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Manipur’s Aruna Devi wins Mumbai marathon, organisers ‘miss’ her

Mumbai: L Aruna Devi finished the Mumbai marathon in 3 hrs 9 minutes 59 seconds — faster than all other Indian challengers, but was too washed out by the effort to realise that she wasn’t among the three women who figured on the podium and picked the medals. Apparently, volunteers in charge of ushering ....Read more

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AthleticsBy: P Sridhar | Tuesday , 27 Jan '09 22:55:14 PM Reply | Forward This is so sad.Assuming that this was an honest mistake, each runner should have had his/her national colors displayed next to the number.

let manipur be freeBy: rape north east girls | Tuesday , 20 Jan '09 23:01:05 PM Reply | Forward The best thing to solve this problem is only one let Manipur be a free country of sports from the India.

sorry, it should not be happenBy: black rahul | Tuesday , 20 Jan '09 22:53:59 PM Reply | Forward This thing is not the first time in India, people from north east are never counted as an indian by the rest of people from India. People from north east may be accepted as indian when people from this part look like an Indian means black complextion and round big eyes. this is a shameful thing of the organiser and people who are organizing this marathon and for the indians who dose not know northeast.

Neglected RegionBy: Tomba | Tuesday , 20 Jan '09 13:48:27 PM Reply | Forward This is not the first time for the Northeastern Indian particularly Manipuri to receive such type of courtesy in India. That’s why there is no peace in the region. For good, this neglected region should be divided from India.

shameful!By: sid | Tuesday , 20 Jan '09 13:03:32 PM Reply | Forward india has shown its incompetence utter failure ..in bad light as an organiser of an sporting event of any worth. i agree sponsors's role for "winners" should be interrogated to fing the truth. this is a shame...when true winners are sidelined to make room for others just boz they dont look the part. utter shame.

Sorry state of affair!By: Vishal | Monday , 19 Jan '09 22:57:12 PM Reply | Forward Do Indian citizens from North Eastern States need to wear something different from normal to identify themselves as Indian? If this is the case then, I'm sorry to admit that, we are exhibiting a very poor show!!! They deserve something much better than this.In today's materialistic world, nobody looks up to 'Unsung Heroes'!I really feel sorry for her...

What a shameful act!!!!!!!By: Monali M. | Monday , 19 Jan '09 19:16:50 PM Reply | Forward Shame on the organisers!!!!!! Shame on India who can't even recognise its own child!!!!!!

an unfortunate error...nothing moreBy: skaptijn | Monday , 19 Jan '09 17:42:42 PM Reply | Forward such things happen everywhere. it's unfortunate ..but why immediately use it to bash India?

IndiaBy: Akshay | Monday , 19 Jan '09 15:24:28 PM Reply | Forward Shame on india..............!

Sports person shuld be identified by talant not by sponsers.By: Shankar | Monday , 19 Jan '09 14:42:14 PM Reply | Forward Yes we can understand that she does not have any sponser to highlight her success like Sachin Tendulkar or Sania Mirza. Indian personalities is hiped only by sponsers not for the talant they have. Even though you are talanted, if you do not have sponser's you cannot come lime lite. Also you know that sonsorers who controls all, that who will play game, who will participate, who should win etc. It will be a corporate game that corporate decide the winner to promote their brand and not any sports or the talant.

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