Hyderabad, May 9 -- The Greatest was a name that Muhammad Ali gave to himself back in the days when he was a youthful and arrogant boxing world champion. Over the years he mellowed and matured as a human being but the people continuedto call him The Greatest. They accepted the fact that there was nobody like him because he had several unique qualities that he had displayed both inside and outside the boxing ring.

For one thing, he was a man of great courage. That is not unusual because every boxerhas to havecourage. But Ali's courage went far beyond the confines of a boxing ring. Imagine how much guts it needed for any man to take on the world's most powerful governmentand openly say that he disagreed with the government's policies. Very...