...I was only 12 when Sachin Tendulkar first represented India and left a nation instantly mesmerised. I remember watching him dance down the track to hit Abdul Qadir for three towering sixes, and must have tried to do the same innumerable times, if only in my imagination. While I was still learning how to stand properly at the crease, Tendulkar was earning standing ovations around the globe; while I was still learning how to use my feet to get to the pitch of the ball, Tendulkar was taking giant strides. The more I played the game, the more I admired him, for it was only through playing that one truly understood the scale of what he was doing. By the end of the 1990s, it was as if he had ceased to be just a player, and now symbolised excellence. It was around this time that I started nurturing the dream of playing for India myself. And yet playing for India and playing alongside Tendulkar seemed two separate things. Playing for India would mean countless hours of toil, something I was prepared for. But nothing had prepared me for sitting in the dressing-room next to my idol. I was a bundle of nerves when I walked into the conference hall of Ahmedabad’s plush Taj hotel for my first India team meeting in October 2003. I had attended many team meetings before, but had little idea of how this one would unfold – and even less idea of how I would react to my first encounter with Tendulkar. Fifteen minutes in, I worried our chat wouldn’t go beyond the customary exchange of greetings:...
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... I.D: 113012035 Department: MSJ Date: 24-November-2013 Sachin Tendulkar: A great human being more than a great player 26th December 2004, there was the second one day match Between Bangladesh and India. The match was just about to start. A boy aged most probably ten was walking around the pavilion of Bangabandhu national stadium in Dhaka. The father of that boy was trying to feed him something but it was not ready to take. Then he asked him why not you are eating, would please tell me? He did not reply and pay attention at all. His eyes were strung on stairs towards the dressing room. Suddenly he cheered up, here is Sachin tendulkar ! After hearing the shout everyone was on their feet whether it is true or not. As soon as the boy saw him he at once agreed to eat. It is so much surprising that a sports person can make such impact on a child that he even refused to eat! But it was not so unusual to see a youngster left his food to see one of the greatest cricketers ever. This is `how Sachin Tendulkar has made himself as the cricket god to his fans. There is nothing to tell about his batting as he has broken all the possible records he can. It will be unfair if we do not say something about his wonderful personality also. Sachin has been not just a great player but also a great human being in his entire life. The five feet five inch little man has not only conquer everyone’s mind...
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... But, still we fear it, don't we? I ran a few errands during the day & now that I have some quiet time with myself, I am thinking about something, which was, for me, the news of the day. Yes, the RETIREMENT! I knew it had to happen someday, but still eyes are filled with tears. Why do you spread this numbness, Sachin? I, like many other kids in India & probably all over the cricketing world, grew up watching him bat, watching him take on legendary bowlers, watching him destroy their careers, watching him break all those records, and most importantly watching him create madness about the game in the entire nation. To me, he is a combo of talent, persistence, patience, hard work, and innumerable such qualities. As I grew up, everything around me changed: schools, colleges, friends, people, virtually everything. But there was one parameter which was constant in life, it never changed. Sachin! His century was a solution to everything, from bad performance in a test to fight with a friend. His runs were our runs. With Sachin gone, Cricket definitely won't be the same. I won't stop taking interest in the game. But, many people will! I want to say sorry to Sachin on behalf of the media & the fans. They put so much pressure on him towards the end when he wanted support (he didn't need it!). ( FYI- I hate the fact that there were people who wanted him to retire. To me, it is betrayal; blasphemy if I may call it.) How can you do that to a person who has brought so much joy...
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...Unilever Vision We work to create a better future everyday. We to help people feel good look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. We will inspire people to take small everyday actions that can add up to a big difference for the world. We will develop new ways of doing business that will allow us to double the size of our company while reducing our environmental impact. Hindustan Unilever Limited Factsheet Quick Facts Over 16,700 employees and about 1,500 managers Over 2000 customers Over 2,000 suppliers & associates Our Heritage in India In the summer of 1888, visitors to the Kolkata harbour noticed crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever Brothers". With it began an era of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). In 1931, Unilever set up its first Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company, followed by Lever Brothers India Limited (1933) and United Traders Limited (1935). In November 1956, these three companies merged to form Hindustan Hindustan Lever Limited. In June 2007, the company was renamed Hindustan Unilever Limited. About 2,900 stockists Total Coverage over 6.4 million Outlets Direct Coverage – over 2 million outlets Diverse portfolio of leading brands Sustainable Living Unilever Sustainable Living Plan aims to help everyone enjoy a good quality of life while respecting the planet. We have set ourselves...
