Jemimah Rodrigues’ Mangaluru roots win hearts after World Cup heroics
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Mangaluru: As Indian cricket star Jemimah Rodrigues continues to trend nationwide for her match-winning century in the World Cup semifinal, people in and around Mangaluru are celebrating her strong connection to the coastal city.
Though Jemimah was born and brought up in Bhandup, Mumbai, her family traces its roots to Mangaluru. Her parents, both Mangalorean Christians, hail from the coastal belt, and her grandmother, Josephen Rodrigues, is a native of Ammembala in Bantwal taluk.
The 25-year-old batting star smashed an unbeaten 127 off 134 balls in the World Cup semifinal, where India was chasing a historic 339, leading India to victory and securing a spot in the final. Her composed knock earned her the Player of the Match award and widespread praise from fans and cricketers alike.
A photo of Jemimah with her grandmother has gone viral on local social media platforms, with many expressing pride over the Mangaluru-born lineage of the young cricketer who is now winning hearts across the country.
Jemimah, apart from excelling in cricket, has also represented the Mumbai hockey team in the under-17 and under-19 categories, making her one of the few Indian women sportspersons to have played both games competitively.
Locals from Ammembala and surrounding areas have been sharing posts and messages celebrating her achievement, calling her century a “moment of pride for every Mangalorean.”
Her World Cup performance has not only made her a national hero but also rekindled local pride in the coastal region, where her family continues to be fondly remembered.
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Karnataka: Indigo disruption forces newlyweds to attend reception online
Hubballi (Karnataka) (PTI): The venue was all decked up and a delicious spread ready for the invitees. But Megha Ksheerasagar and Sangam Das could not be present for their own wedding reception, thanks to the national flight disruptions that has sent many passengers across the country into a tizzy.
The newlyweds' reception was fixed here on December 3, but the couple was forced to attend their grand event only via video conference due to the disruptions in top carrier Indigo's operations, mainly due to crew woes.
Not meaning to miss the important day, the couple appeared on a large screen at the venue through video conferencing from Bhubaneswar, greeted the guests and apologised for not being personally present.
Instead, the bride's parents graced the occasion at the scheduled reception venue--Gujarat Bhavan, here, on behalf of the couple that had tied the knot on November 23 in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.
According to the family, the couple, both software engineers, work in Bengaluru. The reception was arranged at the bride's native place in Hubballi on Wednesday.
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To be part of their special day, the couple had booked tickets on the Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru-Hubballi route for December 2. Some relatives had booked tickets on the Bhubaneswar-Mumbai-Hubballi route. However, due to operational disruptions, IndiGo flights were continuously delayed from 9 am on December 2 until early morning on December 3, and were eventually cancelled.
"My daughter's wedding happened on November 23 and we had organised a reception at our native place in Hubballi for people here. The flight kept getting delayed and at the last moment, at around 4 am, it got cancelled. Now what could we do after that. We had to come up with some solution. Then I decided to do the reception online. I immediately arranged for a screen and asked my daughter and son-in-law to join the reception online," the bride's father Anil Kumar Ksheerasagar told PTI Videos.
He urged the central government to take corrective measures so that public, being the tax payers, don't suffer.
"What the problem with IndiGo is, we don't know. My daughter and son-in-law were supposed to come via an IndiGo flight but that got cancelled. IndiGo alone can't be blamed. The government must understand that it is in case of emergencies that people prefer flights. Some measures need to be taken to resolve this issue. When the PM's flight gets cancelled, he is taken by helicopter. Why is the same not done for us, the common people. We also have emergencies, don't we. The government must think of this, and if they ignore public woes, they should remember that we are also VIPs because we pay tax."
Relatives had come for the reception from across the country--Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bagalkote, Davangere and Belagavi.
"I didn't know what to do as relatives and guests had come from so many places. I was stressed, but then I quickly decided to do it online," Ksheerasagar said.
As the couple could not travel to Hubballi, the bride's parents sat in place of the newly-weds at the reception venue and conducted the rituals, while the bride and groom, dressed up in Bhubaneswar, attended their grand reception online.
