The story of Shera: From being a star to nobody
By successfully organising a mega sporting event and by crossing a century of medals, India has shown one side of Indian growth story. However, the man behind the Shera mask represents the story of another India, which has been left behind.
DURING COMMONWEALTH Games Satish Bidla was living a life like king-size, he enjoyed each minute of fame as Shera, the mascot of the mega event and applauded by children, young, old , world class athletes. Every second person had loved to connect with him and shook hands. He entertained the whole world with his grinning face by wearing the face of tiger, sporting jersey , blue shorts and most sought in victory lap with medal winners and icon of Games. He is not alone; he shares this vision with hundreds of sportspersons, who have braved poverty at home, orderly indifference and lack of facilities to represent India. Most of them come from villages, small towns and always struggle for a living. They all ring a bell to us that India which is ranked 67th on the world hunger index and 40 percent of whose population lives below the poverty line should do something radical for the deprived and poor sections of society. One question remains unanswered that whether so much money should have been invested in the event?
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