Amidst all the hoopla surrounding India`s Blasphemous Tie against England and brouhaha
about the Cricket World Cup in general , the 34th edition of the Indian National Games
went almost unnoticed. Conducted at Ranchi , Dhanbad and other Cities of Jharkhand from the 12th - 26th of February , the Games recerived minimal media coverage and elicited the barest public interest , if any. In fact the only highlight of the Games was that The Indian Criket Cpatain was there at the Inauguration Ceremony. It puts a big question mark on the sanctity of the conduction of such events in a scenario where even the people of the state it is being conducted in are not inclined towards viewing them. Just for the record , The Services Team topped the medals tally again followed by Manipur. Provides us some genuine food for thought !!
Its sad. But at the same time it is to be said that Hockey could not become a popular game beyond the sub continent. It did not get the kind of leadership it required.
ReplyDeleteThe Hockey boards should be professionalised. Thats the only way.
Good post.
Parakram, despite knowing that blasphemous is your all time favourite word, I couldn't get a better word for the situation. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteVery good..article..!! Well in such a cricket maniac country..people are so crazy that they are not even aware about the events happening around themselves..so these National Games getting negligible attraction is not a big issue..!!!
ReplyDeleteBut it is really very sad that we are not aware about other sports in our country...!!! At the same time media is equally responsible, they should have focused more on such events to make people aware..!!!!
Thanxxx for raising such issue on the blog..At least this will inform people to an extent..!!
National Games : No One !!! LOL!
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