Where is our sports minister?

Its been over three months now that our union sports minister Sunil Dutt expired. And shockingly, there is none at the helm as of yet. Goes to show where sports feature in our priority lists. Here is an article from TOI probing the sad state of affairs.

Well, don’t know how much of a difference Sunil Dutt could have actually made but he certainly had noble intentions. He was the one who had specially requested for the sports and Youth Affairs portfolio to Sonia Gandhi inspite of the fact that sports features at the bottom of the fund allocation priority list. He was passionate about football and had genuine interest in raising the standard of the game. I don’t know if the same can be said about the previous MPs who were in the hot seat.

And why aren’t our honorable MP’s coming forward to step into his shoes? But let there be an election for BCCI president post and you will see all our ministers fighting for the post in the interest of serving the nation. Let some athlete win an Olympic gold and we will see the ministers honoring them with cash incentives, again in the interest of the nation. Its appalling that after sania mirza’s exploits, even the Karnataka government honored her with a cash prize though they had no role to play whatsoever in her becoming what she is. I would appreciate if the same money could be put in creating mirzas from Karnataka state itself.

Come Olympics and the same ministers will then raise their voice for more funds for athletes All of a sudden, sports becomes an issue for them to gain some brownie points in the media circles.

Yes, the corporates need to support sports. But how many will come forward in such a scenario. Well, let me keep it for another post.

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Am glad at sania’s exploits in the us open. A good answer to all the critics who think money has gone into her head and she will end up doing only ads and movies. Our national badminton champ Anup Sridhar will be competing in the Danish Circuit. Am regularly asked if our Olympic silver medalist Major Rathore gets what he deserves. Will try to answer that in a separate post.

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At the personal front, have once again resolved to shed some kilos. :) Its more of a test against myself. Have started on a good note. Want to keep it going. Let me see for myself how determined a person I am. :)) Already i can hear the laughter from Laks, Pills and my room-mates.