கார்த்திகை தீபம்

கார்த்திகை மாதம் பெளர்ணமி நாளில் கார்த்திகை நட்சத்திரம் வரும் நாளில் திருவிளக்கேற்றி வழிபடுவதனால் கார்த்திகை தீபம் எனப் பெயர் பெற்றது. கார்த்திகை நாளில் வரிசையாகத் திருவிளக்கேற்றி எங்கும் கொண்டாடும் வழக்கம் புராதன காலந்தொட்டு இருந்து வருகிறது

 பண்டைக் காலம் தொட்டே கார்த்திகை விழா ஒரு பெரும் பண்டிகையாக நம்மவர்கள் இன்றும் கொண்டாடி வருகிறார்கள். பழைய காலங்களில் மலைச் சிகரங்களில் விளக்கேற்றி விழா கொண்டாடி விருந்துண்டு, களிகொண்டு ஆடி களித்திருப்பதை சங்க நூற்களில் சான்று உண்டு. ஆகவே, மேற்கூறியதிலிருந்து கார்த்திகை விழா நமது ஆணவ இருளைப் போக்கி ஞான ஒளியைப் பெருக்குவதற்கு உகந்த விழாவாகும் என்பது விளங்குகிறது.

இவ்வாறு பெருமையும் மேன்மையும் கொண்ட கார்த்திகைத் திருநாளை திருச்செங்கோடு, வேதாரண்யம் பழனி, திருச்செந்தூர் முதலிய கோயில்களில் திருவண்ணாமலைக் கோயிலைப்போன்றே கோலாகலமாகக் கொண்டாடுகின்றனர். சில ஊர்களில் மந்தாரை இலையில், தீபம் ஏற்றுகிறார்கள்.  வடநாட்டில் தீபத்தை தீப ஓடங்களில் ஏற்றி நீரில் விடுவது உடன்பிறப்பிற்கு நன்மை பயக்கும் என்று கருதுகிறார்கள். 

திருவண்ணாமலை:நினைத்தாலே முக்தி தரும் திருவண்ணாமலை அண்ணாமலையார் கோயிலில், கார்த்திகை தீபத் திருவிழா, கடந்த 8ம் தேதி கொடியேற்றத்துடன் தொடங்கியது. விழாவின் உச்சக்கட்ட திருவிழாவான கார்த்திகை மகா தீபத் திருவிழா நாளை நடைபெறுகிறது. 

அதிகாலை 4 மணிக்கு கோயிலில் பரணி தீபம் ஏற்றப்படுகிறது. மாலை 6 மணிக்கு கோயிலின் பின்புறமுள்ள 2,668 அடி உயரம் உள்ள அண்ணாமலையார் மலையில் மகாதீபம் ஏற்றப்படும்.

மலையில் மகா தீபம் ஏற்றும் போது, அண்ணாமலையார் கோயிலில் உள்ள தீப தரிசன மண்டபத்தில் பஞ்ச மூர்த்திகள் எழுந்தருள்வார்கள். அப்போது சில நொடிகள் மட்டுமே அர்த்தநாரீஸ்வரர் ஆனந்த தாண்டவத்தில் காட்சி அளிப்பார். இந்நிகழ்ச்சி ஆண்டுக்கு ஒரு முறைதான் நடக்கும். 

அப்போது, கோயில் தங்க கொடிமரம் அருகேயுள்ள அகண்டத்தில் தீபம் ஏற்றியதும், மலை உச்சியில் மகா தீபம் ஏற்றப்படும். 





இந்த மகாதீப தரிசனத்தை காண இந்தியா முழுவதும் இருந்து சுமார் 20 லட்சம் பக்தர்கள் திருவண்ணாமலைக்கு வருவார்கள் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது. 

