Well, That's what media always want, something new. I am sure no body will care after his farewell done.

No doubt about that, but while it goes on , it is a bit too much to take in....We need to have a balance !

This is the trick used generally by those channels which have no stuff to show on a given day. Sachin footage is a syndicated stuff for which no extra work like creating storyboard etc are necessary. Just playing the stuff on their channels. All the telugu channels use these space fillers.

May be, but it is a dangerous trend of hero worship and this is how we get sucked into a system where we make much of celebrities,politicians and others and look down on common people with common problems and achievemnets..

Channels are least bothered about the trends. They bother about their ratings. True , Hero worship is an unhealthy trend.

It is right at present Sachin's retirement is hot topic. This hero worship is time being, after some time all forgot Sachine.

This is what is happening with even serious issues ...make much of it for a day and then forget it ! This is not at all a healthy trend and thats how we have a corrupt system which knows that people have very short memories...

Frankly I feel that we have had enough of Sachin Tendulkar on TV and everywhere for that matter , no doubt he is a brilliant achiever and has earned name, fame and wealth....but is there any need to go overboard when he decides to retire ! Don't we have far more serious concerns in our country that need to be addressed ?

Apart from that it will effect his game adversely and his last game may turnout to be a big disappointment for him and his fans.

Frankly I feel that we have had enough of Sachin Tendulkar on TV and everywhere for that matter , no doubt he is a brilliant achiever and has earned name, fame and wealth....but is there any need to go overboard when he decides to retire ! Don't we have far more serious concerns in our country that need to be addressed ?

Apart from that it will effect his game adversely and his last game may turnout to be a big disappointment for him and his fans.

Even if it turns out to be a disappointment, it goes in to the record books.
I can visualize the following headlines in the media :

Master, the creator of Million Cheers
Throws his fans in to Million Tears

We either 'Don't do' or "Over do."

Usha I totally agree with you, although I too am a fan of Sachin, it has still made me sick of so much constant adulation and worship that is going on currently for the past so many days. Not just sports and News channels, but even in the daily soaps it is all about Sachin Tendulkar, I actually switched off TV twice! :blink: It is beyond doubt that he is a brilliant cricketer and has achieved a status that no one else has managed to even reach, but so much worship and a big hullabaloo about his retirement is quite beyond my comprehension! Or maybe I am stupid but I still fail to understand why money needs to be spent on building a new path at the stadium just to make sure his mother is able to reach their on her wheelchair to see her son play for the last time? And that too when she spent her entire lifetime avoiding to sit in the stadium even once to see him play! :blink: :blink:

Usha I totally agree with you, although I too am a fan of Sachin, it has still made me sick of so much constant adulation and worship that is going on currently for the past so many days. Not just sports and News channels, but even in the daily soaps it is all about Sachin Tendulkar, I actually switched off TV twice! :blink: It is beyond doubt that he is a brilliant cricketer and has achieved a status that no one else has managed to even reach, but so much worship and a big hullabaloo about his retirement is quite beyond my comprehension! Or maybe I am stupid but I still fail to understand why money needs to be spent on building a new path at the stadium just to make sure his mother is able to reach their on her wheelchair to see her son play for the last time? And that too when she spent her entire lifetime avoiding to sit in the stadium even once to see him play! :blink: :blink:

Excatly my feelings ! I too have liked Sachin since he has given a lot of dignity to Indian cricket....But now what is happening is a hysteria which is a very unhealthy tendency .It looks more like a political circus rather than a sports event !It has lost all dignity now !

News headlines must include news from all sphere be it entertainment, sports, politics or social and general awareness, etc. We cannot avoid any of them. Sachin Tendulkar is idle of many young Indians. People learn from them be it good or bad. Although we should accept the good.

We learn how to become great and famous like them.

News headlines must include news from all sphere be it entertainment, sports, politics or social and general awareness, etc. We cannot avoid any of them. Sachin Tendulkar is idle of many young Indians. People learn from them be it good or bad. Although we should accept the good.

We learn how to become great and famous like them.

Of course, i agree with what you said that Sachin is a role model for Indians. especially young ones. So is Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas chandra Bose. What I feel is if done in doses people relish anything. It should not be overdone. Its what happening in Sachin's media coverage.

News headlines must include news from all sphere be it entertainment, sports, politics or social and general awareness, etc. We cannot avoid any of them. Sachin Tendulkar is idle of many young Indians. People learn from them be it good or bad. Although we should accept the good.

We learn how to become great and famous like them.

Of course, i agree with what you said that Sachin is a role model for Indians. especially young ones. So is Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas chandra Bose. What I feel is if done in doses people relish anything. It should not be overdone. Its what happening in Sachin's media coverage.

Sachin is a role model as far as cricket is concerned only ! I wouldnt have wanted my children to emulate him where studies and academic distinction is concerned...He also commercialised cricket by modeling and making large bucks, so let us not close ourr eyes about realities.Besides being a brilliant sportsperson he is also a brilliant business man...He has tried to evade taxes quite a few times taking advantage of the fact that he is adored by all including the politicians !
No one is perfect and it is the same case with Sachin, so let us not take him to the level of a demi god...

Media wants business and TRP. If they don't give us the news in which we have interest, their TRP will go down.

News headlines must include news from all sphere be it entertainment, sports, politics or social and general awareness, etc. We cannot avoid any of them. Sachin Tendulkar is idle of many young Indians. People learn from them be it good or bad. Although we should accept the good.

We learn how to become great and famous like them.

Of course, i agree with what you said that Sachin is a role model for Indians. especially young ones. So is Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas chandra Bose. What I feel is if done in doses people relish anything. It should not be overdone. Its what happening in Sachin's media coverage.

Sachin is a role model as far as cricket is concerned only ! I wouldnt have wanted my children to emulate him where studies and academic distinction is concerned...He also commercialised cricket by modeling and making large bucks, so let us not close ourr eyes about realities.Besides being a brilliant sportsperson he is also a brilliant business man...He has tried to evade taxes quite a few times taking advantage of the fact that he is adored by all including the politicians !
No one is perfect and it is the same case with Sachin, so let us not take him to the level of a demi god...

Exactly! As far as being a role model is concerned, he is a good one, for being a thorough gentleman on and off field, being able to maintain his dignity and temper no matter what etc. But so far as his behavior as a model citizen is concerned, there are too many red flags, especially the fact that he sold off the Ferrari to a Surat businessman, the very car which was a gift to him out of love and he did not pay the taxes on it! :blink: He has lots of money to buy his own land and start an academy but he is insistent on government giving him a grant for it! :blink: