Though I agree with some aspects of the article, I do disagree with some aspects. We have to face the reality that we Indians are not exactly the outdoor people that Europeans or Americans are. I went to Oslo last year and really wondered how a country that has biting winters and midnight sun six months round the year manage to produce a world cup playing soccer team. The answer is that in those six months of sunshine , every family, every child try to spend as much time as possible outdoors playing and being physically active. We cannot blame ourselves for our situation. As long as roti and Kapada is still a issue amongst us, when employment and next meal a challenge, when leadership is apathetic to sports and victory in the field not a dream, we will remain a sportingly impoverished nation and keep trying and never winning.We will blame everyone - kalmadi, communists, IOC... yet wouldn't encourage our son to take up a racket just for the sake of playing it - (cause where are the returns ???) Forget it - India cannot produce a Olympic Gold Medalist unless we the people of India change our pathetic attitude to sports - and I don't see it happening any time around !
