Just read something about how Viren Rasquinha and Gopichand suggest that India needs "public-private partnerships" and "a sports culture" for the development of Indian sports.
You can read some of the blah blah here!
Seems like the two guys are either mincing words, or have really sang a lullaby to their senses. Who in India would want a government office to be it's partner, otherwise!?! The only thing that a public-partnership will bring to a private body is - frustration.
The public-bodies, even if they do show some sense in their functioning and decision making, have a lot of top priority stuff to do before they start using sport as a tool for social development. In other words - sports is not even in the agenda of a sensible government looking at bottom line development of India. All they can, and they should, do is to grant their blessings, and stop being a barrier to people who are trying to make sense of the sports market here. For this, a partnership is not really the need.
