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Olympics: Mary Kom and Devendro show a way
Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times | New Delhi, August 08, 2012 | 13:08 IST
It is important to note that both Mary Kom and Devendro Singh are outstanding aberrations of a society that is wracked by violence and fed by Central apathy.
Churachandpur is just 137 kilometers from the Myanmar border at Moreh-Tamu crossing and some 3,000 kilometers from Delhi. This perspective is very important for Delhi to understand the gargantuan effort made by Churachandpur lass Mary Kom and West Imphal lad Devendro Singh Laishram to show case the Indian presence at the 2012 London Olympics.
While both have the potential to give India an unheard of gold medal in boxing, they also provide an opportunity, yet again, to the cow-belt dominated Indian state to revisit its North-East policies. The overarching domination of Hindi speaking politicians in handling the Indian state has ensured that New Delhi strategic area of influence strictly speaking does not go beyond Lucknow and Patna.
Mary Kom and Devendro Singh give UPA II a chance to integrate back of beyond states like Manipur to mainstream Indian society as well as give hope to our Kashmiri brethren that legitimate anger against the state should be vent out in the sporting arena and not by taking to a guns.
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