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Should INDIA Change Its National Game?

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  • Indian national game should be cricket because it has just become cramming line that our national game is hockey. No-one in our country knows names of hockey players and about match schedules. Change is requirement of today. If we do not change we cannot make progress.
  • National game should be choice of nation; that is cricket.
  • If hockey is not able to create any sensation among youngsters than; it's weakness of game.

Against

  • Cricket is religion in India and none of sports is as famous as cricket in India. Other sports like hockey should be encouraged. If we change national game than it may further impact performance of hockey players.
  • No today we change national game, tomorrow national anthem, then pledge and it will go on this is not the point.
  • I don’t think we should change national game just because we lost some matches or not many know names of hockey players.
  • Just because present hockey team is not performing like what it used to, we should not conclude that their days are gone , instead government should pay attention and provide them proper facilities to regain their position
  • Games are for fun and I think hockey is also a lot of fun, as is cricket.
  • Game doesn’t bring sensation. Media and people make the game popular. For a fact India is having 1/6th of world's population and only one game is popular. Whereas is in other countries like china, USA, Russia all games have equal importance and popularity.
  • In countries like USA, Russia, china cricket is not popular so if someday cricket becomes unpopular in India u will again ask for some other game as national game.

Conclusion

  • National game is related with identity of nation it can't be change.
  • If we are feeling patriotic on this issue we should move forward and try to make hockey popular .Businessmen can sponsor it. Common can watch it and motivate their children to join hockey and government can facilitate the players.
  • India must perform best in its national game.

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Added by: jyotsnendu sarkar



Point: In my point of view we should not change our national game i.e HOCKEY. moreover we should encourage and innovate the game and all the HOCKEY PLAYERS for the benefit of our nation.we just forget the word ''CHANGE'' Regarding the matter of our any NATIONAL TRADITIONAL Items .otherwise the day is not so far when we may change our existence also.



Date: 2013-06-12 04:34:23

Added by: mohit mahajan



Point: I strongly believe that Hockey should stay our national game.Cricket is being played in India since the time of Britishers and infact it is the national game of England. Thus if make it our national game it will only show that we are under the influence of britishers



Date: 2013-06-10 11:14:06

Added by: satarupa mukherjee



Point: in my opinion hockey is the best national game though the government does not invest moneyin the way it invests money in the field of crickethockey would become popular only after participation of the people in this game and proper investment of money in the game of hockey



Date: 2013-05-28 10:27:59

Added by: satish mittal



Point: againsti think that the indian govt should first focus on the hockey .. every youngster of india know about bcci but nobody knows about hockey federation ..according to me its only the govt who can first make a change than only the common people boosts up



Date: 2013-03-21 00:37:40

Added by: pushpendra



Point: It is good topics..India should not change national game.



Date: 2013-03-01 05:43:18

Added by: Nikhil Belokar



Point: i thing in india most of the people are intrested in wathing only the cricket not hockey because indian govt didn't concentrate on the hockey



Date: 2013-02-03 23:21:32

Added by: DAM



Point: people should be encouraged for playing hockey i completely disagree with priyanka vyas .hockey is far more better than cricket



Date: 2013-02-01 06:23:48

Added by: anjali



Point: INDIA should not change their national game but they sholud lay more stress on the popularity of hockey and the govt sholud also spend some money on the advertisement of Hockey .No doubt ,Cricket is popular the onlty reason behind this is that the money spent on it.So, instead of changing it, the country people should lay emphasis on its imporatnce and govt.too...........



Date: 2012-10-23 02:03:40

Added by:



Point: cricket is a femous game but this game is not our national game our national game is hocky. but now days creaze is only cricket, our responsibility and our goverment is not provide to facility hocky game, that reason is hocky game is back 5 year. if provide the facility to much play this game,



Date: 2012-09-19 11:35:48

Added by: Deepali Sharma



Point: The popularity of anything depends upon our interest. If we take interest nd motivate our children to participate in Hockey, this game can also reach to its peak like cricket. So, leaving nything as it is going worse we can put our effort and make it better. Hence our national game shud nt be changed in any of the case.Think positive....



Date: 2012-09-16 10:47:35

Added by: Rahul sakharwade



Point: basically, we all know that hockey is our national game, so we can just make it popular and also provide extra facilities which other games were provided with , ITS UPTO U THAT HOW U RETAIN UR STANDARD AND THE GAME....... THANKU



Date: 2012-09-04 21:17:21

Added by: Khushbu Sahai



Point: India shld nt change its national game jst becs we indians knw the game hockey a little jst becs its our national game...nd if we change it frm other game thn the no. of tht little ppl will come to zero. so lift the game nd show ur interest reltd to tht game nd dnt evn thnk to change ith. Proud to be Indian..JAI BHARAT!!



