It is great to see the fantastic appreciation and attention the Indian media is laying out to Indians doing well at Olympics. It surprises me to see how Indians run after the "India Shinning" idea behind everything. Be it an Idea Cellular Advertisement or the Olympics. People consider Bindra;s successes as their own and try to find happiness in it. This is not a bad thing but that happiness ends their and it does not help the India;s dream of an olympic sport nation evena bit.
A population of 1.1 Billion produces 1 medal winner at each Olympics with an exception in 1962 I think when they bagged a gold in Hockey and Bronze in Boxing or wrestling. What are we rejoicing at? When Phelps alone bags 8 golds - that s a billionth of our population. Food for thought here.
My aim is not the negativity in the idea of India doing well at 2008 Beijing but how is that rejoicing or happiness leading us to?
Neither does the media nor SAI recognize the efforts of Mittal Foundation and make efforts for further corporate sponsorships. Its a shame for a 60 year old sports ministry to produce 45 participants in the olympics from a population of over a billion.
We dream of Delhi 2020 and things like that. Still short of preperations at Commonwealth Delhi 2010. Roads, traffic, people are in chaos with no vision of the games in general. We saw taxi drivers in China being taught English, Chinese factories being shut around Beijing, and a city not an Olympic village come into being. This is far from a reality in Delhi.
Now is the time to stop thinking and also act, stop reading this Blog and do something about it. HE HE HE.
Shashank
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
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