Chief national badminton coach P Gopichand believes India needs to re-look at the education system and give importance to physical literacy as much as alphabetical and numerical literacy. Gopichand recalled an instance, when he threw a shuttle to a 13-year-old kid, who missed it and then got back and asked him how to catch. "I told the kid to catch it (the shuttle) and the kid comes back and asks me how to catch. I think it is time we need to put physical literacy up there," he added. Gopichand and Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu were felicitated this evening by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the programme organised by the Maharashtra Badminton Association.

Source: dna September 06, 2016 17:00 UTC