India wins a handful of medals in Olympics while a similar nation like Chins whic was more backward than India wins the most medals( hundreds)

Very true. There is a state of reluctance in general prevailing in this country.This state of reluctance starts from the family, to the educational institutions to the Governments. The basic reason for this reluctance is, Indian society in general has a very bad notion about Sports and Games.

"If you study you will become a Nawab. If you play, you will become Kharab. "

There are very sportsmen and women who carved a niche of theirs in he Sports and Games Field, People like Saina Nehwal, Sania Mirza, Milkha Singh, Karanam Malleswari, proved their eminence in Olympics and Asian games. But their number  is very less.

Unless the Government takes initiative, the situation in Sports arena will remain as a dream.

 Lastly, Modi in one of the Swatch Bharat sessions said. Swatch Bharat paves the way for a Healthy Nation. As you said it's only a Healthy Nation can produce good Sportsmen.

Mediocrity and not excellence is way of life in India.  Here we are always satisfied with mediocre results. Most of us are interested only in money and not excellence. Cricket is given more importance in India whereas China is no Cricket player.  Other games are being neglected owing to Cricket. Cricket is also more a source of income to speculators and the managers of Cricket Control Board. 

Why blame cricket for other sports not doing good. Do you want cricket also to become mediocre? Indians are dòing good in badminton,tennis, wrestling, shooting, billiards, snookers,boxing. Are u still unsatisfied like MGSingh, who is dissatisfied with everything in India and it's leaders etc. His favorite sport is blaming Nehru and minorities. Very unsportsman like attitude.

vijay wrote:

Why blame cricket for other sports not doing good. Do you want cricket also to become mediocre? Indians are dòing good in badminton,tennis, wrestling, shooting, billiards, snookers,boxing. Are u stillunsatisfied like MGSingh, who is dissatisfied with everything in India and it's leaders etc. His favorite sport is blaming Nehru and minorities. Very unsportsman like attitude.

Even the sports you mention India has not done well for a nation of 1.2 billion. Outside India even in cricket we have the greatest records of defeats in cricket. Under Dhoni India lost 8 consecutive tests in England and Australia- a world record of consecutive defeats. In tennis we have never one a wimbledon singles or any other major singles tournament. One swalow doesnt make a summer and in badminton except for one player its a big zero. We won 0ne medal in 100 years of olympics. Same in weightlifting and sports of strength. Be realistic and accept that Nehru had lopsided priorities. Had he concentrated on  making plans to feed the poor than in trying to be a " world Leader" where he crashed anyway, things would have been better.  ! I am a nationalist and travel abroad and I have been asked these questions. Its not good to be an ostrich.  I maintain India just cannot match a country in sports with tiny countries of 4/5 million despite 1200 million. Who is responsible?

MG Singh wrote:

vijay wrote:

Why blame cricket for other sports not doing good. Do you want cricket also to become mediocre? Indians are dòing good in badminton,tennis, wrestling, shooting, billiards, snookers,boxing. Are u stillunsatisfied like MGSingh, who is dissatisfied with everything in India and it's leaders etc. His favorite sport is blaming Nehru and minorities. Very unsportsman like attitude.

Even the sports you mention India has not done well for a nation of 1.2 billion. Outside India even in cricket we have the greatest records of defeats in cricket. Under Dhoni India lost 8 consecutive tests in England and Australia- a world record of consecutive defeats. In tennis we have never one a wimbledon singles or any other major singles tournament. One swalow doesnt make a summer and in badminton except for one player its a big zero. We won 0ne medal in 100 years of olympics. Same in weightlifting and sports of strength. Be realistic and accept that Nehru had lopsided priorities. Had he concentrated on  making plans to feed the poor than in trying to be a " world Leader" where he crashed anyway, things would have been better.  ! I am a nationalist and travel abroad and I have been asked these questions. Its not good to be an ostrich.  I maintain India just cannot match a country in sports with tiny countries of 4/5 million despite 1200 million. Who is responsible?

