What happens when a national level gold winner in karate gets overshadowed by a boy who mugged it off and became a school topper?
Well: welcome to India where sports is just a` time pass`; just another thing to do after studies. The futile thing that clogs the student future. Just this is the Indian mentality that has carried out for generations and seems to carry on till eternity. Parents believe only engineering and medical profession can land their children in the safety net Students tasting higher marks become talk of the town for ages where as the student’s high achievement in sports gets lost in the dungeons.
In schools; in the sports period girls- rather than being involved in sports; they are involved in discussing the length and breadth of their love relationship. The toppers are busy gazing at notebooks rather than sweating out in the field.indians at the 40s and 50s are hardly involved in any kind of sport. All they do is watch cricket all day and discussing about the match with their peers is the next big thing for them. They say- they are too busy to play any kind of sports. On the other hand their American and the Australian counterparts indulge in various kinds of sports and are more versatile when it comes to sports viewing. They understand sportsmanship and are not the fellow Indians who are in the rampage when India loses
. You scroll across the pages of times of India ,cricket is all over the place. The gigantic rohit Sharma image overshadows the jeev milkha Singh who is a miniscule in comparison. cricket sells. Well, that’s the Indian mentality You ask Indians about the captain of the Indian football team- faces blank .but they can answer who is the captain of the Bermuda cricket team. That’s the Indian mentality. And the big news that makes headlines is: can India ever make a place in the football world cup?; and these people will be first one to give the negative opinion . A country of one billion people and still only one sport dominates people mind. There is nothing wrong with obsession with cricket but we should promote other sports and adore their skills. Each sport requires the same zest; hard work and determination.
Lets come out of this crap mentality and realize the power of sports
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very empowering article that was Vikash..!
ReplyDeleteI myself depise this mentality...actually if seen closer it isnt even 'mentality' here..its ignorance mind you...
Indian education system is very rigid. theres no much choice that we can choose from. I ean if a person is god at football there is no one to turn to and no one to encourage him (including his parents).
Sports is shunned away in our country due to the fact that its the ignorance that is killing the spirit of youngsters today. Apparently the idea of being "interested" in sports means watch the match on ur telly.
And what bums me out is that, we have like over a billon people in this country and we dont have fucking 11 individuals to come up with to make up a team 9for football or hockey).??
some one care to answer this.?
why is cricket so o over hyped? England have their cricket team, football team and hockey team and also i wont mention their feats at olympics.
Its saf and pathetic that we get to live in these situations.
Read the book 'The three mistakes of my life' from chetan bhagat.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes we do not have people to encourage and give proper training in this country of billion population. If not we would have dominated the sports arena in the world.
Many other countries know that since they r aware of india's pool of talent.