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News has been flowing in and the crescendo is building up... Reports indicate that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar would be conferred with the Bharat Ratna and the official announcement will come today evening (January 25). India’s highest civilian Award to the most prolific sportsman in the nation’s history seemed only a matter of time. But the Prime Minister’s Office apparently has recommended Sachin Tendulkar for the honor and it seems more or less certain by now.
This will be a great day for all Indian Cricket fans, who have backed their hero for better part of two decades. There are those who have put forth the argument that he is too young for the honor and others who believe that giving it to a sportsman will open a whole Pandora’s box (Dhyan Chand, to say the very least). But to say all that would only be an excuse for no other sportsman on the planet has spread more joy and ignited more smiles than the little man from Mumbai.
In a decade engulfed in scams, controversies, battles and a society where words like ‘corruption’ have become mundane reporting terms, Tendulkar stood tall as a perfect role model to every aspiring kid. Maybe for this reason alone exceptions will be made and the honor conferred. India’s highest civilian award deserves Sachin as much as it is fitting to confer it upon him.
With VVS Laxman bagging the 'more than deserving' Padma Shree, hopefully the day will not end in an anti-climatic fashion. Hopefully Indian Cricket will look back at January 25 as a historic day in its long and glorious journey!
Via: IBNLive
