One year of Modi government; One foot in front of another
Exactly one year back I was looking for a coaching academy for my son who is a budding cricketer. Our first stop was the oldest academy in town. This academy, as we were told, is over 100 year old and was established by some English gentlemen. The adviser at the academy told us, “Batting, bowling and fielding skills provide no guarantee of making it to a Ranji team, leave alone getting a national cap. The key to making it large lies in being visible to the selectors. If one is visible at the right time and right place it would not matter that your son believes that leg glance is a page three term and extra cover is an insurance phrase. What is needed is an image building plan; a campaign to showcase the qualities & traits, which would appeal to the selectors. We would create an audio visual of your son playing all the exquisite cricketing shots, straight drives that remind people of Tendulkar, leg glances that evoke Rahul Dravid, off drives that evoke memories of Gang...