Olympic Gold

Abhinav Bindra has truly made India proud by bagging the gold medal for shooting in the 2008 Olympics. Several state governments like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Bihar that have played no role in Bindra’s success have announced rewards for him. Glowing tributes have been justly paid to Abhinav. His response was exemplary. “When I won the medal my only thought was why couldn’t we have done this before? I am just happy to have brought joy to everybody — it was my day”. His mother’s touching reaction was that Abhinav should now have no difficulty in getting a bride. None at all. Indeed there will be a long queue for the hero and there should be no problem for Bindra to hit the Bull’s eye.