India’s national record holder in marathon O P Jaisha’s Rio timing was 2 hours 47 minutes. Her timing for the same event in Beijing Worlds last year was 2 hours 34 minutes. Why such a big change in timings? Because Indian Officials didn’t give a crap about her run. But how is it an official’s fault? How can the officials help her win? Marathon runners who run for 42 kilometers […]
The performance of our female athletes at the 2016 Olympics at Rio has made the country sit up and watch like it normally does only for an India Vs Pakistan encounter. In cricket. The photographs of crowds across the country cheering the matches are unprecedented. Amidst all the euphoria, social media has erupted with memes and status messages on “Beti bachao”, with people pointing out that without the lion-hearted performances […]
In the past few days several news columns have been devoted to the fact that how Indian players who have won medals in Rio have managed to garner significantly large prize money or at least promise of lump sum gifts by various authorities starting from the state machinery to the sports officials. Reports indicated the promised prize money of Rs 3.5 crore is significantly higher than what their US counterparts […]
How many ways can you love your country? Actually, being Indian is the first way, by which I mean holding an Indian passport. In my case, three passports. This is because Indians are required to get advance visas for most countries, and I travel a lot. So I have to carry with me two expired passports which have long term valid visas. I have never really worked outside India much […]
A shocking and unfortunate evidence of India’s poor sporting culture has come to light with the suicide of Pooja Kumari (20), a national-level handball player on Saturday due to pressing financial constraints, as indicated by her in a letter written in blood and addressed to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. A second-year student of General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa college, Pooja was denied the free hostel and food facility […]
We celebrated 15 August in the same way at my school, every year — an obligatory march past, the ceremonial flag hoisting followed by a cultural programme. It was not a holiday for us as attendance was compulsory. Every year, standing out on the school field, the same thought used to run through my head: Why do we pick this wailing banshee (a fellow student) to sing all the songs? […]
Clamorworld congratulates Haryana’s Sakshi Malik for her stupendous performance at Rio Olympics and finally ending India’s medal drought. Her podium finish and the superlative performance surely won her many accolades, cash prizes and lot other benefits. But as the nation basks in the reflected glory brought by this 23 year old gritty girl, my question is where was all the attention and the words of encouragement before she achieved the […]
The usual suspects, including Indian and western mainstream media, have been vociferous in alleging Indian human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani and the subsequent rioting and stone-throwing. There were theatrical exaggerations on the use of pellet guns (without considering what would happen if real bullets were used instead). In general, they succeeded in embarrassing the Indian government. But that […]
As the nation unfurls the Tricolour from the ramparts of Red Fort for the 70th time, I cannot help wonder what these 70 years have meant for the Indian women? Has she really experienced freedom, is she free from the societal bondages that have hindered her growth for centuries and most importantly has she been able to experience equality with men in a country that worships some hundred or more […]
70 years ago when we got independence from the British Raj, a large part of South Asia was also divided into two countries called India and Pakistan. Since then, both countries have been fighting each other over a piece of land. And without understanding the cause, people in both countries are just taught how to hate! So a Facebook page, Voice Of Ram’s, owner Ram Subramanian has a brilliant message […]
