Which Indian cricketers emerged from poor economic backgrounds?

 1 - Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh is one of the successful bowlers of all time, across all three formats. However, Harbhajan had to battle poverty before making it big at the international cricket. Once Virender Sehwag revealed, that because of the financial conditions Bhajji thought of becoming a truck driver. But, he managed to fight those conditions and achieve the stardom that he has.

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2 - Umesh Yadav

Pace bowler of the Indian cricket team Umesh Yadav’s dad worked as a coal miner. Anyway, he managed to maintain his family and provide the food two times a day.

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3 - Munaf Patel

Munaf Patel’s family was very poor. Munaf’s father used to tackle someone else’s estate. Munaf Patel was exhorted by the family to start working and start supporting his father and family.

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4 - Pathan Brothers

Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan came from a poor family before went to a cricket stadium. They grew up in a mosque in Surat. Their father did the job as the muezzin at the area mosque.

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5 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar

One of the greatest medium-pacer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar came from a poor family of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Bhuvi’s dad and sister helped him in each troublesome time.

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6 - Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja’s father was a watchman in a private security office. Jadeja was a diligent employee for his family because of the money related issue until he moved toward becoming a cricket player.

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7 - MSD

Dhoni faced financial challenges during his early cricketing career, but his talent and hard work eventually led him to become one of the most successful and well-paid cricketers in the world.

Which country is poorer than most people think?

 Korea. No doubt.

Many foreigners think that Korea as a whole is a very wealthy, modern, and sophisticated country, often because of misleading Korean media such as K-pop and K-drama (the entire K-industry). This view is not entirely wrong, but South Korea’s prosperity and development are often concentrated very narrowly in just a few wealthy neighborhoods.

As soon as you leave an affluent urban area, you stumble upon a slum with terrible living conditions. Don't get me wrong. Every country (even wealthy ones) has a region like this, but I was really surprised to see such poverty in South Korea. Especially since I went to Japan a while ago. Japan also has poverty, but it is generally much richer and more developed than South Korea. Due to the influence of international media, I mistakenly assumed that South Korea would be similar to, or almost as developed as, Japan (I didn’t think they were the same). I always knew that Japan was richer. But I thought it was more comparable). In addition to the media, we have noticed that South Korea often appears to be a very rich and prosperous country, thanks to extreme poverty in North Korea.

It wasn’t long after I arrived in South Korea, on the very first day, that I first saw urban poverty in the country. One of the first tourist attractions we visited was Seoul Fortress, the ruins of the Joseon Dynasty. Walking around the area, I was shocked at how poor it was. The entire region was dotted with rundown houses in terrible condition, never seen in a "developed" country like South Korea. And in the middle of this slum was a luxury hotel (I think it was a JW Marriott), which I don’t remember exactly. I was shocked by the contrast. Who wants to stay in such a luxury hotel in a slum?

Below is a photo of Seoul's city walls taken from Wikipedia.

If you look in the bottom right corner, you can see abandoned houses and huts. However, this area is rendered much better than the original.

The slums of Seoul are often right next to upscale residential neighborhoods, creating a sharp contrast that is common in South Africa. This surprised me. Seoul is one of the few places in the world where you can walk for just 10 minutes and watch the transition from glittering modern skyscrapers to crowded, dirty residential neighborhoods, sometimes filled with roadside beggars (the situation for residents here only gets worse in winter).

There are many others, but South Korea is generally a much poorer country than I expected. Not to mention the "Korean Boo" who think of Korea as a magical "paradise".

PS: I have no antipathy towards Korea or Koreans at all, but I think this is something that needs clarification, and this is an outspoken opinion from my experience traveling in Korea (I think there are many others who disagree).

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