Aunt Sally
In various walks of life, there's a curious phenomenon whereby an individual or like-minded group seeks to uplift one entity by diminishing another. We feel an unintelligible pride in belittling the other just to promote or highlight something else. These days his trend is particularly visible in the realm of sports, where passionate supporters of varying disciplines often pit their preferences against each other. Recently, this tendency has surfaced alarmingly within the Indian sporting community, particularly concerning cricket and Olympic sports. A series of articles penned by self-proclaimed "matured" know-alls have taken aim at Indian cricket and its players, portraying them in a negative light to champion lesser-followed but equally significant sports like athletics, wrestling, and gymnastics etc. An Oversimplified Narrative At the core of this debate lies an oversimplification of the challenges faced by Indian sports beyond cricket. Critics have insinuated that t...