Can Man Play God : Should euthanasia b legalised

Man, god’s favorite child, has been bestowed upon with rare gifts -the
ability to control his fellow beings, command food, comfort and power.
But there are things that are out of bounds even to him –his arrival on
earth and departure from it: to shed the euphemism, his birth and
death. Thus, when an attempt is made to control these, it leads to an
ethical conflict. Euthanasia or mercy-killing is an issue toeing this
line, and hence carries profound moral implications. It is therefore
imperative for anyone to discuss both sides of this issue, before
attempting any judgment.

What is worse than death; it is
suffering, agony. An active brain caged in a body it cannot control, a
world it can perceive but cannot pertain to – isn’t this the very
epitome of agony? This is the plight of the ‘brain-dead’. They are
called ‘vegetables’, they are the living-dead. Alive but not awake -
the comatose and their loving relatives biding time in anguish –isn’t
this desperation personified. Devoid of medical hope, spiraling down
the path of no return, Euthanasia seems the only logical solution to
their predicament, it is the panacea. Many argue that it is but an act
of coup de grace.

Man conquers new frontiers everyday. Medical
advances and break-throughs renew hopes for many. ‘Medical miracles’
have brought back people from virtual death. There have been instances
of coma patients recovering after two decades. This ray of hope makes
the kith and kin of the patients pursue treatment and life-support for
their loved ones with blind hope, surmounting all odds. But how long
will they endure this?

Contrary to popular misconception and
much to the dismay of detractors of mercy-killing, the relatives of
these patients turn into vociferous advocates of euthanasia. After the
initial period of seemingly undiminished hope, they begin to understand
the sufferings of the patients and come to terms with the practical
questions o affordability of treatment, chances of recovery, and the
point(-less ness?) in waiting for miracles. In a recent case that raked
up the topic, an acute paralytic from Andhra wished to donate his
organs for which he would have to embrace death earlier than it
threatened to reach him. But he as denied his last wish by the law, he
died a couple of days later, an unhappy man.

So what really is
the solution? Should euthanasia be legalized? If yes, who is to decide
whether a case genuinely warrants it? The doctors, of course. But is it
fair to saddle the life preservers with such a burden, because when it
is a question of life or death, mistakes should not arise. Imagine
having to go to sleep the rest of your life with the miserable feeling
that you might have killed someone who might have recovered. It is also
important to safeguard against willful medical murders by those with
vested interests. Indiscriminate administration of euthanasia by
unskilled doctors would amount to the same.

It appears that
there can be no generalized verdict on this issue. Each case is unique,
should be separately scrutinized and decided upon. However this is
neither practical nor cost-effective. Therefore, select doctors could
be empowered by the government to use their discretion in this regard,
taking into account their merit and records.
With all these
safeguards, the devils in our minds can be alleviated considerably, but
of course, never rested. For no matter what, man can never play God.

The God of Indian Cricket - Saurav "DADA" Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly made his international debut against Australia
in India's tour
of Australia in
1992. He didn't score much and was dropped from further matches. Four years
later, following a good domestic record, he was recalled into the national side
for a Test series against England
in England. He
made his Test debut at Lords, with a century in that match and repeated the
feat in the match which followed. He was retained for the One day team and he
went on become a regular in both forms of the game. One of his most memorable
performance was in the final of the Independence
cup at Dhaka against Pakistan,
when the entire Pakistan
team walked back in stating bad light along with the umpires, but Ganguly
refused to come in. Ganguly scored 124 in that match in darkness, while
Hrishikesh Kanitkar scored the winning runs with a boundary.

I remember that match very well as I had some xam tat day
and after coming out of the xam hall ,I asked my father “how is saurav batting?”
for which I got nicely from him.

Some felt he couldn't play the bouncer, others swore that he
was God on the off-side; some laughed at his lack of athleticism, others took
immense pride in his ability to galvanise a side. Sourav Ganguly's ability to
polarise opinion led to one of the most fascinating dramas in Indian cricket.
Yet, nobody can dispute that he was India's most successful Test captain -
forging a winning unit from a bunch of talented, but directionless, individuals
- and nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of
all time. Despite being a batsman who combined grace with surgical precision in
his strokeplay, his career had spluttered to a standstill before being
resurrected by a scintillating hundred on debut at Lord's in 1996. Later that
year, he was promoted to the top of the order in ODIs and, along with Sachin
Tendulkar, formed one of the most destructive opening pairs in history.

When he took over the captaincy after the match-fixing
exposes in 2000, he quickly proved to be a tough, intuitive and uncompromising
leader. Under his stewardship India
started winning Test matches away, and put together a splendid streak that took
them all the way to the World Cup final in 2003. Later that year, in Australia,
an unexpected and incandescent hundred at Brisbane
set the tone for the series - Steve Waugh's last - where India
fought the world's best team to a standstill. Victory in Pakistan
turned him into a cult figure but instead of being a springboard for greater
things, it was the peak of a slippery slope.

The beginning of the end came in 2004 at Nagpur
- when his last-minute withdrawal played a part in Australia
clinching the series - and things went pear shaped when his loss of personal
form coincided with India's
insipid ODI performances. Breaking point was reached when his differences with
Greg Chappell leaked into public domain and his career was in jeopardy when India
began their remarkable revival under Rahul Dravid. His gritty 30s at Karachi,
when India
succumbed to a humiliating defeat in early 2006, weren't enough for him to
retain his spot and some felt he would never get another chance. Others, as
always, thought otherwise and they were proved right when he was included in
the Test squad for the away series in South Africa
in 2006-2007. He ended as the highest Indian run-scorer in that series and
capped his fairytale comeback with a four fifties on his return to ODIs.

There is no other Indian player who can match the aggressiveness
of Saurav in terms of playing style and captaincy. By far India’s
best captain is without doubt SAURAV GANGULY.

It was Saurav who groomed Sehwag,Yuvraj,Kaif,Zaheer and
Harbhajan.They r at this level due to constant support from Saurav.

The only saving grace of this world cup 2007 for India
is our DADA.

Nobody can match the style with which he steps down the
track and loft the ball over the ropes.Most of the time the balls r lost.

Hope to see DADA atleast till 2009.