STRANGE, IS IT NOT

STRANGE, IS IT NOT ?

As China continues to pick up a string of gold medals and dominate proceedings at the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics, we continue to rejoice over a few medals (1 silver and 3 bronze) won that continue to prove that we are a defeated nation but not dead as yet. Individuals shine and fail to shine but we participate in spirit, nonetheless, in a wide variety of events and extend our charitable spirit to each. Our rejoicing over 'historic' wins and easy acceptance of 'historic' losses continue to characterise us as an easily contented nation with not much of a spirit of resistance in us that will impel us to hang our heads in shame when we so poorly perform every time at the Olympic Games. It is a queer national self-oblivion to be thus cast in the mould of defeat and to rejoice over it. Strange indeed are the ways of the Lord, the God of India's destiny. 

Written by Sugata Bose