Hyderabad, March 18 -- During a session of the International Olympic Committee in October last year, India'sPrime Minister NarendraModiformally declared India's interest in bidding for the 2036 Olympics.But is the sports system of India geared up to tackle all the aspects of organising such a mammoth event?

As everyone knows, the Olympic Games have become big and unwieldy in recent times. On several occasions, many host countries have runup enormous expenses which they could not recover.

Hosting the Games entails massive investments in infrastructure like roads, flyovers, hospitality and housing. Therefore, unless the host countrywins a large number of medals and gains success in numerous sports, all this effort and expense will not be ...