Indian Olympics Dream: Rio 2016

[JanjaWeed]

Shrikant leading 11-2 in first set.

He looks like a proper player...takes the first set 21-6! Good convincing start...

 

[ranjeet]

Shrikant takes the first round 21-6

He is looking strong.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Shrikant leading 11-2 in first set.

He looks like a proper player...takes the first set 21-6! Good convincing start...

This is the preliminaries. Real players, who have come through ranking qualifications are expected to easily sail through it.

That Saina was unable, is a HUGE upset.

 

[Choppers]

Sania/Bopanna Bronze match about to start

 

[JanjaWeed]

Shrikant takes the first round 21-6

He is looking strong.

& his outfit looks even stronger

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

There it goes.

The last shooting event's qualification are just over, and no Indian made it to the finals of that event.

This means that India wins precisely zero medals in Shooting, a sport where we have won a medal since 2004, and where we were "expected" to win at least 4-5 medals according to the Indian Shooting Federation.

How did it go so horribly wrong. What happened?

Discussions?

 

[ranjeet]

Shrikant reachs round of 16.

 

[JanjaWeed]

OK..let's bet on our Hockey team to reach Semis. Obviously Sania is a big let down...she is struggling even in her bronze medal match! Disappointing...

 

[ranjeet]

Hockey match about to start ...

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Hockey match about to start ...

Are we expected to win?

And answer from your head, not from your heart.

 

[GoR]

This Olympics has been big Disappointment.

Are we expected to win?

And answer from your head, not from your heart.

India may Win by Fluke.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

This Olympics has been big Disappointment.



India may Win by Fluke.

Then why were Indian members writing that they are expecting a medal from Hockey?

One even wrote that he was expecting Gold!

 

[Dungeness]

This is very sad.

I sincerely hope Dipa Karamakar wins a medal & stays safe throughout the event!



Thanks for the praise.

Regarding the education funding, @Nilgiri has clarified about it.

Regarding military funding; thanks for the advice. But No thanks, 1963 & Kargil will never be repeated in our nation's history. We will not be left unprepared the next time when the attack comes.
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" But the highlighted part is a standard answer we hear from Indian members here, and it is like "yeah, we are not good at it, because we don't care" or "Going into a good college IS the uttermost goal for young people and parents alike, so we don't care anything else". But even the best of Indian universities are not competitive at all in the world stage, not to mention that 80% of engineers produced in Indian colleges are "unemployable". So what exactly Indian is good at? Spelling Bees?"

See this is a very long story, I blame this on the risk-averse mentality prevalent among many Indians(which is a consequence of the environment/job market in the last few decades),the demand/need for a career which is safe & gives a lot fo money. & ,more importantly I blame this on the socialists,socialist functioning of the economy & those ideas.

Back in the old days, the only way you could get some money with a job was becoming a doctor/engineer/politics/bureaucracy.

The first 2 were the easiest ways , that's why they were popular. & thus people went to college to become one of them

@Nilgiri @Dungeness I recommend you read this article to understand this phenomenon to an extent.

http://www.thenationoftenrivers.com/kota-student-suicides-who-is-responsible/

To most Indians today(especially from the poor to the Upper Middle class) survival/safe job sadly matters. This is the consequence of failed policies & socialism. Few people are willing t do extraordinary & innovative+risky things because of it +Soceital pressure.

If you are interested in Humanities,governance,foreign policy,economics. There are very few colleges for you +soceital pressure

& yes quality is not so great in many institutions because most colleges exist to give degrees,lack of proper teachers in many cases,no updated syllabus,lack of interest in students thus bringing down the enthusiasm of the teachers thus creating a chain reaction etc.

If you frankly ask me I think out students are doing pretty good w.r.t to their conditions & the above factors!!

As Shashi tharoor once said the IITs are islands of excellence(or atleast close to it in India in my opinion) in the seas of mediocrity.
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& our youth have indeed achieved a lot, you can google it. Just see what Indian origin people in USA & UK have done. If the correct opportunity & training is given, Indian youth can do a lot more.

Thanks for sharing. It was indeed a heart wrenching story. I have kids myself, so I can imagine the pain those parents have suffered. The question is if Indian students study so hard, why so many of them graduate to be "unemployable". Blaming the problem on socialists seems to be out of place.

 

[GoR]

Then why were Indian members writing that they are expecting a medal from Hockey?

One even wrote that he was expecting Gold!

They might have been optimistic about Hockey Team 'cause of it's recent performance (winning few matches before Olympics).

 

[ranjeet]

Are we expected to win?

And answer from your head, not from your heart.

If we can manage the same tempo in the last quarter, Defence is really good but 4th quarter is where we lose the steam. Lost to germany in last 4 seconds ... and missed out on a win after failing to score from some 7 penalty corners on trout against Argentina at full time.