Weightlifting: The love of my life

Wherever I go, whoever I met, people always give me a very shocking and epic facial expression when they hear me saying ' I am a Weightlifter' in any part of a conversation. First, they will stare at my body structure from top to bottom and then comes the obvious question with some absurd feeling 'In which weight category did you play’? Under 56 Kg my reply.  They will again give a look to my figure :P 

So, you can believe me 'I am a weightlifter' and it gives me immense pleasure, when I say this line to anyone. Weightlifting gave me name, fame, love and above all 'a proud feeling'.  Whenever I evoke any moment of this glorious life I had, I can not found a single moment of regret. Weightlifting gave me memories, which I will cherish lifelong. Huuh, you might be giggling 'esa kiya kya he iss bande ne'.

Well, I didn't play a single game at national's. It’s just the nature of this game made me so helpless and I couldn't do a thing accept loving it wholeheartedly. Lifting is all about challenging yourselves daily to go more & more heavier. Every time you fail a lift, either the weight fall on you or you fall on it. Terrifying, but makes you stronger bit by bit.  Before you think I am a some kind of bugger wanted to twist my body parts. Well, I am a skilled lifter with decent technique and knowledge about this game. Inter-IIT Gold medalist, bronze in Assam state level and holds two records of Inter-IIT sports meet.

There is a weird saying about lifting 'Most games require one ball, while Weightlifters need two' and why not? First you sweat hard enough at least 3 hours on daily basis, then you will sleep empty stomach, if out of body weight category. Even after doing all this, you have only 6 lifts barely 20 sec per lift to put up a show and if unlucky you may loose because of body weight too. But, there is nothing odd, you are a lifter and it is expected of you.

From the way I explained Weightlifting, you might had a thought by now 'what made me love this game'. Its the nature of this game. I know your response 'Uufff again this same bullshit of nature'. So the actual reasons made me fall in love with Weightlifting are: If you love to be challenged by your own ego all the time, want to taste failure on regular basis, want to check whether you can move your ass out of the barbell fallen on you or not. Above all, if you want to live a regret free life, you are welcome to lifting, Weightlifting. But, do check that you have got the required number of balls before committing to become a lifter.

As it says 'the price of victory is high but so are the rewards'. This game will not disappoint you ever. It will always remind you 'either you can be below the barbell or on the top of this world'. I was so lucky to be rescued by my beloved team mates whenever I was trapped below the barbell I worshiped. Probably that is another hilarious record I am holding unofficially across IIT's. I am so thankful to each and everyone who accompanied me in all these moments of madness.

                                                 The moments of pride  
Mahesh Dangi
Links to some of the team videos:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116948288230284532859/posts 

Dramatic women empowerment

It seems like 'women empowerment' phrase has also lost election. I repeatedly heard these quoted words in Rahul baba's speech. But, his women empowerment strategy failed and people chose a more political pragmatic hero over him. I just hoped that time that may be this new Govt may find some strategy to abolish this virtual woman empowerment politics in coming days and 'accha din will come'.

Its been two months now and I am still reading the same news headlines repeatedly. Not pointing to any specific incident, but at least more than 100 major cases of rape, harassment have been reported so far by nationalized media. In earlier days people at least used to protest against UPA in all these cases, but now they don't. They might be feeling shame in doing the same as they choose their favorites themselves. People say previous govt was biased and driven by someone else, so they didn't take any corrective decisions and they were unworthy. But, now who is driving whom. Why Modi is so silent over all these issues.

I always present my viewpoint which is 'people are failing to cope up with this transition phase of westernization, especially in Rural India'. Though, adaptation comes slowly, but can we accept this women empowerment phase currently we are in . What about these terrifying and inhuman activities ruining lives of thousands of woman's . Gradually we are becoming resistive to these satanic things happening around us.

Our representatives visiting other countries, building strong relationship with the rest of the world. What about the relationship our society building with women's. Who will define it. We are getting more hi tech weapons, fighting jets, submarines to secure our premises. Who will secure our inner core. Women empowerment has just become a political drama,  we are only getting sympathy and false promises from these so called Netaa's. There are many other social issues accelerating these days. Collectively they all eating our cultural values, our social status is degrading. We are only strengthening ourselves from outside, but the growth of this inner cavity is just unstoppable.

I am neither a politician nor a social activist, but I just can't quit myself on all this. I can't feel the pride of being an Indian anymore. Its fading gradually and eventually it will vanish, if we don't draw our focus on these inhuman acts and put them on utmost priority. I still just hope that somebody will borrow Harry's wand and fix it soon.

Mahesh Dangi

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