DOES SPORTS HAVE A FUTURE IN INDIA?

Introduction:

                    “All work and no play makes jack a dull boy”                         

I think this issue must be discussed from the origin. The origin lies with the students. I strongly believe that sports will have a better future in India only if students are trained in various athletic events from their primary level. Even today, there are some human beings who dump education on their kids. This is the main problem. Students should definitely be exposed to various sports. Here goes several discussions about the past, present, future trend of sports in India.

Let us go from the primary level.

Government’s role in imparting sports in schools:

It s been often debated in the recent past, whether sports should be compulsory at school or not? It cannot be denied that sports enhances the abilities of the child and develop challenging spirits. Keen to give sports in the country a boost, sports and youth affairs minister M.S.Gill has said, “It is essential that physical education and sports are given at least one period everyday compulsorily in school curriculum, beginning from elementary school onward.” He also added “I would like to emphasize that while opening new schools, we should insist that adequate open grounds be provided for playing fields.” Lacking in infrastructure most schools have few sports facilities and even lack teachers. Playgrounds give way to school buildings and in senior classes accent on academics means less time for sports. The sports ministry has pointed out that navodaya vidhyalayas and kendriya vidhyalayas, which are directly under HRD’s control, can play a leading role in imparting sports and physical education with the academic curriculum and act as a role model for other schools. Pushing hard for filing up vacancies of physical education teachers, the ministry wants that schools which do not have such posts must be asked to create them and recruit the teachers. The ministry has also mooted the idea of making sports and games a component of the Government’s flagship Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). A small percentage of the budget for SSA, if earmarked for the promotion of sports in primary schools, can make a big impact in promoting sports in schools and all round development of children. The sports ministry which has constructed 25,000 playgrounds under the National Rural Sport Endeavor scheme has also asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to provide adequate funds to universities and colleges for modernizing sports infrastructure.

Now the next important question is:

Why cricket? Why not the other games?

                   It’s a known fact that Indian spectators do not give enough attention to other games as for cricket. Why is this? We have won enough medals in Common Wealth Games and in Asian Games 2010 only from those events like shooting, archery, wrestling and much more which are rarely brought under limelight. These personalities would have achieved much more if they were recognized earlier. It’s not that, everyone could afford to spend on their own. We can observe this from the stories of some successful personalities like Aswini Agunji (Athlete) Deepika Kumari (Archery) and much more. We all know Kapil Dev was the captain of India when we won the World cup. How many of us know who was the captain of hockey team when it won the World cup.

The next issue is:

Influence of commercialization on the professionalization of sport:

                   One of the classic example for this commercialization of sport is the Indian Premier League(IPL).we have gone to such an extent of providing free security to the venues of T20 matches. Moreover there is no need to mix and match one profession with the other just to earn currency. Should sports be commercialized to such an extent? After all it was once a leisure time activity. What makes people much worried is how is that some extraordinary men find some loopholes to include those heavy words like “scam”, “corruption” etc.., into sports? One has to come to terms with the fact that cricket is now not just a game of bat and ball but it is Big Money. It does not matter whether you play well, but you should have an endorsement that surpasses your cricket record and a company that backs you in your endeavor. Today the benefit of being a member of Indian cricket team is not just playing for the country but being paid for it by one and all. A cricketer has just become a product for all to be used. The BCCI needs him for its survival, the Company that sponsors him uses him for its product mileage, media has to be favored to write about him and if he fulfills these criteria then on top of it, he has to play well for the country. The order of preferences is just that. Let us strive to make cricket a gentle and gentleman’s game. Allow the gentle influence of money that is earned to flow towards those areas of the game that needs attention.

If this is the case where will we land?

           We are all aware of the fact that India won 101 medals in Common Wealth Games and 64 medals in Asian games. Out of those 101 medals in CWG we won 30 medals including 14 gold medals in shooting, 19 medals in wrestling, and 8 medals in archery. The saddest part is that some players like Deepika Kumari, Tindu luka who won medals in the recent Asian games are from economically poor background. Not every talented person is given hand and being lifted up. Only few are passionate enough and self-driven. What happens to the rest? There is no point in giving cash awards after winning. HELP THEM TO WIN. For instance when Abhinav Bindra did India proud by winning the first ever gold medal as an individual, the newspapers splashed his pictures on the front page as he deserved. The politicians announced lakhs and crores of rupees in prize to him for winning gold medal. Is this a good thing? It is not that the Government should not award them. But what these sports personalities are waiting for is not the cash awards but to provide proper training facilities of international standards to deserving sports persons. We are effective in collecting taxpayers’ money but not spending it.

Conclusion:

                       Here the conclusion again join hands with the introduction stressing on the fact that however big or small the school may be, no matter where it is in rural or urban, there must definitely be a proper play ground and a well-efficient physical education teacher to spot out the talented and to provide proper sources to train and bring them up. The management of all Government and private educational institutions must be duty bound to provide sports facilities as it is high time that sports was made part of the academic curriculum, if necessary by awarding marks or grades to performers in sports. If all these are not done and sports are to be more and more commercialized, sure, there won’t be any future for sports in India.

