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The mammoth power of Dhoni’s attention

Dhoni’s story is that of empathy. The neighbour in the Mecon colony, the friend from school, the captain of his team, the winner for the country, Dhoni has made everyone feel noticed. 

September 27, 2020 / 10:34 IST
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Everyone around me has a story to tell about MS Dhoni. Some claimed to be true, some genuinely real stories. Mine is my father-in-law’s tale. Now retired, he used to work with Mecon Limited, the same place where Dhoni’s father was employed.

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Mecon is not just a workplace but is a culture in Ranchi. A community has developed around Mecon and this community lives a closely-knit life in the residential colony and in and around the famous Mecon ground— Dhoni‘s first playfield.

There is a gentleman called Sunil, whose father, like Dhoni’s, was employed with Mecon and like other boys, Sunil grew up playing with Dhoni in the colony. As life’s needle moved, Sunil took up a job at Mecon Limited in his father’s place and became a narrator of this story.