{"id":4588,"date":"2011-04-05T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2011-04-05T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T14:50:00","slug":"indias-transfiguring-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=4588","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Transfiguring Hour !"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R8iR5qq1vAc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As we said in our columns before, 1030 PM on 02042011, proved to be India&#8217;s<br \/>transfiguring hour !<\/p>\n<p>Some idol worshipping Indians have not  acknowledged the role played by<br \/>Gambhir. He came in when Sehwag was out  second ball and when he got out, the<br \/>score was 223\/4 and the dew had set in  !<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 97 in the World Cup final was not the  best innings in my career but no<br \/>doubt the most important one so far,&#8221; the  29 year old Gambhir told reporters<br \/>after reaching Delhi<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a  special knock for me as it came in a special situation. The whole<br \/>country  was expecting us to win the World Cup and I have contributed my bit<br \/>in  India&#8217;s triumph. So, it was the most important innings of my career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His  Delhi team mate Kohli supported him in a vital 83 run stand for the<br \/>third  wicket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, a century in the final would have been the icing on  the cake.<br \/>But winning was more important for the country. If you had hit a  century but<br \/>your team lost there was no point,&#8221; said the dashing left  hander.<\/p>\n<p>Normally he opens, but when he came in at No 3, India were 0\/1,  and his<br \/>experience as an opener served him well, particularly against the  fast<br \/>slinging deliveries of Slinga Malinga !<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the other hand, if  you missed a century but helped your team win the<br \/>World Cup, that I will  take.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One billion people were worried that the Little Master may score a  century<br \/>and India may lose. One billion minds were worried that Indian  batting may<br \/>collapse. But when Gambhir and Dhoni took over the  responsibility of<br \/>steering India to victory, gone were the worries from the  minds of the one<br \/>billion. One billion felt like World Champions from then  on.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span><span style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; \"><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"354\" height=\"299\" bg=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"71\" height=\"69\"><span><b>Jup <\/b> <b><span>Sun<\/span><\/b> <span><b>Mar<\/b><\/span><b><span>Mer<\/span><\/b>    <\/span><b><span>Moo<\/span><\/b><span>    <\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" height=\"69\"><span><b><span> <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"94\" height=\"69\"> <\/td>\n<td width=\"69\" height=\"69\"><span>  <b>Ket <\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"71\" height=\"74\"><b><span> Ven <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"192\" height=\"150\" rowspan=\"2\" colspan=\"2\"><b><span>                   RASI<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"69\" height=\"76\"><b>LA<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"71\" height=\"72\"> <\/td>\n<td width=\"69\" height=\"70\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"71\" height=\"65\">\n<p><span>   <b>Rah  <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" height=\"65\"><span> <b>  <\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"94\" height=\"65\"><b><span> <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"69\" height=\"65\"><b><span> Sat <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><span><\/span><\/b><span><span style=\"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span>The map of the Heavens at 0230 PM, 02042011, Mumbai.<\/div>\n<div>LA means Lunar Ascendant ( Here Cancer Moon ) <\/div>\n<div>On April 1, Moon was the only planet adverse for India. On Apr 2,  Moon moved<br \/>over to India&#8217;s House of Fortune and all planets became  beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>It was as if the heavens stood ranged to say<br \/>&#8220;Be Thou The  World Champions&#8221; !<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>Saturn in the benign Thirld represented the Crown<\/div>\n<div>Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mars in the Ninth represented Divine  Grace<\/div>\n<div>Venus in the Eighth represented Wealth<\/div>\n<div>And the Nodes in the 6\/12 represented Conquest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we said in our columns before, 1030 PM on 02042011, proved to be India&#8217;stransfiguring hour ! Some idol worshipping Indians have not acknowledged the role played byGambhir. 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