He was quick and fast in his knack, and guile with the hockey stick. He was always surrounded by two to three defenders. A few even rated him a bigger talent than Dhanraj Pillay. He was touted as the “next big thing” in Indian hockey. Against Germany in the semifinals, he scored the golden goal and ensured that India reached the finals of a junior hockey world cup for the very first in its glorious history.īack home in his native country, he played for the Northern Railways (NR). Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 1997 – Let Me Entertain You, He Said.Īn attractive emotion in the ‘D,’ a cheetah on the field who ran through defenses like butter on bread, Rajiv Mishra was the tournament player in the Junior World Cup in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire–a tournament in which India failed to qualify for 12 years.

We, the game’s very fans, will mourn the loss of talent which could have changed the way in many ways, field hockey would have been looked at, today. More often than not, as individuals and human beings, we might even brush off mellifluous scrutiny in every move of us, in every walk of life.įield Hockey lovers and Indian hockey fans, in particular across the globe, will continue to ponder over the unlived and unfulfilled potential of a boy who rose to legendary ranks – all in a short time. It takes a lifetime of sacrificing oneself in whatever they could offer, be it art, sport, science, or literature–to invocate the respect and love of a follower. Well, they say, emotion, love, and adoration are not gifted overnight. Will we dare to forget an individual’s indulgence of any mistakes on the field, when a dish of sublime culinary art is put before us, whetting our appetite? No? Yes? But our question here is: Can the sore-throated social animal ever feel their meal sumptuously nutritious and delicious, should they find a dearth of a rare talent seeing its prognosticated light? Hands-on hearts. In field hockey, they say, even an error of microscopic proportions leads to anemia of confidence and paves rise to rich health of pride and confidence in our oppositions.Īt that moment, in the very process of scoring a goal, a life-ruining injury despite all the hard work and talent will end you up in spells of unanswerable disquietude.

ĭear professionals and aficionados of life and sport, allow me to put you through this rationale significance. It is the wild law of the world, unfortunately,” ~ Tamuna Tsertsvadze, Gift of the Fox. To beat the injustice, one must either apply the harshest methods sometimes or get squashed under the boots of the strong forces. “Once you grow, you’ll understand that this twisted world doesn’t run so smoothly. Injuries robbed us of being able to witness Rajiv Mishra’s long-term success.

Gift of the Fox by Tamuna Tsertsvadze