#IamPawar


India is a land of great men – from Chanakya to Chetan Bhagat, from Mahatma Gandhi to Rahul Gandhi, from Raj Kapoor to Ranbir Kapoor and from the Mauryas to Mayawati. Ruffle through the pages of India’s past and you’ll come across so many individuals who have changed the course of history. But I don’t think anyone will come anywhere close to challenging the greatness and respectability of the greatest Man of our times – not even Arindham Chaudary and Kamaal R Khan. I talk of course, of the Leader of the Masses, the Shivaji of the Marathi Manoos, the hero of the middle class, God of the farmers, the destroyer of the Lalit Modis - Sharad Pawar.

Sharad Pawarji is easily the most inspiring person I have ever seen. His tryst with greatness started when he was a young college student. Back then, the extremely cruel and horrific social evil called ragging was widely prevalent in the country. Among other crimes inflicted upon them, students across the country were wary of seniors who took away all the cash that they had with them. It was under those circumstances, that one particular boy hid all the cash that he had inside his underwear and told the seniors he had no cash with him. Seniors were always surprised how this rich looking boy had no money with him, and threatened him with consequences if he didn’t give all the money he had, and he kept repeating those legendary words – “I have only 12 rupees”. They never found out his little dirty secret. The young Sharad Pawar became a hero overnight, and his method widely popular – among students and non-students (politicians, bureaucrats, etc) alike. Those incidents had a permanent impact on him. Forty years later Sharad Pawar still keeps his money safe from thugs and dacoits and from the IT Department by a similar technique. (Of course he has only 12 cr. Not a penny more.)

That Sharad Pawar is a great cricketer needs no mention. No, he’s never played the sport, and I actually doubt if he even knows the rules of the game properly, but he’s done everything else that one can possibly do in the game. He created wealth in the country, more wealth than N.R.Narayanamurthy, Shiv Nadar and Azim Premji put together. Under his Presidency, many people like Lalit Modi became some of the richest men in the country. After ages of indifference, the BCCI finally started to make a lot of money. Who else can you attribute this to but Sharad Pawarji.  


During his BCCI Presidency, he had a dream of making the Indian Cricket Team the best in the World. BCCI was already the richest in the World. So he decided to become the ICC President and ICC obliged (Sharad Pawar never fails) almost instantly. Once the ICC President, achieving his vision became a lot simpler. He made it ICC policy to sack any umpire who declared Indian batsmen out. (Yes, Daryl Harper deserved that didn’t he?) He ensured that India played 5 series while South Africa didn’t get any series at all. He ensured that India played only in India while Australia had to travel around the World, including to India, for every series. Of course he made an error in judgement when he thought that India could go to England and win, probably got carried away under the impression he himself created. Anyway, as long as he is there as the ICC President, we needn’t worry, for it is only a matter of time before India is back to the top. (And trust me it’s only a matter of time before Stuart Broad is banned for Match fixing or for a dope scandal. The fuckers been playing so well against India... How Dare He!!)  
                                                                                                                                           
Now you tell me, how will you feel if one person who is doing so much to help the country’s image feel when some random guy who was unknown until yesterday, comes along and wants to change the way Sports is managed in the country? Obviously Sharad Pawarji is pissed off with that Ajay Maken guy. He has a reason to be so. If that Ajay Maken wants to remove corruption from Sports, then I ask, who can be a bigger proponent for the fight against corruption than Sharad Pawarji? Does anyone even know that Sharad Pawarji was heading the Panel of Ministers on Anti-Corruption before “Team Anna” appeared? That means that he was India’s last anti-corruption crusader before Anna Hazare. In fact, when his right hand man and idealogical son, Lalit Modi had allegations of corruptions against him, Sharad Pawarji immediately removed him from BCCI and drove him out of the country. And yet, Ajay Maken wants to act like he’s some big appatucker fellow by fighting against Sharad Pawarji.



Throughout his life, Sharad Pawarji’s contribution to the country has been immense. So, we Sharad Pawar supporters are planning to file a petition in Supreme Court to give Sharad Pawarji the Bharat Ratna. (as always the GoI does things only when Supreme Court ‘directs’ it to do) One fundamental reason I hate the Shiv Sena and Bal Thackerey is that they always keep asking for Bharat Ratna for Sachin whenever he scores runs (in double digits), but never say that another fellow Maharashtrian – Sharad Pawarji – deserves the Bharat Ratna more than anyone else who has ever received it.

The greatness of Sharad Pawarji is undisputed. In fact even Albert Einstein once remarked “Scarcely can I believe that such a man walked in flesh and blood on this planet”.  It has always been, and always shall be my endeavour to be a Sharad Pawar in whatever I do in future. That is the only way I can become a great man like Sharad Pawarji. Yes, Proud to say. #IamPawar


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