A bronze won or a gold lost? With the brouhaha over the Indian hockey team's performance in Paris mellowing, cold-hard reasoning is taking its place in a country starved of success on the global stage.
After decades of returning empty-handed, the hockey team had shaken off the monkey on its back by winning a bronze at the Tokyo Games, three summers ago. Expectations were naturally high in Paris. After initial hiccups, the Indians upped their game and appeared set for a final showdown but fell short.
