{"id":5394,"date":"2007-11-22T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-22T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2007-11-22T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-22T07:25:00","slug":"playing-for-the-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/playing-for-the-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing For The Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Rohit Brijnath is on song, he’s a heck of a writer. His latest piece on Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> is wonderful, and I love the way it ends:<\/p>\n What does Tendulkar play for? Team, himself, pride, records? Maybe he plays because part of him is just a boy who finds himself when bat meets ball. Maybe he plays because of a boy agog in the stands. Maybe he has summoned this last reservoir of energy to show a kid, now old enough to understand, why, for 18 years, the world has made such a fuss about his father.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Read the full thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Link via Prem Panicker<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Rohit Brijnath is on song, he’s a heck of a writer. His latest piece on Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> is wonderful, and I love the way it ends:<\/p>\n What does Tendulkar play for? Team, himself, pride, records? Maybe he plays because part of him is just a boy who finds himself when bat meets ball. Maybe he plays because of a boy agog in the stands. Maybe he has summoned this last reservoir of energy to show a kid, now old enough to understand, why, for 18 years, the world has made such a fuss about his father.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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