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భారత్-పాకిస్థాన్ మ్యాచ్పై గంగూలీ ఒకే మాట...!
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Published : Dec 20, 2019, 4:23 PM IST
టీమిండియా మాజీ సారథి సౌరభ్ గంగూలీ తన అభిప్రాయాలను నిర్మొహమాటంగా వెల్లడిస్తాడు. అక్టోబర్లో బీసీసీఐ అధ్యక్షుడిగా బాధ్యతలు చేపట్టిన దాదా.. చారిత్రక పింక్ బాల్ టెస్టు నిర్వహణ, బోర్డు రాజ్యాంగంలో మార్పులు వంటి పలు అంశాలపై కీలక నిర్ణయాలు తీసుకున్నాడు. అయితే ఇతడి ఎన్నికతో భారత్-పాకిస్థాన్ మధ్య ఆగిపోయిన ద్వైపాక్షిక సిరీస్లు మళ్లీ మొదలవుతాయని ఆశించారు క్రీడా పండితులు. అయితే దాదాపు రెండు నెలలు ఈ పదవిలో ఉన్న దాదా.. ఆ విషయంపై తాజాగా స్పందించాడు.
ఇరు దేశాల మధ్య మ్యాచ్ అంటే రెండు దేశాల ప్రధానుల అనుమతి తప్పక అవసరమని అన్నాడు గంగూలీ. ఇది రెండు ప్రభుత్వాల నిర్ణయమని చెప్పుకొచ్చిన దాదా... అంతర్జాతీయ పర్యటనలు అన్నీ ప్రభుత్వ అనుమతులతోనే కొనసాగుతాయని వివరణ ఇచ్చాడు.
ఎనిమిదేళ్ల క్రితం దాదానే...
2012లో చివరిసారిగా భారత్-పాక్... రెండు టీ20లు, 3 వన్డేల పరిమిత ఓవర్ల క్రికెట్‌ సిరీస్‌లో తలపడ్డాయి. పాక్ ఉగ్రవాదాన్ని ఎగదోయడం, యుద్ధాలకు దిగుతుండటం వల్ల ఆ దేశంతో సంబంధాలు బలహీనమయ్యాయి. ఈ ఏడాది ఫిబ్రవరిలో జరిగిన పుల్వామా ఘటన తర్వాత ఇరుదేశాల మధ్య సంబంధాలు మరింత క్షీణించాయి.
1999 కార్గిల్‌ యుద్ధం తర్వాత గంగూలీ నేతృత్వంలోనే టీమిండియా.. 2004లో పాక్ పర్యటనకు వెళ్లింది. 1989 తర్వాత భారత జట్టు అక్కడ పర్యటించడం అదే తొలిసారి. గంగూలీ పదవి చేపట్టాక మళ్లీ ఆ చరిత్ర పునరావృతమవుతుందని భావించారు అభిమానులు.
టీమిండియా మాజీ సారథి సౌరభ్ గంగూలీ తన అభిప్రాయాలను నిర్మొహమాటంగా వెల్లడిస్తాడు. అక్టోబర్లో బీసీసీఐ అధ్యక్షుడిగా బాధ్యతలు చేపట్టిన దాదా.. చారిత్రక పింక్ బాల్ టెస్టు నిర్వహణ, బోర్డు రాజ్యాంగంలో మార్పులు వంటి పలు అంశాలపై కీలక నిర్ణయాలు తీసుకున్నాడు. అయితే ఇతడి ఎన్నికతో భారత్-పాకిస్థాన్ మధ్య ఆగిపోయిన ద్వైపాక్షిక సిరీస్లు మళ్లీ మొదలవుతాయని ఆశించారు క్రీడా పండితులు. అయితే దాదాపు రెండు నెలలు ఈ పదవిలో ఉన్న దాదా.. ఆ విషయంపై తాజాగా స్పందించాడు.
ఇరు దేశాల మధ్య మ్యాచ్ అంటే రెండు దేశాల ప్రధానుల అనుమతి తప్పక అవసరమని అన్నాడు గంగూలీ. ఇది రెండు ప్రభుత్వాల నిర్ణయమని చెప్పుకొచ్చిన దాదా... అంతర్జాతీయ పర్యటనలు అన్నీ ప్రభుత్వ అనుమతులతోనే కొనసాగుతాయని వివరణ ఇచ్చాడు.
ఎనిమిదేళ్ల క్రితం దాదానే...