மகா தீபம் ஏற்றுவதற்காக சுமார் 200 கிலோ எடை, 5 அடி உயரம் கொண்ட கொப்பரைக்கு சிறப்பு பூஜைகள் செய்யப்பட்டு, இன்று அதிகாலை மலை உச்சிக்கு கொண்டு சென்றனர். தீபம் ஏற்றுவதற்காக 3,500 கிலோ நெய் மற்றும் ஆயிரம் மீட்டர் திரி ஆகியவை நாளை காலை மலை உச்சிக்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்படுகிறது. நாளை மாலை ஏற்றப்படும் மகா தீபம் தொடர்ந்து 11 நாட்களுக்கு மலை உச்சியில் பிரகாசிக்கும்.

It’s official: Sachin Tendulkar to get Bharat Ratna

by FP Staff 19 mins ago

The Prime Minister’s Office today announced that the government has decided to confer Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award on eminent scientist professor CNR Rao and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.

Tendulkar is the first Indian sportsman to ever receive the highest award.

“Prof CNR Rao is an eminent scientist and a well recognized international authority on solid state and materials chemistry. He has published over 1,400 research papers and 45 books. Prof Rao’s contributions have been recognized by most major scientific academies around the world through conferment of memberships and fellowships. He has been honoured with several national and international awards,” a realease from the PMO said.

Nothing could have been more befitting as the Centre also decided to declare the Bharat Ratna for Tendulkar, hours after he called it a day from international cricket.

“Shri Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly an outstanding cricketer – a living legend who has inspired millions across the globe. During the last 24 years, since the young age of 16 years, Shri Tendulkar has played cricket across the world and won laurels for our country. He has been a true ambassador of India in the world of sports. His achievements in cricket are unparalleled, the records set by him unmatched, and the spirit of sportsmanship displayed by him exemplary. That he has been honoured with several awards is testimony to his extraordinary brilliance as a sportsman,” the PMO release said while announcing the award for Tendulkar.

Reacting to the Bharat Ratna announcement, Tendulkar told CNN-IBN, “I am thankful for this honour. I dedicate it to my mother. India is my motherland.”

We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.

When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest 
bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to
race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, 
Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team,
Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam. When Tendulkar embarked on a 
glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name 
unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown 
kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR 
was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the 
Nehruvian economy. It seems while Time was having his toll on every 
individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands 
frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had 
legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never 
will.
Time magazine, in 2011.

The full text of Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell speech after his 200th and last Test match

Nov 16, 2013

“Friends please settle down, I’ll get more emotional. It’s hard to believe my wonderful journey is coming to an end, my life between 22 yards for 24 years has come to an end. I’ve a list of names to thank. The first is my father, who passed away in 1999. Without his guidance I wouldn’t be standing in front of you. He said ‘chase your dreams, don’t give up, the path will be difficult.’ I miss him today.

My mom, I don’t know how she managed a naughty child like me. She just prayed and prayed from the day I started playing the game. For four years I stayed with my uncle and aunt when in school, they treated me like their own son. My eldest brother Nitin doesn’t like to talk much but he said, whatever you do, I know you will give 100%. My first cricket bat was presented to me by my sister Savita. She still continues to fast while I bat.

Ajit my brother – we have lived this dream together, he sacrificed his career for me — he took me to Achrekar sir first. Even last night he called me to discuss my dismissal. Even when I’m not playing we will still be discussing technique. If that hadn’t happened, I would have been a lesser cricketer.

BCCI

“The most beautiful thing happened to me when I met Anjali in 1990. I know that being a doctor there was a big career in front of her. But she decides that I should continue playing and she took care of the children. Thanks for bearing with me for all the nonsense I’ve said (Anjali wipes tears). Then the two precious diamonds of my life Sara and Arjun. I’ve missed out on several birthdays, holidays, annual days. I know for 14-16 years I’ve not spent enough time with you. But I promise you I will spend the next 16 or whatever is left.

“My in-laws — I’ve discussed several things with them. The most important thing they did was allow me to marry Anjali. In the last 24 years my friends have made terrific contributions. They have been with me while I was stressed. They have been with me even at 3 AM when I was injured. Thanks for being there for me.

