05-10-2004, 01:25 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-vasu+May 10 2004, 12:56 AM-->QUOTE(vasu @ May 10 2004, 12:56 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> What do these countries have to be successful in world sports that we dont have? One would be the extreme incompetence of the officials and gargantuan indifference of the bloody netas, but anything else?
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Lack of public support. The perpetual fascination with a useless sport lke Cricket, leaving aside ALL other local sports en masse. Apart from horse-polo and chess, I dont even know of many sports that originated in India.
While Yoga (philosophy & hatha yoga excercises) originated in India, there is no inclination to even learn the basics in India. When the world raves about it, many Indians speak as if they were the ones that Invented Yoga...
When this attitude changes, the latent talents of India will emerge. (Personally, I do not know three things about Cricket - viz, watching, playing & commenting.)
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While Yoga (philosophy & hatha yoga excercises) originated in India, there is no inclination to even learn the basics in India. When the world raves about it, many Indians speak as if they were the ones that Invented Yoga...
When this attitude changes, the latent talents of India will emerge. (Personally, I do not know three things about Cricket - viz, watching, playing & commenting.)