There is so much buzz about Vancouver winter olympics(VWO) which are planned to be held on February 12–28. In Japan media there is so much of talks about the players participating in the VWO. Was just checking the numbers, there are 95 players participating from Japan, 91 from China, 216 from US, to name few.
Quick search helped me to know that there are only 3 Indians participating. County like Iran has 4 players participating.
Details
1. Shiva Keshavan - 4th Olympics participation backed up by sponsors like Swissair, Limca Book of records, and Reebok
2. Tashi Lundup - employed by Indian Army in Gulmarg, Kashmir
3. Jamyang Namgyal - employed by Indian Army in Gulmarg, Kashmir
They are participating in 3 Categories out of 15 categories in Winter Olympics. Indians started participating in winter sports from 1988 with 1, 2 or 3 players till date.
There is still a big chance for Indian players participating in other categories too. This will of course require lot of infrastructure to be built. Also this will require corporate support to sponsor. Once we have the system in place of course we will have enthusiast players to participate into. In the country on 1 billion plus, just three players participating is really not enough. In the country where Cricket is the only poplar sport, options like these games can provide a good variety of sports for kids to opt for and also make name for country. Why not we can have IPL for winter sports ? If Dubai which is in midst of deserts can have a indoor skiing facility, what is stopping Indian Olympic Committee to start something like that and provide the facilities to players to prepare for such events. We can also make use of great Ski resorts which are picking up in India which are right now great tourist attractions. Also that is true for normal Summer Olympics. We also should start participating in world sports rather just concentrating on sports which have only local appeal.
What is your view on this ?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
1st independent drive in Japan
After a struggle of almost a year (will write separately) to obtain a driving license in a Japanese way on 4th of Jan,
today, I tried my hand on the first ever independent drive in Japan. It was real fun, lot of goof ups..but learnt what needs to be improved...Will keep on working on this in coming weeks.
Even though I was using Navigation Device, the technology is still not there to compensate Drivers weaknesses. Well thats not an excuse to improve on driving myself :) but really makes me think that Google's entry in the Car Navigation industry is still far away thought to be precise. The navigation should not only suggest great routes but also explain the when to enter right/left lane in the complex road routes today.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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