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...record was thus passed on from a legend of the game to a player who was merely good, but by no stretch extraordinary – Anwar averaged 37.62 against the major nations in ODIs, and away from home his average shrank to 26.70. Then last year, another name joined Anwar at the top of the list: Charles Coventry. Even after he scored 194 not out, a lot of people in a lot of cricketing discussions over lots of beers in lots of pubs, would still be asking: Charles who? The anomaly at the top of the record charts was begging to be corrected. I was waiting for this day since that fateful May night almost 13 years ago. I was not alone. There were thousands – millions probably – who felt that the name that belonged at the top of the table was that of Sachin Tendulkar. In what is proving to be a golden twilight of his career, Tendulkar has systematically gone about checking all the un-checked boxes in his cricketing CV. One important one was ticked when he led a mammoth fourth innings chase against England at the same ground that he had failed to complete the job against Pakistan in 1999. Another was accomplished on 24th Feb 2010, with the world’s highest ODI score and first ODI double-century. No other name seemed to have belonged so naturally at the top of the list than his. Until 23rd Feb 2010, Tendulkar had seemed like the logical successor to Viv Richards as the greatest ODI batsman of his generation. Not anymore. He is now undoubtedly, the greatest ODI batsman ever. He has made the...
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...Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar English pronunciation: /səˈtʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/ ( listen) AM(born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely considered to be the greatestbatsman of all time, after Don Bradman. In 2002, just 12 years into his career,Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[3] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winningIndian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.[4] He was also the recipient of Player of the Tournament award of ICC World Cup, 2003 held in South Africa. He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[5]. He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat Ratna award, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the award of the Bharat Ratna was changed to allow him receive the award.[6][7] He is also a member of Rajya Sabha ofParliament of India.[8] Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. After a two-month break he is likely to return to test arena with the series against New Zealand commencing in late August 2012.[9] Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation...
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...DO THE LEGENDS KNOW WHEN IT’S OVER? The first that comes to mind when we talk of cricketers like Ricky Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Vivian Richards etc. is about they being amongst the greatest to have played this game. There’s something else too which is common. Let’s have a look at this interesting statics: Ricky Ponting Ricky Ponting Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Viv Richards Javed Miandad Even though average is an archaic measure given that it violates some of the basic mathematical norms, it can still be considered as a good metric to judge when a long time frame is taken into account. What the above figures depict is the dramatic fall that their records have had over the last few years of their career. While one could always argue that it is but natural that a player may not be at the prime of his game, but does the argument justify the fact that their averages have gone down by more than 15-18%? The fact that these names have had such a huge impact on us is probably one of the reasons we have not really delved into these details. One is tempted not to believe that this is the general trend. My observation is, as far as batting is concerned, that the counter-examples are far and few for e.g. Mark Waugh. Why I say this is because there are examples galore to prove it otherwise as far as bowling is concerned. Let’s see the figures...
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...name of Indtech Speciality Chemicals, Ltd. On 1 November 1990, The name of the company was changed from Indrol Lubricants & Specialities Ltd. to Castrol India Ltd. It helped to manufacture of Telephone cable jellies, pharmaceuticals jellies and industrial waxes in technical collaboration with Dussek Campbell, U.K. ------------------------------------------------- Products * Industrial - Castrol metalworking fluids, cleaners, corrosion preventives and lubricants. * Oils - Cylinder oils-crosshead, crancase oils-crosshead, truck piston engine oils, hydraulic oils,gear oils, compressor oils, turbine oils, refrigeration oils, emulsifiable oils, multi-grades, heat transfer oils, greases, and fishing Brand ambassador of castrol Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar AM ( pronunciation (help·info); born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely considered to be the greatestbatsman of all time, after Don Bradman. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test...
