Cricket, trio
Sir: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formed a cricket advisory committee comprising batting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. Ganguly masterminded India’s performance away from home at the turn of the century. Tendulkar will be in charge of batting, while Laxman will take care of the talent pool. In the last couple of years, India’s Test performance has been marked by overseas series losses in England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. This resulted in India climbing down to the fourth spot in the Test rankings. The trio oversees the Indian team’s preparations before every major series. This will set the roadmap and guidelines for the future tours. It will also provide calculated inputs to the players. Eminent cricketers have come forward to lend their experience and insights as they work towards the common goal of taking Indian cricket to greater heights. The coming generations are bound to benefit from the guidance that will be provided by these luminaries and this will go a long way in strengthening the existing system. The three past-masters will help Indian cricket regain its top position across formats. What a new inning!
Dharmendra Ku Naik, Tarbha
Old and new
Sir: Those of the older generation keep wondering as to what has gone wrong with the new generation. They feel that during their time, young boys and girls were better behaved, more obedient and had greater respect for elders. Young people, on the other hand, feel that they are capable enough to learn on their own rather than lean heavily on the older generation for any guidance. Young people do not like to be spoon-fed by their elders. This widening generation gap is creating a lot of problems. This is commonly seen in our families. Children are forced to do work and have faith in religious beliefs and teachings of our forefathers, all of which are not to their liking. This creates resentment among members of the same family and leads to fights between teens and their parents. Mostly, this happens due to the way parents react to a particular situation. Now-a-days, parents are so busy that they don’t have time to talk freely or share memories with their children and help solve their problems. This further widens the generation gap. This problem can only be solved if the parents and teenagers make an effort to understand each other.
Sruti Mishra by EMAIL
