There has been a huge cry over the fact that Maria Sharapova mentioned that she did not know who Sachin Tendulkar was. Immediately her FB profile was trolled by a million Sachin fans. What nonsense is this?
If you are a real Sachin Tendulkar fan, think like how Sachin will think – just think of those days when the opponents used to try sledging on the pitch while he is about to bat and how he responded.
Lets try it this way:
- Do you know who Peyton Manning is?
- Do you know who LeBron James is?
- Do you know who Quade Cooper is?
Answer: Peyton Manning and LeBron James won the Most Valuable Player award in 2013 for their respective sports in NFL and NBA. Quade Cooper is one of the best Rugby players of our time.
It is ok for people not to know a few things that are considered important by a few others. It is ok for Maria Sharapova not to know Sachin – you dont have to act like everyone should know Sachin. If Sachin is God to us, he need not be God to others too. We claim to have ‘Unity in Diversity’, ‘Religious Tolerance’, blah, blah, blah..Show it in action. Not in words on FB.
While it is ok to have fun about such statements made by celebrities like Sharapova (I liked this one I found on FB), please let us not do anything that will make Sachin feel ashamed of our action.