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Journalism of Courage
Four lanes or eight?
Sometime back when the Motilal Nehru School of Sports requested for an eight-lane synthetic track, they received a communication from a Sports Ministry official stating that an eight-lane 400 metres synthetic track could lead to muscle injuries to the runners! His reasons: training on the artificial track is strenuous. While one could dismiss the official has no idea of what he is saying, and may even possibly be concerned about the athletes8217; welfare. Yet, wonder of wonders, the same official then recommends a four-lane 400 metres synthetic track! So, do we surmise that athletes suffer injuries only on eight-lane synthetic track and not a four-lane track! So what should the MLN School do?
For old times sake
The author of Golden Hat-trick8217; hockey Olympian Balbir Singh, now settled in Canada, after retiring as Director of Sports, Punjab Government in early eighties, has not forgotten his alma mater. He has set up a scholarship for one outstanding sportsman of Dev SamajSenior Secondary School, Moga Punjab. He has put Rs one lakh in a fixed deposit and the interest from that amount is to be given out as scholarship annually. Winner of three Olympic gold medals and coach of the 1975 World Cup team, Balbir did his schooling and learnt early hockey lessons here. Even Balbir8217;s father Dalip Singh was a devoted Dev Samaji. Each time he comes to India Balbir duly vists the Moga school.
Spinning tales
When you have a bunch people listening to Rajinder Goel one assumes the maestro who took 640 Ranji Trophy still an India record wickets is holding forth on his speciality, left-arm spin bowling. But, the other day, during the course of a Cooch-Behar Trophy match at Palam, Goel, chairman of the junior selection committee, had around him a group of attentive officials. The talk was not on cricket but on how various Indian cities got their name and related anecdotes. 8220;I have a special interest in history because it has so many untold and unknown chapters and stories.Whenever I get time, I read history reference books,8221; added Goel.
