The last couple of months have truly been wonderful in terms of sporting achievements by India/Indians in different disciplines. First, the national soccer team won the Nehru Cup out of nowhere, the hockey team won the Asia cup, the young and cricket team under the charismatic Dhoni won the Twenty20 cricket world cup and today Vishwanathan Anand has become the World Chess Champion. Sania Mirza has been playing pretty well and her ranking in moving in the northward direction. The only irritant in an impressive array of sporting achievements has been the over the top reaction to the cricket teams' T20 success. With BCCI showering millions on the team and state governments outdoing each other with their cash bonanzas to the various team members, it appears that only cricket matters to everyone. Such lack of proportion and ignorance regarding achievements in other sports will only drive our gallant non cricketing sportsmen into greater frustration.

If we are to become a truly sporting nation we need to seize the moment and start respecting achievements in all sports and give the achievers their due........!