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     Tthanks Pilla Bewarse Username: Tthanks Post Number: 508 Registered: 01-2013 Posted From: 171.159.64.10 Rating: N/A |
WSJ: What effect do you think he has on the national psyche? Mr. Premachandran: I think it’s a difficult one to answer. I have written this before, I don’t think there is a single individual since Gandhi who has rallied so many people behind him or her. I don’t think there has been a single person who has enjoyed that kind of popularity wherever you go in India. If you take the big Bollywood stars for example, if you go to Chennai, they have no sort of following because Bollywood in not big in Chennai. There has never been a pan-Indian icon truly. Even politicians, they have their pockets of influence whether that’s north or their own state. I don’t think you have ever seen somebody with the sort of pan-Indian appeal that Sachin has had. Wherever I have seen him play, it’s been a same sort of raptured response whenever he comes out, not just to bat. But even he just walks out to the field for practice whatever the case may be, it has always been a uniform thing.  |