The GODS.
Billions of ordinary men. Millions of leaders. Thousands of Icons. Hundreds of idols. Only a handful of Gods.
It takes much beyond skill, beyond talent, beyond fame, beyond hard work, much beyond any of the parameters of virtue to be hailed a God.
Here are ten that deserve the title.
DIEGO MARADONA.
Arguably, the greatest footballer ever to have set foot on a football field.
For millions of fanatic fans the world over, the god himself.
Maradona is God.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
The greatest patriot of mother India.
The man that gifted Hinduism to the world.
Sowed the seeds of spiritual nationalism
Vivekananda is God.
SRI SATYA SAI BABA
Super powers or no super powers, The greatest of contemporary spiritual masters.
The boon of millions of under privileged people.
His efforts towards quality healthcare, education and drinking water to the poorest of the poor make him one of the greatest of modern social servants.
Bhagawan Satya Sai is God.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Inarguably, the greatest abstract scientific thinker of modern times.
The man that changed the way physics is looked at.
The idol of millions science students.
Einstein is God.
SACHIN TENDULKAR
The greatest man to have wielded the willow.
The focal point of billions of prayers.
Pintsized giant of one of the most crowd intensive games ever invented.
Sachin is God.
M.K. GANDHI
One of the greatest of social thinkers.
The messiah of non-voilence.
Arguably, the greatest Indian gift to the world in modern times.
Gandhi is God.
KURT COBAIN.
Leader and spiritual center for arguably the most influential rock band ever, Niravana.
Personal limitations notwitstanding, emerged as the spokesperson for the Generation X.
With a short life of 27 years, probably the biggest single influence on a generation of music fans.
Kurt is God.
CALVIN
Calvin is god. Period.
MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr.
The most famous leader of the American Civil Rights movement.
Arguably, the most influential individual America has ever seen.
In the times of mindless propagation of voilence, This advocate of non voilence and racial equality is still remembered.
Martin Luther is God.
SRINIVASA RAMANUJAM.
Inarguably, the most gifted of all known modern men.
A mathematician so great that his name transcends jealousies, the one superlatively great mathematician whom India has produced in the last thousand years. His leaps of intuition confound mathematicians even today.
His papers are still plumbed for their secrets. His theorems are being applied in areas scarcely imaginable during his lifetime.
All of 33 years old at death. Ramanujam is God.
Saw ur huge comment on Naresh’s blog…
Good pick up of the 10 ppl!!
But personally I differ with the choice of M.K.Gandhi..Just my personal opinion..
@ Saraswathi… Am not a great fan of M.K. gandhi myself. I consciously avoided his mahatma tag. But as much as I may not like him, there is no denying his idol like status in the minds of millions of people.
gandhi has his own pros and his own cons..
and m sure everyone u listed up there does.. but he sure is one of the bests!
good job on the collection!
cheers
Anna I too noticed tht u deleted the Mahatma tag in the name of Gandhi, bt then I differ with another person-Satya Sai Baba! If flwng is the only way we determine god status, then even filmstars n Bill Gates can figure here. Anyway, thtz purely my personal opinion-prejudice u may call it- and I like the fact that this 10 listing will have atleast 80% acceptance. Good Job!
@ naresh… Its not about following in case of the baba. please read the reasons I gave in the post.
90% acceptance!!okie okie 5% xtra as am ahuge fan of calvin:D
neway gandhi errrr i dun realie think so…hes hyped way 2 much!
this sucks my balls
couldn’ t agree more on maradona or swami vivekananda,but gandhi the greatest indian gift to the modren world..cant agreee…but..nice collection mate(Y)