See/Feel our handicap in our attitudes

It really pains as one lives in such a time...a Silver medalist in Olympic Sindhu gets 13 crores...while Mariyappan Gold medalist gets 2crores, even the Silver medalist from Haryana gets 4 crores... In the below article, replace Singapore with India or any country which shows difference in rewards to sons/daughters of the country who bring a medal representing their country irrespective of levels/competition. This is very universal including the world, after all the ONLY country which could really speak on these issues, India is still hypnotized by colonial masters mindset through their language of instruction right in the school. And it is these English speaking people who sit on top of such events in the world stage to continue this Hypocrisy and come out with their smart answers and our country people continue to listen and accept such smart answers.

Wonder what would have been rewarded for Mariyappan had he been born in AP/Delhi or Haryana?

What our normal athletes could not do, our people with physical challenges overcame all challenges to bring Gold, yet we do not reward them enough.Sad, none talks of it. Our modern women who goes to the street to protest on silly reason do they come to street to question for such a valid cause?

https://thoughtsofrealsingaporeans.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/the-paralympics-prize-money-debate-same-same-but-different/

And if we keep saying that oh, paralympians are extraordinary athletes who have to overcome great odds, and they make Singapore proud all the same as our Olympians, disabled people can still lead meaningful, productive, and normal lives, how we want to promote a more inclusive and caring society and other nice things that politicians like to say, yada yada. Then what would it make us if we give less prize money to the paralympians? Hypocrites.

http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/paralympics-gold-medallist-mariyappan-thangavelu-jayalalithaa-cash-award-2-crore-3023852/ http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-rio-paralympics-silver-medallist-deepa-malik-to-get-cash-prize-of-rs-4-crore-and-govt-job-2256125

Deepa, was confined to a wheelchair in 1999 owing to a spinal tumour which paralysed her from waist down. Under the new sports policy of Haryana, the state government would give her Rs 4 crore for winning silver medal in Paralympics.

http://www.news18.com/news/india/sindhu-gets-over-rs-13-crore-cash-reward-sakshi-close-to-rs-5-crore-1284574.html

The AAP government in Delhi too, has announced a cash reward of Rs 2 crore.