 

You are right. While it is true that there are certain achievements in the arena of Sports and Games, it's a pittance, for a Nation of 1.2 Billion of population. When the question of Who is responsible arises, there are several reasons like too much of political interference is one of the causes for the sorry state of affairs in Sports arena. Lack of infra structure is another reason. Due to this, an aspiring Sportsman cannot prepare to take part in International level of competitions. Abhinav Bindra, the only individual Gold medalist  from India went to Germany for his training.

rambabu wrote:

MG Singh wrote:

vijay wrote:

Why blame cricket for other sports not doing good. Do you want cricket also to become mediocre? Indians are dòing good in badminton,tennis, wrestling, shooting, billiards, snookers,boxing. Are u stillunsatisfied like MGSingh, who is dissatisfied with everything in India and it's leaders etc. His favorite sport is blaming Nehru and minorities. Very unsportsman like attitude.

Even the sports you mention India has not done well for a nation of 1.2 billion. Outside India even in cricket we have the greatest records of defeats in cricket. Under Dhoni India lost 8 consecutive tests in England and Australia- a world record of consecutive defeats. In tennis we have never one a wimbledon singles or any other major singles tournament. One swalow doesnt make a summer and in badminton except for one player its a big zero. We won 0ne medal in 100 years of olympics. Same in weightlifting and sports of strength. Be realistic and accept that Nehru had lopsided priorities. Had he concentrated on  making plans to feed the poor than in trying to be a " world Leader" where he crashed anyway, things would have been better.  ! I am a nationalist and travel abroad and I have been asked these questions. Its not good to be an ostrich.  I maintain India just cannot match a country in sports with tiny countries of 4/5 million despite 1200 million. Who is responsible?

 

You are right. While it is true that there are certain achievements in the arena of Sports and Games, it's a pittance, for a Nation of 1.2 Billion of population. When the question of Who is responsible arises, there are several reasons like too much of political interference is one of the causes for the sorry state of affairs in Sports arena. Lack of infra structure is another reason. Due to this, an aspiring Sportsman cannot prepare to take part in International level of competitions. Abhinav Bindra, the only individual Gold medalist  from India went to Germany for his training.

Sadly the Congress party which ruled India for 60 years was only nterested in vote bank politics than in food and health followed by sports. 

 

MG Singh wrote:

rambabu wrote:

MG Singh wrote:

vijay wrote:

Why blame cricket for other sports not doing good. Do you want cricket also to become mediocre? Indians are dòing good in badminton,tennis, wrestling, shooting, billiards, snookers,boxing. Are u stillunsatisfied like MGSingh, who is dissatisfied with everything in India and it's leaders etc. His favorite sport is blaming Nehru and minorities. Very unsportsman like attitude.

Even the sports you mention India has not done well for a nation of 1.2 billion. Outside India even in cricket we have the greatest records of defeats in cricket. Under Dhoni India lost 8 consecutive tests in England and Australia- a world record of consecutive defeats. In tennis we have never one a wimbledon singles or any other major singles tournament. One swalow doesnt make a summer and in badminton except for one player its a big zero. We won 0ne medal in 100 years of olympics. Same in weightlifting and sports of strength. Be realistic and accept that Nehru had lopsided priorities. Had he concentrated on  making plans to feed the poor than in trying to be a " world Leader" where he crashed anyway, things would have been better.  ! I am a nationalist and travel abroad and I have been asked these questions. Its not good to be an ostrich.  I maintain India just cannot match a country in sports with tiny countries of 4/5 million despite 1200 million. Who is responsible?

 

You are right. While it is true that there are certain achievements in the arena of Sports and Games, it's a pittance, for a Nation of 1.2 Billion of population. When the question of Who is responsible arises, there are several reasons like too much of political interference is one of the causes for the sorry state of affairs in Sports arena. Lack of infra structure is another reason. Due to this, an aspiring Sportsman cannot prepare to take part in International level of competitions. Abhinav Bindra, the only individual Gold medalist  from India went to Germany for his training.

Sadly the Congress party which ruled India for 60 years was only nterested in vote bank politics than in food and health followed by sports. 

Well said. Creating Vote banks was their food. Now in Modi's regime things will be sorted out. His dream was to achieve a healthy India, that's capable of creating a healthy Nation.

