing suicides in many parts of India due to their poverty and
negligence of state and central governments; when millions of students are
playing, discussing and thinking about cricket neglecting any other pursuit
which develops them as admirable citizens of India over time; when millions of
beggars are appearing in every part of India representing the cruelty of
Indians and governments in India; when hundreds of artists and artistes are living
like helpless creatures of India; when hundreds of social activists are leading
quite ordinary lives in their chosen fields of social service; when thousands
of scientists are moving abroad for better opportunities; when thousands of
intellectuals stopped thinking and worrying about the development of India
considering the nature of Indians promoted by you indirectly; when millions of
poor Indians are suffering without basic amenities in their lives and places;
when thousands of girls and women are scared to come out at night fearing rapes
in this biggest democracy of India; when hundreds of politicians are ruining
India through their corrupt and sinful policies and activities; when millions
of children are dying in the wombs of their mothers or early in their pathetic
lives for lack of proper food and care for them in any part of India; when
millions of innocent Indians are being cheated and tortured by police, lawyers
and judges in different ways of their complacence and cruelty; when thousands
of prisoners are suffering silently in different parts of India finding nobody
to help them out and when the entire nation is suffering because of ruined
format of democracy in India – you, a young sportsman of India, are celebrating
your life and achievements as a cricketer because you did not change India to
the better but ruined it further making cricket the game of highest priority in
this dirty nation of rogues.
You or any other
Indian can be considered a great Indian, according to my criteria, to deserve
Bharat Ratna, if he or she partly or fully belongs to the race of achievers
mentioned below. Assess yourself!
Patriots:
Who struggled, suffered and sacrificed their lives for the sake of their
motherland.
Scientists:
Who invented or discovered anything that largely contributed for comforts and happiness
of humanity and billions of other creatures.
Farmers:
Who are regularly working on farms to provide food to their brothers and
sisters in the nation.
Saints:
Who are safeguarding and guiding their people, with sinful souls, to move
towards salvation.
Doctors:
Who are bringing happiness into lives of many patients, not finding time for their
personal lives and comforts.
Artists:
Who are struggling and suffering continuously in many creative and ideal pursuits
related to influential education and healthy entertainment of their people.
Social
reformers: Who are changing the
culture and thought processes of their races in a generation or forever.
Visionaries:
Who are planning and working for the development of their nations and happiness
of their people rigorously when millions of their contemporaries are whiling away
their time like beasts and loafers.
They help humanity
substantially. They serve animals and birds and all such other creatures also a
great deal through their thoughts and activities. They are representatives of
God on this holy land of the earth planet.
My question is ‘How
did you contribute to sustainable development and happiness of India through
playing cricket for all these years, in comparison to the ones described
above?’.
You earned money and
enjoyed your status as an undesirable celebrity of a poor nation. This is why
you deserve Bharat Ratna?
Mad rogues may offer
you that highest Indian civilian honor but how can you accept it if you are a
real Indian, who takes only that, which he really deserves for what he did over
the years?
India should not make
any sports or game, a matter of national importance, and spend thousands of
crores of rupees, as long as there is suffering and pain in any part of India,
caused by our negligence.
If India is my
family, and if all Indians are my brothers and sisters, how can I spend an
invaluable 1000-rupee note for gambling of some order when my father, mother,
brother and wife are bedridden because of a problem? I can play outside when
they are well and my endeavor must be to keep them comfortable and happy if I
am a real Indian. Sports and games are like appendix in the body of a
nation. Unfortunately we are bearing with it. Then, where is the need to appreciate
it specially through awards and honors?
Mr. Sachin, hope you
understood my concern about India and Indians. I have no grudge against you as
a person. I mean that we don’t deserve Bharat Ratna for ruining the lives of an
entire race in a given period of time.
If you want to
counter my views, both of us can talk on any platform in any part of India. I
am not hiding anywhere like a thief or terrorist. I am accessible to you. Come;
let’s talk before ruining India further!
