There is no new India! India was and is always the same. So the ask by PM Modi of “reflections of new India and winning” stands without appreciation and just a word game as proved many times by the same. Sports was always a part of Indian culture withstanding a indigenous kingdom rules and British monarchy. India had proved its mettle through sports of different kinds in national and international events. So the say of PM that you are reflections of a new India stands blank.
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896 and it took India only four years before seeing their first representation at the Summer Olympic Games. It all started for India in 1900 when they sent lone athlete Norman Pritchard to Paris where he won two medals in Men’s 200 meters and Men’s 200 meter hurdles. A pre-Independent Indian hockey team dominated the Olympics from 1928 to 1936 winning an unprecedented three titles. In the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, India beat Austria,…