{"id":1177,"date":"2013-04-01T20:14:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2013-04-03T17:11:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T11:41:19","slug":"why-india-cannot-produce-world-winners-adventure-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Why India Cannot Produce World Winners : Adventure Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Picture5\"It was Kal Yavan, who five thousand years back attacked Mathura repeatedly, from what is West Asia now .<\/p>\n

Ultimately Lord Krishna moved to Dwarka a safer place . In a battle with Kal Yavan he earned the name ‘Ran Chhod’ as he continually retreated strategically rather than fighting an open war .<\/p>\n

\"Picture3\"When Alexender attacked us , we a much bigger civilisation ,did not think of embarking on winning the world in Ashvamedh style . Except for a brief period under Ranjit Singh even Afghanistan , our territory in Mauryan period was never taken back. Some South Indian Kings did go to far east.<\/p>\n

\"Picture1\"Western victories are not just incidental . They are a result of a carefully nurtured urge to take risk in a routine manner . So when Edmund Hillary climbes Everest , Robert Peary goes to North pole , Scott to South pole or a Marco Polo goes over the world , it is all the result of a value system imbibed in west from childhood. The same value system later makes a Clive think of winning our country for Queen of England, ultimately, with a handful of soldiers.\"Picture2\"<\/p>\n

We never had that domineering spirit and worse are doing nothing to inculcate it .<\/p>\n

West even today indulges in adventure sports which test human endurance and resolve to hilt . \"Picture4\"So in a thematic variation a Steve Job takes a big risk in introducing Apple i-phone and succeeds . But before that he was chucked out from his own company and ate in ISCON temple due to bankcruptcy. But it only increased his resolve to succeed again .\"Picture6\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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