“My career started when I was 11. I was extremely delighted to see Achrekar sir in the stands. I used to ride on his scooter and play two matches a day. Sir took me along to make sure I played. On a lighter note, Sir never said ‘well played’ because he didn’t want me to be complacent. You can push your luck now, Sir, since I’m not playing cricket anymore.

“I started my career here in Mumbai. I remember landing from NZ at 4 AM and playing a Ranji game the next day. The BCCI was fantastic from my debut. Thanks to the selectors. You were right with me making sure my treatment was taken care of.

“Thanks to all the senior cricketers who have played with me. We see on the screen Rahul, VVS, Sourav and Anil — who is not here. All the coaches. I know when MS presented the 200th Test cap, I had a message to the team — I said we are all so proud to be representing the nation. I hope to continue to serve the nation with dignity. I have full faith that you will serve the country in the right spirit.

I will be failing in my duty if I didn’t thank the doctors who have kept me fit. Given the injuries I have suffered. They have treated me in odd hours.

My dear friend the late Mark Mascarenhas. I miss him. My current management team WSG, for continuing what Mark has done. Someone who has worked closely with me for 14 years is my friend Vinay Nayudu.

“The media has backed me a lot, since my school days. Even today. Thank you. Thanks to the photographers for capturing those moments.

“I know my speech has become long. I want to thank people who have flown in from different parts of the world. I want to thank my fans from the bottom of my heart. “Sachin, Sachin” will reverberate in my ears till I stop breathing.”

Sachin Tendulkar knew the price of his talent

 FP Tariq Engineer Nov 16, 2013

Forget for a moment the runs. Forget the centuries. Forget the wins and losses, the highs and lows. Instead, consider these two stories.

During his farewell tour of England in 1948, crowds surged to every ground to watch the great Sir Donald Bradman once last time. In those days there were no fences. no police patrolling the boundary and no cable television, so fans would spill over onto the field, often obscuring the boundary rope.

Yet the Don did not warm as easily to his fans off the field. In Brightly Fades the Don, Jack Fingleton recounts a story told by the gossip-writer of the Manchester Evening News, who was trying to interview Bradman. The writer was waiting in the foyer of Bradman’s hotel, alongside “small boys with autograph books”.

“His replies to my two perfectly simple questions – was he well and how did like being back at Old Trafford and Manchester – were completely offhand and, after rebuffing me, he stalked out and drove away, ignoring also the worshipping small boys.”

Contrast this with the story Amrit Mathur, a former manager of the Indian cricket team, tells for ESPNcricinfo. After the 2003 World Cup final that India lost to Australia, the team had to fly home in economy because business class was full. Naturally, the other passengers could not resist coming up to Sachin Tendulkar and asking him for autographs and photographs.

“For the next three hours, Sachin fulfilled every request, even while having dinner, repeatedly putting his fork down to sign something”, Mathur writes. “Strangers patted him on the back, put their arms around him, and grabbed his hand. Not for a moment did he show the slightest hint of irritation. No autograph was refused, no request for a photograph turned down.”

For all the expectations Tendulkar and Bradman faced on the field, they faced almost as many off it. The intensely private Bradman could be brusque, yet from all accounts, Tendulkar was always gracious and patient with his fans. He has even kept the team bus waiting while he has signed autographs, not wanting anyone to go away disappointed.

This not to demean Bradman in any way. It is understandable that there were times when he wanted to be left alone. It is to highlight just how willing Tendulkar was to try and live up to what people expected of him.

It is this ability to shoulder the weight of expectation not just on the field but off it too that separates Tendulkar from the rest. He understood early that this was the price of his talent and he was prepared to pay that price.

At an India Today conclave to celebrate Tendulkar’s career earlier this week, Brian Lara said he went through a “dark time” after making his then world record 375 in a Test against England. He was not prepared for the attention and the scrutiny it brought him. It was only in the latter stages of his career that he learned to cope.

“You have to embrace it. You are an entertainer. People pay money to come through the turnstiles. You can’t shy away from it.”