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...evaluation thus it is subjective where the cost and benefit must be positive values. We can express as the following equation: Value = Benefits / Cost The consumer's perceived value of a good or service affects the price that he or she is willing to pay for it. For the most part, consumers are unaware of the true cost of production for the products they buy. Instead, they simply have an internal feeling for how much certain products are worth to them. Thus, in order to obtain a higher price for their products, producers may pursue marketing strategies to create a higher perceived value for their products. For an example of a reputed brand Boost; customer may think it comes up with energy for the professional cricket player with commercials Sachin Tendulkar is doing impossible. Let's take an example of famous brand Adidas. It has come up with special category of shoes named Air Jordan for the professional NBA players with advertisement Michael Jordan doing extraordinary performance. On the other hand Air Jordan announces a limited edition with customized amount available for which Adidas charges more price compare to other products. At the end all the publicity about the line of Air Jordan and its limited edition are customer perceived value. In marketing, value can be defined by qualitative and quantitative measures. Qualitative value consists of individual’s emotional, mental and physical condition, different social, economic, cultural and environmental factors whereas quantitative...
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...Dhoni, Tendulkar in endorsement earnings Team India's batting sensation, Virat Kohli, has been a huge hit with the youngsters - thanks to his quick rise in the international cricket over the past few years. An eye candy for the domestic and international brands, the Delhi lad is all set to surpass the incumbent Indian skipper MS Dhoni and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in the endorsement earnings. Team India's vice-captain, who seems to be the most comfortable young gun on screen, has reportedly signed a Rs.10-crore per year deal with German sports goods giant, Adidas. The 24-year-old cricketer will be seen endorsing Adidas' apparel and shoes as per his three-year contract. Sachin Tendulkar was the face of Adidas shoes for quite some time in India but it seems that the master blaster's age is finally catching up on his endorsements. According to the TOI reports, the right-hander has also struck a Rs.6.5 crore a year deal with a popular tyre brand that had Tendulkar and Steve Waugh as its ambassadors. The new deals will help Team India's probable future captain to beat the likes of MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar in terms of annual earnings per brand endorsement. With these two deals in his kitty, Kohli is set to take on the big players with an increase in his annual earnings from last year's Rs.40 crore in endorsements. He is currently the face of 13 brands including Pepsi, Toyota and Cinthol deodorants. The Indian skipper MS Dhoni has been the undisputed...
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..."Many athletes have tremendous God-given gifts. … Who are these individuals? You have never heard of them and you never will." It means many gifted athlete’s fail to reach their true potential. To avoid future disappointments and reach true potentials a good work ethic is must in sports. The best thing is that it can be developed - and inculcating self-discipline in a positive way is one of the best things that one can do in sports. Even if one is not in his favourite sports work hard because they have developed a good work ethic and hare dedicated to give their best all endeavours they pursue. We can take the example of Yuvraj singh who initially wanted to be in skating or Sachin Tendulkar who formerly wanted to be tennis Player. Often, it is only when their hard work turns into success that a love for that sport develops; the hard work came first. It is important to note that with this emphasis on preparation over results, players develop a positive self-esteem regardless of whether or not they are successful. It needs to be understood that what is our hands is preparation and that we should to do with dedication ,results will eventually follow. Finally people who develop a good work ethic in sports generally recognize the importance of hard work in every endeavour they pursue, which is ultimately the goal of preaching a good work ethic in sports. These can be possible suggestions...
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...we were told to choose a leader under whom we were willing to work,I can’t think of a name other than M.S Dhoni. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only captain in the world to have tasted success in all formats of the game, and that too in just four years. He led a young Indian team to victory in the inaugural T-20 Cricket Championship in September 2007. In December 2009, India became the top-ranked Test team in the world for the first time under his captaincy. He captained Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to victory in IPL,April 2010 and followed it up by lifting the Champions League Trophy for the same team in September. The mother of all victories came April,2011 when India won the ICC Cricket World Cup after 28 years. No wonder, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar ranks him the best among the nine captains he has played under in his 21-year career. Australian great Greg Chappell calls Dhoni the best captain in the world today. Former Indian skipper Kapil Dev has no qualms in accepting that Dhoni is a better captain. Very often India’s success has been attributed to Dhoni’s strong luck.However,more often than that there have been occasions when he surprised everyone with his decisions in the make or break situations.And almost everytime his gamble has paid off. Dhoni's decision to come in to bat at number five, ahead of the in-form Yuvraj Singh, in the World Cup finals would have cost him his job had the result not been in India’s favour. There is surely more than luck to a man who has...
