My hatred for UPA has reached the threshold. How could they
even think of tweaking the eligibility criteria for the nation’s highest civilian
award, just so that some influential people could get it? By the time I publish
this, all Sachin’s fans must be ready with rotten tomatoes, but I have to say
it. Sachin Tendulkar getting Bharata Ratna just on the basis of appreciating
his aptitude in cricket is not justified in anyway.
UPA’s new eligibility for Bharata Ratna “any human being who has excelled in just any field of human
endeavour” is
absolutely flawed. If this is the measure, then Rajnikanth, N.R Narayana Murthy
and Rajdeep Sardesai are also eligible to be awarded Bharata Ratna because they
have excelled in some field of human endeavor. With this new eligibility,
Bharata Ratna’s caliber has been brought down to a sms voting contest on a television
reality show. With this, UPA has added one more feather to its hall of shame.
In India, it doesn’t come as a surprise that celebrities
like Sachin and SRK get superfluous recognition than people like CNR Rao and
Sam Pitroda because of the unwanted importance given to entertainment sector. It’s
true that when Sachin plays with full command, the whole world is watching. But,
Sachin, other than entertaining a billion Indians a million times, hasn’t done
anything humanitarian. He’s more of a mass entertainer than a real hero. They
call him the god of cricket. But how many times his leadership skills are
questioned? It’s a fact that everyone has to agree that Sachin (alone) did not
bring back the world cup to India.
I feel Sachin don’t deserve Bharata Ratna on the simple
grounds that most of the past (I don’t say all) Bharata Ratna Awardees have
dedicated their lives to the service of mankind, for the goodwill and
betterment of India. Sachin’s sportsmanship and mass entertainment should not
be compared to the humanitarian works of Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa or
the pioneers of science like Abdul Kalam and C.V Raman or the statesmanship of
Vishveshvaraya. It makes no sense at all for someone to be awarded the highest
civilian award of a nation for his individual sporting talent.
Personally, I don’t have anything against Sachin. In fact,
I’ve always loved his cricketing skills. But Bharata Ratna is deserved to be
awarded to people who have displayed remarkable level of integrity,
punctuality, quality, reliability and purity in their field of endeavors.
Bharata Ratna– “The Jewel of India” if awarded to individual talents ; no more
remains the highest honorary award of India.
Let Sachin remain the “Jewel of Indian cricket” and Bharata Ratna, continue to be awarded to the real “Jewels of India”
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Maga.. correct me if am wrong, wen thy hav introduced for sports category,wy nt him ?? Even I agree he has not done anythng for humankind,but tat category has no mention tat thy hav to do also.. and there r ppl who hav received ths award in arts category who did nothing for humankind..
ReplyDeleteBut yes one of the great award of our country shld be given to ppl who hav done their part to mankind..
UPA govt should understand One single point before giving away Bharata Ratna to Sachin is his playing cricket has helped us to improve our social and economical development of our country..
ReplyDelete@Vara: You have a point. I have no say about the past Bharata Ratna awardees. I too agree that all the past awards given are not justified. But Sachin has already been given Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna award for his contributions. I will agree if Sachin gets Bharata Ratna for all the charity works he is doing. But for his cricketing skills, he won't even come close. His cricketing skills doesn't provide enough weightage for Bharata Ratna to be awarded.
ReplyDelete@Anil: I second your thoughts man. I fell this is one of those cheap moves by UPA to increase the vote banks in MH.
ReplyDeleteIf Indira Gandhi can get a Bharat Ratna for what she has done to the Sikhs and what followed after her assassination, Why not People like Sachin and Dhyan Chand?? They too have excelled in their field just like Bhimsen Joshi, Bismillah Khan, Lata Mangeshkar, MS Subbalakshmi but the only difference here is that they may have been recognized a little late compared to Sachin's case (Who might be the youngest to receive the Bharat Ratna. Definitely Rajdeep Sardesai is gonna get a Bharat ratna if he continues to lick UPA's ass like the way he is doing. But the only thing I'm disappointed about is the time during which they are announcing the Awards, given the proximity of the elections and the overwhelming response Modi is receiving, I definitely cant gurantee if this is not politically motivated. So on a concluding thought I feel that there should be a parliamentary committee consisting of eminent persons to shortlist the candidates for the award and then the prime minister should recommend them to the president instead of the prime minister recommending directly.
ReplyDelete@ Chandrakanth - Indira Gandhi declared Bharata Ratna for herself... :D :D.. As ive said earlier, I do agree that all Bharata Ratna awards given in past are not justified.. With the current state of affairs, I've lost hopes that setting up a committee will do any good.. Sad to see the "Ill do anything for your vote" attitude of the government
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