India... Olympics and the future...

Posting after a long hiatus... A lot happened in the meanwhile, which I may have wanted to comment on - but didn't find the time or the energy to... and this one would be a brief one too...


The Beijing Olympics is over... and we (all TV Channels) are over the moon with 3 medals... Doesn't matter a single Phelps or Usain Bolt won more than most nations... And I don't quite relate to the over excitement with the 3 medals or even with the post-mortem we always do - on why a country of a billion cant win more... As Vijay mentioned in his blog - a medals tally with GDP factored in is needed, and we may find interesting alterations like Kenya or Jamaica leading the tally.

But why this post?

I think I have a solution for London 2012. A solution to ensure that we go higher in the medals tally from here on...

How - Lets call it the UPA or JMM Plan...!!!

The UPA government saved itself easily - striking some deals. Shibu Soren is all set to become the Chief Minister of Jharkhand in lieu of the support he extended to UPA during the trust vote. Cash for vote was the other route which possibly helped the government of the day...

Let's just offer something similar to atheletes from Kenya, Jamaica and other countries possibly with lesser GDP than India... I don't expect a Phelps to take the offer...
A 5 year stint as a CM in a state for a gold medal...
Cabinet Ministership for a Silver medal...
MPship for a Bronze medal...