“ONE BILLION ONE GOLD”

                We all proud of India as a land of  heritage, traditions ,diversity  and a country that produces many leaders. We are very much privileged to say ourselves as an Indian. After Independence our nation shows a rapid growth as a developing nation in each and every field. We know India is filled with more valuable  resources like  agriculture,economy,industries, IT sectors, telecommunications,imports,exports etc.. which makes our country more respectable in the eyes of other countries.

              But still now we consider ourselves as an underdog in one area, i.e.the field of sports. Yes, as a country that has the second largest population in the world could not be able to compete with nations that has one fourth of our human resources. In the Olympics 2004 , India’s Rathore bagged a silver medal in shooting and in Olympics 2008, India’s Abinavh Bindra bagged one gold medal in the same.  It arises a question that whether we are going to be proud of that one gold  or a country that is known for its large human resource could not be able to produce  more than one. It is a shame for a developing country like India to see ourselves in this kind of awkward situation.It is very sad for us to see our country resides on 44^th place in the Olympics points table.

            Where happens the mistake? Cricket is the only sport that is dominating us. In India 80% of us have a craze for cricket, we love and live in it and forgetting other sports. Even our national game hockey seems to have less importance and other games are not at all shine in the brightness of cricket. As cricket gains more fans sponsors also never had a look on other games and they tends to go only for cricket.

            Even the youngsters and children are describing  their wish is to become a cricket star. When we analyze that point deeply, its all because of  the fame and popularity that cricket gives. On the players point of view, they are showing their grief towards the government as they are not equally treated well as cricketers. They even added that incentives and offers given to them are comparatively meager  than the cricketers. It arises a question “whether they are playing for nation or money?”. Its very hard to figure out the problem whether the fault is on the government or on the player's part.

        There may be only one solution to overcome this threatening problem. Our government should treat every game as equal and give par importance to all the players. And also players should feel that they are playing for their county’s pride and not for the sake of money. If this happens then there might be no way for a country like America which is one fourth of our human resource can overtake us. And there is also a part for all of us. We should promote our country’s native games to a higher level and make a awareness to all. Sponsors should come forward for the growth of unfamiliar games in our country. If all these things comes to reality then there might be no doubt that our "MOTHER INDIA"  will  ensures a top place not only in Olympics as well as in pride. I think it’s the alarming time for our country to wake and fight for its pride.

“AWAKE INDIA”