THE BIG ROW OVER BEING AN INDIAN FIRST..!

After Sachin Tendulkar finished 20 glorious years of cricket and the entire world was busy congratulating him,Shiv Sena chose that moment to question him about being an "Indian first" and a "Maharashtrian" later..Is it the time when we need to teach our teams to play for their states first and their country later?Is it the time for people like me who are about to start  their first job in a year and half's time to decide which place to choose so that they can avert irrationality and regional violence??

I mean it's high time that we understand that we have greater problems to handle than deciding about loyalty towards a particular state.I am really proud of what Tendulkar chose to say.He is no less than a GOD for the Indian public and this in hope that his remarks make a deep impact on the people of India and puts some sense into them!

I guess the problem lies in the exploitation of locals by people who have migrated from other states.But,that I believe is the case in every state-be it Punjab,Assam,Delhi etc etc. We can't expect all the State governments to behave in a similar manner-that would be outrageously traumatic.

I stand by what Sachin said and hope that the root cause of the problem would be searched and taken care of and rather than choosing to criticise statements of these sorts,people would understand the meaning of putting their country before all other things...

P.S:Cheers to Tendulkar for giving people like me moments to rejoice and celebrate with my friends and family..We seriously owe him a lot because cricket would not have had the same meaning for us had it not been for him!Thank you so much...!!