First of congragulations to Bindra. The Gold is really special in the annals of Indian Sporting History. For a Gold craze nation like this its really unfortunate that we have drawn a blank in Gold all along. We can think of buying gold at the drop of a hat but when it comes to winning it we say sorry we are not used to it. But not taking away the credit from Bindra, is it not a shame that we a nation of billion people can't produce world class sports persons. We have always talked of India being an economic super power , IT super power,but never ever we have looked at being a sports super power. We simply have no vision.
Its once again time for us to cheer this and forget about it. Are we not a nation of people who go overboard in celebrations and show of patriotism everytime a title is won? Wheter be it cricket, tennis, football, shooting,carrom there is sudden enthusiasm in that sport. If Sania wins we all want to produce tennis champions, if India wins T20 we want all our kids to be cricketers, if football world cup season sets in we want to produce Ronaldo's and Beckhams, if software pays the most we want our kids to be IT professionals, if engineers are in demand we want all our children to be Engineers ? And now the general trend is lot of people want to get into shooting ! And tomorrow if India wins in badminton or tennis shooting will take a second spot. Is it that a huge mammoth task of producing a world class sporting contigent every 4 years in a nation that prides itself in its population.
We all are adopt a reactive attitude and there is simply no pro activeness in channelising energies with a singular focus.
Congragulations Abhinav Bindra.
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article is good to read. in particular i liked the differentiation between buying and winning. The fact is so true. Sometimes on reality check i feel India is still a poor country with profile of poor people keeps increasing each day.
i feel every celebration of Nations victory goes in the history of our country and we don't forget it... India is still celebrating the 1983 Cricket world cup victory... India still considers Sania Mizra as a sports icon... India still remembers and respects Rathore...
But, am not convinced with one gold on Olympics. For all right reasons Abhinav has made the nation proud.
- vishwak
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