18 February, 2011

Pursuit of Shamelessness

*ing Sachin Tendulkar as himself.

The maestro, the little wonder, the cricket god are some of the names we use for this cricketing legend. The man recently made headlines off the field when he refused multi-million advertising deal to endorse a liquor product. However, the fact that he signed a multi-million deal with Coca Cola to endorse a hidden poison wasn’t discussed anywhere. Such is the charisma of our Mr. Tendulkar.

Talking of millions, I would not miss saying that, in my opinion, Mr. Tendulkar is perhaps the most miser man on the planet from the evolution of man-kind till date. Just today I read in a news item that this begging god has asked Maharashtra Government to relax FSI rules so that he could build a lavish gym and flat on his property. Is Mr. Tendulkar above law or simply ignorant that FSI can be purchased for a premium? Perhaps, from his past behaviour it seems that he is simply not interested to shell out a single Rupee for a thing he can get for free using his celeb value. Talking of past experiences, who can forget that his own accountant had filed a recovery suit for services rendered to the tune of million Rupees and that the beggaestro himself pleaded the Indian Government to waive customs duty for his imported Ferrari.

Well done Sachin, you refused liquor endorsement deal as you wanted to set a good example on society. Hope you will succeed by teaching people how to seek exemptions from law and stealing tax money. Go Sachin go !!!

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