11th May 2010 was a red letter day for Indian Sports as the reigning World Champion Vishwanathan Anand retained the World Chess Championship Crown after a hard fought match with Vaselin Topalov of Bulgaria.This come from behind victory for Anand who toopled Topalov with the Passion,dedication & the will to win against all odds has made all Indians Proud(except Perhaps the Cricket crazy Fans and their ever supportive Media).
Barring a Couple of newspapers the rest of the Print media along with their cousin (the TV Media) chose to loathe and cry over the disastrous showing of our 'Famed'Cricketers in the carribbean islands and gave a NOW NORMAL step -motherly treatment to Anand's Fabulous Victory at the World Championships.
This is one of the prime reasons why other sports like Hockey,Football,Badminton,Boxing,Wrestling to name a few have been neglected.The Participants of these sports have to make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging on most of the Occassions and often Pay the difference for Air travel if and when they wish to avail of this SO CALLED LUXURY,which unfortunately remains the PREROGATIVE of our CRICKETERS.
Despite this treatment acheivements of Certain Sportsmen/Women like Saina Nehwal(Badminton),P Gopichand (Badminton),Virender Singh( Boxing),Sushil Kumar(wrestler) and of course Vishy in Chess who single handedly have fought not only their Opponents individually but also the dreaded bureaucracy associated with Sports in India has provided a SILVER LINING in our Country's Slow but steady march to Progress and Supremacy.
Lets stand in unison and Congratulate VISHY for his superlative Performance and bask in the rich feeling of 'Victory' and forget the 'Defeat' of our Cash rich and Over hyped Cricketers for a While.
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