The reason why India is not a top sporting nation revealed today. There is no harm in giving Bharat Ratna to a sports person. In fact every citizen of India is a born Bharat Ratna. All that is required is to create a good atmosphere and let people perform their best. And the 'good atmosphere' means fairness, non discrimination along with use of some common sense. Many great champions are destroyed by unfairness and poor conditions.
First of all cricket is too much hyped. A game played by eight to ten countries and people shout claiming to be world champion. Please wake up and think about hockey, football, tennis, athletics, swimming and others. India is still no where in most of these as seen in Olympics. We have gone down in our national game. What a shame. Even in poor atmosphere some great sporting personalities have done wonders brought big and real pride for India. But they are not Bharat Ratna.
And even if you think about cricket, think again. Think of the great spinners who mesmerized batsmen, the man who helped in defeating mighty West Indies on their home soil, the man who helped India win first world cup when no one expected, the man who gave fighting spirit to Team India. Some good players are not even given due consideration when they leave field. People forget they too performed for country and much brilliantly.
The point is not any person or award. It is the priorities and the attitude which is deprived of fairness, priorities and common sense. One unfair decision leads to millions more. It affects mindset of people. Manipulation, prejudice, abuse of power, impulsiveness leading to whimsical disorderly state. In the end country suffers and does not reach the height it should. This is what has happened. It is the system and the nation which is defeated but the people are celebrating. Alas!
And stop saying that all this happens because we are emotional people. We are not. If we were there won't be millions of people dying of hunger and lack of proper treatment. There is surge of billionaires with enormous wealth, celebrities and influential people with enormous ability to move people towards order and better system but no one is interested in country. Either we think of accumulating wealth and do nothing for country or even if we do that is just a token effort. There is no consistent, collective effort to eradicate problems from the country. And the result is rich people with big names but half of the country is malnourished. Small countries with less resources are racing ahead and we are busy in watching cricket.
Uthasthi Bharatha ! Wake up India please WAKE UP.
