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All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Ames should form an integral part of our life for its proper development. Sound mind resides in sound body. Physical fitness is a must. For health and physical fitness games and sports are essential. All young men and women inschools, colleges, universities and training institutions should play games.Even business executives and others engaged in serious and very responsible activities should play some game in their spare time. It is necessary for their good health, physical fitness andmental alertness.A proper balance should be maintained between work and games. Work would become burden it there are no games and sports. A fair amount of physical exercises, games andsports should form an essential part of our daily life and routine. Study is food for mind, andgaffes are food for body; neither should we be starved or overfed. We can maintain goodhealth by playing games regularly. They keep us active, alert, disciplined, vibrant and bold.Ames develops team spirit, sportsmanship and equanimity. A player takes success and failurein its stride. They teach us the spirit of adventure, patience, tolerance and cooperation.It is rightly said that the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. The heroof the battle was a student of this famous school where he learnt and imbibed all the qualitiesrequired to win a battle as a player and sportsman.India, with half the population of the world, has not been doing well on this front on thenational and international levels. It is very sad that no proper attention is being given togames and sports in schools and colleges. There are no proper facilities for these activities.Year after year, Indian teams have shown dismal performance in the international sportsevents. Unfortunately, in India games are held as a source of mere entertainment. They arenot taken seriously, not hing has been done to promote them to the desired standards, it’s really humiliating that our teams