Date: 2012-08-24 11:59:02

Added by: priyal maheshwari



Point: India should not change its national game evn though how 1 can thnk to change it. India is our own country nd if there is any issue which shows india to change the way then it should be neglected...jst becs why we r living here to make us proud to be indian......so give more nd more valute to the game hockey so that 1 shld know tht ths is our national game nd cn be proud of it. so dnt change the national game bt do chane the thinking related to that game..



Date: 2012-08-21 22:51:42

Added by: Suhas chandra Bhaattacharyya



Point: Criket is a lazy game



Date: 2012-08-16 02:24:20

Added by: sangeeta



Point: hi .....i m sangeeta....i think India must not change its national game.....government should increase the facilities for hockey....and the game must be promoted by both government



Date: 2012-08-10 07:59:17

Added by: Sarita



Point: Hlooo frds , i am sarita ....as per ma point of view india need to workhard in its national game....if we are contiously getting failed in game it doesnt mean dat india must change its game.....the govt should encourage and motivate towards hockey



Date: 2012-07-30 06:50:01

Added by: gd



Point: indian national game should be cricket because it has just become the craming line that our national game is hockey. no-one knows the name of their players and about their match schedules except few one. change is the requirement of today. if we do not change anything we can not progress.The National game should be the choice of the nation which is cricket.if Hockey is not able to create any sensation among the youths then its not our fault. It's the weakness of the game.



Date: 2012-07-26 08:53:22

Added by: mohini



Point: national game should not be changed bcoz it gives the unique identity to that nationand it doesn't mean that other game is better in other countries is become better in india



Date: 2012-07-26 06:56:49

Added by: mohini



Point: national game should not be changed bcoz it gives the unique identity to that nationand it doesn't mean that other game is better in other countries is become better in india



Date: 2012-07-26 06:56:47

Added by: yuganya



Point: in india cricket is given more importance among other games by the people,as the same manner hockey should also be given that much importance.childrens should be motivated by the parents to watch our national game.hockey should be telecasted in all the sports channel so that it will be popularised.



Date: 2012-07-07 01:10:04

Added by: chinmay pareek



Point: To increase the craze of hockey in india,it should be played in school also.Actually childhood decides the interest in sports for a kid,so if he will play the hockey that will also create the sensation in the kid for this game like we do it handing over a bat into his hand in his childhood.



Date: 2012-05-29 11:23:54

Added by: Akrati



Point: Cricket is celebrated as a festival in India because of the impact of media. Every channel or can say every newspaper displays a content only related to cricket. Every individual tries to associate himself or herself with cricket in one way or the other. There is no need to question on our national game. All that is required is to promote hockey as we go for cricket. I guess Chak De India is a good example to depict n talk about the current hockey condition.



Date: 2012-04-03 23:42:44

Added by: RTR



Point: yes it should be changed to Cricketreason:If you ask people which how many players play hockey match you could soome of them will aner ur qustion.If you ask about cricket ....all anwrs are on the tips of their tongue..



Date: 2012-04-02 04:15:49

Added by:



Point: Nursery children also can play cricket , Many of children can play cricket and each have the same strength, But coming to hockey no one knows it how to play



Date: 2012-03-28 12:09:18

Added by: jordan



Point: its media which makes the game popular .Each country is having phase in their respective games like in 1996-2000 cricket was having bad phase.simillarly right now hockey is in bad phase.so it doesn't mean that we should change our national game.



Date: 2012-03-24 13:12:11

Added by: Dharmendra Thakur



Point: i think we shouldn't change our national game, game is game,,we have to change the perspective of seeing game. basically we see game for fun, and every game have a fun , either it is cricket or hockey.but the main problem related to our national game is lack of awareness and lack of government support, as well as our support. if we support our national game and updated ourself about the all events of hockey matches and go for to encourage players....then this game will also become popukar as cricket



Date: 2012-03-23 21:51:25

Added by: Neha Agrawal.



Point: In India allmost peope are crazy for cricket.In IPL people are keen to watch cricket. so India national game should be cricket.



Date: 2012-03-15 03:27:31

Added by: Neha Agrawal.



Point: In India allmost peope are crazy for cricket.In IPL people are keen to watch cricket. so India national game should be cricket.



Date: 2012-03-15 03:26:22

Added by: Neha Singh



Point: How long we will tolerate the burdens of these types of saying that changing the national game would destroy our identity... The identity of a country is only related to the citizens it have.So only the thing matters is the interest of citizens and if they like cricket to be their national game then it should changed...



Date: 2012-03-13 11:38:56

Added by: Rohit Mahadik



Point: Cricket is the most popular sport in india and in every age group, people know its history. People are aware of every side, phase of Cricket. Why not make it a National Sport. No other sport earns makes that amount of money which cricket and cricketers make. India's national sport should be changed from hockey which is in despair to Cricket.