Tendulkar seemed to embrace it almost from the very beginning. Perhaps, in a way, he benefitted from the attention he received as a school boy. He was never aware of a time when he was not the cynosure of Indian eyes. He learned to handle it in the same way he learned to handle top quality fast bowling.

When the Indian selectors got together to discuss the team for the 1989 tour of Pakistan, selector Naren Tamhane suggested they pick the 16-year-old Tendulkar. But the others worried that the young kid, no more than a boy really, would suffer at the hands of Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram and Abdul Quadir. The risk of failure was too great, the damage to his confidence potentially too devastating.

Pat came the reply from Tamhane: “Tendulkar never fails.”

Imagine trying to live up to that testimonial while facing the same set of bowlers.

It was no easier from within his inner circle either. “It was not just his dream. It was the dream of the entire family,” his brother Ajit said.

India tennis player Sania Mirza knows a thing or two about media attention. Her career, her form, her clothes and her marriage have alll been dissected in the Indian press. And this in a sport like tennis, which does not have half the fanatic following cricket does. So when she says “Indians are extremists; too much love, too much hate”, she knows what she is talking about.

She tells of conversations with cricketers “who have told me they have fallen sick because of the pressure put on them by the media [and others]. That is very unfair.”

Yet this has never seemed to upset Tendulkar, at least not publicly. Perhaps in his private moments he has expressed concern or even annoyance, but in the glare of the spotlight he has simply smiled and carried on.

Tendulkar handled this in two ways. He has a remarkable abililty to compartmentalise his life. When he walks out to bat at the Wankhede stadium for the last time in a Test match, he will know his fans want to see him make a hundred. But he will not be affected by it.

“Once he walks into the ground, he goes into his zone,” VVS Laxman told NDTV. “He totally shuts off whatever is happening away and just focuses on the task at hand.”

The other was his preparation. He worked harder on his cricket than anyone else, whether it was ironing out flaws, perfecting a new technique or just making sure he stayed in the groove, he never wasted a practice session. Not once did he try to cheat the game.

“When you train at a high level like Sachin does, then it becomes easier to deal with the pressure,” Sushil Kumar, India’s two-time Olympic medal winner in wrestling, said.

It is for this reason that Lara believes Tendulkar has had the greatest cricketing career of anyone to play the game. He has absorbed the unrelenting attention, adulation and expectations of his fans and simply got on with the job.

The day after the Wankhede Test ends, Tendulkar will wake up and for the first time in almost a quarter century, not have to worry about meeting a billion people’s expectations. It will be a strange and unusual feeling for him and there will be a void in his life.

But he will also finally have time to breathe. He has more than earned it.

When Wankhede batted for Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar walks off the pitch for perhaps the last time in competitive cricket. Photo: Satish Bate/Hindustan Times

At Wankhede, fans had a hard time coming to terms with the reality that soon there will be no more Tendulkar in their lives

Staff Writer :Live Mint : 15 Nov 2013 

A little after 10.30 on a hot Friday morning in Mumbai, a deathly silence fell across the packed Wankhede stadium after Sachin Tendulkar hit a rising ball from Narsingh Deonarine to Darren Sammy in the slips. He was out for 74.

And then that thunderous chant of his name broke out as Tendulkar walked off the pitch for perhaps the last time in competitive cricket. The image of the little man going towards the dressing room while thousands stood up to salute him was a sight to behold. It was hard not to be moved by the emotional upsurge for the man they call God.

Tendulkar was batting towards what his fans were hoping was an inevitable century. He was in fine nick when he came in to bat on the first day of the match, after the West Indian batting line-up had collapsed. Two shots on Thursday morning showed that he was in top form: first a straight drive and then a thumping cover drive off the back foot against Tino Best. The crowd went wild with joy with every run—because the whole point of their presence there was to pay homage to the man who has lit up their world for 24 years.

The first big match Tendulkar played at the Wankhede Stadium was way back in December 1988. He was a schoolboy then. There were not many spectators in the stands, except childhood friends who were there to watch his Ranji Trophy debut as well as some of the wise old men of Mumbai cricket. It was already well known around the cricket circuit in the city that this boy would now carry the baton of a batting tradition that had been passed from Vijay Merchant to Vijay Manjrekar to Ajit Wadekar to Sunil Gavaskar to Dilip Vengsarkar.