 

 

It was during Congress rule that green revolution took place and since then food requirements are taken care of and India is an exporter from many years. Small pox and polio were eliminated during Congress rule for good health. Why are you so blind I am not able to understand. @MGSingh wants data for his articles and you both  beat his trumpet. Oppose but with facts.

 M.G. Singh said that he is gathering matter for his article ?

Here are the facts for your benefit. Go through this article.

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-India-so-far-behind-in-the-Olympics-even-though-it-has-over-a-sixth-of-the-worlds-population

I feel it is more due to our own lack ...Indians have never been great sportmen at any period of time. It was meant only for Kshatrias , the Brahmins were busy with knowledge and so on.. We did have Yoga, which cannot be called a sporting activity . If we compare that to Europe where adventure sports have always been given a lot of importance and considered part and parcel of life. Chinese too are much more enterprising as a race than Indians. We can go back and see how everybody came, wiped their feet on us and left and some stayed on...It is only now that we are realising the importance of sports and other activities

rambabu wrote:

 M.G. Singh said that he is gathering matter for his article ?

Here are the facts for your benefit. Go through this article.

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-India-so-far-behind-in-the-Olympics-even-though-it-has-over-a-sixth-of-the-worlds-population

 

What a wonderful reference. There is also a comment at the bottom which states that a nation which can't feed  half of its population is bound to fail in sports. Who is responsible for this state? It is Nehru and Congress. Only now Modi is having a crack at it.

MG Singh wrote:

rambabu wrote:

 M.G. Singh said that he is gathering matter for his article ?

Here are the facts for your benefit. Go through this article.

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-India-so-far-behind-in-the-Olympics-even-though-it-has-over-a-sixth-of-the-worlds-population

 

What a wonderful reference. There is also a comment at the bottom which states that a nation which can't feed  half of its population is bound to fail in sports. Who is responsible for this state? It is Nehru and Congress. Only now Modi is having a crack at it.

Actually I thought of giving this link. But I thought, it's not necessary for you, because, you can understand. But the member who sees everything in a negative way, to make him understand, I gave this link.Thank you my friend for appreciating my efforts.

 

MG Singh wrote:

rambabu wrote:

 M.G. Singh said that he is gathering matter for his article ?

Here are the facts for your benefit. Go through this article.

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-India-so-far-behind-in-the-Olympics-even-though-it-has-over-a-sixth-of-the-worlds-population

 

What a wonderful reference. There is also a comment at the bottom which states that a nation which can't feed  half of its population is bound to fail in sports. Who is responsible for this state? It is Nehru and Congress. Only now Modi is having a crack at it.

 

Quora , from which this so called article  has been taken is just another discussion site like Boddunan and I too am a member there and the views given by members of a discussion site cannot be taken as authentic because they just  give their opinion like we do here . We need to have proper information coming from a valid source not from discussion sites where members give out their opinions as you can clearly see going by the various posts  . I am sure you will understand ..

Two back slapping members keep propping themselves up by relying on any and sundry giving their views. MGSingh see Nehru everywhere and Rambabu sees MGSingh everywhere these days. Both have negative views about India and they say my views are negative. I have always provided unrefutable facts. Not adjectives and perceptions based on personal biases. USHA has rightly brought out the real reasons why we are behind in sports inspite of there being food for all and God health. But no, it is Nehru who is responsible!!!! 

vijay wrote:

Two back slapping members keep propping themselves up by relying on any and sundry giving their views. MGSingh see Nehru everywhere and Rambabu sees MGSingh everywhere these days. Both have negative views about India and they say my views are negative. I have always provided unrefutable facts. Not adjectives and perceptions based on personal biases. USHA has rightly brought out the real reasons why we are behind in sports inspite of there being food for all and God health. But no, it is Nehru who is responsible!!!! 

ha ha, I like your comment. But my dear, I criticize Nehru ( and others also do now) because he had the love of the Indian people and he clashed with Mao and lost. Mao took China forward and Nehru has left us with insurrmountable problems. His policy at most place was wrong and stating that does not make me dislike Nehru.

