गुरुग्राम विश्वविद्यालय में ग्लोबल इंडियन प्रवासी कबड्डी लीग (GI-PKL) के समापन समारोह में बोलते हुए विश्व कबड्डी के अध्यक्ष Ashok Das ने शीर्ष अंतरराष्ट्रीय खेल प्रतियोगिताओं में दक्षिण एशियाई भागीदारी बढ़ाने के अपने दृष्टिकोण को साझा किया। दास ने दक्षिण एशियाई एथलीटों के लिए अवसरों के विस्तार के महत्व पर जोर दिया। 15 देशों की शीर्ष पुरुष और महिला टीमों की विशेषता वाला GI-PKL वैश्विक कबड्डी समुदाय के निर्माण और विश्व मंच पर अधिक से अधिक दक्षिण एशियाई प्रतिनिधित्व को प्रेरित करने की दिशा में एक कदम है।
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00:14So, Asianic News has come to Gurgaon University and cover the Ceremonian Ceremony of GIPKL
00:20Global Indian Pravasi Kabaddi League
00:23I have with me Ashok Das, he is the current acting President of World Kabaddi
00:27and he is also the founder and president of England Kabaddi Association.
00:31Sir, what is this new junk that we are seeing in GIPKL?
00:35How different this league is from other leagues like PKL and several other leagues?
00:43GIPKL, this is the first kind of league in India to promote Kabaddi globally,
00:48and it's a joint adventure between GKL and Parvasi Bharati.
00:54The aim is Kabaddi कि नही जग्जग,
00:56that's the motto, that's the logo.
00:58Kabaddi कि नही जग्जग means a new revolution in Kabaddi.
01:02So we are bringing to new revolution in Kabaddi, which has never happened before.
01:06You will see we are using the same pitch for the men's and the women's.
01:12It's never happened before.
01:13And we are giving the same prize money for the women's and men's in the final.
01:18It's never happened before.
01:20Even the trophy, because we believe there's an agenda between men's and women's, right?
01:25And this sport, to go to globally, so we need the players from around the world.
01:33And this league, you will see each team, men's and women's, and they are two players from the abroad,
01:39like many countries, many different countries.
01:41So what is the aim?
01:43They can learn from them, from the experienced people.
01:46They can enjoy, they can get the experience and go back and develop Kabaddi in their own region, in their own country.
01:53Okay.
01:54Other thing, the aim, the Indian culture.
01:58If you're living in England or if you're living in the USA and you've been to India once and go to your village,
02:05spend a few days and go back, you don't know the culture because there's many states, many regions in India.
02:12So this way, from 20 days, they're talking to each other, they're asking their tradition,
02:19they're asking their traditional food, they're asking about India because what we heard back home,
02:27whatever we've seen on the TV from BBC, India is this, India is that.
02:31But this way, actually, they can take a real message.
02:34What is the actually India?
02:36It's an incredible India through this Kabaddi.
02:40Kabaddi bounding, I think, is Kabaddi bounding to the global, right?
02:44This beautiful sports Kabaddi, where you don't need any equipment.
02:48There's very few sports in this Kabaddi.
02:51And this is why the foreign countries, the people adopting these sports.
02:56And it's fast-growing sports on the earth.
02:58We just delivered the first World Cup outside Asia three weeks ago in England, in my own city,
03:07where I think more than 25 million people watch across the world in seven countries.
03:13So you talked about three weeks ago you organized this World Cup in England.
03:18It was your dream and it did come true.
03:21So I want to know about this thing.
03:24We are trying to take Kabaddi to a global scale.
03:27And this is our indigenous game.
03:30We are very proud of it.
03:31And we are taking it to the next level.
03:33But you have worked on ground to bring together these teams in World Cup.
03:37How difficult or should I say how easier it was for you to, you know,
03:42get together all of these teams and organize the World Cup?
03:45It is difficult outside India because India is you, there's a quota and the players when they go on a national level.
03:53So they've been employed by the private sector, government sector.