How to make your life more enjoyable?

                                 Any individual in any walk of life will obviously have this question in his or her mind. Now, let me go from the initial stage...When we were students in our school level our aim would be only in scoring high marks.When we step into college we will recognize that "not books are everything.This World is so vast.Step out and mingle with everyone.Know how to tackle people with different attitude."If you had been a machine generating marks all these days in your school,you will be improved to a level where you will at least make an attempt to understand the concepts.Only at a crucial point of time we will be aware of the fact that these silly numerical figures are fit for nothing..! After a great struggle ,however we get a job and the next step would be to go to a higher position in the company in which we are working.
                                   So we always move towards something.But the actual thing is " we do not plan and be prepared for a specific goal".people don't plan to fail , they just fail to plan.Now let me go to the next step.Something else in life makes us much bothered.What is that?I have seen people planning up so energetically but then the schedule will just sleep in some corner of their room and they would fail to go by that.
       Here are some tips to make your life enjoyable :

• Never,never let your mind idle."idle brain is a devil's workshop." So keep thinking.....
• Never get tensed for silly issues. Don't ever attempt to blow a balloon to a parachute....! Remember you have so much other important works to do.
• Hold on until you can.Do not burst out in front of others.This will shatter your image completely.see to that you do not get into back-biting.
• Be as simple as you can.Do not beat your own drums.
• Try to sit and plan up before you step out to any important work,so that you can save a lot of time.
• Past is past,however good or bad it may be.Think of your future.
• Have the habit of writing diary.This will greatly help you in reducing your unwanted talks about others.You can straight away pour out your thoughts in your own diary.!
• Remember the gift of life is life itself.Wherever you go ,it may be be once or twice or thrice...try to observe your surroundings.Do not always keep your mind filled with hectic schedule or non-sense thoughts.
• Record your most enjoyable moments.So that later when you are depressed, you can have a look at it,which will surely let your mind blossom...
• Last but not the least,as far as possible try to avoid comparison.this is a ghost that will kill you...Life would be more enjoyable when you stop comparing yourself with others.Each and everyone is unique in one way or the other.....

Are we really aware?

These days people so much aware of all the incidents happening around this world.That too,people in fourty plus, are so very keen in sharing these than today's youngsters.This thought popped up, only a few days back.When i was traveling in bus a few days ago, a girl next to me coughed without having her hanki over her mouth.Immediately a lady in her late fourty's who was sitting in the next seat asked this girl to use her hand kerchief.Do you know the reason ? Its because of the wide spread of H1N1 virus.Another incident too happened under similar circumstances.A girl was about to get her ticket from the bus conductor.She had her hanki in her hand.Unfortunately , conductor's fingers touched her hanki while he was giving her ticket.You know what he said?"Keep your kerchief aside.do not bring it near me.Are you not aware of H1N1?"I was really amazed to see their awareness. On the other hand , I met a very educated lady who asked me a silly question:"Should we not have the H1N1 vaccine after we are affected by swine flu?"see how silly people are....!

should community play such a vital role ?

                                  Human beings are human beings irrespective of their caste,community and religion.yes, we all agree with the above fact .But then,can we say the above said factors do not influence in any area?obviously,we can't..because it definitely prevails,in the most important field"education".It is said,"education makes a man complete", "Education builds our character".But with ,"community" influencing itself in education, in the name of "scholarships",is that really building up man?the worse part is ,scholarships are being named with "community".Are the backward class people really backward?,or the forward class people really forward?no,not at all.Now,why to include caste and community in census?The main reason would be,to make the backward classes and the scheduled caste and tribe people avail the government's free and subsidiary schemes.The point is ,can't it be based on some other criteria like,their annual income or so?Even in the education part,scholarships could be awarded based on merit.When it is the case,students will be encouraged to excel in their academics.There are some genuine trusts and institutions which award students based on their performances.But every coin has two sides.So,at last,even though people tend to unite irrespective of caste and community the above said issues restrict them from doing so........

Think Plz.......

                                           SMSing,Txting,Messaging...it has got many more names.Today's youngsters,(not most of them) are becoming addicted to this habit of sending messages through their expensive mobile phones.Not most of us possess our own mobile phone during our school life.But when we step into college we are in need of those mobile phones.The first thing,most of us do is to avail those attractive message boosters and start sending messages.Gradually , it becomes a habit and we get addicted to it.We need not totally avoid or neglect it, but we can keep it within control.Just pause and think....Its because of these mobile phones many accidents occur in railway tracks.Jay - walkers have outnumbered and we tend to lose our precious life for a small handy instrument.Also , some people are gloomed to their headsets,listening to their favourite songs and are least bothered about their surroundings.Obviously , music is for entertainment..but should it be from dawn to dusk...?Due to constant txting we are prone to many nerve disorders which affect our brain.Remember,our health is more precious than anything else .So,everything will benifit you when you move towards its positive aspect.Do not make things move out of your control....