Desi Fun(da) ... and more.
The Commonwealth games are on and India is currently placed 3rd on the third day of the games. Its really thrilling to see the flurry of medals that has come our way in shooting and weighlifting. Melbourne seemed to be the playground for many of our shooters picking up medals left and right. It is suprising how much change can be brought in through inspiration. I am sure that many of these shooters have followed the path of hard work and dedication like Mr. Rathore who picked up India's lone medal, a bronze, at the Olympics in 2004 at Athens.
Also encouraging to see the weighlifters continuining their domination here even after some shameful acts of performance enhancing drugs stung us at the olympics. Even the table tennis pros had a field day and picked up the gold yesterday. Totally awesome.
Even if the contingent doesn't pick up any other medal in the remaining days this is already a very big achievement for us. I hope that the sponsors start showing some interest in sports other than cricket. I am sure their investment will be a percentage point of their investment in cricket but the ROI will be many times over. After all it takes guts to promote a struggling athelete and even more guts to stand by a struggling sport.
Cheers to our Commonwealth contingent (minus the babus and paedophilic masseurs who have tagged along)
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