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Banned
Welcome to the real bourgeoisie middle class India.Its quite absurd to say that Indian parents pressurise their kids to become doctors and engineers and do not support them if they choose up anything else. Because not everyone in India can afford an education to become doctors and engineers. All parents want is for kids to have a "real" job.
Fully agree.In India your chances of making a career out of sports in next to nothing. You have to be really really really talented to make the national team and there is no support from anyone else but your parents if you do take up sports.
The reason why kids commit suicide is because they have unrealistic expectations that does not match their talents. And when the realisation hits them that they have squandered their whole life chasing an unattainable dream due to the indian fatalistic attitude they feel that they have nothing else to live for. And its going to be a life without being a cricket star then they might as well die.
Sadly, JFS are exceptions rather than the rule these days. In fact, the worst period has been the transition phase in the 80s and 90s, when people started moving away from the Joint family system into the nuclear system, due to increased incomes and aspirations not to mention the effect of liberalisation of the economy which had a profound effect on the culture. I agree that in a joint family system there used to be the support structures needed for an individual, but sadly if you note, the above cases are all from small families.You are generalising when you say that there is no support structure.......this is a country with the concept of joint family and extended family......there is plenty of support for anyone......even if he is a crook.
BTW What support structure is there in UK/USA for people who fail to become cricketers? or Stock Brokers or Models or Movie stars?[/QUOTE]