Comments on: THE FORGOTTEN HEROES http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/ The ever-flowing ink of imagination Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Preyal http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-94 Preyal Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:32:50 +0000 http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-94 Nikhil, Aditya here is right... how many times v ourself as a person have taken interest in going for any game other than cricket... forget about going there how many times have v taken interest in atleast knowing other sports. Have we ever taken interest in knowing what is double trap shooting all about or what is tennis all about or hockey or F1... We should not be sitting here and questionning the popularity and the religion status that cricket and its stars are getting. The 1st step is to popularise the game and then the stars would follow and with it the people like Rathore, Narain and all will get the endorsements and the popularity they deserve. Also talking about Narain Karthikeyan and the F1, I say he is not getting what he deserves. He is the 1st Indian to be around that F1 car forget about driving it. Whatever popularity he has its much less than what he deserves. Just because one season of his was not as good as everyone wanted but whoever knows and follows F1 would have always said that that was what was expected out of his first season. Talking about Micheal Schumacher sure he is popular but it took him time to be up where he is today and it will take Narain some time too. On the other hand sportsperson like Sania Mirza and other one time stars get much more popularity then they deserve. Endorsements as you might know is one way of minting money for the celebrities and getting customers to buy the product which they endorse. Here whenever a sports person is on his peak of form (be it any sport) is given the popularity. Where is Narain now... Where is Parthiv Patel (he got lot of money when he started)... Nikhil, Aditya here is right… how many times v ourself as a person have taken interest in going for any game other than cricket… forget about going there how many times have v taken interest in atleast knowing other sports. Have we ever taken interest in knowing what is double trap shooting all about or what is tennis all about or hockey or F1… We should not be sitting here and questionning the popularity and the religion status that cricket and its stars are getting. The 1st step is to popularise the game and then the stars would follow and with it the people like Rathore, Narain and all will get the endorsements and the popularity they deserve.

Also talking about Narain Karthikeyan and the F1, I say he is not getting what he deserves. He is the 1st Indian to be around that F1 car forget about driving it. Whatever popularity he has its much less than what he deserves. Just because one season of his was not as good as everyone wanted but whoever knows and follows F1 would have always said that that was what was expected out of his first season. Talking about Micheal Schumacher sure he is popular but it took him time to be up where he is today and it will take Narain some time too.

On the other hand sportsperson like Sania Mirza and other one time stars get much more popularity then they deserve.

Endorsements as you might know is one way of minting money for the celebrities and getting customers to buy the product which they endorse. Here whenever a sports person is on his peak of form (be it any sport) is given the popularity. Where is Narain now… Where is Parthiv Patel (he got lot of money when he started)…

]]> By: Aman http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-92 Aman Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:20:24 +0000 http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-92 As bad and shocking it may seem it is true and it is really bad... All our country knows is of Cricket ...rest all who deserve,who dedicate their entire lives to their respective professions arent given a damn.. Nice read! As bad and shocking it may seem it is true and it is really bad…
All our country knows is of Cricket …rest all who deserve,who dedicate their entire lives to their respective professions arent given a damn..

Nice read!

]]> By: Pooja http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-90 Pooja Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:22:39 +0000 http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-90 hmmm... nicee! ...well written! bt i think dt these guys who are loaded with endorsements are more famous amidst the people owing to d popularity of their respective sports.. and hence they r more inflential! most of our pple dont even kno who Milkha Singh is.. n so obviously,his promotin a brand is nt gono create as much an impression!! i think its just abt our own ingnorance... hmmm… nicee! …well written! bt i think dt these guys who are loaded with endorsements are more famous amidst the people owing to d popularity of their respective sports.. and hence they r more inflential! most of our pple dont even kno who Milkha Singh is.. n so obviously,his promotin a brand is nt gono create as much an impression!! i think its just abt our own ingnorance…

]]> By: debasis http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-86 debasis Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:08:53 +0000 http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-86 u r right niks.we remember only those who frequently come infront of us.As u said, we hav really forgotten these heros.If i m nt wrong Hockey is our national game. We even forgot tht..Do we remember Mahendra Amar Nath?i think i was the 1st person to whom u asked abt Jeev Mallika Singh and i couldnt answer and i m saying myself educated. ha ah ha haaaaaaa . u r right niks.we remember only those who frequently come infront of us.As u said, we hav really forgotten these heros.If i m nt wrong Hockey is our national game. We even forgot tht..Do we remember Mahendra Amar Nath?i think i was the 1st person to whom u asked abt Jeev Mallika Singh and i couldnt answer and i m saying myself educated. ha ah ha haaaaaaa .

]]> By: Prash http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-84 Prash Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:12:43 +0000 http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-84 Nice read...its very light and nice range of topics..will visit regularly..check out my blog too. Prashanth Nice read…its very light and nice range of topics..will visit regularly..check out my blog too.
Prashanth

]]> By: Aditya http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-83 Aditya Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:12:00 +0000 http://nuanse.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-forgotten-heroes/#comment-83 Good question raised Nikhil, but i think its not the issue of diffusing other sports and sportsmen, rather it is the issue of how can we better our sports culture as a whole. Once this is done, the various sports (apart from cricket) will then receive the viewership which is much wanted, followed by the sporsmen receiving their share of importance. I would like to quote the reply of Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore on the question of pathetic condition of Indian sports. He said "Sports is not just recreation, its a celebration of life", and this is what needs to be understood by the people in our country. Just recall the last time you went to watch any sports event in a stadiom or arena, and then recall how long it has been, in some cases it would be never. Cricket i think will remain the religion in India for ever, for no one can change its popularity, but for other sports to reach that level of popularity in the country, we need to change our mindset about sports itself. From considering it as a recreational activity, we need to make it an integral part of a persons life right from his/her childhood. We can follow America's example where it is compulsory for evry student to get trained in atleast one sport in the schools. This is what increases the popularity of the various sports there and makes them produce world class players who get adequate importance in terms of endorsements and fans all over the world. Good question raised Nikhil, but i think its not the issue of diffusing other sports and sportsmen, rather it is the issue of how can we better our sports culture as a whole. Once this is done, the various sports (apart from cricket) will then receive the viewership which is much wanted, followed by the sporsmen receiving their share of importance. I would like to quote the reply of Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore on the question of pathetic condition of Indian sports. He said “Sports is not just recreation, its a celebration of life”, and this is what needs to be understood by the people in our country. Just recall the last time you went to watch any sports event in a stadiom or arena, and then recall how long it has been, in some cases it would be never.
Cricket i think will remain the religion in India for ever, for no one can change its popularity, but for other sports to reach that level of popularity in the country, we need to change our mindset about sports itself. From considering it as a recreational activity, we need to make it an integral part of a persons life right from his/her childhood. We can follow America’s example where it is compulsory for evry student to get trained in atleast one sport in the schools. This is what increases the popularity of the various sports there and makes them produce world class players who get adequate importance in terms of endorsements and fans all over the world.

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