Stepping into Noh's Joota
It was an interesting hour indeed. I bumped into former National Sports Council (NSC) director general Noh Abdullah ( pic ) on a new social website called Joota. Some say Joota means million while in Hindi, it means shoe. Through that I managed to spend some time with Noh at the Lake Club. At 81, he is still rather an active man - on the internet or spending time chilling with friends at the club house. We discussed about many things. As Noh, who served NSC throughout the 80s, is now the president of the national baseball association, it is safe to say he has seen life on both sides of the fence. "Policies have remained the same and there has been a continuation but it boils down to management at the end of the day," said Noh who was smartly dressed in a light blue shirt and khakis with a tie neatly tucked between his collar. "Funding was a problem in the past but all that changes for the Jaya 98 programme. The image and economy of sports in the country has...