Everyone around me, everyone I know or everyone who knows me has been asking about why I haven't written anything about Dravid after he retired on March 9th. My story with Dravid here goes:
I was in 6th standard and that was time we had only doordarshan at home. That meant I watch every program that came on tv. That made both my Granny any me to watch cricket, tennis, gyan darshan and everything. India's favourite sport had to be telecast the highest as well. Dravid became my fav cricketer just for his smile I guess. 1999 world cup and I had begun to understand a bit of cricket I could appreciate that us being kicked out in super six and Dravid was the highest run taker of the tournament. I did not understand why he was called slow.
I went to Surathkal and then came to Intuit. Constant companion were those matches and the support. I have argued, fought with people over Dravid. WHy I like Dravid? Dravid is what I want to be, but am not. That patience and concentration is what I want to see in me one day. The way he handles pressure, criticism is how I want to be some day. IN coding area, he is like Randhir who goes to see the code, the design and tests before jumping onto the coding, the implementation. Dravid understands the ball and then decides the merit of it and plays it. I cannot write sweet or poems, but end of it, he is a role model.
I went to Surathkal and then came to Intuit. Constant companion were those matches and the support. I have argued, fought with people over Dravid. WHy I like Dravid? Dravid is what I want to be, but am not. That patience and concentration is what I want to see in me one day. The way he handles pressure, criticism is how I want to be some day. IN coding area, he is like Randhir who goes to see the code, the design and tests before jumping onto the coding, the implementation. Dravid understands the ball and then decides the merit of it and plays it. I cannot write sweet or poems, but end of it, he is a role model.
