My hands shake as I continue to write this caption and post this video. This is about a call that I made in 2021 while digging deep into the history for my thesis, looking for Balaram's opinion on the current state of #IndianFootball. Here's what he had to say -
“Earlier, everyone used to talk about football. Now nobody talks about football, nobody is interested in football. Football is dying. Nobody is taking any initiative. Officials have to take initiative to take Indian football to its old position. The federations should come out, the football lovers should come out.”
“We never expected anything in return. We just wanted that India should go up [progress]. See the results, see the 1956 Olympics, the 1960 Olympics. Even in 1962, we won the gold medal. How we won the gold medal? [referring to the conditions and provisions] They didn’t give a cup of tea to us, no specific diets, nothing. On our own, we started playing and growing and doing our best for the country. Now they won’t even take our advice. Those who have rendered the best service to the country, have been deprived.”
“We have not done whatever we’ve done to get financial help [for money]. Every country is going up, we just wanted India to go up as well. We took the Indian football standard to a certain level, but from there, it is falling. Nobody is there to take care of it. Look at the officials [federations], some don’t know anything about Indian football, and they're dominating. You cannot move them, you cannot tell them, you cannot advise them. Now if you give advice, how to improve the Indian football standard, nobody will bother, nobody will care about it.”
“I am almost 90 years old. Nobody bothers that where I am, what I am doing, nobody cares. We have given our best for the country. Nobody is coming to offer even medical aid. It’s a shame. Any moment my call will come from the heavens, I might go away.”
“Money is okay, but at the same time, we should try to develop our Indian football standard also.”
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