IFP Editorial, July 26 -- If only the big corporate houses in India invest a fraction of its revenues in other sports disciplines besides cricket India could have achieved much more in international events like the Olympics.

This Saturday, July 24 did brought a cheer to the Manipuris otherwise plagued by the unrelenting surge in the number of Covid-19 positives. This day, Manipuri weightlifter Saikom Chanu Mirabai won the first medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics on the first day, a feat after Karnam Malleshwari won the bronze medal in weightlifting in 2000 Sydney Olympics. Indians celebrated it as if it is their own.

Mirabai is not the only star in weightlifting for Manipur. We have the celebrated Dronacharja Awardee Kunjarani Devi a...