Sachin vs Mamata

24 february,2010 seems to be a big day for the country for its multi fold character. A) One of its Sons aka God achieved what no one before him had and B) The railway budget was announced.

And there is a sound reason behind why I chose the order of the facts as I did. Not only because it is politically correct to do so ( My freinds would have killed me if I have not stated the 'God' before) but also because thats the order every voice of media chooses. A personal observation: Out of 12 national newspapers available in MDI library, 8 featured Sachin's achievement in the top half of the front page, inarguably the first portion we see in a newspaper. It has come to this that a personal feat of an Indian cricketer, which is essentially who Sachin is despite all the immortalizations, precedes India's second most annual statement, i.e. the railway budget. It pains to see that. Though the fad of immortalisation is understood considering the religious status given to the game of cricket, the incident indeed speaks of the level of intellectual development we as a country have achieved in the last 63 odd years. While the budget affects us every day of the upcoming year, the emotive moment has overwhelmed the importance it and has succeded in sending the news to the back pages. So much so that the most widely read BUSINESS newspaper Economic Times too followed the herd and put Sachin above Mamata. Speaks well of the future!!