Date: 2012-02-25 13:40:25

Added by: hbk



Point: cricket in india came through bitain,that was result of colonial compulsion,as we know all common wealth nations play this game.so being a sovereign country we must not give it a national game status,and in place of treating it as a religion we should promote the our game hockey and once again we should take it to the height of excellence.



Date: 2012-02-25 02:26:30

Added by: cutiekOuRtNeY



Point: No, rather much of the attention which is being stalled on cricket only should be broadcast over all other sports. And some things like basket ball, base ball, squash, etc need a huge push of upliftment!!!!



Date: 2012-02-16 11:05:57

Added by: vaibhavsaxena



Point: according to the present situation of the hockey in india .we all are guilty becoz many people donot know about the hockey game ,about hockey players name. And criteria to play this game . We had lack of knowledge about hockey. So aware about our national game we did not forgot that major Dhyaan chand was the famous personality in india who was a great and fabulas player of hocky .



Date: 2012-02-16 02:48:48

Added by: Rajiv



Point: Hockey is played by 150 countries in the world. Cricket is played by only few nations. So being top in cricket does not mean top in the world. Govt, media n people should encourage hockey. Then only we can be top five in world hockey. See hockey n football r equally popular in germany n holland.



Date: 2012-01-24 23:14:31

Added by: Rajat



Point: Performing not good in hockey does not mean we change it our national game, We should analyse it where is fault, and what is the remedy behind it. Thanks



Date: 2012-01-02 12:58:12

Added by: ishan



Point: point-come one we know that cricket is religion in india,but we cant change the national sport.People are not interested in hockey because govt is not concerned at all.It is not investing a proper amount of funds.All the state govts are intersted to build cricket stadiums rather than other sports venues.And also our great MEDIA,it always emphasize over the cricket.



Date: 2011-12-31 16:52:14

Added by: pranav sharma



Point: in India the gov. should focus on our national game that is hockey because of that the gov. not give facilities as cricketer got if they get than may be the performance of player would become better and it increase the courage in youth so it should not change it other countries their national game become popular and make courage just because of the govt. and sponsors give full support to their players.



Date: 2011-12-26 17:45:07

Added by: kumar Bighnesh



Point: India has lots of language but why every person like englis .which type s of work Our government do than my language hindi devlap just like english .



Date: 2011-12-09 13:45:47

Added by: kumar Bighnesh



Point: India has lots of language but why every person like englis .which type s of work Our government do than my language hindi devlap just like english .



Date: 2011-12-09 13:44:53

Added by: alok kumar



Point: yeah,hockey is our national game,india is a cricket frnzy ,cricket crazy nation,we all love cricket,the moral is we r more aware of cricket and media bringing the popularity by giving his best coverage,,,,but in hockey, the effect is less.attention is less and the indian hockey board is more responsible,,,,,,that is getting the TRP DOWN,,,,,,,MORE INTROSPECTION AND MORE HEED NEED.......



Date: 2011-11-29 23:07:12

Added by: alok kumar



Point: yeah,hockey is our national game,india is a cricket frnzy ,cricket crazy nation,we all love cricket,the moral is we r more aware of cricket and media bringing the popularity by giving his best coverage,,,,but in hockey, the effect is less.attention is less and the indian hockey board is more responsible,,,,,,that is getting the TRP DOWN,,,,,,,MORE INTROSPECTION AND MORE HEED NEED.......



Date: 2011-11-29 23:06:07

Added by: mukesh kumar saxena



Point: i think abt this topic that its really pure rubbish thing that if cricket is going to more earning and popular day by day so thats mean we can change our national game..no its not right for hockey as well as others game ..if suppose after some time cricket would not be good than we need to change re again our national game...we need to improve our hockey condition aa well as others game condition by which these games can earn good condition and earn name,fame in india....



Date: 2011-11-10 23:32:03

Added by: Ashish Mishra



Point: Sab kuch sahi hai bus band kro ye atyachar..



Date: 2011-11-08 13:36:53

Added by: Sumit Kumar



Point: national game is a pride of a nation. so what if the current hockey team is not playing to its maximum????changing our national game means sending a note of unable to handle difficult situations to the world.



Date: 2011-08-27 15:38:31

Added by: bhramit kumar agarwal



Point: hockey is that game which shows india on world map.first time in i936 when india team won gold medal in berlin olympics then peoples comes to know about india.you dont forget that thing which bring glory to our country.now today hockey is not performed instead of encouraged it we take its national status.



Date: 2011-08-20 13:41:11

Added by: shrinath



Point: when there is no inputs we can't have any output..the problem we are facing with our national game is that there is not much importance given to development of basic infrastructures and facilities..changing national game is not an option when the game is in danger..we have many other countries doing well in many sports..reason being that they are getting promoted..that is what even we need to do..focus should be at improving the basic infrastructure and promote our national game..



