Sunday, February 15, 2009

THE TRUE INDIANS

Where are the people with a mission to serve the country? People tell me they are amazed at me and my actions.

I am surprised. My up-bringing and my education made me what I am today. Fired by national zeal my grandfather named me Subhash - pragmatism in my approach has come from parents - rare teachers instilled in me the `desire' to be honest and a `fire in my belly' to do something for my great country.

At 56, I am playing basketball - I am teaching basketball - I am living basketball. What more could I desire? Even if I train 100 children every weekend still it will only be 52,000 by the end of the year - THE YEAR 2009 is the year of SUMPOORNA BASKETBALL. Can't I reach 1,00,000 children every year? If I live another 40 years - even then I will be able to reach only 4 million children.

WHAT ABOUT THE ALMOST HALF A BILLION CHILDREN I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO?

A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - YET I KNOW I WILL ACHIEVE IT! The twinkling eyes of the children are a reason enough to spend this life and the next life after this ----on this mission.

Friday, February 6, 2009

KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED!

Whenever a tournament is to be organized in Bangalore there is always a doubt of what may happen? There is little support from schools for basketball - cursed are the basketball players - why this step motherly treatment.

KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED - I shall see the day when more children will play basketball than all the other games put together. I remember when in Vidya Niketan, Hebbal, Bangalore we conducted a survey we found that 571 children gave Basketball as their first option - the total school's strength was 572 [one child used to come in wheel chair]! AND THIS WAS WHEN I AND NAVDEEP HAD TAKEN UP COACHING UP BASKETBALL ONLY six months earlier.

Now what's happening in St. Mary's or for that matter Bishop Sargent school of tumkur.

KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED TOO!