No beef on menu during Commonwealth Games: Kalmadi
Why are we jumping to religious and political reasons?
It is a known fact that we, Indians, have been a failure at the Olympics
(and other major sporting events) as far as medals concerned. People
have always criticized us for failing to win medals at the Olympics
because our athletes train for fewer than three months before attending
the event. Moreover, the general contention is that we try to win medals
by eating dal (lentils) with chapattis. Whereas, it is believed the
Westerners derive their strength from beef steak and other beef
products, which contain more proteins than dal and chapati.
Maybe the Indian organizers think that depriving the Westerners of beef
might weaken them and give us a chance to win more medals. So, let us
wait and watch!
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna, Goa
Mob: 9420979201
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