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Thursday, 15 November 2012
Sunday, 8 April 2012
भारत दौरा करून झरदारींना काय मिळालं?
भारत दौरा करून झरदारींना काय मिळालं? 08 April 2012
पाकिस्तानी राष्ट्रध्यक्ष आसिफ अली झरदारींचा भारत दौरा म्हणजे एक खाजगी दौरा होता. पण तरिही वाट वाकडी करून झरदारी दिल्लीला गेले आणि त्यांनी भारताचे पंतप्रधान मनमोहन सिंग यांची भेट घेतली.
खरंतर दोन राष्ट्रनेत्यांमधली खाजगी भेटही राजकीय महत्त्वाची असते. तरिही झरदारी आणि मनमोहन भेटीदरम्यान अपेक्षेप्रमाणेच कोणतीही मोठी घोषणा झाली नाही. मात्र पाकिस्तानसाठी आणि स्वतः झरदारींसाठी ही भेट महत्त्वाची मानली जातेय.
आंतरराष्ट्रीय राजकारणात पाकिस्तान एकाकी
एकीकडे 'ब्रिक्स' (BRICS) म्हणजे ब्राझील, रशिया, इंडिया, चायना आणि साऊथ आफ्रिका या पाच राष्ट्रांच्या बैठकीनं भारत, रशिया आणि चीन यांच्यातलं नातं घट्ट झालंय. तर दुसरीकडे चीननं शिन झियांग प्रांतातल्या दहशतवादाचे धागेदोरे पाकिस्तानात असल्याचे संकेत दिलेत. त्यामुळं पाकिस्तानच्या चीनबरोबरच्या संबंधांमध्येही तेढ निर्माण होतेय.
त्यातच मुंबई हल्ल्याचा मास्टर माईंड हफीज सईदसह अनेक दहशतवाद्यांना अभय दिल्यानं पाकिस्ताननं अमेरिकेचीही नाराजी ओढवून घेतलीय. काही दिवसांपूर्वी श्रीलंकन सरकारवर तिथल्या तमिळ नागरिकांच्या मानवी हक्कांचं उल्लंघन केल्याप्रकरणी संयुक्त राष्ट्रांत ठराव मांडण्यात आला, त्यावेळीही पाकिस्ताननं श्रीलंकन सरकारची बाजू घेतली होती. हे पाऊल अमेरिकेच्या विरोधात जाणारं. त्यामुळे पाकिस्तान आणि अमेरिका यांच्यातली दरी आणखी रुंदावतेय.
त्याशिवाय नुकतंच सेऊलमध्ये झालेल्या अणू परिषदेत पाकिस्तानच्या धोरणांवर टीका झाली होती. त्यामुळे आंतरराष्ट्रीय राजकारणात पाकिस्तान आणखीनच एकाकी पडलंय.
भारताबरोबर व्यापारी संबंध
जवळचे नातेवाईक दूर होतात, तेव्हा शेजाऱ्यांना तरी सांभाळून ठेवण्याचा प्रयत्न माणूस करतो, पाकिस्तानचंही सध्या तसंच चाललंय. जगभर विरोध वाढणं पाकिस्तानला परवडणारं नाही. आंतरराष्ट्रीय समुदायाचं मन वळवण्यासाठी पाकिस्तानला भारताशी संबंध सुधारणं गरजेचं आहे. म्हणूनच तर पाकिस्ताननं भारताला मोस्ट फेवर्ड नेशनचा दर्जा, म्हणजेच व्यापारासाठी पहिली पसंती दिलीय.
पाकिस्तान आणि अमेरिकेत निवडणुका
पुढील वर्षी फेब्रुवारीमध्ये पाकिस्तानात निवडणुका होणार आहेत. त्यासाठीच झरदारी आणि पंतप्रधान गिलानींच्या पाकिस्तान पिपल्स पार्टीला आपण देशाची प्रतिमा सुधारत असल्याचं चित्र दाखवायचंय. तर अमेरिकेतही यंदा होणाऱ्या निवडणुकांच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर भारत-पाक संबंधांमध्ये सुधारण ही बराक ओबामांसाठी जमेची बाजू ठरू शकते. म्हणूनच अमेरिकेनंही झरदारींच्या भारत-भेटीचं स्वागत केलं.
झरदारींचं असुरक्षित भवितव्य
आसिफ अली झरदारी सध्या पाकिस्तानचे राष्ट्रपती असले, तरी त्यांच्या पदावर आणि भवितव्यावर टांगती तलवार कायम आहे. त्यांच्यावर भ्रष्टाचाराचे आरोप वारंवार होत आहेत. अशा परिस्थितीत झरदारींना पाकिस्तानातील जनतेचा विश्वास जिंकायचाय. भारताकडून काही पदरात पडलं तर, आपलं काम सोपं होईल अशी झरदारींना आशा असावी.
बिलावलचा प्रसार
झरदारी-मनमोहन भेटीइतकीच यावेळी चर्चा झाली ती बिलावल भुट्टो-झरदारी आणि राहुल गांधी या पुढच्या पिढीच्या नेत्यांची भेटीची.
अवघ्या २३ वर्षांच्या बिलावलनं पाकिस्तान पिपल्स पार्टीचा चेअरमन म्हणून अजूनतरी आपली वेगळी छाप पाडलेली नाही. मात्र तरिही भविष्यातला पाकिस्तानचा नेता म्हणून बिलावलला प्रोजेक्ट केलं जातं आणि भारताच्या भविष्यातल्या नेत्याला भेटणं बिलावलसाठी तरी नक्कीच फायद्याचं ठरू शकतं.