Tendulkar scored a century on debut that day. The crowds started pouring in as the season progressed. His fame spread. The calculated assault on a Haryana attack led by Kapil Dev and Chetan Sharma during the manic run chase in the 1991 Ranji finals is still remembered in local cricket. As is his classy 233 against Tamil Nadu in the 1999 Ranji semi-finals.

Tendulkar has scored only a solitary century in his 10 Test matches on his home ground, though there were some gems: a lovely 97 against South Africa in 2000, a fighting 76 against Australia a year later when the rest of the team could score only another 100 between them and an unforgettable 55 on a dust bowl against Australia in 2004, when Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman set up an improbable India win.

Wankhede may not have been his happiest hunting ground, but the devotion in the stands has never been affected by such empirical inconveniences.

And it is in the stands that the real fervour of devotion has always been evident, the sort of mass adulation that cannot be managed with any amount of money, power, demagoguery or spin doctoring. The chants were in his name, the T-shirts sported the number 10, the posters celebrated his genius, the messages being flashed on the giant screen were for him; even the waving India flags seemed an extension of the special bats with the tricolour motif that he had patriotically chosen to play with.

The public reverence embraced two low-key people who made Tendulkar what he is—his mother Rajni and his coach Ramakant Achrekar. There was wild applause whenever either of their faces was shown on the giant TV screens. The third person Tendulkar owes a lot to—his elder brother, Ajit—typically chose to watch the match quietly with his friends in the Divecha stand.

Ever since Tendulkar began playing there, the Wankhede stadium—and indeed cricket grounds across the country—began to see a curious sight that was on display even 25 years later on Thursday: the stands would empty out once Tendulkar was dismissed. The long weekend ahead suddenly seemed a challenge as Tendulkar was dismissed before lunch.

People had come to watch him. Period.

But every despairing fan clings to hope. Even though Tendulkar played a gem of an innings, there is still the lingering expectation of an unexpected final act before the match ends. One of the mad calculations being made in the stands later in the afternoon was about what should happen for Tendulkar to get a second innings. Most of the hopes seemed focused on a massive West Indian assault on Day Three led by Chris Gayle, so that India would be forced to bat again.

Such talk was only proof that the fans do not seem to have come to terms with the reality that there will soon be no more Tendulkar in their lives. 

One fan was more realistic, holding up a banner that said: “I will always remember that I was there when Sachin played his last innings.”

‘Sachin, Sachin’ will reverberate in my ears till I stop breathing,” - Farewell speech,

Sachin Tendulkar greets fans as captain M.S. Dhoni and Virat Kohli carry him 
on shoulders after his last and 200th Test match against West Indies 
in Mumbai on Saturday. Photo: K.R. Deepak


PTI Mumbai Nov 16 2013

A teary-eyed Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday brought the curtains down on his phenomenal career by giving a heart-warming speech to thank his family, coaches, teammates, friends and fans, saying it was hard to believe that his life between “22 yards in the last 24 years” has come to end.

Trying hard to control his emotions, Tendulkar had the Wankhede crowd spell-bound with a thanks-giving speech every word of which drew applause.

Farewell speech

“Friends please settle down, I’ll get more emotional! It’s hard to believe my wonderful journey is coming to an end,” Tendulkar said immediately after his 200th and final Test which India won by an innings and 126 runs.

Handed the microphone at the end of the presentation ceremony, the 40-year-old struggled to keep his composure as he took out a list of people to thank at the end of a remarkable journey.

“I have got a list of people to thank because sometimes I forget,” he joked.

‘Tremendous support from my family’

“The first is my father (Ramesh Tendulkar), who passed away in 1999. Without his guidance I wouldn’t be standing in front of you. he said ‘chase your dreams, don’t give up, the path will be difficult.’ I miss him today,” said Tendulkar, who always looked heavenwards after every big knock in memory of his father.

