Last week I talked about the experiences the KKR team shared in the 4 part documentary “LIVING WITH KKR”, and how some of them I could relate to. If you missed it, you can read it here also. In hindsight, may be some of those reading the post might have felt the same feelings at some point in their life. Or maybe, some found the topic boring because it was cricket centric. But hey, I felt really strongly about writing this, so bear with me, varna.... jaane do.
Like I said, KKR bounced back, Sachin Tendulkar bounced back, and on some level, I did too. This week on the blog is about bouncing back, about life coming full circle, for them, for him, for me, and maybe for you as well.
The first three years in the IPL were tumultuous for the Knight Riders. The management, comprising Jay Mehta, Shahrukh and Juhi Chawla felt that maybe they weren’t doing justice to the role expected of them, so they appointed a CEO to manage the team, and decided not to interfere in the decision making process, thereby restricting their role to only supporting the team in the stadiums and outside. When they decided to make a fresh start in the run up to the IVth season, one audacious decision they took was to not have Sourav Ganguly in the team. The decision was obviously taken from a professional point of view, but it had emotional repercussions, like the case in India usually is. The people of Kolkata shouted out loud, “No Ganguly, No KKR”, they decided to boycott their own team. The team management knew this would happen, and took this in their stride.
“We were the only team which had lost home support”, Shahrukh said. They were now focused on doing well on the field and earning the love of the people of Kolkata again. And so they did, in the 5th season. Led by Gautam Gambhir, the team played exemplary cricket and went on to defeat the favourites, Chennai Super Kings in the final, at their home ground. The love, the cheer, the support was back now. The critics turned into admirers. People changed yet again, this time for the better. KKR had bounced back from adversities. This was their time now.
Sachin Tendulkar continued to play for India at a time when almost the entire nation, the entire cricket fraternity felt that he should retire. He worked as diligently as before, worked on his mistakes and chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to those who criticized him.
Like I said, KKR bounced back, Sachin Tendulkar bounced back, and on some level, I did too. This week on the blog is about bouncing back, about life coming full circle, for them, for him, for me, and maybe for you as well.
The first three years in the IPL were tumultuous for the Knight Riders. The management, comprising Jay Mehta, Shahrukh and Juhi Chawla felt that maybe they weren’t doing justice to the role expected of them, so they appointed a CEO to manage the team, and decided not to interfere in the decision making process, thereby restricting their role to only supporting the team in the stadiums and outside. When they decided to make a fresh start in the run up to the IVth season, one audacious decision they took was to not have Sourav Ganguly in the team. The decision was obviously taken from a professional point of view, but it had emotional repercussions, like the case in India usually is. The people of Kolkata shouted out loud, “No Ganguly, No KKR”, they decided to boycott their own team. The team management knew this would happen, and took this in their stride.
“We were the only team which had lost home support”, Shahrukh said. They were now focused on doing well on the field and earning the love of the people of Kolkata again. And so they did, in the 5th season. Led by Gautam Gambhir, the team played exemplary cricket and went on to defeat the favourites, Chennai Super Kings in the final, at their home ground. The love, the cheer, the support was back now. The critics turned into admirers. People changed yet again, this time for the better. KKR had bounced back from adversities. This was their time now.
Sachin Tendulkar continued to play for India at a time when almost the entire nation, the entire cricket fraternity felt that he should retire. He worked as diligently as before, worked on his mistakes and chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to those who criticized him.
From the latter half of 2008 onwards, the old Sachin was making his way back in. He batted a 100 times better than the past, was stitching a string of centuries. The people who were questioning his abilities were once again cheering for him. He was impeccable in the World Cup in 2011, finally managed to get hold of the silver ware that had been eluding him for 28 years. Come 2013, he decided to bid adieu to cricket.
Where did he play his last test match? At Mumbai. His home ground. The very place where he had been booed seven years ago. Now, everyone was behind him. Every run of his was loudly cheered. And we all know how much the crowd loved his farewell speech, there were tears, tears of love. Sachin Tendulkar once again felt at home.
Here too ,the people changed, for the better.
Now, as far as I’m concerned, I guess I grew wiser with the years. I began to lower my expectations from the people around me, as a result of which I wasn’t as dumbstruck and annoyed when some hurting things happened, as used to be the case earlier.
People did change, for me too. I came across nicer ones, patched up with valued ones, let go some of them and developed new, honest relationships with some as well. People I hardly knew once are very close to my heart now. While there were also some who were close to me at one time, but gradually parted ways. Overall, all’s good in the hood. Hopefully!
Where did he play his last test match? At Mumbai. His home ground. The very place where he had been booed seven years ago. Now, everyone was behind him. Every run of his was loudly cheered. And we all know how much the crowd loved his farewell speech, there were tears, tears of love. Sachin Tendulkar once again felt at home.
Here too ,the people changed, for the better.
Now, as far as I’m concerned, I guess I grew wiser with the years. I began to lower my expectations from the people around me, as a result of which I wasn’t as dumbstruck and annoyed when some hurting things happened, as used to be the case earlier.
People did change, for me too. I came across nicer ones, patched up with valued ones, let go some of them and developed new, honest relationships with some as well. People I hardly knew once are very close to my heart now. While there were also some who were close to me at one time, but gradually parted ways. Overall, all’s good in the hood. Hopefully!
And here I am, writing all this just because I saw a show and I could relate to it.
Lastly, a big thanks to all you readers who have read this blog at one point or the other. It’s because of you that THE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION has crossed the 2K mark.
Thank you, and keep the support coming... :)
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