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Saturday, 17 March 2012
SACHIN TENDULKAR: 100 NOT OUT
Sachin Tendulkar finally hits 100th international century: 16th March 2012
Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, treated like God by his fans, ended the long and tiring wait for his 100th international century on Friday at Dhaka'sShere Bangla National Stadium.
Sachin hits 100th ton
Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in the history of both Test and one-day cricket, achieved the most-coveted ton by taking a single off Shakib Al Hasan against Bangladesh in Asia Cup. Tendulkar's century came off 138 balls and was studded with 10 fours and a six.
"I can't think of anything at this stage, it has been a tough phase for me," Tendulkar told Neo Cricket channel after his innings. "I started off the season well but was luckless. It does not matter how many hundreds you score, you still have to grind it out."
"When I got the 99th century, no one spoke about it. I guess it was the media which started it. Everywhere I went people were talking about my 100th hundred," he said.
He was finally out for 114, caught behind off Mashrafe bin Mortaza, who then ran over to shake his hand.
The master blaster's 99th century had come against South Africa on March 12, 2011, at Nagpur during the World Cup. Friday's century was Tendulkar's 49th in one-dayers; he has 51 Test centuries.
Tendulkar, who was left stranded on 99 international hundreds for a year and four days, played Test series against England, the West Indies and Australia. He also featured in the recently concluded triseries in Australia but his bid to become the first batsman to score 100 international hundreds remained unfulfilled, although he came close on a few occasions.
Tendulkar has set a benchmark unlikely to be surpassed in his lifetime, with his closest rival,Ricky Ponting, on 68 international centuries and approaching the twilight of his career at the age of 37.
Since his international debut at 16 against archrival Pakistan in 1989, Tendulkar has been compared to not only top batsmen of his era like Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq, but also to Australian great Donald Bradman as the best batsman ever.
Bradman, who retired in 1948 with an average of 99.94 runs, said Tendulkar reminded him of his own playing style.
Tendulkar has defied age and injury at every stage of his career. Whenever injuries threatened to stall his career, he pushed his body to the limit, and sometimes even beyond. Even the most threatening of all his injuries - the painful tennis elbow (in 2004) - couldn't break him. He cried out in agony, waited with hope for almost a year, tackled it with determination and ultimately conquered it like only he can.
In February 2010, Tendulkar became the first in world cricket to score a double hundred in one-day internationals, while in December 2010 he became the first to score 50 Test tons, both landmarks achieved against the best pace attack in world cricket - South Africa.
Wisden, regarded as the bible of cricket, named Tendulkar as the leading cricketer in the world for the year 2010.
In 2007, Wisden had identified Tendulkar as the player to have won such an award for 1998 - had it been instituted then.
Tendulkar, who realised his long-cherished dream when India won the World Cup in April 2011, was also named in Wisden's 2009 Test XI, at his accustomed number four position.
His passion for the game not only keeps him going, but also gives him the opportunity to reinvent himself. Each time he goes out on to the field he seems to be raising the bar for himself.
Sachin hits 100th ton
Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in the history of both Test and one-day cricket, achieved the most-coveted ton by taking a single off Shakib Al Hasan against Bangladesh in Asia Cup. Tendulkar's century came off 138 balls and was studded with 10 fours and a six.
"I can't think of anything at this stage, it has been a tough phase for me," Tendulkar told Neo Cricket channel after his innings. "I started off the season well but was luckless. It does not matter how many hundreds you score, you still have to grind it out."
"When I got the 99th century, no one spoke about it. I guess it was the media which started it. Everywhere I went people were talking about my 100th hundred," he said.
He was finally out for 114, caught behind off Mashrafe bin Mortaza, who then ran over to shake his hand.
The master blaster's 99th century had come against South Africa on March 12, 2011, at Nagpur during the World Cup. Friday's century was Tendulkar's 49th in one-dayers; he has 51 Test centuries.
Tendulkar, who was left stranded on 99 international hundreds for a year and four days, played Test series against England, the West Indies and Australia. He also featured in the recently concluded triseries in Australia but his bid to become the first batsman to score 100 international hundreds remained unfulfilled, although he came close on a few occasions.
Tendulkar has set a benchmark unlikely to be surpassed in his lifetime, with his closest rival,Ricky Ponting, on 68 international centuries and approaching the twilight of his career at the age of 37.
Since his international debut at 16 against archrival Pakistan in 1989, Tendulkar has been compared to not only top batsmen of his era like Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq, but also to Australian great Donald Bradman as the best batsman ever.
Bradman, who retired in 1948 with an average of 99.94 runs, said Tendulkar reminded him of his own playing style.
Tendulkar has defied age and injury at every stage of his career. Whenever injuries threatened to stall his career, he pushed his body to the limit, and sometimes even beyond. Even the most threatening of all his injuries - the painful tennis elbow (in 2004) - couldn't break him. He cried out in agony, waited with hope for almost a year, tackled it with determination and ultimately conquered it like only he can.
In February 2010, Tendulkar became the first in world cricket to score a double hundred in one-day internationals, while in December 2010 he became the first to score 50 Test tons, both landmarks achieved against the best pace attack in world cricket - South Africa.
Wisden, regarded as the bible of cricket, named Tendulkar as the leading cricketer in the world for the year 2010.
In 2007, Wisden had identified Tendulkar as the player to have won such an award for 1998 - had it been instituted then.
Tendulkar, who realised his long-cherished dream when India won the World Cup in April 2011, was also named in Wisden's 2009 Test XI, at his accustomed number four position.
His passion for the game not only keeps him going, but also gives him the opportunity to reinvent himself. Each time he goes out on to the field he seems to be raising the bar for himself.
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