India has won!
What did she win? A world cup? Certainly not...... Much more than that!
Did you see Bhaji crying holding the national flag when the match was won? Did you see tears in the eyes of Yuvaraj singh?
Did you see tears of joy rolling from the eyes of sachin? Did you see Dhoni emotionally upbeat?
What about the audience? Young and old praying a few overs before the last one?
The entire audience singing “Vande Mataram” together in a sober voice!
Amir Khan joyously waving the Indian national flag!
Mukesh Ambani clapping along with all the audience encouraging the team!!
Much more... yes, India has won.... not a cup... but the spirit of India!
None cared whether he was Punjabi, Bengali, Haryanavi, Bihari, Keralite or a Tamilian? It was India.... India ... everywhere!
Mukesh and Mallya on the same ground... Amir and Abhishek on the same ground... They certainly came to enjoy a cricket match.... but displayed the spirit that India is..
Why did tears rolled down the eyes of the people? What was at stake? It was their national pride! Heavens would not have fallen down if we had not won the cup. But the entire nation rose together to show that we should demonstrate ourselves as a performing country!
No one cared what language they spoke; no one cared what cultural attire they wore; no one cared to which state the player belonged to! It was India that was playing... It was India that had to show its national pride.
When Virat Kohli was asked by a reported on why Sachin was carried on their shoulders, pat came the reply: “Sachin had carried the nation for the last 28 years. Why not we carry him on our shoulders?” The comment that he carried the nation for 28 years is something remarkable.
In the true Indian spirit, they carried their coach also on their shoulders – a salute to their Guru! This would not have happened in any other place – a recognition to their coach!..the spirit of India!
This match was a great demonstration of the spirit of India.. the democracy that India is! Possibly, had Gandhi and the freedom fighters seen this spirit – they would have thought that this was the spirit to which India was fought for... this was the spirit to which they wanted India to emerge into...
I never saw a game in that... that was only an entertainment! But... behind the game, the concern for the national pride, the concern for holding our esteem, the urge to show that India can do it... surfaced.
This has shown... ..that India lives!.... India lives in her people! ... India lives in the spirit of their people! Our politicians and bureaucrats have a great lesson to learn....that people can always rise to a common cause .. they can rise above everything to hold India together!
How do we take this further? Do we just celebrate it for a match? Can this spirit of India be taken forward .. for the betterment of the country... for the health and wealth of her people.... for their peaceful co-existence.... for a corruption free and ethically sound nation?
Let us celebrate India everyday! Let every child in our school celebrate India in their classrooms!
That is what it should be....
India has won.... the spirit of India!
Next time you go to the polling booth.... Vote for India!
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What did she win? A world cup? Certainly not...... Much more than that!
Did you see Bhaji crying holding the national flag when the match was won? Did you see tears in the eyes of Yuvaraj singh?
Did you see tears of joy rolling from the eyes of sachin? Did you see Dhoni emotionally upbeat?
What about the audience? Young and old praying a few overs before the last one?
The entire audience singing “Vande Mataram” together in a sober voice!
Amir Khan joyously waving the Indian national flag!
Mukesh Ambani clapping along with all the audience encouraging the team!!
Much more... yes, India has won.... not a cup... but the spirit of India!
None cared whether he was Punjabi, Bengali, Haryanavi, Bihari, Keralite or a Tamilian? It was India.... India ... everywhere!
Mukesh and Mallya on the same ground... Amir and Abhishek on the same ground... They certainly came to enjoy a cricket match.... but displayed the spirit that India is..
Why did tears rolled down the eyes of the people? What was at stake? It was their national pride! Heavens would not have fallen down if we had not won the cup. But the entire nation rose together to show that we should demonstrate ourselves as a performing country!
No one cared what language they spoke; no one cared what cultural attire they wore; no one cared to which state the player belonged to! It was India that was playing... It was India that had to show its national pride.
When Virat Kohli was asked by a reported on why Sachin was carried on their shoulders, pat came the reply: “Sachin had carried the nation for the last 28 years. Why not we carry him on our shoulders?” The comment that he carried the nation for 28 years is something remarkable.
In the true Indian spirit, they carried their coach also on their shoulders – a salute to their Guru! This would not have happened in any other place – a recognition to their coach!..the spirit of India!
This match was a great demonstration of the spirit of India.. the democracy that India is! Possibly, had Gandhi and the freedom fighters seen this spirit – they would have thought that this was the spirit to which India was fought for... this was the spirit to which they wanted India to emerge into...
I never saw a game in that... that was only an entertainment! But... behind the game, the concern for the national pride, the concern for holding our esteem, the urge to show that India can do it... surfaced.
This has shown... ..that India lives!.... India lives in her people! ... India lives in the spirit of their people! Our politicians and bureaucrats have a great lesson to learn....that people can always rise to a common cause .. they can rise above everything to hold India together!
How do we take this further? Do we just celebrate it for a match? Can this spirit of India be taken forward .. for the betterment of the country... for the health and wealth of her people.... for their peaceful co-existence.... for a corruption free and ethically sound nation?
Let us celebrate India everyday! Let every child in our school celebrate India in their classrooms!
That is what it should be....
India has won.... the spirit of India!
Next time you go to the polling booth.... Vote for India!
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