03:58So they aim just to play Kabaddi and they will get the wages.
04:02And also coaches outside India, where we act in Western country, it's not like that.
04:09There's no quota for the sports person to get in a sports job and for the coaches.
04:14Whatever we do over there, we spend our own money.
04:17This is a challenge for us.
04:19And it's hard to get a player because a player, every player, every sector, so they have to work.
04:28The people working here as well.
04:29But the difference is outside, outside India, we, the player and I, we have to work.
04:37And then we have to go for the training.
04:39So this is hard to get a player, to get a continuous training and the build of a team.
04:46So this is a big challenge.
04:47And the World Cup is what's more challenge because the sponsors.
04:52And then again, this is the Nardai game.
04:55Like in India, this is the Indian sport.
04:57The people can understand, people know the value of the sports.
05:00But outside in Western country, it's new sports.
05:02It was a challenge, but we went through with the help of the God and blessing, I could say.
05:08And the help from the, there's petty power.
05:10They sponsor us.
05:11And then the government is called Western Midland Growth Company.
05:15And the legacy fund from the government, the Commonwealth Games.
05:19So this is the help us to promote because they said the South Asian, like we have less into the sports.
05:25They want more South Asian into the sports.
05:28If you see Olympic chart, if you see the Commonwealth chart, there's a very handful of Asian taking part and role model back home.
05:37So this is the reason the government investing into this company.
05:40This was my dream when I started 30 years ago.
05:43One day I can have a World Cup.
05:45So it was hard to go country to country, country to country, to build up country, build up the team, build up the federation.
05:52But when you have a belief and you have a passion, so I think then God bless you as well.
05:59And this is not only me, it's help.
06:01There's many helping hand behind this.
06:03And we deliver successful first ever World Cup outside Asia.
06:07That is beautiful that we were able to pull that off.
06:10But another vision, another milestone that we're looking at is to, you know, play in Olympics.
06:16How far this is, you think?
06:18Yeah, this is a dream.
06:19I think every Kabaddi lover, that's their dream.
06:22So when Kabaddi can go to the Olympics.
06:24We need a sport.
06:25We need a sport from our Indian government.
06:28Like American, they go American football.
06:30They investing, American government, they invest into their sports.
06:35And that's why you will see there's a rugby and there's a football and there's baseball because they invest in it.
06:41But in Kabaddi, I don't see the Indian government, they invest into the Kabaddi outside India.
06:47I'm proud because I love this sport, right?
06:50And I got the sport from my family and invest my own money, my own time.
06:55It's my passion.
06:58But if government help all their consulate journal outside India, it will be a different picture.
07:05But hopefully, when 2036 Olympic, hopefully India will win this bid and then host the Olympic, then the Kabaddi will be part of the Olympic.
07:16Great.
07:16Final question from my side.
07:18What message do you have for young Kabaddi players or for anyone who is in sports and want to and aspire to become a Kabaddi player and make a global name for themselves?
07:27Yeah, India is huge and there's, I don't know, how many hundred thousand players.
07:31They have a dream to become a national player.
07:33They can play for an Asian game.
07:35They can play for a World Cup.
07:37And it's hard.
07:38Sometimes you are deserving to get in a team.
07:42You can't get a place into the team because there are many huddle-puddle in India.
07:46But my message is never give up.
07:49Never give up.
07:50Believe yourself.
07:51Keep going.
07:51One day you will succeed.
07:53As myself, I played Kabaddi in India, in Punjab and carried a dream.
07:59One day I will deliver the World Cup.
08:01I did it because this is a help from God.
08:03Never give up.
08:04Keep carrying on.
08:05Keep playing Kabaddi.
08:06Love Kabaddi.
08:08Thank you so much.
08:09So, here it was Mr. Das with us.
08:13Thank you so much, Mr. Das for speaking with us.
08:15Thank you.
08:15Thanks for having me.
08:16Thank you.
08:23Thank you.
08:34Thank you.
08:34Thank you.
08:34Thank you.