REJOICING OVER LESS THAN PERFECTION

REJOICING OVER LESS THAN PERFECTION 

Indian athletes should mourn a silver or a bronze medal and never rejoice an achievement short of winning the gold. That is the recipe for the ultimate future success at the Olympics as Abhinav Bindra alone has shown through his tireless striving for perfection at his trade and its manifest demonstration in the Beijing #Olympics, 2008. Silver or bronze are commendable achievements but a nation forever falling short of perfection in any endeavour, not merely sports, does not thus do credit to itself.

Written by Sugata Bose