Its My Choice

(As the title of the page suggests, its my choice and it only reflects my limited perception, knowledge, reading and understanding. However, I would love to hear your views if you differ on any choice of mine. Send me a mail giving reasons for the difference of opinion and also your choice.)



Cricket Teams

Best Indian Test XI

Best World Test XI

  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Vijay Merchant
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • G.R. Viswanath
  • M.A.K. Pataudi (Capt.)
  • Syed Kirmani (W.K.)
  • Kapil Dev
  • J. Srinath
  • B.S. Bedi
  • B.S. Chandrashekhar
  • E.A.S. Prasanna
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Jack Hobbs
  • Don Bradman (Capt.)
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Viv. Richards
  • Gary Sobers
  • Rodney Marsh (W.K.)
  • Dennis Lilee
  • Lindwall
  • B.S. Bedi
  • Shane Warne

Best Indian O.D.I. XI

Best World O.D.I. XI

  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • K. Srikkanth
  • Md. Azharuddin
  • G.R. Viswanath
  • Mohinder Amarnath
  • Ajay Jadeja
  • Syed Kirmani (W.K.)
  • Kapil Dev (Capt.)
  • J. Srinath
  • B.S. Bedi
  • Anil Kumble
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Desmond Haynes
  • Don Bradman (Capt.)
  • Vivian Richards
  • Graeme Pollock
  • Gary Sobers
  • Rodney Marsh (W.K.)
  • Dennis Lilee
  • Wasim Akram
  • Derek Underwood
  • Shane Warne
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala


Literary Figures
George Bernard Shaw

Best Indian Writers

Best Non Indian Writers

  • Kalidas
  • Tulsidas
  • Premchand
  • R.K. Narayan
  • Ghalib
  • Renu
  • Rabindra Nath Tagore
  • Nirala
  • Harivansh Rai Bachhan
  • Vijayan
  • Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • Mahashweta Devi
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • George Bernard Shaw
  • William Shakespeare
  • Ernest Hemmingway
  • Pablo Neruda
  • Baljack
  • T.S. Eliot
  • W.B. Yeats
  • V.S. Naipaul
  • Somerset Maugham
  • P.B. Shelley
  • Keats
Mahatma Gandhi

Personalities
Abraham Lincoln

Best Indian Personalities

Best Non Indian Personalities

  • Ashok
  • Chandragupta Maurya
  • Chandragupta (II)
  • Akbar
  • Chanakya
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Gautam Buddha
  • Mahavir
  • Guru Nanak
  • Guru Govind Singh
  • Swami Vivekanand
  • Adi Shankaracharya
  • Jesus Christ
  • Prophet Mohammad
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Napolean Bonaparte
  • Julius Caesar
  • Alexander
  • Aristotle
  • Plato
  • Socrates
  • Martin Luther King (Jr.)
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Winston Churchil
Gita

Books
War and Peace

Best Indian Books

Best Non Indian Books

  • Mahabharat (Ved Vyasa)
  • Ramayan (Tulsidas)
  • Gita - (Source Unknown)
  • Arthashastra (Kautilya)
  • Abhigyan Shakuntalam (Kalidas)
  • Meghdoot (Kalidas)
  • Godan (Premchand)
  • Autobiography of Bachhan (all volumes)
  • Maila Aanchal (Renu)
  • Geetanjali (Tagore)
  • Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad Chaudhary)
  • Kamayani (Jaishankar Prasad)
  • Bible
  • Quran
  • War and Peace (Tolstoy)
  • Old Man and the Sea (Hemmingway)
  • Republic (Plato)
  • Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
  • Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
  • Crime and Punishment (Dostoevski)
  • Paradise Lost (Milton)
  • Arms and The Man (G.B. Shaw)
  • Mother (Maxim Gorky)
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