When i decided to start bloggin i made it a point not to stroll around Politics,Sports and Cinemas. I know there is NDTV.COM, CRICINFO & INDIAGLITZ to help people around. But on the apex of last weeks devlopment i had no option but to break my stupid stubborness.
In a land where the dictionaries translate the word - Sports to Cricket, it was quite a satisfied scene to see a News Channel Flashing the Indian Hockey Team's inablity to make it to the Beijieng Olympics. Just as Me & my bro were discussing on the shameful loss to the Great Britain in Santiago. We were shocked but not suprised as this was on cards.
This is been India's perform in the last 6 Olmpics (Courtesy NDTV)
Year Olympic Venue India's Rank
1984 Los Angeles 5th
1988 Seoul 6th
1992 Barcelona 7th
1996 Atlanta 9th
2000 Sydney 7th
2004 Athens 7th
I always liked Indian Hockey right from the Pillai's days. i still rememeber as a 10 year pld i awed at Pillays Swift and deligence. His impeccable long drives and his crafty steels. SAF games 1995 India claiming gold beating the Arch-rivals Pakistan etched permanently in my heart. The Junior world Cup victory in Sydney saw the brilliance of Jugraj Singh a Stupendous drag-Flicker climb the ladder before a freak accident giving a jolt to what promised to be a brilliant talent . I was in Mysore when my brother called me to share the real excitment of India winning the Asia Cup in Chennai last year. i thought may be the Chake-de theme was actually working in re inventing Indian Hockey's past Glory, but as they say it ws too early to conclude.
I know this was more a matter of pride and pain rather than a topic to be scribbled in a blog. but someone has to do something about this somewhwere !!!
The National Coach decided to put his papers down calling the administrators of the game in India as bruteless dictators. I still wonder why Ric Charlesworth-The Australian Hockey Legend-Technical Advisor to the IHF was not given the ticket to Santiago. His inputs have been as valuable as The Teachings of Krishna to Arjuna in Mahabharath.
Right from the Common Man to a 2 time Olympian every one knows the system needs a revamp. Even if KPS GILL Suicides i wouldnt be satidfied. Along with the Jothikumaran the two has run the IHF more as their own play ground rather a Governing Body of a Country's National Game. Such was the attrocity of Gill that during the first 10 years of KPS Gill's tenure as IHF head over 150 players and more than 15 coaches were replaced, giving the national team little sense of stability. May be Hayden's remark would have been more apt on KPS GILL, "He is the same Ol' Obnoxious weed he was 10 Years ago"
Please do it for the a geniune hockey fan, get that Old fanatic out of the office. Its high time the Indian Goverment reacts to something. If this is the state i wouldnt be suprised if India never plays in Olympics.
