SACHIN RETIRES,GETS BHARAT RATNA.

Sachin Tendulkar is a good cricketer,good sportsman,a role model for
budding sportspersons. Government has awarded him the country's highest
award within hours of his retirement. One wonders about the speed at which
the government acted in awarding Bharat Ratna,the highest Award. Neither
the Sports Ministry nor the BCCI has recommended Sachin's name for Bharat
Ratna. It is reported that the sports ministry has recommended Dhyan Chand's
name for this coveted award in 2012 and more than 82 members of Parliament
have also recommended his name in 2011, but the government has ignored these 
recommendations.

Major Dhyan Chand   should have been the first sportsman to get the
Bharat Ratna after the rules were amended. He played hockey in a different
era but that does not take away his achievements.He played in Three olympics
viz.Amsterdam (1928),Los Angeles(1932) & Berlin (1936) and India won Gold
in all the three Olympics.29th August,Dhyan Chand's birthday is celebrated as
National Sports day in the country. He scored over 1000 goals in his career.The
government should not take cognizant of the media hype surrounding the game
of cricket and the players.There are many other sports persons who brought laurels
to the country like Sachin.To name a few, P.T.Usha,Viswanathan Anand,Prakash
Padukone, & Abhinav Bindra who brought Olympic Gold for the country after 
many decades of Gold medal drought.