SAIYID HAMID, IAS (Retd.)

I congratulate for bringing out a symposium on "Indian Hockey in search of an identity".

All hockey lovers have been experiencing a persistent chagrin because of the depths to which Indian Hockey (once the pride of the Nation) has been reduced. This has happened initially because of a blind acceptance by our representatives of changes in rules adverse to our technique of Hockey and subsequently by gross and arbitrary mismanagement and internal discords.

In case we want to survive as a hockey playing nation, we should make a massive effort to regenerate this game. Let us hope that the envisaged souvenir will spark thinking on this important issue.

SAIYID HAMID, IAS (Retd.)
Former Vice-Chancellor
Aligarh Muslim University
Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard
Secretary, Hamdard Education Society