Tendulkar's terminal times?

   The quest for the elusive century of centuries in international cricket is being overhadowed by the closeness of the time for terminating his cricket career. It seems that there is a race between these two deadlines. LLLLLike any lasting talent, the end of the reign of Tendulkar, a superb batsman, is drawing near. The question provokes all cricket enthusiasts and surely it is eating into the mind of Tendulkar, too!
    Every sportsman reaches the end of his or her career and Tendulkar is no exeption to this final reality. Starting young, he has had a long and distinguished career in the international cricket arena, studded with high-class performance and many thousands of runs. Age is now naturally catching up with him, and the time is drawing near when he will take the final bow from international cricket.
    It will be the end of an epic chapter in the game. Tendulkar's name will go down in history with the immortals like Bradman, Hammond, Hutton, Pataudi and many others. He will be missed by the many crcket  supporters across the world.

Trubute to an innovator for the poor

   Recent articles and reports published on Bill Gates in all national dailies is a gateway for lightening , if not removing altogether , the burden of poverty for poor of the world, is a noble and profound thought coming from the world's richest person , who really cares about them. His is a caring and motivated soul set to try and help share some of the load of the world's needy. Here is a man, seriously and sincerely trying to lighten some of the misery that most of us just shrug off and tend to ignore. We all hope and pray whatever he can to lighten the load of human misery , not even the assurance of the next meal.
    Winston Churchill once said in his speech in the House of Commons the following: 'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.' In this case never has human misery of so many been lightened by one single person : Bill Gates . In the days ahead, we can look forward and hope that his philanthropy is directed to reduce the basic human needs for avoiding hunger, diseases, clothing and shelter for the downtrodden humanity in desperate need. Only then we can bring some small reality to the expression of providing a little ' heaven on earth', which is being pursued by this great fellow human being- for all people of the world, irrespective of class and creed. Humanity owes Bill Gates no small depth of gratitude for his magnanimity , in our strife-torn world. May his dreams and efforts for erasing ' basic wants' from mankind be crowned with more success.