Saina Lost :(

August 13, 2008 | Filed Under Point of View 

The gritty little packet lost her nerves in the third set. Hope she will keep them the next time.

The great thing about Olympics is that it shows that most people are human. While people who win and get medals are hailed, the rest feel disappointed. But Olympics is more about them then the winners. I don’t see how beating someone by milliseconds makes you a better. They are only the slightest bit better. Most Olympians must feel disillusioned when they lose.

India has never done too well at the Olympics. One reason is that we have shoddy infrastructure for preparation and most Olympians end up training outside. But it does not bother me. What I love about them is that they have chosen something that 2 Billion Indians don’t care for. I mean something other than cricket. For the first time I have been following the Indian contingent at the Olympics and it must be quite something to be in that camp. I want to make a movie on their experience. Their ups and downs and how their skin must tingle once they go out their and face the world.

I had a lot to write, but haven’t for a while. I finished reading – Shalimar the Clown – I wanted to write what I thought about the book. I thought of reading a few critiques after reading the book and realized how fake they all were. Most people seemed to have read the book because someone had paid to critique it. No one seemed to have read the book first and written about it. All its hailing seemed artificial and all its bashing seemed vindictive. I don’t think anyone deserves to know what I felt about the book. I am glad Rushdie wrote it, if he seeks to know what I felt I will write to him. If you wish to know, let me know, I will write to you too*. But out here in the open for the world to see. I don’t think the world deserves it.

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