Rupinder SinghNew Delhi, Feb. 10 -- Indian sports federations continue to ignore the importance of televising their sports, very much to their own peril.
Over the past few days, Indian sportspersons have delivered performances that, by any reasonable benchmark, deserve attention and acclaim.
Yet many of these achievements passed almost unnoticed, neither televised nor meaningfully covered in the print media.
At the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin last weekend, India won five medals across a range of events. Tejaswin Shankar produced a record-breaking gold in the heptathlon, missing the rare distinction of becoming only the second Asian to cross the 6,000 point mark by a mere seven points.
India also won medals in the men...