As far as sports is concerned it is connected with national health and Nehru is responsible as under him poverty line increased and that obviously reflected on sports as well.I agree others after him should have changed the policy, but when Narasimaha Rao started change we were nearly 4 decades behind time.  it will now take another 50 years to eradicate poverty( if at all it is eradicated) and then only national health will improve.Automatically sports will get a filip, but where will other nations be at that time ?

MG Singh wrote:

vijay wrote:

Two back slapping members keep propping themselves up by relying on any and sundry giving their views. MGSingh see Nehru everywhere and Rambabu sees MGSingh everywhere these days. Both have negative views about India and they say my views are negative. I have always provided unrefutable facts. Not adjectives and perceptions based on personal biases. USHA has rightly brought out the real reasons why we are behind in sports inspite of there being food for all and God health. But no, it is Nehru who is responsible!!!! 

ha ha, I like your comment. But my dear, I criticize Nehru ( and others also do now) because he had the love of the Indian people and he clashed with Mao and lost. Mao took China forward and Nehru has left us with insurrmountable problems. His policy at most place was wrong and stating that does not make me dislike Nehru.

As far as sports is concerned it is connected with national health and Nehru is responsible as under him poverty line increased and that obviously reflected on sports as well.I agree others after him should have changed the policy, but when Narasimaha Rao started change we were nearly 4 decades behind time.  it will now take another 50 years to eradicate poverty( if at all it is eradicated) and then only national health will improve.Automatically sports will get a filip, but where will other nations be at that time ?

That's why, the Congress Bhaktas attitude and thoughts are of pre - Historic age, out dated and useless.

 

just because of cricket many sports are also introduced in India like kabaddi, kushti etc on TV earlier there was no live telecast of these kind of sports in India but now many sponsors are taking these sports to another level 

@MGSingh please get your history of China right. It was not Mao who took China forward but Dang. Mao left it in shambles with his disasterous cultural revolution. Chinas economy for a boost because USA transferred its labor intensive industries to a totalirian country where labor could not protest at being paid lower salaries benefiting the American consumer.In India this would not have been posible because we chose democracy nourished magnificiently in its formative years by Nehru. In your hatred for him you can now blame him for China's progress too. RAMBABU you may find all this useless so please keep out of it.

MG Singh wrote:

As far as sports is concerned it is connected with national health and Nehru is responsible as under him poverty line increased and that obviously reflected on sports as well.I agree others after him should have changed the policy, but when Narasimaha Rao started change we were nearly 4 decades behind time.  it will now take another 50 years to eradicate poverty( if at all it is eradicated) and then only national health will improve.Automatically sports will get a filip, but where will other nations be at that time ?

 

I too feel that hardly any importance was given to sports until the nineties, in fact Sportsmen have had it tough for decades except for cricket players ..Nehru  may be excused to some extent because he had the task of nation building , so he had to see what was priority but Indira Gandhi continued  to be the same or even worse . I know of one instance ( cannot remember the exact year) when the Bangalore college students went on a strike because 2 athletes selected for Olympics were left behind .The reason being that the officials, MLAs, ministers and their wives consisted of the bulk of the entourage, attending Olympics , funded by the tax payers , leaving no place for athletes. When the athletes  approached the sports ministry they were asked to fund for themselves . This led to a huge protest which went on for months together..

Why I brought this up is to show the levels to which our democracy had fallen under Indira Gandhi who institutionalised corruption n every field possible. Bribes became a way of life. Her lop sided priorities and her dependence on her coterie of sycophants only added to her downfall..

Aparna Popat a Badminton champion says that  China's essential aim is to win Glory for the Nation through sport. To achieve this, the Chinese established centralized elite sports system. Additionally, there were Govt run sports training centres at all levels, National, provincial,city and county sports schools. Children as young as 4 years were identified and put into these training centres. All expenses will be born by the State. Aparna Popat says, in India, the support comes only from the family. She along with another Badminton Champion Gopichand became Champions only due to the support of the family. Hence, if in India too unless such support from the State is not there, it becomes a dream for India to produce Olympic Champions.