Next in the list was his mother Rajni, who came to watch him for the first time in his farewell match and the other immediate family members.

“I don’t know how she managed a naughty child like me. She just prayed and prayed from the day I started playing the game. For four years I stayed with my uncle and aunt when in school, they treated me like their own son,” he said.

“My eldest brother Nitin doesn’t like to talk much but he said, ‘whatever you do, I know you will give 100 per cent’ My first cricket bat was presented to me by my sister Savita. It was a Kashmir willow. She still continues to fast while I bat,” he said.

“Ajit my brother, We have lived this dream together. He sacrificed his career for me, he took me to (Ramakant) Achrekar sir first. Even last night he called me to discuss my dismissal. Even when I’m not playing we will still be discussing technique. If that hadn’t happened, I would have been a lesser cricketer,” he added.

Tendulkar then thanked wife Anjali for being the best partner that life could have given him.

“The most beautiful thing happened to me when I met Anjali in 1990. I know that being a doctor there was a big career in front of her. When we had a family, she decided that I should continue playing and she took care of the children.

Thanks for bearing with me for all the nonsense I’ve said. You are the best partnership that I had in my life,” Tendulkar said as an emotionally-overwhelmed Anjali cried in the presentation area.

Tendulkar’s two kids, son Arjun (14) and daughter Sara (16), were also present at the ceremony and Tendulkar promised them a lion’s share of his time now as reward for being patient when he missed their special days for cricket.

“The two precious diamonds of my life Sara and Arjun. I’ve missed out on several birthdays, holidays, annual days. I know for 14-16 years I’ve not spent enough time with you. But I promise you that the next 16 and the many more after that are yours,” he said.

Tendulkar also thanked his in-laws for, most importantly for letting him marry Anjali! He also did not forget to thank his friends but didn’t name anyone in particular.

“My in-laws -- I’ve discussed several things with them. The most important thing they did was to allow me to marry Anjali. So, thank you for that,” he said, lightening the heavy atmosphere surrounding his farewell.

Terrific contributions by friends, coach

“In the last 24 years my friends have made terrific contributions. They have been with me while I was stressed. They have been with me even at 3 am when I was injured. Thanks for being there for me,” he said.

Not to forget his first coach Ramakant Achrekar, who came down to the stadium for the first time to watch him in action, and the BCCI for supporting him.

“My career started when I was 11. I was extremely delighted to see Achrekar sir in the stands. I used to ride on his scooter and play two matches a day. Sir took me along to make sure I played. On a lighter note, Sir never said ‘well played’ because he didn’t want me to be complacent. You can push your luck now, Sir, since I’m not playing cricket anymore,” he joked

Thanks selectors

“The BCCI was fantastic from my debut. Thanks to the selectors. You were right with me making sure my treatment was taken care of,” Tendulkar said.

Tendulkar also thanked his fellow cricketers and the support staff, especially the doctors and trainers.

“Thanks to all the senior cricketers who have played with me. We see on the screen Rahul (Dravid), V.V.S. (Laxman), Sourav (Ganguly), Anil (Kumble) who is not here. All the coaches,” he said.

“I know when MS (Dhoni) presented the 200th Test cap, I had a message to the team -- I said ‘we are all so proud to be representing the nation. I hope to continue to serve the nation with dignity. I have full faith that you will serve the country in the right spirit’

“I will be failing in my duty if I didn’t thank the doctors who have kept me fit. Given the injuries I have suffered. They have treated me in odd hours,” he said.

“My dear friend the late Mark Mascarenhas. I miss him. My current management team WSG, for continuing what Mark has done. Someone who has worked closely with me for 14 years is my friend Vinay Nayudu,” he added.

“The media has backed me a lot, since my school days. Even today. Thank you. Thanks to the photographers for capturing those moments.”

Thanks millions of fans

In the end, Tendulkar thanked the millions of adoring fans by saying that the chants of ‘Sachin, Sachin’ that resonated in the stadiums would remain with him till the last moment of his life.

