Politics: Most Played Game In Sports!

Today I had opportunity to participate in a talk show held on Nirmaan Channel. It was on politics in sports. My discussion points were:

(1) In Gujarati, we say, "Maree sathe ramat thai gayee" (I am victim of politics) and "Dav thai gayo" (I am betrayed). Both idioms contain words of sports but indicate politics in sports.

(2) We are participating in olympics since 1900. In 1900, we got 2 medals and that too both silver. 116 years passed since then. But we have not learned a lesson from these so many years. We are on same tally. Instead we have one silver and one bronze now.

(3) Politicians are to be blamed as they hold president and other key posts in various sports association. Our sports minister Vijay Goyal reportedly behaved not well while taking selfies. Abhay Chautala was seen in Rio Olympics. He is facing disproportionate of asset case. Though he contested for IOA and won too. But then due to IOC (International Olympic Committee) rule, he was dismissed.

(4) At the same time we also lack sports culture. We are very soft persons. We don't like physical activities too much. We are ahead in soft skills like computer, mobile etc. We are much ahead in space science. We are very much into cultural activities. Hindi film industry is said to be second in world. No country can shine in every field. At the same time we should understand that parents don't like to send their children in sports field. Children are asked to finish homework before going to play. But even this play is not helpful in getting ahead in sports. For that, children need proper guidance, coaching and training. In China, they catch them young and give hard training. If we watch training video of training given in China, we can not bear it. Nowadays, parents are too soft towards children. If teacher punish children for good purpose, parents and media make this big point. How they can tolerate harsh training given to their children?

(5) Children also like to play indoor video games, computer games etc. They don't like physical activities. In school, physical training (In Gujarati it is known as 'Shareerik Shikshan') subject is not compulsory and not taught properly. Also we don't have much and proper infrastructure. We don't have enough playgrounds.

(6) In India, we work on nepotism. So, there are east zone, west zone, south zone and north zone. Those players got more chance whose zone leader is powerful at center. e.g. If Sharad Pawar is powerful, Maharashtra players will get more chance. Due to nepotism, players like Ajit Agarkar got more chance while Praveen Amre, Atul Bedade, Amol Majumdar, S.Badrinath and Rajesh Chauhan get sidelined.

(7) Rules are changed autocratically. In 2011, rule was made that cricketer who is retired at international level can't play IPL. But at end of 2011 IPL season, rule was changed to accommodate Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

(8) We are honouring P. V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik but we will forget them after sometime. Look at ex olympians or players. Shanta Devi won silver at national level Kabaddi game. But she is vegetable vendor at present. Khashba Dara Saheb was wrestler. He won medal too. He is now police inspector.

(9) P. Gopichand who has become famous as coach after P. V. Sindhu won silver in badminton had to put his home on mortgage to open academy. This is situation.

(10) Not only corruption, nepotism prevail in sports but sexual exploitation too prevails. Ex captain of Indian women's football team has alleged sexual exploitation in her book 'Game in game'. 

Unappealing leaders and irresponsible public

Our prime minister Narendra Modi is not like Lal Bahadur Shastri and public is not that which was at time of Shastrijee. On Shastrijee's appeal public gave up one time rice. Most of public make hue and cry even at #net_ban at time of reservation agitation. They don't want to give up anything. In Kaliyug it is Yatha Praja Tatha Raja. Even Dhobi forced Shree Ram to abandon Seetamaa because he was morally strong.

When we have news anchors like Bakha Dutt, Deepak Chaurasia, Punya Prasoon Bajpai, Anjana Om Kashyap,  who doesn't know to be self restraint, and who gave all information live during #Mumbai_attacks, who sensationalize every news to gain TRP, when there are spies in our army and other security forces, of which some are caught recently and some are still there passing information to enemies, when we have leaders like Mani Shankar Aiyer and Salman Khursheed who can seek help of enemy nation to dethrone one person as PM they don't like, when we have seen in the past at times of Kargil war that our opposition leaders behaving as spokesperson of enemy nation, when our politicians have tears to shed for terrorists but not for martyrs, when our leaders like Farooq Abdullah publicly demoralizing our army and security forces by saying that "Entire army can not stop terrorism",

when our public care more for IPL and I-Pill, when our caste matters more than our society-our nation, when our one caste members threaten to remove electric poles, when they threaten to discontinue supply of milk, when they don't send children to school, when we talk about Brahmantva, Kshatriyatva or when we only cry for being dalit, when we have people who want to take their photos even at times of Mumbai attacks or funeral of a patidar leader,

when we have so called seculars who can go to supreme court at mid night to save terrorist, when we have print media who can have heading 'And They Hanged Yakub Memon', when we have film celebrities who care more for Pakistan floods, than Uttara Khand or Tamil Nadu floods, when we have people who want Ghulam Ali giving live performance,  when we have filmmakers who don't want to employ their own country talent but they want to import very low talented artists such as Meera, Veena Malik, when we have BCCI board who wants Bharatiya cricketers to play with Pakistani cricketers at any cost just so that they can earn million rupees

how can we expect that this country or any ruler of this country can give befitting reply to Pakistan and terrorists?

क्रिकेट और डब्ल्यु डब्ल्यु एफ

भविष्य में ये खुलासा हो तो चोकियेगा मत की दोनो सेमी फाइनल फिक्स थे। 

क्रिकेटरो की कुशलता पर शंका नहीं लेकिन नियत पर जरुर है। दूसरा अब इतना क्रिकेट खेला जाने लगा है जिससे भारतीयो का बहोत समय बरबाद होता है। अभी विश्व कप समाप्त हुआ थोडे दिनो में आईपीएल चालु होगा। कितना सट्टा खेला जाता है, ओफिस में कार्य उत्पादन  को असर होती है वो तो अलग। 

क्रिकेट का फैन मैं भी हूं लेकिन जब से समज में आ गया कि ये तो डब्ल्यू डब्ल्यू एफ की तरह फिक्स होता है तब से चाह घट गई है और आये दिन फिक्सिंग की खबरे चाह को और भी घटाती जा रही है। 

ये खेल हमारा नहीं है उलटा ये खेल सिर्फ इंग्लेन्ड के दास रहे देश ही खेलते है। क्यों अमरिका या चीन या जापान या कोरिया इसे नहीं खेलते। मुजे पहले से पता था कि विश्व कप से पहले उत्तरोत्तर हारती भारतीय टीम अचानक एसा क्या हो गया कि विश्व कप की सारी मेचे जीतती गई? सोचने वाली बात है। 

मार्केटिंग के ऐंगल से इसे देखना होगा। जैसे पहले बाजार की आवश्यक्ता थी तब भारतीय सुंदरीओ को मिस वर्ल्ड बनाया गया वैसे ही अब ऐसा हो गया है कि अगर भारतीय टीम सेमी फाइनल तक न पहोंचती तो बहोत सारे भारतीय मेच देखना बंध कर देते। और इस  कारण जिस कंपनीओ ने एड के स्लोट खरीद के रखा था उनको फटका पडता। इसी लिऐ पहले से ही तय था कि भारतीय टीम सस्ते में विश्व  कप से बहार नहीं होनी चाहिऐ। और वो ही हुआ। वैसे सटोरियो के हिसाब से भी भारत बहोत बडा मार्केट है। भारत की सही तरक्की करनी है तो क्रिकेट और खास कर के आईपीऐल पर कुछ वर्ष तक प्रतिबंध रख देना हितावह होगा।