What is a sports story doing on our cover this month? The lack of equal opportunity and the stranglehold that a few influential people, chief among them being politicians, have over sports in India should be a matter of concern for all of us. Sports associations have little transparency. Our athletes put up with very poor conditions. The search for talent needs to be much wider and less elitist.The Saina Nehwal story is a great example of how families struggle to help their children become champions. Elsewhere, such as in China, it is the State which plays. . .