On a recent television discussion, Ajay Jadeja pointed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the Indian Obama. This after all, is a cricketer from a non-traditional centre, who has arisen out of obscurity by sheer dint of his own effort and mirrors the hopes of an increasingly young and meritocratic India. Cricket, in that sense is a social mirror, but the hard fact is that the political equivalent of a Dhoni or an Obama remains a distant dream.
The author is a Visiting Fellow at Australian National University, Canberra
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