Fibonacci Love

The earliest evidence of human activity in India is 75,000 years old, in Tamil Nadu. Historians are divided on whether the homo sapiens skeletons discovered were Iyengar, Iyer, Hindi-speaking barbarians from northern India, or unemployed prehistoric historians who committed suicide due to career frustrations.

By 2600 BC, in Harappa, we see proof of the first urban civilization: multi-storied brick houses, a sewage system, standardized weights, trade and the ability to write software in an era where the years were counted backwards.

The highly advanced Harappan civilization soon collapsed because they forgot to invent a caste system. This flaw was corrected by the Vedic civilization which was founded by two college dropouts who invented a totally cool language called Sanskrit that was taught by invitation only. The Sanskrit language is perhaps best known for its most famous set of books, the Vedas – all of which start with the immortal phrase – “What happens in the Vedas, stays in the Vedas”.

Those not lucky enough to be invited to learn Sanskrit were desperate to not be left out of the only civilization around for thousands of miles. Hence, they signed a contract to sew clothes by hand for the Sanskrit-speakers. Or so they thought. In reality they had agreed to clean all sewers, by hand, for the next 2000 years – they hadn’t read the contract properly, because it was written in Sanskrit.

(Remnants of the Vedic civilization have been found in modern-day Mumbai, where incredibly, DNA evidence has shown that a local, firebrand, tiger-like politician has an unbroken lineage that can be traced back to the original founders of the Vedic civilization.)

By 500 BC, most of the Vedic civilization had coalesced into four kingdoms – Vatsa, Avanti, Magadha and Kosala – the home of Siddhartha Gautama, who founded Hinduism 2.0, which was later renamed to Buddhism after Gautama was sued for trademark violation by Adi Shankara. To avoid paying the fine, Buddha fled to China where he underwent plastic surgery to look more Chinese, and then proceeded to build a soy sauce empire.

In 326BC, Alexander the Great and his wife Mrs. Great decided to bring western-style democracy to Afghanistan and Pakistan by invading them. However, when they reached India, a visibly agitated and aged Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered an eloquent speech to protest against the invasion, and then fainted.

Most of the Indian subcontinent was a part of the Mauryan empire by 4BC. The Mauryan empire flourished under the leadership of another illustrious member of the Great family, Ashoka the Great. This started the “Golden Age” of India, which coincided with India’s status as the world’s largest economy. This dominance lasted until 1800 AD, when a team of visiting British economists decided that one rupee was actually worth only 0.0001 pounds, leading to the economic collapse of India and the rise of Infosys.

Meanwhile, Southern India burst on the scene relatively late – in 2009 AD, when millions of Tamilians protested being totally ignored by everyone else on Twitter. To prevent mass unfollows, a team of nineteen historians was hurriedly assembled. They discovered that southern India had actually enjoyed its own golden age under the Pandyas, Cholas, Cheras, Kadambas, Western Gangas, Pallavas, Chalukyas and Jayalalithas. The existence of South India was independently confirmed by several Bollywood producers who had been plagiarizing South Indian films long before the discovery of South India.

Oh, and another thing – the Mughals ruled India from 1526 AD to 1710 AD. This era was known mostly for its stunning culinary improvements. We should have mentioned this fact earlier, but this paragraph was awaiting approval from our editors, who feared beheadings if it was worded incorrectly.

Wish I would’ve learnt it this way in school

In the 46th over, with a flick for two past short fine-leg, Tendulkar broke the record for the highest ODI score, going past the 194 made by Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry and Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar, and to say that he acknowledged his feat modestly would be an understatement. His muted celebration on going past 194, true to style, made his innings all the more endearing. He didn’t raise his bat, merely shook hands with Mark Boucher and simply carried on batting amid the din. Coming from a man who is not known to showing too much emotion with the bat in hand, it wasn’t surprising. He reserved his celebrations for the magic figure of 200, which he reached in the final over with a squirt off Charl Langeveldt past backward point. He raised his bat, took off his helmet and looked up at the skies and it was only fitting that one-day cricket’s highest run-getter reached the landmark.

Tendulkar’s innings featured strokes of the highest quality, but his true genius was exemplified by one particular shot which rendered even the best bowler in the world helpless. In the first over of the batting Powerplay – taken in the 35th over – Dale Steyn fired it in the block-hole for three deliveries outside off to keep him quiet. Tendulkar, feeling the need to improvise, walked right across his stumps and nonchalantly flicked him across the line, hopping in his crease on one leg to bisect the gap at midwicket. A helpless Steyn watched the ball speed away and merely shrugged his shoulders. There was no use searching for excuses or venting frustrations at the temerity of that shot. It was just that kind of afternoon for the bowlers.

could not control my eyes reading this part!

sheer brilliance

#SachinIsGod

(DISCLAIMER: The 20-year old is fictitious, and all the content is originally written by SMS, except the ones in quotation marks.)

