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A tribute to R D Sharma

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A tribute to R D Sharma .... Rameshwar Dutt Sharma was an ordinary man, born  in  Purmafi , a sleepy village in Muzaffarnagar  District of Western Uttar Pradesh, where people mostly breath hookahs , talk politics and harvest  sugarcane. He neither breathed, talked or  harvested like the rest of them, he only played Volleyball. He might not be an Arjuna awardee, but he was a perfectionist not less than Lord Arjuna himself. He was not a political leader but had followers across the Nation, not a management graduate but inspired many a management guru. Perhaps he was not God but among the people who knew him, he was worshipped from their hearts. Courage or wisdom, determination or humanity, honesty or humour....... name it, he had it. After brief stints with UP police and Mohan Mekins , Pandit ji as he is popularly known joined  ONGC volleyball team in the early eighties.  That was just the beginning of a glorious era. Throughout his career ...