Bal Thackeray has become senile; Sachin should not have been touched

By O.J.George

Sachin Tendulkar is an international cricketer with unmistakable records in his kitty. Bal Thackeray, with his parochial views, is a puny figure before personalities like Sachin Tendulkar.

I can understand a lot of people expressing opinion that millions of people waste their time watching cricket on the television for hours together. Remember the Test cricket only days when people were forced to Wait for the Godot of results.

Now, of course, 50-overs ODI, and Twenty20 have come into being, and unending cricket melas have become something of immediate impact regarding results.

Well, a lot of people go head over heels enjoying the imperial game and there can be no objection even if one does not like it.

Does Bal Thackeray doubt the Marathi background of Sachin Tendulkar? Everyone knows that he is a Marathi. There is no doubt about it. But think about the national pride when Sachin said he belongs to 1.1 billion plus people of India. Mumbai, inhabited by all sorts of people, belongs to all of them.

Why should Bal Thackeray feel that Sachin was playing politics, for he was not, he was only projecting the One-Indian concept.

Hail Sachin Tendulkar for this comment.