Indian establishment needs a hunger strike to draw the attention of concerned authorities to a public cause nowadays. In tune with this trend the former hockey captain Pargat Singh pleads for a movement on the lines of "Save Tiger" campaign to save and rescue the national game viz the hockey. Like the game of cricket currently doing so well in the country, the hockey too was the pride of India once upon a time. But somehow it lost its charm and prime position and we are nowhere near the world champions like in the case of foot-ball.
Pargat Singh has correcly and timely raised the voice in this regard. The government and the agencies concerned should forget their local politics and self interest and start promoting and patronising the game of hockey in full swing so that the national pride is restored and the interest revived among the youth of this country. Compared to cricket, hockey like the foot-ball is a fast game deserving the attention and the involvement of everyone in India.
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