Hey Jude~~

Hey Jude! Dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.

Anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon yourself.

Hey Jude! An amazing song by the one and only Beatles.

Now try this.

1)Copy the lyrics of "Hey Jude" into a word document.
2) press ctrl+f;
3) go to the find and replace column, type "Jude" in the find box and type "Sachin Tendulkar" in the replace box.
4) read the lyrics again.

It will make perfect sense.

The Sachin bandwagon is on its last wheel. And the wheel is threateningly close to being punctured. Now I'm not being sacrilegious. I'm just stating what is obvious and what we as a nation love to ignore. The mortality of our God!

The nation seems to have mixed feelings where Sachin is considered. Some want him gone. some want him to play forever. Such fierce pride in people who are ready to knock the block off any bloke willing to suggest that Sachin's days are over often nears fanaticism.

Why are we, as a nation, desperate to keep him going? My answer is that we have no one to turn to after Sachin. Saying that we have no one to turn to when we have a population of more than a billion individuals is alarming.

Sure we have loads of individuals who command a lot of respect from the community, but almost everyone has a love-hate relationship with the people. Some communities love them, some hate them. And some communities alternate between love and hate. Even Anna Hazare had almost as many haters as he had admirers!

It is inevitable that an individual will piss off a lot of people. However, I do not see anyone who commands undying love from the whole country. The only person in the last decade who possessed the same charisma is Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.

So Sachin. Please keep going. Even if it takes you another decade to get that 100th century. Play matches. Get out in the nineties. But for the sake of our country! Do not retire!

What a sad state of affairs.

P.S. For all Sachin haters and fanatical supporters alike... Get a life! He will either score another century or not. Its just a game! Instead of moping around in your underwear and watching endless replays of cricket matches, switch to Neo Sports and watch the Indian Hockey team kick some a**!