Unmukt Chand, is the captain of the India under 19 cricket team
(this information is for those who are worse than me in keeping up to date with
cricket). His team managed to beat Australia and lift the world cup - under 19.
Great and congratulations. The whole team is assured of a great future in cricket,
fantastic sale prices in IPL, endorsement offers by ‘Youngistan’ Pepsi and
what not. Very good. Let them enjoy. They
deserve it.
Now, what concerns me is the hue and cry (lead by our media)
regarding the captain of the team being denied a chance to appear for and clear
his BA exam. I appreciate the college authorities who stuck to rules and
refused permission to appear for exams. Chand was playing cricket, no time for attending classes, lack of attendance (less than 33%), and so can't take exams. Right. What irks me is the apologetic utterances
by the VC of Delhi university (I don’t know his name) and the Minister for
human resources (Kapil Sibal) and their determination to set things right.
I do not understand what is there to set right? Unmukt Chand
could have given up cricket and remained in his class like we fools and could
have got his BA, BDS or whatever. He was good in Cricket, selected cricket and
assured himself of a great career. Fine. But if he wants his BA, he should
attend classes, study for exams and pass. That should be the stand of the University.
If the university wants a share of Chand’s glory it can offer him a Hon. Phd. and the minister can recommend him for 'Padmashri', both of which are available to all our cine actors, politicians and other popular folks.
The university and the government should try to save what little credibility our university degrees still have. Let we mortals have our degrees and the cricketers their glory.
The VC and minister are not trying to set things right, they
are trying to set things wrong.
5 comments:
Could not agree more. Definitely couldn't have written it better. Were there such issues with the likes of Kumble and Srinath (both BEs?) I don't know.
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With Anil Kumble, there is a wonderful story about him coming back from the eventful England tour where he excelled, and attending the next class in JCE. his reply to where he had been was " games ge hogidde sir". He quietly took all the criticism from the lecturer, and refused to say he had actually represented the country in spite of his friends urging him. To be fair to Unmukt, he has clealy said he doesn't expect the University to bend rules for him.
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