At last we have a Individual Gold!!

Phew! India has an Individual Gold medal in Olympics. 60 years after Independence we have the 1st Individual Gold medal. India had been having golds in the past, but those were from men’s field Hockey when India ruled the roost. The day when Bindra won the gold, it was redemption day for Indians. Never in history Olympics that a single individual Gold would have been cherished! The Indians cherished, danced and celebrated animatedly while the globe watched it an amusement. My friend from across the globe called and asked why the media celebrated this single gold, and I had to explain how we Indians have been waiting for this day!
Thinking after, is India really shining!! or developed? The parameters for development also include sports quotient and how the country and its men and women show their superiority in sports field. We as a country has some good examples such as mens field hockey, Cricket, and to some extent in other sports such as tennis, badminton. Few individual sports such as Chess, snooker & billiards we have been excelling. Few others we are just arriving in Golf, shooting. Our traditional sports such as wrestling and kabbadi also to some extent. May be we need to take a leaf out of China and build systematically the sports in the blood and the minds of Indians. Indian child should think that sports is an option for them to be in. Facilities should not be available only in few state capitals, but in district level too. This needs huge investments and hopefully our few individual sports greats will inspire the minds of the govt. and corporate houses. May be I will talk about the economics of these investments another day!!