It is all over the media at the way our very own Indian Hockey Team was humiliated by a pittance of 25,000 rupees. Later of course, due to the ensuing hue and cry they are going to be handed over 25 lac of rupees. But that is not the issue here. The big issue is that how our political class treats our high performing players especially in the less glamorous sports. To tell the truth the 25,000 rupees was simply a spit on the very face of the enthusiastic players and then later on as if some thing ought to be done to condone off the insult due to huge publicity the incident received a clean handkerchief was offered to wipe the spit out.
Come to think of those games which hardly ever get into news, but are there and at times contemplated upon just because they have to be tolerated. Something like those erstwhile French rulers who at their zenith of indifference have to bear upon the lesser mortals as if the whole place was contaminated. We too have our own solid examples of such indifference shown to lesser mortals of our country who are in the majority by our political class as they think they have to be tolerated for the sake of just that day of voting only. Frankly, just think of the sports and you will see certain games where a player simply goes on scoring ducks eggs and still manages to become a millionaire.
Take the case of Kabbadi which is India's national game. During the time of naming the game perhaps the political class thought that they would have a popular poor man's game and then tolerate the sport as most of the poor Indian villagers play it and then later on relegate it into the background. Whatever titbits this sport players earns is not even worth a mention as it would obviously shame this nation. Reminds me how a politician somewhere once kissed a poor beggar child at a gathering and then went to wash his hands and face and all vigorously to keep of the imagined filth that was smeared on him. Something about the lesser sports tells its own sordid tale quite vividly in the Indian landscape. Are we sporting enough? Well, I surely have my doubts. Don't you too?
Come to think of those games which hardly ever get into news, but are there and at times contemplated upon just because they have to be tolerated. Something like those erstwhile French rulers who at their zenith of indifference have to bear upon the lesser mortals as if the whole place was contaminated. We too have our own solid examples of such indifference shown to lesser mortals of our country who are in the majority by our political class as they think they have to be tolerated for the sake of just that day of voting only. Frankly, just think of the sports and you will see certain games where a player simply goes on scoring ducks eggs and still manages to become a millionaire.
Take the case of Kabbadi which is India's national game. During the time of naming the game perhaps the political class thought that they would have a popular poor man's game and then tolerate the sport as most of the poor Indian villagers play it and then later on relegate it into the background. Whatever titbits this sport players earns is not even worth a mention as it would obviously shame this nation. Reminds me how a politician somewhere once kissed a poor beggar child at a gathering and then went to wash his hands and face and all vigorously to keep of the imagined filth that was smeared on him. Something about the lesser sports tells its own sordid tale quite vividly in the Indian landscape. Are we sporting enough? Well, I surely have my doubts. Don't you too?
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