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...The final face-off between Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne had dominated the build-up to this clash, but it wasn't quite the story of the Mumbai innings, though it had its moments. Rohit Sharma played a classy innings to take Mumbai to 133 on a pitch that was made for more, against a pumped-up Rajasthan line-up eager to give its captain a fitting farewell from the IPL. The Tendulkar-Warne show should have been a non-event, for the move to open the bowling with left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan almost yielded success when Tendulkar was trapped in front first ball. Paul Reiffel, the umpire, felt the ball pitched outside leg when it hadn't. Chavan should have had Tendulkar again in the sixth over, catching him on the pads during an attempted pull, but Reiffel, once more, felt otherwise. Shane Watson's early breakthroughs - he dismissed T Suman and Ambati Rayudu in successive overs - coupled with Chavan's discipline had deprived Mumbai of an attacking start they would have hoped for after choosing to bat, though Tendulkar's reprieves gave them the opportunity to rebuild. Rohit Sharma had won praise from Warne as one of the most exciting talents in Indian cricket, and he undoubtedly would have impressed his opposing captain with his performance today. He quickly took the lead in the stand with Tendulkar, smashing Watson over midwicket and charging out to Chavan to dispatch him over mid-on. His stand-out shot was an imposing drive against Warne through extra cover, matched by a...
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...Simon Kemp: One of the challenges we face as marketers and brands is that we spend a lot of time thinking about the way people perceive us from the outside world without looking inside. How can businesses look at their inward transformation? Sadhguru: There is a fundamental flaw in this process. Without enhancing yourself, you are trying to enhance your activity. It’s like taking a Vauxhall and trying to drive it on an F1 track. It’s bound to fall apart. Instead of dreaming of winning an F1 race if you build a machine which is capable of doing whatever it’s supposed to do, then whether it wins or not is subject to what others have done. Whether you win a race or not simply depends on how good or bad other people are. But when we do something are we functioning from the highest possibility within us, or from the lowest possibility, or somewhere in between, is a big question. And you do not know what your highest possibility is. For every other creature in this planet nature has drawn two lines. But for human beings there is only the bottomline and no topline. So it does not matter what you become, you still do not know whether you hit the peak or not. Only those people interested in winning races with crippled people have hit the peak. No matter what you have done there is always a chance that you can do more. Enhancing the machine and human mechanism is most important. Whether you win the race or not is not important. Then everything will be enhanced. The greatest...
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...EXISTENCE OF ALIENS PROVED!!! Friday, August 24, 2012 Most people in Rajiv Gandhi stadium, Hyderabad yesterday thought that they were in some kind of Spielberg’s movie. A space shuttle landed in the middle of the ground during the lunch break of day 2 of India-New Zealand cricket match. Luckily no people were injured or hurt by this incident. Two alien creatures got out of the shuttle took a bag of soil from the ground and flew away. This entire incident was completely recorded by Star cricket and is telecasted live all over the world. Existence of Aliens: This incident created a panic all over the world. It proved the existence of aliens in the universe. People in Hyderabad were in complete shock and stayed in their houses for the rest of the day. Those who were in the ground including the players were being checked for any radioactive effect due to this sudden appearance of aliens. NASA and all space research organizations were informed immediately and they reached the cricket ground overnight to conduct research on the area where the shuttle landed. No telecom services worked around the radius of 3 kms around the place where the aliens landed for the next three hours. This incident answered the long asked question about the existence of aliens. Attack on earth: Since the aliens took soil from earth, scientists believe that they might come back soon to earth. They strongly believe that the technologies that aliens use were advanced by about 100 years to mankind...
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