Indian society and it's misplaced value judgments and Olympics

Indian society and it's misplaced value judgments and Olympics

“ winning a bronze medal in wrestling, 23-year-old Sakshi Malik helped India avoid a potentially embarrassing Olympic blackout.

The nation of 1.25 billion people awoke Thursday to the news that Malik had earned a place on the podium in the 58-kilogram category, the first medal for India at the Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“The entire nation is rejoicing,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

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Indian society and it's misplaced value judgments and Olympics

for a country with more than a billion people Pathetic performance of the Indian continent in the Olympics for a number of years has been  lamented by the  Indian media off and on.

people become euphoric even when one of  the athletes reaches the semi-finals.

under such circumstances facing innumerable hurdles a couple of Indian  women win two medals

And  Some idiot in the Indian media comes up with the following headline News.

“A windfall of cash rewards and incentives, amounting to at least Rs 3.5 crore, fittingly awaits woman wrestler Sakshi Malik who clinched a historic bronze medal for India in the Rio Olympics.”

What exactly is this when compared to the compensation given to some movie star who does nothing but look beautiful shed clothes,Are a minor Celebrity cricketer?

why can't you write more inspiring stories about how this woman achieved  the  rare distinction of winning a medal in Olympics/

when very little interests or encouragement is there in general in the society and everyone becomes a spectator and not a player and everyone's attention is limited to one single Sport

What can you expect

What we desperately needed somebody like  “Ranji of Nawanagar”

India's Olympic medal tally in in the last 30 Olympics  :=28 medals

Rio organizers threatened to bar India’s sports minister, Vijay Goel, from the Games for “aggressive and rude” behavior by members of his entourage, who apparently tried to barge into venues without accreditation.

Goel later caused further embarrassment when he tweeted out messages of support to Indian athletes but used incorrect names and photographs.

Then, according to media reports, the Indian Embassy in Rio hosted an evening reception to mark the country’s independence day and told its athletes to come. Only the embassy didn’t serve food – only coffee, tea and peanuts.

Despite a passion for sports such as tennis and badminton – and a long tradition of wrestling – Indian athletes complain of mismanagement by the country’s athletics federations and a lack of investment in training and facilities. Cricket, a national pastime, is not an Olympic sport.

In 2014, the International Olympic Committee barred India from the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, over corruption allegations. Three Indian athletes who qualified for the competition had to compete as independent