It's been a really long while since I last blogged... the weather's been too rainy to get any significant work done...
but trust sporting developments to get me to blog again...
I see that the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is going to build 20 astro turfs for hockey, to better the basketball court in Bhopal (apparently the regional center for SAI) and waiving off 30 million that sports federations owe them... sounds fantastic....
this is just what Sporting India needs... a good signal that the government is taking the business and social potential of Sports seriously...
I just hope the projects take off, middlemen or no middlemen apart
Our country needs focussed investment and sports is definitely a good way to go....
Here in Makati, I see phenomenal sports infrastructure.... they have fantastic badminton courts and more importantly people are perpetually engaged in keeping fit and playing lots of sports... its fantastic... even these regular courts I mentioned are really really good... it's basically an indoor construct with I think close to 10 courts, all occupied with waiting lists, on working days too!
We could take a leaf out of Makati's book and use sports to mobilize people and channelize their energy... for which the step taken by SAI seems to be one taken in the right direction
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