Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- It is extremely distressing to note that the name of India's hockey wizard Dhyan Chand has been ignored yet again while making a decision about the recipient of the prestigious Bharat Ratna award.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced that former BJP leader L K Advani will receive the award but there was no mention of Dhyan Chand.

It is ironic that on one hand the government wants the Olympic Games to be held in India but is unwilling to honour India's greatest Olympian. It was Dhyan Chand whose exploits made India the superpower of world hockey. His own name and that of India became famous throughout the world. But today he is deemed unfit to receive the nation's highest civilian award.

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