A 20-year old comes to the pitch and bats out 20 overs of a Twenty20 match. Next innings, decides to take rest.

A 36-year old comes to the pitch and bats out 50 overs of an ODI match. Next innings, he takes to the field and fields beautifully, when required, despite a cramped body, tired thighs, an everlasting fear of elbow injury (tendinitis), 20 years of cricket behind him, pressure from 1 billion people and more.
Yet, after scoring a 200*, he raises his bat and helmet and acknowledges God, his Father and the entire nation. But, without a show of emotion, immodesty, superiority complex, ingratitude.
And after winning the match, all he does is take a award, and forget to take the other award (he received 5 awards), and when asked about his brilliant 200, he says,”I don’t know how to react to this.I would like to dedicate this to the people of India who have always stood behind me for these 20 years amid the ups and downs. I was striking the ball and timing the ball well, it was coming on to the bat nicely.” and yet, he doesn’t forget to respect his fellow mates. Even after the win, he walks calmly, and says that he would like to bat out 50 overs again!…

Well, a 20-year old would have celebrated like a maniac on scoring such high runs and winning. But if you don’t celebrate, it doesn’t mean you are not passionate about the sport. Passion can be seen by the way a player plays. The 20-year old sat out of the fielding, while the 36-year old still continued, however tired he may be. That’s what you call Passion for the Sport. And now that’s who you call God, GOD OF CRICKET!!

I have seen God! He became the first cricketer to score 200* runs in ODIs just today.

Name: SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR (1973- )

Age: 36 years (Physically), 16 years (Spiritually)

Qualifications: Great Human Being (1973-)
Child Prodigy (1973-1989)
God Of Cricket (1989- )
Greatest Sportsman (1989- )
Master Blaster (1996- )
Little Master (1996- )
Owner of two Restaurants (Sachin’s and Tendulkar’s)

Batting Grip: Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height: 5 feet 5 inches

Ultimate compliment: The ultimate batsman Don Bradman confided to his wife that Sachin Tendulkar
reminded him of himself!

Records Broken: Hmm, don’t remember! Name any, and he has it! SERIOUSLY!!

Awards: Name any, and he has it!

Anything written about him is way too less. A curly haired Master Blaster has transformed into the short-haired Genius. Changing his bat from MRF to Adidas. From a School Player to the Pride of the Nation. From a Batsman who the bowlers fear to a Batsman who the bowlers fear Even More.

Yet, something that hasn’t changed over the years is his passion for the sport. 187 runs, 44 overs, 200 minutes at the pitch and still running between the wickets. 20 years and still running. 442 ODIs and still running. 166 Tests and still running. 31045 runs and still running. 93 Centuries and still running. 147 Half-centuries and still running.

How can anyone doubt his passion for the game? How DARE anyone?

In the test series in Pakistan in 2006, Tendulkar was in poor form. “This prompted The Times of India to publish an article entitled “Endulkar” in which TOI opined that Tendulkar’s batting prowess had declined and his career had slid permanently.”

And there were fears of the Genius fading. Like Sourav Ganguly, people thought that it was nearly Tendulkar’s end. Tendinitis too, shortened his career by nearly 2 years in total. He himself feared that he may never be able to play the love of his life again.

Had SRT adhered to what people said and succumbed to the pressure of retiring, we may have lost a lot! Missed the chance of watching someone score 200 in ODIs.

Had SRT succumbed to the Tennis Elbow and given up his love for cricket, we may never have been able to see the batting prowess that this Great has displayed in the last few months. Scores like 163*, 175, 200*, well they are not the type of scores a batsmen can score, if he was on the verge of retirement and was going to become “Endulkar”. These scores just proved the consistency of the most consistent batsmen, second only to the Don (Don Bradman), whatever his age may be. He is the only cricketer to have the potential of playing in 5 World Cups (1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, and possibly 2014). By 2014, he would be 41 years of age, but you can’t bet on it that we won’t play.

But all we can do is, Watch! And see God of Cricket! I used to feel sad that I wasn’t born in the Era of the Don! But, not anymore! I feel lucky to have been born in the Era of SRT! It’s been a pleasure watching God, THE God of Cricket!!

a note on facebook by Shaishav Shah (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1020271230)