Olympics & India: Where do we go from here?

I have seen almost every event this olympics live or through highlights. Heck I saw even the qualifiers for all our athletes.

What happened truly bums me out. The several 4th place finishes. What happened with Vinesh Phogat. And then Neeraj being unable to win gold (we should not expect a gold from someone twice, he is already a legend).

But the heart wants more (yeh dil maange more).

A) I don't want to say it's our athletes. Suddenly everyone is spreading that narrative, that they don't have a winning mentality. Look. One athlete may not have it. But several? This is their fucking lives. If you were in their position, would you not try your hardest? So aren't they trying their hardest?

B) I don't nearly know enough to blame it on our government or our facilities. Sure, they would suck. But it hurts to see Pakistan and North Korea above us. So I won't take the resources argument.

C) The truth is. In a nation of 1.4 billion, we produced 0 golds. China in a similar economic condition (1990s) used to get 20-30 medals easy.

It's us. All of us. Let's focus on sports. We have got to do better. I am not a parent today, I will be tomorrow. I promise to:

• Encourage my kids to take up sports, and support them fully through it if they want to
• Not be that society uncle who keeps the football when it goes near them

We can only do our part. Cheers.