The recent events in sports are annoying me. It's not that I am not pleased at the recent successes that India had in this cricket series with Australia , I am concerned about the OTHER sports that are also played at some corner in India. A few of them are really struggling to survive and the remaining, if any , are surrounded with controversies.
At the top of this list lies, the controversy surrounding Sania Mirza. She is one of the most talented female tennis players that India has ever produced but I don't know why she is always mired in some so-called offensive acts against the community or against the country. Right from her entry into tennis, the fundamentalists have had a problem with her, be it her clothes, or her one liner T-shirts or any vague thing that one can think of but this time the offence is quite different -- disrespect to national flag, an offence that is punishable under Indian law. Well, i have seen the photograph and I really have sympathy with Sania. I would salute the photographer who found such a nice pose. Anybody could have fallen victim to such a cheeky act of photography.These kind of acts can demoralize any person, leave alone Sania Mirza.
Now , if she says that she is shattered and feeling down , i can understand it.
Some days back, Tiger Woods had made a comment that he plays for himself and his family and not for his fans or sponsors or media . In light of the events that are happening with Sania Mirza, I think he was quite right. Fans can sometimes make life intolerable with too much attention. Well, the only thing I can say that it is not possible and necesary to please and respect everybody,whosoever it is.Lets hope the issue ends amicably.
Another thing that caught my eye was the calling off of the National Camp for Thomas and Uber Cup due to unavailability of shuttlecocks. I can't help myself laughing at this. A national Camp for preparation called off due to lack of the most basic infrastructure. I can't recall a single instance when the National camp for cricket was cancelled due to lack of bats or balls.This is absurd.I don't know which side was the culprit---the Badminton Authority of India (BAI) or the Sports Authority of India , though both are blaming each other , but this is shameful. Don't even think of a medal in next Olympics. Actually, it's the state of every sport in India other than cricket and i think Badminton was lucky enough to reach the headlines of newspapers.
Well , this is what India is ....a land with hoards of talents who are looking just for the basic infrastructure to build up.Who knows, when it will happen , if it happens to happen.... :)
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