India won cricket world cup 2011. I am happy like many others. Then many of the state government started showering gifts to the cricket players. Media started writing how India conquered the world.
Did India conquer the world by winning the world cup? I do not know how. We have not so exciting record in the athletics. With more than a billion people we are not the top 2 or 3 medal takers. We are good in science and technology, but our institutes are not the best. We look at Europe or US for high tech products. Is the world cup cricket win take us closer to that? It won't, so how do we conquer the world by winning the world cup? We were at the same place where we were 2 months ago.
Now cricketers are hero in people's mind, and government is giving gifts cash and real estate to the cricketers. None of the government has surplus money. All the government is running in deficit. How do they arrange the gift money? Worst KA government never gave any plot to the local heros who did well in Olympics. Most of the government diverted money that needs to be spent for the welfare of the people and gave cash prize or otherwise. Are cricketers poor people who need support from the government? My answer is no. They earn in crores from the ad of cola, junk food, liquor etc. Some people may say we need to support the sports person as they are national icons. Then why only cricketers? Why not the people who own medals in Olympic?
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