When will we learn?

Lets herald our nation's latest obsession: A country of one billion, is now fixated on one gold medal. I am amazed not at the amount of popular sentiments that have been generated, but their nature. We are celebrating this occassion as if it were a huge triumph. In fact, it is a national shame. It took us 56 years after the 1952 Helsinki Games to win a gold...It took one man to change it, and he changed it despite the lack of infrastructure provided by the government, despite the callousness of the authorities, who dont provide proper equipment and training facilities to youngsters. In his moment of glory, all the state governments and government organizations rushed to partake in his fame. Even more amusing is the prize money being bestowed on him: 1, 00,00,000 by the Punjab Government; 50,00,000 by the BCCI and the Haryana government; 10,00,000 by the Maharashtra CM; 5,00,000 by the Chandigarh administration efforts; 1,00,000 by the Chattisgarh government; 30,00,000 by the Central government; 10,00,000 by the Karnataka government. The question is if the state governments were so blessed by funds, then why didnt they utilize it for developing training centres, providing modern contemporary equipment, better coaches to the players...so that more Abhinavs would have done India proud? More players would have access to the facilities which have clearly been denied to them.
We should utilize this incident to introspect. Will we achieve a gold at Olympics only by the effort of a person who is capable of overriding government apathy? Will the government never ever create a program to nurture and cultivate sportspeople and take away the petty politics that currently infests our sporting culture?
Let alone this Olympics, we have no plans for the London games. To win, first you need a desire to win. Whereas, the US and China are obsessed with who will end up on the top of the total medals tally, we are still hoping with anticipation that maybe, with fortitude, with luck, we might win another medal. The difference lies in the attitude.