Indians in Sports

It is not often that India gets to celebrate in sports.
We have got our first gold Medal in individual events after 60 years of independence and 109 years after the modern Olympic movement started
Hence, inspite of there being more newsy matter like the inflagration in Kashmir, our young Bindra has pushed away everthing from the first page of every newspaper.
It should be and congratulations to the young lad.
But while we are all basking in the reflected glory shouldn't we ponder.
Everybody is now falling head over heels in getting into the lime-light by rewarding him.
Six state governments, Lalu Yadav, Mukesh Ambani, Mittal and many more have all showered awards on the lad. I am surprised he still keeps so cool and his head is still on his shoulders.
If only these people had woken up to their responsibilities much before the Olympics, we may have had many more Bindras.
Corporate India is very rich inspite of all the hindrances which have been put in their paths by the communists.
Among the 1125 billionaires published by Forbes, there are 53 Indians i.e about 4.7%
Of course this is nothing when you compare that Indians make up about 30% of the worlds population.
We know that the government is only fit for sending congratulatory messages after our sportsmen do well. Before that they put only hurdles in their path.
But surely, if these 53 billionaires decided to take responsibility for 2 sports each, Indians would do much better.
Some of our houses, like the Tatas are promoting Football under their banner.
If others could also put in some money, to help the lads from the villages, we could unearth much more talent.
If any sports / sportsmen in any field win awards, then the government should treat all the expenses incurred by these companies in training our boys as tax free.
The government can later earn from these sportsmen from their media coverage and ads promoted after winning awards

Radheshyam