With the Commonwealth Games Birmingham over on Monday, and our athletes many victorious, others vanquished,  but heroes nevertheless, are home. It has been a good Games for India, most heartening of course were the manner of wins, surprise packages and the rich experience we have no doubt our athletes gleaned from Birmingham.

Every sports aficionado will know that there is a gap between the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and the Olympics when it comes to the competition. In the Commonwealth, we do not have sporting powerhouse China. In the Olympics one has both, the USA and China. That having been said, nothing can take away from all the wins and the effort by the athletes. We have to now concentrate on building talent in all sporting disciplines, not just in the events or sports in which we are traditionally strong.