This article is written by Ravi Teja Mandapakka who is a GREAT Hockey " BUFF" and this is his tribute to the late Rajiv Mishra , who was a brilliant Hockey player but whose career was nipped in the bud by the destiny
The Rajiv Mishra Conundrum
by Ravi MandapakaFebruary 17, 2022field
hockey, Indian National Field Hockey Team, Rajiv
Mishra
Injuries robbed us of being able to witness Rajiv Mishra’s long-term
success.
“Once you grow, you’ll understand that this twisted world doesn’t
run so smoothly. To beat the injustice, one must either apply the harshest
methods sometimes or get squashed under the boots of the strong forces. It is
the wild law of the world, unfortunately,” ~ Tamuna Tsertsvadze, Gift of the Fox.
Dear professionals and aficionados of life and sport, allow me to
put you through this rationale significance. 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.
At 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. 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. 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?
Well, they say, emotion, love, and adoration are not gifted
overnight. 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. 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.
Pic - :: Rajiv Mishra ( Centre ) And Team Mates Are All Sad After they Had Lost The Junior World Cup Finals To Australia Conceding That LOSING Goal a Minute Before The Hooter
Field 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. 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.
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 1997 – Let Me Entertain You, He Said.
An 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. 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.
Back home in his native country, he played for the Northern Railways (NR). He was touted as the “next big thing” in Indian hockey. A few even rated him a bigger talent than Dhanraj Pillay. He was always surrounded by two to three defenders. He was quick and fast in his knack, and guile with the hockey stick. He had everything in him to become one of India’s finest and hockey’s finest.
But, you know what? Everything was fine until a devilish injury put an end to his international dreams and reputation. It might be a bit tough to say that I’m not going to talk about his speed, craft in passing the ball, picturesque skills with the stick, and his quest for consistency. I am sorry. I apologize. I fail as ever to remain unwept at the mere mention of his name.
National Camp, Patiala, Punjab, India.
India’s national field hockey team prepared for the Hockey World
Cup in Utrecht, 1998. A star-studded team with Jude Menezes, Dilip Tirkey,
Dhanraj Pillay, Mohammad Riaz, Mukesh Kumar, Baljit Singh Saini, Ramandeep
Singh, etc. were expected to represent India in its national game. In one training
game before the tournament, Rajiv Mishra in his natural journey towards the
goal was hit by a challenge from goalie Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah, which
resulted in a brutal injury to his knees. After a few minutes of rest on the
sidelines and playing through the pain, he must have realized that he could not
play to his full potential without going under the knife.
Maybe, we’ll never know.
Indeed, little did anyone know that knee injury would be curtains
on a great hockey career, criminally and murderously soon. Surgery and
rehabilitation followed. But another injury on Delhi’s Shivaji Stadium just
before the World Cup ended all his international dreams.
As days and months passed into years, Rajiv Mishra found life
outside his precarious silence and timorous tears–from Kuala Lumpur to Athens
and Sydney, Doha to Monchengladbach and Santiago, Hague and Ipoh to London and
Rio, and Tokyo towards Paris, Indian hockey moved on. It moved on from its
shabby tours and ignominious writhing on and off the media to a very emotional
Tokyo podium.
We might never ever know if time and space will pause and halt
eternally in the picturesque vacuum of our universe. But one question surely
remains the most painstakingly unanswered. Has India lost Mishra? Did field
hockey and its emporium fail to protect Rajiv’s talent and Mishra’s genius?
Uncontroversially, whose loss and mistake and error, is it? I will always fail
despite my hardest in fathoming the dignity and legion of one of India’s finest
talents in field hockey.
Long story short … Rajiv Mishra is Indian sport’s Rajinder Goel.
He remains the Palwankar Baloo we fail to celebrate. He was and is the Subash
Gupte of Indian Hockey. Sadly, and regretfully forever, Rajiv Mishra remains
field hockey’s most dangerous center-forward that we lost.
If today my heart stops, albeit to beat in heavens
Let me embark on a tranquil journey in empyreans
As I try to unearth the true nectar of myself
Let my physical remains, beneath the grave by thyself,
For my casket be smeared, mudded and unhonored.
Weep not thou, for my love for hockey’s undaunted,
Weep not thou for shalt always be revered.
Yours Hockeyly Ever,
Ravi Mandapaka.
That is it and this article describes Rajiv Mishra at his brilliant best
That is for sure.
Thank you
That is it
Regards and Thanks
Pics
Shyamal Bhattacharjee
Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree in B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored FIVE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta in 2012, GOLDEN QUOTES on Inspiration, Sorrow, Peace and Life, published by B.F.C Publications, Lucknow, and QUOTES:: Evolution and Origin of Management Electives by Clever Fox Publishing, Chennai and From Dhyan To Dhan :: Indian Hockey - Sudden Death Or Extra Time published by Clever Fox Publishing House . He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing .
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