It was a wonderful meeting... Many congratulations on your new role as the President of the Esports Games Federation. Wishing you the absolute best.
I truly enjoyed our conversation today. It’s always special when you can seamlessly shift from talking about family and travel to swapping stories about our fur friends and our shared love for wildlife. Thank you for the warm invitation, and I look forward to seeking Bappa’s blessings 🙏🏼
When I think about the people who shaped my journey, I do not begin with a cricket ground or a coach. I begin at home.
Long before anyone outside my family knew my name, my father had begun to recognise my love for cricket and, perhaps more importantly, understand what it meant to me. He never knew exactly where that journey would take me. But he gave me the freedom to pursue it.
My father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a writer, poet, and a professor, but more a mentor, a guide to many, including me. He gave me the freedom to pursue cricket while reminding me that success should never come at the cost of character. Some of the words my father said to me as a young boy have stayed with me throughout my life: failure is okay, but cheating is not. Never take shortcuts.
I was simply a boy who loved playing cricket. My father saw something more. He did not try to decide what I should become. Instead, he gave me the space and support to discover it for myself.
That, in many ways, is what a great teacher or mentor does. They recognise a possibility in you before you can recognise it yourself.
India has no shortage of young talent. Whether a child picks up a bat, a ball, a book or discovers an ability in some other field, it makes them unique in their own way. What they often lack is not talent, but access to people who can recognise that talent and help nurture it.
This belief was at the core of why Anjali and I started the Foundation. Across India, there are children with immense potential who may never get the chance to discover it because they lack access to a coach, a mentor, the right learning environment or basic healthcare. Our vision is that they get equal access to sports, healthcare and education, and a chance to prove that they belong.
My father spent his life as an educator, and I think his greatest lesson to me was the importance of giving someone the confidence and opportunity to find their own potential. This Teachers’ Day, we take the opportunity to honour the first person who saw something in me and believed in what I could become.
It is with immense pride, we are introducing the Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship, in partnership with our long-standing healthcare partner, Inga Health Foundation.
Each year, one MD (Doctor of Medicine) will receive financial support for a year-long opportunity to specialise in cleft and craniofacial care in Srinagar. On completing the programme, the fellow will receive a certificate from the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation, recognising the excellence. This is part of our long-standing commitment to support healthcare professionals in critical care and also encourage the young doctors in their field of study.
For me, this is more than a fellowship. It is a way of carrying forward something my father deeply believed in - that education creates opportunity, and that opportunity becomes truly meaningful when it is used to serve others.
My father gave me the confidence to find my own path. He dedicated his life to educating and guiding others, and I hope we can create that same sense of possibility for others, giving children and young people the opportunity to discover what they can become, and the means to make something of it.
The lessons of a teacher may begin with one student, but their influence can travel much further, from one life to another and from one generation to the next.
Happy Teachers’ Day!
Dear @IAF_MCC,
Just finished watching Operation Safed Sagar. It made me think about how different life is for the people who are out there, carrying the pressure and uncertainty, while the rest of us are able to sleep peacefully and carry on with our everyday lives.
I had met Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa many years ago. Watching Operation Safed Sagar now, and seeing what he and so many others went through during Kargil, made me look back at that meeting with a deeper sense of appreciation.
The courage is extraordinary. So is the discipline and mental strength behind it.
I feel fortunate to be associated with the IAF and to have an understanding of the values that define it. Watching this story only made me more grateful.
Thank you for everything you do for us. Jai Hind!
Happy birthday, Aai. Clearly, you are everyone’s favourite! ❤️
We pray that you always have this much love around you, and more of it jumping into your lap.
There is perhaps no greater uncertainty than not knowing whether someone you love is safe. My heart goes out to all the families affected by the devastating floods in Nepal, especially those still waiting for news. Praying for their loved ones and for the rescue teams working tirelessly to reach them.
Was too busy enjoying the food, the family, and the fur to post about it! Happy Onam to those who celebrated.
PS: Extra piece of dessert for whoever can spot Bouncer 😂
You don't have to be the best in the world to feel on top of the world.
That's what we believe here at @tenxyou_in and that's what the #NeverStopPlaying Anthem is about.
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The first of 100 tons came on this day in 1990!
Sachin Tendulkar's maiden Test ton helped India draw the game against England in Manchester 👏
He would go on to add 99 more hundreds in international cricket 🤯
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#MCAMemoryLane On 14th August 1990, Sachin Tendulkar walked out at Old Trafford in Manchester, with India in deep trouble against England, and walked back unbeaten on 119 - scoring a maiden Test century.
At 17 years, he became the second-youngest batsman to score a Test hundred at the time, behind only Pakistan's Mushtaq Mohammad.
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