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Today, 2 news events struck me the most

#1 Its about my god Sachin Tendulkar. Today is his birth day!

In the recent times he has had lot of physical injuries and as result, hasn't been in good form, on the ground. Off the ground, he has spent most time traveling to UK for treament (surgery, routine check-up's etc. ).

Equally, off the field, many morons have been off the mark, on his recent performance and mainly to take him out of the team.

International cricket today is no joke. Un-imaginable pressure, seemingly un-attainable targets, the bar is set so high is always crossed to push it even more higher. Result : takes a toll on the players. This is applicable for any cricketer 'who takes the game seriously'.

Tendulkar doesn't belong to that crowd. This is the guy, till today, on many occasions, doesn't sleep the night before a crucial match! One could argue that as immaturity. Its not. Its his highest and singular thinking to carry the 'burden' on his shoulder.

Yes, he carries it as 'burden', as to him, its his country vs. the opponent. Every inning of his bat, every story behind his statistics tells a book full of 'facts' about his performance. This is a short summary of the great man.

Yet, in the last match he played, when he got out, he got booed. This dispicable act has, as Wasim Akram the great bowler mentioned should have an impact on this man.

Think about it. Every game has only 2 possibilities, victory or loss. Every human has physical limitations. Every human being in this world has a sinusoidal wave of good and bad times. He is an human too !

What these numb-skulls have forgotten is that the same man, single handedly carried the country to some un-believable victories.

What's also forgotten is those days, when he took it upon himself to not walk back to the dressing room, with the rest of the 10, but instead proved that one man can indeed make a difference.

What's forgotten is even when his captain was involved in betting and signing off matches to the opponents, and not scoring more than 20 runs, this guy stood the ground and face the opponents and win on top of it.

What's forgotten is, even today, in any game, until he is out, the opponents holded their heart in their hand as they know that he is the face of this team/country and unless and until he is not in the crease, the game is far over from the Indian side. That's the threat he poses to any one facing his nation.

Having established himself, upto this... just because you paid few hundreds of rupees for the ticket and he has a bad day and you boo him out.

He is not a juke box to play your favorite song, when you put a quarter.

Where're you souls people ? I feel ashamed to be an Indian today for this, for another having committed this despicable act.

These worms see only the entertainment value, not the value/courage/skill/impeccable dedication and patriotism in him.

Its the expectation embedded in the gene that in the hours of entertainment, whether it be movie or cricket, one would want to see only sweet ending or successful outcome. Only those are 'allowed'. Loss is a disgrace.

Organs such as these, which is not able to apply commone sense and see the dedication, shouldn't be called as heart !

Its a disgrace to all those who are not able to see the man behind this all. If one would think of putting anyone else in the world in his position, with the pressure, would hang themselves. He being still focused alone deserves such a credit, while we exclaim that.

Wake up you zombies : Remember, even when a lion rests, its a Lion !

#2 Sun Microsystems Inc', Scott McNealy stepped down today as CEO.

Of all the time I gazed as Sun servers, in the early part of my career, it was a dream come true to work for the company. The 3.5 years I spent at Sun, admist all chaos, was with a divine feeling. The holding force on me, as many other employees was the CEO Scott McNealy.

Thro' his regular radio-cast, employees were able to hear the man out and outside of unbeatable wits, he sounded very straight-forward and above all, 'honest'.

This developed a strong bond in me, toward him. Not only I was being taught, as how best one should communicate to the employees, but how to keep them focused, even when the company was doing bad financially.

Personally, I felt the employee morale was high, just because of him. He led the company really well in a very difficult situation. Its well know that it was only him, who stood as a buffer between the board (which wanted to wipe off the work force) and the work force.

He led the company, thro' the most difficult times. Surviving, fighting and winning to fight another day against bullies like Microsoft is no joke. IBM was a different competitor all together.

He not only stood the ground, but also proved his critiques wrong, every single time. I felt proud to work for him, than even the company !

IT market went down. Sun may have done some strategic mistakes ( whether it be on Java or Solaris or Sun hardware ), but if you were look thro Sun's eyes I do think they did a phenomenal job, in the miniscule of space they had to fight but against the 'shenanigans' as Scott called Microsoft and few others. once.

While I didn't get a chance to meet the man personally, I remember it as yesterday the times I drafted mails to send to him, thanking him sometimes, suggesting him on few etc., but never sent them :)

But nevertheless, I do feel very proud to have gotten a chance to work for a great leader, who cared atmost for his employees, even thro' the difficult times.

Thank you sir for giving me a chance to work for you. Its an honor and my pleasure, to be part of your great company, in my career.

While he is stepping away to a not so new leader, I'm sure, this is not the last we've heard from Scott. Good luck Scott !