Er Rational musings #35

Sporting stock:Tennis: Ramnathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay/Anand Amrutraj, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupati, Sania Mirza, Somdev Devvarman, > who?Badminton: Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi, Amita Modi, Aparna Popat, Gopichand, Saina Nehwal, Sindhu, > who? Hockey: Dhyanchand, Zafar Iqbal, Mohd Shahid, Pargat Singh, Sandip Singh, > who?Chess: Manaul Aaron, Pravin Thipse, Bhagyashree Khadilkar Thipse, Vishwanathan Anand, > who?Table Tennis: Kamlesh Mehta, Gurmeet Singh, Manjit Singh Dua, Ramaswamy, Babras, Mahendra Chiplunkar, Asantha Basak, Sharath Kamal, > who? Billiards/Snooker: Wilson Jones, Michael Farera, Geet Sethi, Pankaj Advani, > who?F1 racing: Narayan Karthikeyan, > who?Football/Soccer: Baichung Bhutia, > who?Basketball, Volleyball, Swimming, Cycling, Wrestling, Boxing, Judo/Karate, Shooting, Baseball, Ice hockey/Skating, overall Athletics, etc etc > where are we? Why? What needs to be done? Where are we lagging? When n how we can improve? Which sport we can excel? Who will take the lead?Questions....on your mark....