2012లో చివరిసారిగా భారత్-పాక్... రెండు టీ20లు, 3 వన్డేల పరిమిత ఓవర్ల క్రికెట్‌ సిరీస్‌లో తలపడ్డాయి. పాక్ ఉగ్రవాదాన్ని ఎగదోయడం, యుద్ధాలకు దిగుతుండటం వల్ల ఆ దేశంతో సంబంధాలు బలహీనమయ్యాయి. ఈ ఏడాది ఫిబ్రవరిలో జరిగిన పుల్వామా ఘటన తర్వాత ఇరుదేశాల మధ్య సంబంధాలు మరింత క్షీణించాయి.
1999 కార్గిల్‌ యుద్ధం తర్వాత గంగూలీ నేతృత్వంలోనే టీమిండియా.. 2004లో పాక్ పర్యటనకు వెళ్లింది. 1989 తర్వాత భారత జట్టు అక్కడ పర్యటించడం అదే తొలిసారి. గంగూలీ పదవి చేపట్టాక మళ్లీ ఆ చరిత్ర పునరావృతమవుతుందని భావించారు అభిమానులు.
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Paris - 4 December 2019
1. Various of Notre Dame Cathedral exteriors some showing work underway on damaged portion from fire
2. Tilt down on a different Gothic church in Paris, Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
3. Notre Dame Cathedral's rector Patrick Chauvet walking inside Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
4. Iconic Gothic sculpture, 'The Virgin of Paris'
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Patrick Chauvet, Notre Dame Cathedral Rector:
"The cathedral, she is 855 years old. She's an old lady. And it's true that cathedrals always celebrate Christmas. At some point during the 1914 war (World War I) I believe the cathedral was closed. During the (French) Revolution, for about two years, it pretty much stopped being a place of religious worship, so there was no evening or midnight mass. But after the Revolution, the cathedral has always held mass even during World War II."
6. Candle alight inside the church
7. Various of Virgin of Paris sculpture
8. Wide interior of church
9. Close-up from Chauvet to sculpture of Virgin of Paris
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Henri Chauvet, Notre Dame Cathedral Rector:
"The link we have with Notre Dame Cathedral is the one called the Virgin of Paris that you see here. This virgin is from the 14th century and I was going to say it's a miraculous virgin. Why? Because the vault of the cathedral, at the time of the fire, completely crashed. There were stones everywhere, but she was spared. She could have naturally received the vault on her head and be completely crushed. Well, that was not the case. So for me it was really the miraculous virgin. But I could also say that she is a miraculous virgin in the sense that she lived very much in Notre Dame Cathedral. She looked at all the pilgrims, all the visitors, 35,000 a day."
11. Various of Virgin of Paris sculpture
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Patrick Chauvet, Notre Dame Cathedral Rector:
"I was surrounded by President Macron, the Archbishop of Paris, we were there, hand in hand, watching the cathedral and saying to each other 'What's going to happen? Are we going to see it disappear?" And then maybe at midnight when I entered the cathedral, the General and the firefighters gave us authorization to enter and I was with the President and Madame Macron and I hear the President (Macron) say to me 'but the cross, the illuminated cross, it is here' and I tell him 'and look at the Virgin, she is there'."
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Paris - 16 December 2019
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13. Various exteriors of Notre Dame Cathedral illuminated
14. Tilt down inside the Church of Saint-Sulpice with Notre Dame choir singing
15. Various of choir singing
16. SOUNDITE (French) Henri Chalet, Director of the Notre Dame Choir:
"We have talked a lot about exile for mastery. I would rather speak outside the walls because there is no hope in this term. There is much more positivity. Exile brings a lot back to sadness. Obviously, there is a lot of sadness and desolation for us to no longer be in our second home (Notre Dame). But there is also an enormous amount of hope, because it is only a period of time. The cathedral is sick. It will be sick for five years, six years. That's nothing at all compared with 850 years. On a human scale it seems very long, but in terms of the scale of the cathedral, five years over 850 years is nothing at all."
17. Various of the choir singing
18. SOUNDIBTE (English) Mathilde Ortscheidt, member of the Notre Dame Choir:
"To think that I was ill last Christmas and I missed Christmas at Notre Dame thinking that I would go again this year with no problem. No, I can't believe I'm not going to do Christmas. It was such a nice time with the children as well, because it's rare for the choir to be all together with the children and then the youngsters and us, so yes, I'm missing that already."
