I remember a time as a teenagers in school we used to have these debating competitions, where when the teacher could not be creative enough, the topic always was "Should India stop participating in the Olympics?"
The cliche for the pro group here would be...Forget gold, silver and bronze, if there will be a tin, plastic and paper medal, India would not be able to stake claim to it! I dint like it then, i dint like it now. And with Ogden Nash, being a born spectator, there was little i could do to change things but pray from the bottom of my heart, that someone would change it.
From Kashba Jadhav in Helsinki 1952 to Leander Paes in Atlanta 1996, it has been a long long wait. But one could see the stars aligning. However numero uno in Aurum eluded us till this day...11th Aug. 2008.
India waited for 60+ years for an individual to hold this. And this belongs to Abhinav Bindra!!
- A very delighted Indian!!
PS: Even Rabindranath Tagore would have agreed that it did sound very sweet today!! 52 seconds that defined the moment.
Dilli..Ye Mastano Ki Dilli!!..Dilli-6
15 years ago