Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Teachers’ Day honoured the memory of his late father, Ramesh Tendulkar, by announcing the Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship, an initiative aimed at supporting young doctors specialising in cleft and craniofacial care in Srinagar.
I begin at home,” Tendulkar said in a statement released by STF. “When I think about the people who shaped my journey, I do not begin with a cricket ground or a coach. “My father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a writer, poet, and professor, but more a mentor, a guide to many, including me. “I was simply a boy who loved playing cricket. My father saw something more. He did not try to decide what I should become. “That, in many ways, is what a great teacher or mentor does. “For me, this is more than a fellowship.
He gave me the freedom to pursue cricket while reminding me that success should never come at the cost of character,” he said. The former India batter said his father recognised his passion and potential but never tried to dictate what he should become. Instead, he gave me the space and support to discover it for myself,” Tendulkar said. He said this experience shaped his belief in the importance of teachers and mentors in helping young people recognise their abilities. They recognise a possibility in you before you can recognise it yourself,” he said. Tendulkar said the fellowship was an extension of the values his father stood for and an effort to create opportunities for others. It is a way of carrying forward something my father deeply believed in, that education creates opportunity, and that opportunity becomes truly meaningful when it is used to serve others,” he said.