“I know my speech has become long. I want to thank people who have flown in from different parts of the world here. I want to thank my fans from the bottom of my heart.

‘Sachin, Sachin’ will reverberate in my ears till I stop breathing,” he said, drawing a deafening applause from the crowd.

கண்ணீருடன் மைதானத்தை விட்டு சச்சின் வெளியேறியபோது மைதானமே உணர்ச்சிப்பெருக்கில் மூழ்கிப் போனது

 மும்பை: நவம்பர் 16,2013

மும்பை வாங்கடே மைதானத்தை கடைசியாக தொட்டு வணங்கி கண்ணீருடன் அங்கிருந்து வெளியேறினார் இந்திய கிரிக்கெட் ஜாம்பவான் சச்சின் டெண்டுல்கர். 

இந்திய அணியின் நட்சத்திர வீரரான சச்சின் டெண்டுல்கர் இன்றைய போட்டியுடன் கிரிக்கெட்டில் இருந்து ஓய்வு பெற்றுவிட்டார்.

இன்றைய போட்டி முடிந்த உடன் மைதானத்தை விட்டு ரசிகர்கள் எழவில்லை. சச்சின் பிரிவு உரையாற்றினார்.

அதைத் தொடர்ந்து சிறிது நேரம் மைதானத்தில் நின்று கொண்டிருந்த சச்சின் தேசியக் கொடியை ஏந்தியவாறு ரசிகர்களுக்கு நன்றி தெரிவிக்கும் வகையில் வலம் வந்தார். 

அவருடன் குடும்பத்தினர், சக வீரர்களும் வந்தனர். 

அப்போது முரளி விஜயும் தவானும் சச்சினை தூக்கி தங்கள் தோள்மீது அமரவைத்துக் கொள்ள சச்சின் தொடர்ந்து மைதானத்தை வலம் வந்தார்.

 பின்னர் தனியாக மைதானத்துக்குள் சென்ற அவர் தரையைத் தொட்டு வணங்கி கண்களில் ஒற்றிக் கொண்டார். 

அப்போது அவர் கண்கலங்கினார். 

அந்த கண்ணீருடன் மைதானத்தை விட்டு சச்சின் வெளியேறியபோது மைதானமே உணர்ச்சிப்பெருக்கில் மூழ்கிப் போனது என்பது மிகையல்ல..

 குட்பை சச்சின்!

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மு.வ : காக்கை தன்னைவிட வலிய கோட்டானைப் பகலில் வென்றுவிடும், 

அதுபோல் பகையை வெல்லக்கருதும் அரசர்க்கும் அதற்கு ஏற்ற காலம் வேண்டும்.

A crow will overcome an owl in the day time; 
so the king who would conquer his enemy
 must have (a suitable) time.

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Arjun Tendulkar, ball boy

Sachin Tendulkar had also been a ball boy in late 80's (IE Photo Neeraj Priyadarshi)

Mihir Vasavda : IE  Mumbai, Sat Nov 16 2013, 09:59 hrs

ON the day Sachin Tendulkar, in all probability, batted for the last time in international cricket, his son, Arjun, became a ball boy at the Wankhede. All the ball boys were from the Mumbai U-16 and U-14 teams. "It's a normal thing where we have junior cricketers as a ball boys. The idea is to give these youngsters experience of watching international cricketers first hand," Nitin Dalal, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) joint-secretary said. After all, Tendulkar had also been a ball boy in late 80's, once demanding to be at the end from where Manoj Prabhakar was bowling to observe him closely.

Gayle, the showman

CHRIS Gayle is a crowd favourite. The crowd went flat on Sachin's dismissal but the Jamaican took it upon himself to liven things up. Getting the crowd involved with some banter, his was the name that echoed around the stadium. The crowd demanded Gayle be given the ball and he encouraged them to urge his skipper. He put on quite an act when Sammy did not oblige. Always the showman is Gayle.

