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Tendulkar, the matchwinner

There is always a raging debate on how many matches Tendulkar has won for the team. People argue that cricketers like Ponting and Gilchrist have won more matches for their teams. I also believed that Tendulkar has such great cricketing record not because he has been winning more matches for his team but because he has been always been very consistent. But sadly even if you are one of his biggest fan, you cannot form correct opinion. If you look at actutal number of odi's man of the match awards, you find that Tendulkar has won more man of the match award than any other player. This is not surprising considering the fact that he has played more matches than any other player. But what is surprising that he has won more man of the match award per match than any current active player ( among players who have won more than 14 man of the match award). Only two players in the history had been more prolific than Tendulkar in winning man of the match awards: Greenidge and Vivian Richards....

Rajat Gupta and Jagan

I had always looked up to Rajat Gupta as to be epitome of success that can be achieved by IITians or any hard working Indian. His father died when he was sixteen, his mother died two years later. Inspite of these personal setbacks he cleared IIT. He joined Mckinsey after doing his MBA from Harvard Business School. He was one of the first Indians in Mcksinsey. He was the head of Mckinsey for 9 years. Mckinsey assists world's biggest companies and governments across the world in devising strategies and taking decisions.  He chose one of the best companies to work for, Mckinsey is the dream company for all the B school graduates. But he did not choose the best place to be corrupt. Yesterday he was convicted for insider trading by a US court. The evidence against him is weak and would not have been enough to prove the charge in any Indian court. Maximum punishment for insider trading is 25 years in USA. And guess what is maximum punishment for insider trading in I...