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India and the "Tug of War" on Sports

 Yes, there are other sports in India besides cricket.  

 

 

Karunakar S.

Sebastian K.

B3

 

    India is a country with many areas of development.  One area of development that we tried to focus on was the advancement of sports in India.  Sports are an extremely valuable area for all Indians.  The most sought after sport in India is cricket.  A sport that is very similar to baseball, cricket is followed in every part of India.  But as time as passed new sports have been played in India.  Some of these sports are boxing, golf and swimming.  Just 50 or 60 years ago these sports would not have been prominent.  This shows how different countries and cultures have influenced India in such a small amount of time.  Sports are an excellent way of looking at how a country is developing and changing in time.  This fact is extremely evident as a short glimpse of Indian history is reviewed.  India is a changing country that is not only changing in culture, technology, food and way of life, its a country that is ever changing in the devlopment of sports. 

 Here in this picture we see the ancient game of India being played, Cricket.  Cricket is by far the most popular sport in India.  The "Tug of War" between Cricket and other up and coming sports has been a tough one.

http://www.mavenarts.com/idea/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/debalce.jpg

Golf is an up and coming sport in India.  In India most golf tournaments are played in the north, golf is not as popular yet in the south.  This example shows how the "Tug of War" in India between sports is slowly switching to the other side.  

This video shows a cricket game between India and Pakistan. Cricket is the most popular sport in India, check out the similarities between cricket ans baseball.

Boxing is another sport that is coming up in the Indian sports world.  Boxing is a very new sport to India, and is very well recieved by Indians as well.

Mock Dialogue

 Mock Dialogue

Characters: Chandra and Pravin

Chandra: Hey Pravin, whats up?

Pravin: Oh not much what about you?

Chandra: I was just about to go and play some basketball!  

Pravin: Basketball? What exactly is basketball?  

Chandra: You've never heard of basketball?! Its only the second best sport in the world, behind cricket!

Pravin: Wow, it must be pretty good if its the second best sport in the world!! 

Chandra:  It is! Want to come and play? I can show you how to play?  

Pravin: Of course! It sounds like fun! Lets go!   (A few minutes later)  

Chandra: The object of the game is to put this ball (points to ball) into the net.  

Pravin: Huh. That sounds pretty hard! Look how far up the basket is!  

Chandra: Oh its not as hard as it looks. It just takes a little getting used to.  

Pravin: Okay then, what are you waiting for, lets play!!! 

Chandra: Its really easy, the first step is to hold the basketball like this (holds basketball).  Then you have to shoot the ball like this (shoots basketball).  

Pravin: Wow. That seems pretty easy to do.  

Chandra: Yea it is. Why don't you give it a try?  

Pravin: Okay. (shoots basketball)  

Chandra: Wow you are really going to need some practice man, not even joking! 

Pravin: Yea you're right.  

Chandra: How about we go play a good old game if cricket with the village boys?  

Pravin: Now thats an offer I can't refuse!!!

Picture Citations

Upper Picture (Left): http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/2931328.jpg%3Fv%3D1%26c%3DViewImages%26k%3D2%26d%3D17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A62447272785FC8CC69930FDCFC4C15FBB&imgrefurl=http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx%3Fmid%3D2931328%26epmid%3D1%26partner%3DGoogle&h=594&w=452&sz=52&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=H0OnaVTHcsqfNM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dindia%2Btug%2Bof%2Bwar%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

Upper Picture (Right): http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09WD6hw6wwdTn/610x.jpg

1st Middle Picture: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mavenarts.com/idea/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/debalce.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mavenarts.com/idea/%3Fp%3D530&h=312&w=350&sz=25&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=cWPKErcqamlnMM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dindia%2B%252B%2Bcricket%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

2nd Middle Picture: http://www.zeenews.com/pics/SPO/jyotirandorig.jpg