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Dreams Unlimited
As the country celebrates the Twenty20 world cup triumph, a and with them, the ideal of truly democratic India gets manifested for many of these boys come from small hitherto unknown towns, and have overcome tremendous odds.
India captain triumphant, MS Dhoni, is a case in point. The son of lower division goveronment clerk, he played from jharkhand, a low ranking Ranji side. However, his talent was spotted in spite of the odds, and eversince with a blazing 148 against pakistan, there has been no looking back. Back in hometown Ranchi, every other boy wants to copy his hairstyle and bat like him. A gain, Irfan Pathan may now be getting accolades for every wicket taken, and brother Yusuf for every boundary hit, but during their childhood at the Baroda mosque, where they grew up, they got more reprimanded than praised.
Back in Rae Bareli, the small town in Uttar Pradesh and RP Singh’s homotown, the ever feared power cut kept most television sets turned off even as the left arm pacer picked up three crucial wickets in the final match Rae Bareli may still be facing the perennial power problem characterustic of small towns, but the light has been shown by RP Singh, that nothing can stop you from realising your dreams.