For a change I was watching the live telecast of the Commonwealth games one evening. It was a diving event now, I for one know nothing technical about games of this sort, so was closely following the commentary and relying on it. Soon a 17 year old Australian appeared on screen and apparently did very well with the commentator adding that he stood a good chance of winning at the upcoming Olympics. Now this seriously left me thinking. This guy would have started preparing at a very young age probably at the same age as our kids are geared up to appear for IITs/EAMCETs and what nots. While focus of an average Indian remains on getting their kids educated in professional streams, we still expect India to perform well in sports and bring in golds with meticulous calculations taking into consideration our one billion plus people. But what percentage of this population actually sends its kids to a full fledged sports coaching vis-a-vis education related one is a question we need to ask ourselves let alone answering it. Till then let us at least bask in on producing those who are educated enough to do such mathematics.