The Bridge on the River Kwai

Excellent movie. It should be used as a teaching aid in a modern day classroom. Colonel Nicholson is a character that can be used as a model for a leader.
He does not relent to the Japanese camp commander on the issue of 'captured officers' right of exemptions of manual labour'. He stands by the principles and more importantly makes sure his officers get what is their rightful honor.
He takes up the task of building a better bridge for Japanese citing two reasons.
1. He wants to show the Japanese the superior British ingenuity.
2. He wants his team to be busy in some work or other. Sitting idle would do a lot of harm to their moral and motivations.
True indeed. A team's pride in its capabilities and moral is its biggest strength.

Dhoni has been a refreshing change that Indian Cricket has gone through. He seem to have done a magic on this batch of cricketers. His confidence, his commitment is really commendable. Watching the team [both the young as well as old players] these days is a treat in itself. The way Sachin and Yuvi were cheering each other while batting was a superb example of newly found pride in our capability. Bhajji and Praveen looked so energetic on the field. Everyone supporting each other. We should be really thankful to the mighty Australians to have given us a chance to build such a great team spirit. We have stood the strongest in the face of challenge. And that is the biggest win for Indian cricket team in this summer.