No pressure, Rohit

THE symbolism blanketed the stadium. The moment Rohit Sharma reached reached his century, the giant screen flashed a picture of Sunil Gavaskar hugging a young Tendulkar in the late '80s. Apart from Tendulkar, Sharma was the only other player to get a rousing welcome. Don't read too much into it. Just saying.

Sachin silences all

WHEN images of Rahul Gandhi sitting next to Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan were beamed on the giant screen, a section of the crowd started chanting the name of Gandhi's nemesis and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. A Tendulkar straight drive though, had the crowd gagging. Even now, he can focus and be the focus.

Sachin Tendulkar named 'Person of the Week' by Time magazine

Sachin Tendulkar, who made an impressive 74 runs in his 200th and last Test, had previously been named 'Person of the Moment' by Time.

PTI : New York, Sat Nov 16 2013, 12:45 hrs

Global adulation continued to pour in for Sachin Tendulkar, as after being named Person of the Moment, Time magazine has now conferred the retiring batting legend with the 'Person of the Week' honour.

Photos: Sachin Tendulkar, Poonam Pandey, Katrina Kaif

Tendulkar, who will be retiring after playing his 200th Test and the ongoing Test against West Indies at Mumbai, garnered the maximum number of votes in an online poll, edging past contenders like Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Federal Reserve head nominee Janet Yellen.

Tendulkar, who made an impressive 74 runs in his 200th and last Test, had previously been named 'Person of the Moment' by Time.

The US magazine had asked readers to vote online in a poll for 'Person of the Week' for the week of November 10 and the 40 year-old got 54 votes, 88 per cent votes, way ahead of Yellen who got 13.41 per cent votes and Jinping with 6.1 per cent votes.

"Sachin Tendulkar, India's top cricketer and widely considered the greatest of his generation, played his final Test match before retirement," the magazine said.

Tendulkar's stellar 24-year cricketing career boasts of innumerable records and milestones which would be hard to surpass.

Tendulkar was showered with adulation not only in India but across the world with leading US dailies paying rich tributes to the master blaster for his "supreme batsmanship"

and "unwavering modesty" and describing him as "irreplacable".

Time magazine had also put out a special online feature highlighting Tendulkar's 10 greatest moments, including his first 100 in 1990 against England, his 2001 against Australia when he became the first player ever to score 10,000 runs in the one-day format, his unprecedented 200 runs in a single innings in an ODI against South Africa in 2010 and the 2011 World Cup win.

School children wave holding posters of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar at an event to honour him inside a school in Chennai on Thursday. Sachin is playing his last 200th test match against West Indies at his home ground in Wankhede Stadium. Photo: PTI

BL :NEW YORK, NOV 15:2013  

Accolades continued to pour in for the retiring Sachin Tendulkar with the ‘Time’ magazine naming the legendary Indian batsman its “Person of the Moment” while as he plays his last Test in Mumbai.

“The world’s greatest cricketer plays his last match...much to the disappointment of throngs of adoring fans,” The magazine said of the 40-year-old, who will bid adieu to cricket after playing his 200th test currently being played against the West Indies in Mumbai.

“India’s top cricket player, Sachin Tendulkar, is regarded one of the greatest batsman of all time. The only player to score 100 international centuries, Tendulkar leaves the sport as the greatest player of his generation,” ‘Time’ said.

Tendulkar’s stellar 24-year cricketing career boasts of innumerable records and milestones which would be hard to surpass.

He has been showered with adulation not only in India but across the world with leading US dailies paying rich tributes to the master blaster for his “supreme batsmanship” and “unwavering modesty”.

’Time’ magazine also put out a special online feature highlighting Tendulkar’s 10 greatest moments, including his first 100 in 1990 against England, his 2001 game against Australia when he became the first player ever to score 10,000 runs in the one-day format, his unprecedented 200 runs in a single innings in a one-day international game against South Africa in 2010 and the 2011 World Cup win.

Another Time article said as the little Master plays his last Test match there is “as much a celebration of a great batsman as a poignant meditation on the vacuum he will leave behind.”

It said when Tendulkar’s last match is over, “a nation will have to be content with its memories.”