I don't think we are insecure like some countries in asia where in we measure our self worth based on medal tallies or what others think. that insecurity is rooted around smaller physical stature of some asiatics. Yao Min is a hero in China and Tendulkar, not the "Great Khali" is the hero in India. We are unlike the west because our culture so far doesn't revolve around self aggrandizement. If we were to win any medals in olympics, we would have to develop a "mujhse badkar kaun hai" society. we are getting there. We will never win by mimicking an east asian mindset because we dont care about what westerners think of us.
RE:Don't care
by shilpa rao on Aug 04, 2008 05:37 PM Permalink
cva,Where were you before Olympic ????
The Indian public / Indian sponcers all are busy appreciating criket... Sports Minister (Criket Minster) only had a time for criket.
When School children represent respective states for C.K.Naidu Criket tourment they were accomodated in luxury hotel and all other facilities. But when athletes represent respective states for School National / Inter State / Inter university athletic meet they were accomodate in some vaccate school with an advise to use only floor to sleep.
There is no encourgement... athletes with gold medal are recruited by para military / defence force as NCO ( Soldier cadre ) with megree salary where as criket players appointed as Bank officers.
For this pathetic situation of athletic and other sports all India public / sponcers / goverment everybody is responsible.
This article is wrong... and don't talk about number of Indian population when Olympic comes. INDIANS !! CONCENTRATE FOR CRIKET AND CRIKET... SINCE YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OTHER SPORTS.. SO DON'T DEMAND...
