OLYMPIC TREAT
BINDRA DOES IT DESPITE THE SYSTEM…………that’s what the headlines of a leading newspaper carried in print on Thursday morning. Nothing could have been truer than this particular statement.
He did India proud, but without any major support from the system. Trained at Germany for 3 months on his own, spent millions on training, equipment & other support services. This was possible for him because of being born into a rich business family, born with a silver spoon as they say…nothing wrong with that. Infact that is what got him close & within striking distance to his dream, a dream for which he had what it takes-talent, dedication & yearning……………..
How are such facilities or privileges accessible to budding talents who come from remote places across India, some of which we don’t know about, some we can’t name & some we can’t even spell correctly………what about their medal hopes…what about their hopes for making India proud…….
And inspite of our dismissal show at every Olympic, our ministers, officials, federations & sportspersons are hopeful of that one miracle, that one or two medals for a country of more than 1 billion strong people…………..are we living in fool’s paradise????
With many of our Olympics hopes dashing into the vallies of failures, we still hope to win a few medals in this Olympics…….if statistics are to be taken as a reference, here is how it stands…….a Gold medal after 28 years & an individual medal in the more than 100 years of the existence of modern day Olympics, and still we can rest on our laurels, a mere feet which we accomplished not more than a week ago…..and that too without any programs or solid concrete steps………….
There was an article in another major newspaper, sometime before the games about how our associations & federations are run………listing out the name of the presidents, their tenures & the number of medals we have got during their autocratic reigns……it didn’t surprise me than we have not won more than a few medals in some sports & none in almost more than half of the sports mentioned……..why do then people say that Indians are more pro-cricket……the answer is simple. Every human being likes to win or see his side win, there is nothing wrong in that………..am sure that the inclusion or Narain Karthikeyan in a major F1 team, had got many more non-viewers glued to their TV sets every alternate Sunday on Raceday……..but his dismissal performance may have got an equal number of people shy away from their TV sets………The same for these other sports. At least we win a few times in cricket……….so what is wrong if we love, eat & drink cricket ( as the Tendulkar Pepsi campaign goes…ailaaa )….
My suggestion is similar to what a lot of ex-sportsmen bring to light,though after retiring from their sports, that associations & federations must be run by experienced & professionals & not some bureaucrat or politician.
I would also like to suggest that sportsmen not be showered with prize money & other gifts from state governments & municipal corporations other than his own area or state…..this is for no other reason, but only because I am sure that these governments have a lot of other important projects which may require or better utilize that money…there are better ways to show appreciation & respect to these winners, like treating people from their states & cities as your own & not discriminating on language or region or by making the dreams of their talents a reality( in short, by funding their trainings )….trust me there is no better way than this to show that you love and care a winner. Who knows one day this outsider or insider may bring your state recognition that you & your local populace may be proud of, inspite of his/her origins.
JAI HIND!!!!!
He did India proud, but without any major support from the system. Trained at Germany for 3 months on his own, spent millions on training, equipment & other support services. This was possible for him because of being born into a rich business family, born with a silver spoon as they say…nothing wrong with that. Infact that is what got him close & within striking distance to his dream, a dream for which he had what it takes-talent, dedication & yearning……………..
How are such facilities or privileges accessible to budding talents who come from remote places across India, some of which we don’t know about, some we can’t name & some we can’t even spell correctly………what about their medal hopes…what about their hopes for making India proud…….
And inspite of our dismissal show at every Olympic, our ministers, officials, federations & sportspersons are hopeful of that one miracle, that one or two medals for a country of more than 1 billion strong people…………..are we living in fool’s paradise????
With many of our Olympics hopes dashing into the vallies of failures, we still hope to win a few medals in this Olympics…….if statistics are to be taken as a reference, here is how it stands…….a Gold medal after 28 years & an individual medal in the more than 100 years of the existence of modern day Olympics, and still we can rest on our laurels, a mere feet which we accomplished not more than a week ago…..and that too without any programs or solid concrete steps………….
There was an article in another major newspaper, sometime before the games about how our associations & federations are run………listing out the name of the presidents, their tenures & the number of medals we have got during their autocratic reigns……it didn’t surprise me than we have not won more than a few medals in some sports & none in almost more than half of the sports mentioned……..why do then people say that Indians are more pro-cricket……the answer is simple. Every human being likes to win or see his side win, there is nothing wrong in that………..am sure that the inclusion or Narain Karthikeyan in a major F1 team, had got many more non-viewers glued to their TV sets every alternate Sunday on Raceday……..but his dismissal performance may have got an equal number of people shy away from their TV sets………The same for these other sports. At least we win a few times in cricket……….so what is wrong if we love, eat & drink cricket ( as the Tendulkar Pepsi campaign goes…ailaaa )….
My suggestion is similar to what a lot of ex-sportsmen bring to light,though after retiring from their sports, that associations & federations must be run by experienced & professionals & not some bureaucrat or politician.
I would also like to suggest that sportsmen not be showered with prize money & other gifts from state governments & municipal corporations other than his own area or state…..this is for no other reason, but only because I am sure that these governments have a lot of other important projects which may require or better utilize that money…there are better ways to show appreciation & respect to these winners, like treating people from their states & cities as your own & not discriminating on language or region or by making the dreams of their talents a reality( in short, by funding their trainings )….trust me there is no better way than this to show that you love and care a winner. Who knows one day this outsider or insider may bring your state recognition that you & your local populace may be proud of, inspite of his/her origins.
JAI HIND!!!!!
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