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Andy Flower :  An Innovator In The Game of Cricket But Remained Unsung Hero No doubt, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara were the best batsmen in the world for the period 1990 to 2010. In one particular tweet, former spinner of Australia Shane Warne said that Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara were the greatest batsmen that played during his era. He further said that, "There were these two guys, then there was daylight and after that, the rest of the batsmen came”.  But I felt that Shane Warne had missed the name of one batsman who dared to challenge their might with the cricket bat during his era. He was an innovator in Cricket world, but still remained an unsung hero in the world of cricket. He was a well accomplished left- handed batsman and world class wicket-keeper. He was a strong and serious thinker and most successful coach of England for the period 2009 to 2013. Due to him, Zimbabwe started getting recognition in the world of Cricket in the 90s and early 2000s. After h...

*वाचनच ज्ञान मिळवण्याची खाण* मित्रानो, वाचक प्रेरणाच्या दिवशी वाचनाची खिल्ली उडवणारा मेसेज सामाजिक माध्यमातून सर्वत्र फिरत होता.  त्याची सुरवात मी वाचू शकत नाही अशी होती आणि शेवट माझा चष्मा तुटल्यामुळे मला वाचन करता येणार नाही असा होता. क्षणभर तो एक विनोद होता असे वाटत होते. तो मेसेज नीट परत वाचल्यावर त्यातील वाचकांची उडवलेली खिल्ली लक्षात येते.  हा मेसेज ज्यांनी पोस्ट केला, मला त्यांच्या बद्धल काही राग नाही कारण त्यांनी तो अजाणतेपणे पोस्ट केला. पण एक वाचक म्हणून मला त्याची दखल घ्याविशी वाटली.  मित्रानो, जेव्हा मी एखादे पुस्तकं वाचायला घेतो तेव्हा नकळत मी अंधाराला दूर करून प्रकाशाची दारे उघडण्याचा प्रयत्न करतो. त्यासाठी विकत घेतलेली पुस्तके किंवा  ग्रंथालयातून आणलेली पुस्तके वाचुन त्यांची विश्लेषण करणे हा एक मेहनतीचा भाग आहे. नुसतं पुस्तकं वाचून बाजूला ठेवणं हा प्रकार नसतो. त्यातून माहीत झालेली माहिती लिखित स्वरूपात इतरांना सांगणे हा सुद्धा एक भाग असतो. त्यासाठी स्वतःला पूर्णपणे माहीत करून घेणे जरुरीचे असतें. जगातील अनेक महान व्यक्तींनी जी बौद्धिक उंची गाठली आहे त्या...

Kanan Devi:  A Queen of Melody and Glamorous Actress of Indian Cinema I remembered that I used to hear one programme which has been called as Bhoole Bisre Geet on Vividh Bharati Service of All India Radio in 1980s. The main intention of this programme was to give the enjoyment of Hindi film songs of yesteryear to the listeners. This programme used to start in the morning at 7 am. I always used to enjoy this programme. One fine morning this program played one song Dole Hridayki Naiya from Hindi film Vidhyapati which was made in 1938. This was a female song. At the time of hearing this song, I found that the voice of the singer was not thin. And it did not sound shrill even after the singer reached in higher pitch-ranges. Just to remember this because very recently, I have read the biography of such an actor and singer who was the first super lady of Indian Cinema and this book has been written by Mekhala Sengupta. The name of this super lady was Kanan Devi. This book said that s...

Zombie, Marathi Book : A True Story of a Person Who Faced So many Obstacles to Pursue Education Dr. Anand Ratan Yadav (original surname Zakate), from field cultivation Maratha Community, refused to adopt patriarchal tradition from his father Ratanappa who used to think that the practicing patriarchy was the richest culture of his community. According to his father, farming was their traditional business and it was prestigious for everyone in the family to follow it. For this, he used to say that he was following the Varna or Caste system which was prescribed as farmer’s son should be farmer and did not do any business. Thus, no one in the family had ever learnt and thought to learn.  Therefore, he used to discourage his son’s interest in education and used to force him to join the gym and do exercise to become a farmer. Similarly, he used to think that there was no need to educate his daughters as they are going to be good wives to somebody else. In such a situation, Anand Yada...

Lalbahadur Shastri: Disciple Of Mahatma Gandhi And Most Trusted Man Of Jawaharlal Nehru. “While I am Hindu, Mir Mushtaq who is presiding over this meeting is a Muslim. Mr. Frank Anthony who has addressed you is a Christian. There are also Sikhs and Parsis here. The unique thing about our country is that we have Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis and people of all other religions. We have temples and mosques, gurdwaras and churches. But we do not bring all this into politics. This is the difference between India and Pakistan. Whereas Pakistan proclaims herself to be an Islamic State and uses religion as a political factor, we Indians have the freedom to follow whatever religion we may choose, and worship in any way we please. So far as politics is concerned, each of us is as much an Indian as the other”.  These are the words of a man who was secularist and possessed the remarkable qualities of humility, modesty, sincerity and honesty and that man was ...

The Death & Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi: A Book of Makarand Paranjape Which Gives the Message That Gandhi Still Matters An old man with round spectacles and a smiling face is appearing somewhere every day. We can see him through the books or in a square statue or in currency note on a daily basis. There are so many admirers of Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein, a German theoretical physicist was one of them. Einstein never met Mahatma in real life but he has written one letter to him in which he said, “You have shown through your work, that it is possible to succeed without violence even with those who have not discarded the method”. On the death of Mahatma Gandhi, he said that,” Generation to come is scared to believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth”.  As there are many admirers and followers of Gandhi, there are also the opponents of Gandhi. Anyone can say anything about him. He does not belong to any caste or society but belongs to t...