honouring all the unsung sportsmen
Recently there was one pic on facebook showing our womens kaddadi team which won the medal was looking for auto rickshaws outside the airport..
These type of things discourage the players..
------ Sita Sahu won two bronze medals in olympics sells pani puri.
-----Nisha Rani Dutta--she was forced to sell her archery bow for Rs. 50,000
She won silver medal at the 2008 South Asian Federation Championship in Jharkhand, a bronze medal at the 2006 Bangkok Grand Prix, and the Best Player Award in the 2007 Asian Grand Prix in Taiwan
-----Rashmita Patra-Runs a beetle nut shop..
She represented India in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for under-16 women's qualifier at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 2008.
Two years later, she helped Odisha win the national women's football for under-19 in Cuttack.
In 2011, she again played for India in senior AFC qualifying round at Dhaka and helped the country win an invitational series in the Gulf country, Bahrain.
------Nauri Mundu--teaches at Mahil, a private school run by an NGO. Besides teaching, she also has to engage in farming because she earns merely Rs. 5,000 from her teacher's job, which is not sustainable for her family.
She was a hockey player from Jharkhand and also won many awards. She has represented the National team 19 times. She was awarded the best hockey player ward by former Chief Minister of Bihar. She won bronze in Nehru Girls Hockey Tournament and National Women's Games, among several other accolades.
Similarly there would be other sports also where the sportsmen despite performing at international level have not got their share of limelight..
No govt in the past has taken notice of this..
Requesting Modiji to honour all such people who have performed at International level for our country but are now living a miserable life..
Please identify such people and reward them with monetary benefit ..
This would be a great step appreciated by the entire country more