[Assam] A body blow to Northeast : Patricia Mukhim

[Ram Sarangapani]

Ms. Mukhim has hit the nail on the head. The state of Indian sports has
always been like this, specially when it comes to representations to the
Olympics or some other even.

Is it any wonder why India fairs so bad (in spite of boasting of a 1 Billion
plus).?

It is not that India does not have talent. It probably does, but given the
level of corruption, favoritism and politics in sports, it is very doubtful
India can ever shine at the Olympics.

There ought to be some sort of "enquiry" as to how Sania's mother became a
part of the contingent. But who will conduct it? The Sports Authority in
India Don't hold your breath though!

One wishes, it was ONLY sports that corruption has seeped into. All one has
to do is to pick up almost any facet in India, be it land deals,
school/college admissions to much touted government endeavors, and you can
almost always zero in on corruption governing it.

It is just so sickening.

--Ram




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> It is shocking that a country claiming to be on the super-fast track
> towards being a global giant, could bungle on a simple dope test on its most
> promising athlete.
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> Monika's chance of making it to Beijing was scuttled by this silly error.
> How do we term such a blunder except to call it an insidious, manipulative
> tactic of the sleazy world of Indian sport?.
>
> This incident depicts the ugly underbelly of the Indian Olympics
> Association (IOA) and all the pre-Olympic wheeling and dealing such as
> designating Sania Mirza's mother as a coach so she could be part of the
> Beijing delegation. One can only be ashamed that such things happen, apart
> from....more
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> details here:
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> http://olympics1.blogspot.com/2008/08/body-blow-to-northeast-patricia-mukhim.html
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