Indian Hockey : Live the Sport

In this contemporary era, Cricket has amassed such popularity in India that let alone an outsider but even we are every so often bowled over when it comes to Hockey being our national sport. Today, Hockey is considered as a sport that symbolizes history. It is deemed as a dying sport, a sport having an opulent and an overwhelming antiquity but a grim and an eluded future. Its become a sport that’s making the headlines for all the wrong reasons and not much is being done to improve the piteous state of affairs apart from a few Bollywood flicks that give a flickering ray of hope.This is what appears to a common man, unawares of the crux of the matter, delusioned by the media, engulfed by whats apparent. But Hockey was never a sport of the rich. Its roots, unlike Cricket, were buried into the heart of the population. Even when Indian Hockey was at its pinnacle, the mainstay belonged to the rural parts of the country. Because of the fact that this sport required tremendous physical strength and stamina coupled with skill and finesse, Hockey became much more than just a sport for the common man. It served as a medium that truly signifiedtheir legacy and heritage. The sport attracted attention of people from varied occupations and traditions. It brought together the numerous cultures of the nation. Hockey, in its own unique way, connotated the true essence of India.It was not because of the Olympic Gold medals, it was also not because of the fact that we were the world champions and dominated the world for over 3 decades that Hockey is our national sport, its because Hockey was and still is the sport that portrays the true image of real India…