The opening ceremony for the 30th Olympic (Olympics 2012) have begun just now at London. I am sure millions of people must be watching the same across the globe & it will be a treat to watch them. Let The games Begin!!!!!
India's greatest successes at the Olympics have come in men's hockey. India won every men's Hockey title from 1928 to 1956 but there after our performances have deteriorated for the reasons best known to all of us. In the last Olympics at Beijing, in individual events, we had won 1 Gold and 2 Bronze medals, thanks to the good performance in shooting and wrestling. We may expect a better performance this time.
Bapu's love for sports is already well known. He strongly advocates the importance of playing outdoor games and indoor games like basket ball, badminton and table tennis. He believes that a person learns “team efforts” and “team spirit” only through the sports. It also teaches everyone to accept defeat in a healthy manner as no one can win each and every game or match everytime. This principle is of utmost importance in life as often it is seen that continuous success makes a person indifferent, insensitive and intolerant. May be for the same reason Bapu in his speech on Ramrajya, announced the formation of Aniruddha's Institute of Bonsai Sports.
ll Hari Om ll
Shreeram Dada for your post on "Olympics 2012".
ReplyDeleteThe first world records of the London 2012 Olympics have already been set by a blind South Korean archer . Im Dong Hyun is legally classified as blind and cannot see out of his right eye, but it did not stop the two-time gold medalist bettering his own leading 72-arrow score in the qualification competition at Lord's cricket ground in the British capital.
The 26-year-old, who struggles to read a newspaper, scored 699, which put him top of the standings ahead of compatriots Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin Hyek.
Param Pujya Bapu's principle about sports, which you have quoted in your post indeed has a pivotal role to play in our day to day life. Bapu has been emphasising on the importance of outdoor games time and again. Age should not be a barrier to this fact. Here I am reminded of a maxim which Bapu quoted during one of his speech "FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER". So very true.