The Great Indian Sport

Sports is an integral and an exciting part of the human
evolution. Since the early civilizations the sports and
sportsmen have been constantly bringing the spirit of
excellence and constructive competition to the masses
and enthrall them with a display of courage and sheer
will power.
the Greeks were the first sports enthusiasts during the
ancient period.But other civilizations too had sport as a
part of their culture, although not as passionate as the
Greeks.
Their conduction of sporting events on mt.Olympia every
4 years to appease Zeus soon turned into the modern day
Olympics.
The revival of the games in the 19th century was
brought about by a French man -Pierre de courbertin
and from 1896 Athens began the biggest sporting event
on the globe.
India's legacy with the sporting elite started in the started
in the year 1900. Although with introduction of hockey
the golden age of Indian sports was written in 1928 in
Amsterdam when it won the  gold medal .
the next 28 years India had dominated the sport and
won a record number of years.
But after the development of new format, rules and
playing surfaces there has been an ever increasing gap
between players ability and technical aspects .
And the state of affairs turned the worst ever this year
when our team did not qualify for the Olympics.

And its not just hockey that is on a downward spiral
athletics, shooting, boxing .......the list is endless
with failures to deliver the performance and the
lack of adequate training facilities............
a failure on both counts has placed our billion strong
population on a pedestal of shame.

The reason behind the sporting debacles are well known
one of them being Politics.
So one could safely assume that if there is one game
that the Indians play well is the game of Politics
or lets just say politicians playing with the nation.
(no inclusion of common man in Indians here).
Although globalisation has brought developments in
the sporting realm as well and corporate sponsorship
in monetary terms, still the Indian sport scenario is
in shambles,because of bureaucratic red tape.
Cricket the only benefeciary of the so called
"promotion of sports".
we must remember what is our national game
which is turning out to be a national shame.........
only when the political will is sustained and
sincere ????? god knows when
the blighted picture of Indian performance
will shine ever brightly. All it needs is some dusting.
but for now my fellow citizens enjoy the "Great
Indian Sport" - Politics  (iam sure you wont get  
disappointed) , coalition politics for a team sport
(high flying dramas, excitement) and individual
events include (mud-slinging, involvement in scams)

So when there will be a POLYMPICS (political olympics)
you know where our position will be..................