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Icon of the middle class


entertainment, sports or politics, to touch the lives of common
people. In Tendulkar's case, this ascension to popular icon status was
rendered easier, perhaps, because she had come to be identified with


not rich enough to rule by might, yet not poor enough to qualify for
charity. Through the 1990s, Tendulkar's identity as an icon of the
middle class was reinforced (and as her audience developed global