HOCKEY WORLD CUP

2023 Hockey World Cup: A tournament between the world's best hockey teams to clinch the world title. For the second time in a row, the tournament was held on Indian soil. It was a proud moment for India to host this prestigious tournament one more time.

 

A tournament with dreams, hopes, and heartbreaking moments The number of teams has been increased from twelve to sixteen in this edition to provide more opportunities for teams and to raise competency levels. The 44 matches were hosted at two stadiums: 20 matches in the newly built Birsa Munda Stadium, Rourkela, and 24 matches (including Final) at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar. The opening ceremony of the World Cup was hosted at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack with spectacular fireworks and Bollywood actors. A musical performance was given by K-pop band Blackswan and Odia artist Shreya Lenka.

 

When it comes to the Indian team, because of the home crowd advantage, this was a good opportunity for the Indian team to win the World Cup. After 48 years, the team was also desperate to add another World Cup trophy to their collection. This time, the Indian Team was led by Harmanpreet Singh and included many young talents such as Shamsher Singh, Hardik Singh, and Jarmanpreet Singh, as well as an experienced side such as Vice Captain Amit Rohidas, goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, and defender Manpreet Singh, among others.

 

The Indian team began their campaign against Spain, winning 2-0 thanks to goals from Amit Rohidas and Hardik Singh. The second match was an exhausted draw against England. The last nail-biting group stage match was against Wales, which India won 4-2 with goals from the Singh Trio (Harmanpreet, Akashdeep, and Shamsher).

Now the Indian team faced New Zealand in the crossover game due to a smaller goal difference with England in the group stage. The Kalinga Stadium is now set for the clash. The Indian team started with aggressive intent and scored back-to-back two goals, but New Zealand also came back with two goals, and before the full-time whistle, the scores were 3-3. The match went into a penalty shootout, which unfortunately New Zealand won 5-4. The Men in Blue had to wait another four years (after 1975) to reclaim their title in the Netherlands in 2026.

Now the Indian team had to focus on their next campaigns, including the FIH Pro Hockey League, the Asian Games 2022 (which will commence on September 23, 2023), the Paris Olympics 2024, etc. Coach Graham Reed's team had to make improvements in their defensive lineup and drag flickers to compete against European and Polynesian teams with a power-hitting style of play.

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आत्मनिर्भर भारत

खादी और हथकरघा की उपयोगिता

आत्मनिर्भर- एक ऐसा शब्द जो हर देश अपने आगे लगाना चाहता, और आज के इस युग में आत्मनिर्भरता ही एक देश की असल ताकत है | भारत में भी हमे इसका असर देखने को मिलता है जैसे:- पहली पूर्ण स्वदेशी सुपरफास्ट ट्रेन 'वन्दे भारत', भारतीय सॅटॅलाइट लांच व्हीकल (SLV) से चंद्रयान मिशन, मंगलयान का सफल प्रक्षेपण आदि |

परन्तु इन सब के अलावा हमारे खादी और हथकरघा उद्योग का भी भारत की आत्मनिर्भरता में अहम योगदान है | दो ऐसे उद्योग जिन्होंने भारत को विश्व पटल पर अपनी धाक ज़माने में मदद की |दोनों ही उद्योग भारत में लम्बे समय से चले आ रहे है, समय के साथ-साथ इनमे बदलाव आया, पर ना तो इनकी महत्ता और न ही उपयोगिता कम हुई |

खादी उद्योग को तो स्वयं महात्मा गाँधी का समर्थन मिला, उन्होंने सिंथेटिक अंग्रेजी वस्त्रों का परित्याग कर खादी से निर्मित वस्त्र अपनाने का सन्देश दिया ताकि भारत आत्मनिर्भर बन सके और रोज़गार के नए अवसर प्रदान किए जा सके | इन्ही सब प्रयासों के फलस्वरूप आज भारत विश्व का सबसे बड़ा खादी उत्पादक देश है | खादी की उपयोगिता इस कदर है की विदेशों में भी खादी से निर्मित वस्तुएं एवं वस्त्र उच्च दामों में बिक रहें है |

भारत के हथकरघा उद्योग भी कई कीर्तिमान स्थापित कर चुके है जैसे दुनिया का ९५ प्रतिशत हथकरघा कपड़ा भारतीय बाज़ार से आता है, भारत 125 देशों को हथकरघा कपड़ा निर्यात करता है | इन्ही कारकों की वजह से आज भारत दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा हथकरघा कपड़ों का निर्यातक देश है | एक ऐसा उद्योग जिसने तीस लाख से ज्यादा लोगों को रोज़गार दिया, और स्वयं भारत सरकार भी इस उद्योग इस उद्योग की उपयोगिता समझ चुकी है और इसलिए कई करघों में सरकार द्वारा आधुनिक उपकरण तथा सुरक्षित वातावरण प्रदान किया गया है | सरकार ने हथकरघा उद्योग से जुड़ने के लिए कई योजनाए भी संचालित की है ताकि रोज़गार के और अवसर सृजित किये जा सके |

हालाँकि, इन दोनों ही उद्योगों को भारत में औद्योगिकीकरण के चलते चोट सहनी पड़ी और इनकी गति मंद पड़ने लगी एवं कारखाने बंद होने लगे | परन्तु 'मेक इन इंडिया' अभियान के चलते इन उद्योगों को पुनर्जीवित होने का अवसर मिला, और इन्होने अपनी महत्ता सिद्ध की | आज हाल यह है की खादी उद्योग ने वित्त-वर्ष 2021-22में एक लाख पंद्रह हज़ार करोड़ का कारोबार किया तथा हथकरघा उद्योग ने भी आठ हज़ार करोड़ रूपये का कारोबार किया | इन अंकों को देखकर हम निश्चित तौर पर यह तो कह सकते है की विश्व के वस्त्र उद्योग में भारत का बहुत बड़ा हाथ है |  

जय हिन्द ! 

धन्यवाद,

सार्थक खोडे़ 

INDIA-PAKISTAN RIVALRY

The world's most watched rivalry is between two neighbouring nations that once shared the same border, culture, tradition, land, and even people. But now both are on different paths and oppose each other at every turn of the globe.

India-Pakistan's cricket match, a treat for the entire world, is a match full of emotions, excitement, thrills, and nail-biting moments. Apart from this, the India-Pak match also plays an important role in commerciality. Even the International Cricket Council knows it because of the 2022 ICC T-20 World Cup, which was held in Australia. The Melbourne Cricket Ground, the largest cricket ground in Australia and the second largest in the world, was reserved for the India-Pakistan match. Even the home team, Australia, had to play their group stage match with New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground. This match also accounts for one-third of global tournament viewership. 

The fact that India and Pakistan haven't played a bilateral series in over a decade is one of the main reasons for this popularity, because of safety restrictions. So audiences get only one to two matches per year. But we can't deny the fact that the whole world eagerly waits for their archrivals to play. 

Let me give you an example, so you can get a clear idea of this match's popularity: let's take the 2019 ODI World Cup.

• Match 1: The Final at Lord's was played between England and New Zealand, which tied; the Super Over was also tied; the winner was decided on a boundary count. This seems to be more exciting as the winner is not decided until the last ball.
• Match 2: The Group Stage match between India and Pakistan, which India won by the DLS method by 89 runs, was one-sided.

But the viewership for match two was 20 percent higher as compared to the final.

Thank You,

Sarthak P. Khode 😊

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