Monday 3 September 2018

You Only Fail, When you stop Trying

Congratulations Team India!!

It’s been truly an amazing performance by each and every participant, in Asiad 1951.
Yes! I am talking about the very first participation of India in Asian Games. That time the medal tally was of around 51 medals.
This incredibly awesome history of 1951 has been repeated in 2018, with 15 Gold in hand.
In 1951 Asian Games were started and hosted by India itself, and it was really amazingly, they stood second too.

That time Sachin Nag was the inspiration, for all, as he grabbed very first Gold of that season and then rest became the history.

This was the time when television in India got more craze among the Indians than radio or transistor.

We would have given-up, but once, if someone has tasted the victory, the passion, gets converted into hunger involuntarily. 

2018, wherein this time, The games saw India create new national records, register some firsts – first medal in sepaktakraw, Rahi Sarnobat became first Indian woman to win Asian Games gold in shooting and Vinesh Phogat became first Indian woman to win gold in wrestling.

Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson are the first pair of Indians to win gold and silver in the same event since the inaugural Asian Games, in 1951 when Kulwant Singh won silver and Ranjit Singh won gold..

Neeraj Chopra won a historic gold medal in javelin throw by breaking his own national record (88.06m) and became only the second Indian after Milkha Singh (1958) to win Gold Medals at the Commonwealth and Asian Games in the same year.

Last not the least was bang on from Two of the oldest members of the Indian contingent at the ongoing Asiad, 60-year-old Pranab Bardhan and 56-year-old Shibhnath Sarkar, put their names on the medal tally for India on Saturday. The Indian duo won gold in bridge in the men's pair event at Jakarta, and that was the 15th Gold in India’s bag for this season.

We actually made it at 8th position this time, and am sure next time will come up with extra improved one.

The whole show had mix of age groups, with a mind-set of never give-up and don’t get scared by your past mistakes or failures. One should never stop trying.

It reminded me one line from a Ghazal of very famous Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh,

Na Umr ki seema ho, na Janmo ka ho bandhan, jab pyar kare koi, to dekhe keval man.
There should never be a limitation of Age or bond, if someone is having a feeling of love one should be judged on the basis of his soul.

But here the relevance of these lines is; you just love yourself or your passion, without thinking, what others will think.

Rest will be taken care by the records which you will break.


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26 comments:

  1. Nice article.. love the poetry

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  2. Good one. Reflects the need for focus to achieve greater heights in future sports opportunities.

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  3. The Indian Team continues to achieve success with each passing year and I'm sure the positions will improve the next time. I love the way you have put the ghazal in the post. It makes it all so emotional and positive. Loved it!

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  4. One should keep burning its passion , age hardly matters

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  5. Very inspiring indeed πŸ‘

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  6. Interesting post. This year our country has displayed extraordinary performance since 1951 at Asian Games 2018. Keep writing. Looking forward to reading more posts from you. #MyFriendAlexa #MayuraReads

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  7. Inspiring post. I haven't been following the games, any games off late. But good to know about India's inspiring performance through your post

    Namratha from #firstgreenstep #MyFriendAlexa

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  8. Thank you for highlighting games apart from cricket. We really need to look beyond it.

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  9. Quite an interesting post. The never-give -up attitude can win more awards!

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  10. Such an inspiring post love the way you’ve connected peotry with success of India

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  11. That was a nice, brief and apt round up of the Asian games that concluded this year. I liked how you have connected the jagjit Singh Gazhal in the context of sports.

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  12. I watched the Asian games too and felt so proud to see he little known athletes bring so much glory to our nation.

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  13. This post is very motivating. Consistent effort will always give fruit. Sports stories are always inspiration.

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  14. I was amazed with our performance in new sports where we never ever won anything. The fact that we have had our highest ever medal tally speaks a lot of our efforts.

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  15. India is preoccupied with Cricket that all other games/sports are neglected majorly... I hope the medal tally and the great performances in the Asian Games will change the mentality for better .. We need a lot of grassroot talent hunts, monetary investment and proper utilization of them so that India can keep on showing good performances...

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  16. Lot of research gone into your article. And I liked the way you highlighted the names. They deserve every highlight. Sports apart
    from cricket is gaining recognition with posts like yours.

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  17. Yes.Watching India Winning so many medals in Asian games was feast to eyes. #SOEREADS #MyFriendAlexa

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  18. Well Said! Indeed! The real failure is when we stop trying and quitting on ourself. With practice and trails comes perfection and success.

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