As soon as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that she will honor Sachin Tendulkar with Order of Australia which is really huge achievement in Australia  a discussion started in the Indian continent. It is also big because a non-Australian citizen rarely gets Order of Australia. Now, I was wondering about what exactly is order of Australia? After doing some research I came to know few interesting facts about Order of Australia. Order of Australia is considered as the highest recognition for outstanding achievement in respective fields or services done to society or nation. The award is given in two categories: 1.        Civil Division 2.        Military Division Sachin Tendulkar is going to receive the honor in Civil Division as Member of the Order (AM). A nineteen member committee considers the nomination. Any Australian citizen, group or community can nominate anyone for Order of Aus...

Mathew Hayden has strongly reacted to the decision of Julia Gillard, the Australian Prime Minister to award Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with Order of Australia .  Australia, who had very poor diplomatic relations with India, is now looking to strengthen their diplomatic relations with the Asian country. Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard is on three day visit in India and she is trying everything to improve foreign relations between the two countries. As one of the steps to improve the relations, she has decided to award India’s Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with ‘ Order ofAustralia ’. According to Mathew Hayden, Sachin Tendulkar doesn’t deserve Order of Australia as he is not living in Australia. According to Mathew Hayden, if Sachin was living in Australia then it makes sense to honor him with prestigious Order of Australia but as he is not, it shouldn’t be awarded to him. In a frustrating tone he also said that if Sachin Tendulkar was a citizen of Australia th...