I hear so much talk about hockey academies and government schemes, but when my neighbour's son from Sundargarh came to Jaipur for a trial, he told me they had to share one stick between three boys. I know about measuring and cutting—if the cloth is wrong, no amount of fancy stitching will fix the fit. Bahut accha that we build hostels, but show me the numbers: how many of those children from the poorest bastis actually get a proper meal and a new stick every year? The ones who suffer delay are the four-year-olds who grow up holding a broken handle.
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