19. Choir singing
STORYLINE:
Notre Dame Cathedral won't be celebrating Christmas this year, for the first time since the French Revolution more than two centuries ago.
The Paris landmark kept going during two world wars, but it took a fire in peacetime - in April this year - to close it down.
As the lights stay dim in the once-invincible 855-year-old Paris landmark, officials are trying hard to focus on the immediate task of keeping Notre Dame alive in exile through service, song and prayer.
It has decamped its rector, famed statue, liturgy and Christmas celebrations to a new temporary home just under a mile away, at another Gothic church in Paris called Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.
And there it will remain, as works slowly progress to consolidate and rebuild the cathedral after the fire destroyed its lead roof and spire and was moments away from engulfing its two stone towers.
"She's an old lady... This is the first time since the French Revolution that there will be no midnight Mass (at Notre Dame)," said the cathedral's rector Patrick Chauvet.
During the Revolution, anti-Catholic French activists turned the cathedral into a "temple of reason".
Christmas in exile at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois this year will be a history-making moment.
There will be a wooden liturgical platform that has been constructed in the Saint-Germain church to resemble Notre Dame's own. A service will be led at midnight on Dec. 24 by Chauvet to a crowd of faithful, including many who would normally worship in the cathedral, accompanied by song from some of Notre Dame's now-itinerant choir.
The cathedral's iconic Gothic sculpture "The Virgin of Paris," from which some say Notre Dame owes its name, is also on display in the new annexe.
The 14th-century masterpiece, which measures around two meters (six feet) and depicts Mary and baby Jesus, has come to embody a message of hope following the fire, after it was spared from destruction by a "miracle."
"It's a miraculous virgin," declared Chauvet. "The vault of the cathedral completely crashed. There were stones everywhere, but she was spared. She could have naturally received the vault on her head and have been completely crushed," he said.
He recalled the moment on the night of the fire when he discovered this, as he was holding hands with French President Emmanuel Macron on the cathedral's forecourt. Around midnight as the flames subsided, they were finally let inside to look, as Chauvet pointed and exclaimed to Macron: "Look at the Virgin, she is there!"
Chauvet said having the statue nearby at Christmas would be comforting.
"She lived very much in Notre Dame. She watched the pilgrims, all the 35,000 visitors a day ... It keeps us going," Chauvet said.
Another reason for hope: since November, after months in the dark, the facade of the cathedral is being lit up after dusk for the first time since the fire.
Tourists over the festive period can now see the famed gargoyles and stone statues at night in their full illuminated splendour from the adjacent bridges, although the forecourt is still closed.
Cathedral officials chose Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois as the new temporary home because of its proximity to Notre Dame, just next to the Louvre, allowing ease of movement for clerics who lived near the cathedral. Also, because of its prestigious history.
It was once a royal church that boasted among its faithful the French king, in the days when he still had his head and lived in the nearby Louvre Palace. The king, Chauvet explained, would simply cross the esplanade to come and attend Mass.
Since September, the church has been welcoming the cathedral's flock each Sunday.
Though Notre Dame has moved liturgically to a new home, Notre Dame will always remain Paris' cathedral so long as the bishop's physical chair, or "cathedra" doesn't move.
Derived from the Greek word for "seat," and giving the building its very name, a cathedral's entire identity technically boils down to the presence of a chair.
"The cathedra is at the cathedral and so it remains Notre Dame Cathedral, which is the cathedral in the heart of Paris," Chauvet said
It is not only the faithful who have been displaced since April's devastating blaze.
Notre Dame was home to a vibrant 160-strong choir school, which provided singers for each and every one of the cathedral's some 1,000 annual services.
Midnight Mass at Christmas was always a special event in the year, one of the rare times the entire choir sung together and used the cathedral's famed acoustics to their fullest.
Instead of disbanding, this now-homeless chorus of singers, ranging in age from 6 to 30, has continued to operate.
Different sections of the choir put on concerts in churches, such as Saint Eustache and Saint Sulpice, in Paris and beyond. On Christmas Eve, its members will sing at various yuletide events, including at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, as well as, bizarrely, at the Russian Circus.
Henri Chalet, a choir director, sees reasons to be optimistic.
In the grand scheme of things, five or six years of restoration for an 855-year-old cathedral "is nothing at all," he reasoned.
Notre Dame choir singer Mathilde Ortscheidt, 29, left a little more space for melancholy as she regretted her absence at last year's Midnight Mass.
"To think that I was ill last Christmas, thinking that I would go again this year with no problem!" she said.
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