We won another Bronze today.... I looked up previous performances of India in Olympics... This has been the first ever 3 medal haul for India, the previous best was in 1952 when we had won two medals.....
Looking back..... 12 years or so.... I was doing my bachelor's degree in Electronics.... that was a three year course... First year I managed to clear 3 of five subjects with just above the pass percentage.... I cleared both in supplementary exams... and in Second year I managed to clear all 5.... in one go.... A BIGG achievement.... huh.... no it was not.. I scored a dismal 42% marks.... Then came the Final year... I knew for sure if I do not cross 50% it would be impossible for me to get in to Masters in computer applications... and both my parents had already started making efforts to get me in to Master's.... I worked hard and managed to score 54% in third and final year... and was happy as hell..... reason.... I was the only one in my batch of friends (8 of them) who had scored more than 50%...... So proud I was at that moment... I went my Aanu (father in Konkani)... and told him that.... Slappppp came the answer.... 'You don't have to be proud. I know you are worth more marks than you have got!!!' (bottom line: he knew I had made efforts only at the end to score that)..... It was like a bucket of cold water thrown at my grinning face....
Should India, with second largest population in the world...... be proud with just 3 medals.... I would say 'NO'..... We have tremendous potential in us....to perform better than what we have done so far and better than most of the other countries..... Where's the problem.... that is stopping us from doing that.....?
I feel the basic reason is Me, I as any middle class boy wanted to get into a job and start earning and try and clear the loans my parents had taken so that I could complete my education..... Sports took the back seat.... it was only academics academics and more academics.... that would have got me a job..... Sports..... yeah even that could have.... yeah... even that could have.... only when you are pretty good and have represented your state atleast once..... I felt I did not have potential and also did not have the inclination to making it big in sports arena.......
When I am decided to talk about this... I am thinking what could we change to make 2012 a better Olympic year for India.....
1. Get corporates to directly involve in some sport... get them all the incentives like tax rebate for the amount they are spending towards that.... and stuff.... and assure them more goodies if their sport gets India one or more Gold medals in Olympics...
2. As parents, identify your child's potential and fully support them in the way they want to grow in atleast one sport.....
3. Get the multi millionaire and billionaire cricketers to motivate and get recognition to atleast one sport other than Cricket....
4...... Hmm now I am thinking... (I hope...) so would you..... Help me complete this list...
Cheers!
Pramod
August 22, 2008
August 13, 2008
A quick one.. :)
Heard (online- not live :( ) this young girl Rithisha ... and she sings amazingly well.... and...... She is from Karnataka... my state...
Please vote for her.... :)
Vote for Rithisha :)
http://voiceofindia.indya.com/vote/vote.asp OR Text VOI 10 to 57827 (Sat 10pm-12am)
Catch you sooon.. with some other thoughts...
Ciao...
Pammi (my favourite nickname :))
Please vote for her.... :)
Vote for Rithisha :)
http://voiceofindia.indya.com/vote/vote.asp OR Text VOI 10 to 57827 (Sat 10pm-12am)
Catch you sooon.. with some other thoughts...
Ciao...
Pammi (my favourite nickname :))
August 01, 2008
I, Me and Myself
I have heard this title umpteen number of times.... never had thought how easy it is to relate to it when you move away from all the people whom you know well.... towards a destination which is unknown to you... and no one there knows you..... :) Confused.... even I am..... what am I writing........
I had written my last blog when I was in Norway it was just about a year ago.... Now I am back to it from Kirkcaldy, Scotland..... :).... I remember http://pramodhassan.blogspot.com/ only when I am away.... ??.... hmmm.....
A huge change has happened in my life... professionally... I quit an organisation I wanted to retire with..... :( :)..... I joined a company which was as alien to me as Kirkcaldy...... Compared to my previous organisation which can easily be compared to whale (in size only)... this ones a small fish..... Why did I decide to move.... ???
Only two things ..... let me rather count them before I say its two.... First.... ££££ coming my way.... Second.... getting away from a cocoon I was so very comfortable working in for more than 5 years.... That's a loooong time to be with a company, as per Indian Software Industry standards.... There are about 300 people who have spent more/same time than/as me in that company that has over 34000 employees.... Ah well there were only two reasons... !!
Kirkcaldy is a place which is north of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.... Compared to other cities around... this is a small town.... The first few words that came to my mind when I got down here... Dull, Old, Ancient, Obese...... As I had visited Norway... I was expecting this part of Europe also to be beautiful and vibrant.... It was not..... Most of the buildings and houses here are atleast 100 years old.... the people are not as healthy and good looking as Norwegians.... They were fit and extremely good looking... Scots are not as much........ There are tens of churches around and there are graveyards around each of them..... One good thing about this place... everyone speaks English... :) unlike in Norway where the first sentence of any of my conversation with the local people would be '... do you speak English..?'.... I am surprised at the number of accents I hear around here..... All of them speak English.... still.... I miss quite a few words....
One thing about my Onsite travel is.... I get to meet and live with atleast one colleague who does not know cooking..... In US there was one in Hartford...... two at Minneapolis.....Lillehammer, Norway again there was one... in Kirkcaldy, UK I was welcomed by one... :)..... The good thing for me is since I love cooking food and making way to people's hearts through their tummies... I enjoy every single second I spend in the kitchen..... :).... That would be my next profession.... I have to put up a Hotel sometime...... I hope I can make enough money to be able to do that... Sooooon....
Hmmmm.... That was a lot of stuff I have bored you with....
Catch you later..... Ciao....
I had written my last blog when I was in Norway it was just about a year ago.... Now I am back to it from Kirkcaldy, Scotland..... :).... I remember http://pramodhassan.blogspot.com/ only when I am away.... ??.... hmmm.....
A huge change has happened in my life... professionally... I quit an organisation I wanted to retire with..... :( :)..... I joined a company which was as alien to me as Kirkcaldy...... Compared to my previous organisation which can easily be compared to whale (in size only)... this ones a small fish..... Why did I decide to move.... ???
Only two things ..... let me rather count them before I say its two.... First.... ££££ coming my way.... Second.... getting away from a cocoon I was so very comfortable working in for more than 5 years.... That's a loooong time to be with a company, as per Indian Software Industry standards.... There are about 300 people who have spent more/same time than/as me in that company that has over 34000 employees.... Ah well there were only two reasons... !!
Kirkcaldy is a place which is north of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.... Compared to other cities around... this is a small town.... The first few words that came to my mind when I got down here... Dull, Old, Ancient, Obese...... As I had visited Norway... I was expecting this part of Europe also to be beautiful and vibrant.... It was not..... Most of the buildings and houses here are atleast 100 years old.... the people are not as healthy and good looking as Norwegians.... They were fit and extremely good looking... Scots are not as much........ There are tens of churches around and there are graveyards around each of them..... One good thing about this place... everyone speaks English... :) unlike in Norway where the first sentence of any of my conversation with the local people would be '... do you speak English..?'.... I am surprised at the number of accents I hear around here..... All of them speak English.... still.... I miss quite a few words....
One thing about my Onsite travel is.... I get to meet and live with atleast one colleague who does not know cooking..... In US there was one in Hartford...... two at Minneapolis.....Lillehammer, Norway again there was one... in Kirkcaldy, UK I was welcomed by one... :)..... The good thing for me is since I love cooking food and making way to people's hearts through their tummies... I enjoy every single second I spend in the kitchen..... :).... That would be my next profession.... I have to put up a Hotel sometime...... I hope I can make enough money to be able to do that... Sooooon....
Hmmmm.... That was a lot of stuff I have bored you with....
Catch you later..... Ciao....
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