". . .But let me first be complimentary. Mr. Tendulkar, whom everyone calls
Sachin, is the most revered cricketer in India; in fact, it would be
entirely accurate to describe him as the most revered contemporary
Indian, or even, with only a pinch of hyperbole, the most revered Indian
since Mahatma Gandhi held the nation in thrall. Suspend your disbelief
and think of him as a cross between Babe Ruth and Martin Luther King.
Sachin currently dominates India’s imagination even more than usual:
Today, in his native Mumbai, he will begin playing his 200th test match
(as the five-day version of cricket is called), when India takes on the
West Indies, a once-mighty team now fallen on hard times. It will also
be his last test match, for he will retire from competitive cricket
after the game. As the moment of his departure looms, the country is in
the fevered throes of one last, mammoth celebration, but also on the
un-self-conscious brink of mourning. . . " A Hero
©1994 Raymond M. Jozwiak
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