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Bitty Ruminations 57
Posted on June 27, 2011
I’m sorry, but I’m appalled and alarmed at how Indians are increasingly equating humility with some kind of greatness. My mouth is afroth upon seeing this tweet by Sachin Tendulkar after meeting Roger Federer: “Spent an hour with Roger Federer chatting on the balcony of Wimbledon Royal box. What a humble guy.” In other words, did the man have zero personality? Did he keep saying fake-modest things like “I am dirt — no, the earthworm beneath the dirt; no, the layer of soil beneath the earthworm beneath the dirt — before Borg” and “I just go out there and play my game” and “Winning and losing makes no difference as long as you play your heart out”?
Bah! Give me McEnroe and his “you can’t be serious” tantrums any day. That was entertainment. This is a moral science lesson.
PS: I hope it’s understood that my beef is not with Federer but with the general tendency to say a man is great because he’s humble. If that were indeed the case, great men would be the most boring men.
PPS: Is this a worldwide disease or one peculiar to Indians?
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