Sunday, December 26, 2010

Its mysterious but true.....Andhra students are most taegeted

Indian students are going in large numbers overseas these days for higher study and better future. The top two destinations are USA and Australia. In past year, there were several incidents where Indian students were attacked, sometime brutally in Australia. There were some incidents reported from USA too. Also in few incidents were there where students robbed, murdered or committed suicides. What surprized me very much is that in most of these cases, may be 90% time, victims were native of Andhra pradesh!!!
Why this is so? Is this because percentage of Andhra students going abroad is much higher than other states of India? Or because Andhrites are more taking part time jobs and so exposed more to risk? I really don't know and unable to guess any reason.
Just now saw the news that 22 year student was shot dead in USA, and guess what, he was also an Andhrites!!!
This thing was puzzling me every time I used to hear this kind of news where our Indian students were involved and over past one year or so, It has become mystery for me!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

"GOD" Sachin: Are we not going overboard?

Sachin Tendulakar has completed his 50 test century- no dispute that its EXTRAORDINARY feat. His commitment to game and country is beyond doubt and he keeps on putting smiles on billions of Indians for past 21 years. But equating him with GOD is something not called for. The moment he completed his 50th ton , whole media is flooded with praising him- he deserved it rightfully- but media has gone overboard telling him and comparing with God. And its not general public, which anyways get carried away both in success and unsuccess of anybody, but learned cricket journalist too joined the bandwagon in terming him 'God'. I have seen multiple articles in newspapers, in one of that journalist mentioned that "only god could achieve this (50 century)", other wrote "it was looking like as if God himself was playing at Centurian"....
If you tell him Superhuman, Yes- I can understand, but just tell somebody God for achieving something great- Isn't it insult to God?
This is same media, which makes ones life miserable when one is unsuccessful. I remember, this same media had predicted that Sachin's career is all but over way back in year 2000 when he was struggling with form and injuries.