Date: 2011-07-22 23:45:38

Added by: Anjana Priya



Point: I do really think that our national game should not be changed. Einstein said "The first and second world war was fought with guns, I do not know with what the third world war will be fought with, but i assure you that the fourth will be fought with sticks and stones!" Old is Gold.So hockey will rise again with a little much more determination in our players and efforts and also patriotism it will soon come back



Date: 2011-07-16 21:52:11

Added by: amit chauhan



Point: ya there is a need of change but the thing to be changed is the approach towards our national game .the lack of infrastructure has led to defamation of hockey in india. since we are talking of national game so responsiblity is also national bring back its fame and interest



Date: 2011-07-07 01:13:57

Added by: S.Meenakshi sundareswari



Point: Government should take the action to provide priority nd required facility to promote hockey as cricket now a day.Our national game shouldn't b changed.



Date: 2011-07-01 15:47:55

Added by: anuj bhaduka



Point: if a nations national things changed basis on popularity than we shud add amitabh bachans picture replace on gandhi ji on indian currancy.



Date: 2011-06-25 11:57:59

Added by: Nikita Chawda



Point: It is a symbol of our nationality. so why we are forgetting it. it is our national game and should be the national one.



Date: 2011-06-23 21:29:31

Added by: gaurav sachdeva



Point: yes i want to change because no one sees the i hate hockey and i lovee cricket



Date: 2011-05-24 21:50:51

Added by: daljit sehaj



Point: national game which once has been set should not be changed
because it is a kind of the shame to the nation. nation shoud take initiative to promote the game.
one more thing not only the nation we the aam aadmi should also promote it in our day to day schedule.



Date: 2011-01-07 09:08:58

Added by: Prince Kumar Singh



Point: yeah...just because India is not performing well...we cant change the National game, bt Govt. should concentrate more on their training, they should provide them facilities, nd the most important point. Govt should pay the players so that they can play with the perfect mind...nd they can come back like they were in their past....instead of putting them down we should welcome them....



Date: 2010-10-07 22:35:09

Added by: tufananand



Point: Cricket is known as the religion of India.It does not mean that other game should be push back .Hockey is the national game of india .We can make the hockey more popular than cricket as same as in other country other games are popular.



Date: 2010-10-05 02:16:10

Added by: P K MAHATO



Point: There should be IHPL(Indian Hockey Premiar leage) like IPL in India.MNC should sponser them.
In this way we can generate a evaluation 4 hockey.



Date: 2010-09-30 13:13:58

Added by: YOGESH DESHMUKH



Point: if we change our national game
player in national team of hockey and those who love this sport will be demotivated.imagine cricket being not allowed in our country.so according to my opinion national game should not be changed,



Date: 2010-08-04 10:43:35

Added by: priyanka vyas



Point: The national game of India should be changed becoz very less people in India are interested in watching Hockey, the reason behind this is the match isn't so interactive like IPL in cricket match, and very few people has knowledge about its scheduling and some people don't know even the rules in hockey so it should be changed to Cricket, becoz almost all people in India are interested in watching the cricket match and cheering their team.



Date: 2010-06-15 00:52:21

Added by: jaspreet



Point: yes i also think the nation game should not be change but the advise is to improve the national game so that i gets imps




Date: 2010-06-08 14:34:48

Added by: zacarias joseph



Point: I'm of the opinion that the national sport doesn't essentially have to be a a sport that captures the imagination of many....even this argument holds good in the case of hockey.the recent hockey world cup is testimony to that fact.again a result of some aggressive and effective marketing,i think a good conclusion would be that a national sport shouldn't be changed just because of a lack of promotion of the sport...a point to be remembered is that the first team sport won by an Indian team in the Olympics is in hockey.....bearing this in mind...



Date: 2010-05-18 10:35:49

Added by: roshini



Point: rehman sing many good songs that doesn't mean that we change our national anthem just like that just because cricket is more popular it should not be made our national game..........
another thing is foot ball is also very popular and the only requirement to play is a ball unlike cricket.so why just consider cricket.we should find some way to promote hockey.



Date: 2010-05-13 23:56:32

Added by: paulomi deepak shah



Point: as mahatma gandhi has rightly said"u should be the change u want to see"
we as youth should start promoting hockey to regain its standard



Date: 2010-05-12 15:37:20

Added by: Deepika



Point: Cricket is not only the most popular game but also due to heavy investments in tournaments like IPL gov. is getting more tax.so we should think of it also.



Date: 2010-04-30 13:58:02

Added by: ram pravesh



Point: i tkink that we should encourage the hockey player because nowaday hockey,our national game seems in danger



Date: 2010-04-16 08:48:28