A gold medal at last!

For the last couple of days, all I was doing was watching the Olympics. I was watching and wondering. In a nation of 1.1 billion people, why are there no medal winners? Every sixth person born is an Indian. Then why is not every sixth Olympic medal won by an Indian?

I had resigned myself to the fact that this will be another Olympics for us of what could have been. I saw the shooters disappoint and the archers letting us down. The swimmers and the judokas got blown away as well. Badminton seemed to hold some hope.

But today I can hold my head high. Abhinav Bindra has just won gold for India in the 10m Air Rifle event!!! This one happening, thousands of miles away from where I am, has made my day.

Congratulations Abhinav Bindra, you have done India proud!