The government of India today demarcated the housing society where Lord Sachin Tendulkar was born on 23th April 1973 as 'Sachin Janmabhoomi'. The exact geographical location of his birthplace will be recorded using several media formats including high-resolution satellite pictures of his residence and stored in an underground nuclear bunker in a secret vault made up of an indestructible material. Along with Google Earth's pictures of his birthplace, the government will also store thousands of screenshots of twitter trend #SachinIsGod as pictorial evidence that inhabitants of India during the era of Sachin Tendulkar actually considered him as a god.
Archaeological Survey of India in collaboration with National Archives of India and Defense ministry will kick-start the process of archiving important personal records of Lord Sachin Tendulkar to ensure that vagaries of time do not obliterate the real truth of his life and his godhood."Thousands or perhaps even millions of years from now, there should be no doubts in the minds of future generations of Indians that Sachin Tendulkar was a real god who had incarnated on earth as India's most successful cricketer and not just a myth made up by story-tellers." said Ambika Soni, minister of Culture at a press briefing.
Apart from his birthplace, the minister said that the government would also consider building shrines in his memory at Shivaji Park where he played cricket in his initial years, Wankhede Stadium where he has played maximum first-class cricket and at Gwalior stadium where he became the first man in history to score a double ton in one day internationals.
Ambika Soni refuted criticism by members of opposition that the government was exceeding its brief by treating Sachin Tendulkar as a real god. "Today's hyperbole or exaggeration might become tomorrow's truth" said Soni. "Who knows whether Lord Rama was really a godly incarnation or just an ordinary king who got elevated to the position of a living god by doting masses! Its quite possible that the denizens of Ayodhya during his reign were so overwhelmed by his exploits in Sri Lanka that in a state of euphoric celebrations they started hailing Rama as incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Being a democratic country, we have to accept the verdict of the majority of the masses. As evident by popular sentiments exhibited on Internet and on the playing grounds, the verdict is very clear that Sachin is indeed a god."
Since there can be no gods without hymns written in their praise, many poets have come forward to write hymns dedicated to Sachin Tendulkar. CP Surendran, who will be revered by future Indians as Sant Surendran has captured the essence of Sachin's godhood in these verses called "Sachin Charit Manas""Batsmen walk out into the middle alone. Not Sachin.
Every time Sachin walks to the crease a whole nation, tatters and all, march with him to the battle arena. A pauper people pleading for relief, remission from the lifelong anxiety of being Indian, by joining in spirit their visored saviour.
The poor Indian lifts his hands to Sachin Tendulkar in supplication; Give us respite, a sense of liberation; lift us up from the dark pit of our lives to well-lit places of the imagination with your skill-wrought perfection."
