Abhinav Bindra gives India an ideal Independence Day gift

Abhinav Bindra scripted a historic day for India and Indian Sports today morning. This day will hopefully be remembered as the day which resurrected dormant India as far as achievements in sports is concerned. It was a fitting Independence Day gift for India.

Although it was a long time coming, it was all the more delicious when it did come. After an hiatus of almost 26 years, India won gold at the Olympics.

More amazingly, this was India's first individual gold medal performance. It is almost unfathomable that a country of 1.3 billion people didn't have an Olympic Champion to call their own.

It's a day all Indians can be proud of. And fittingly, the Gold came in China. This was as close India could have come to winning a Gold in their own backyard - at least in the recent future after the debacle of the Commonwealth Games. The Chinese played perfect hosts and came in second.The Olympics has just become very special to the Indians other than the celebrating Chinese.

I would like to make one confession here. I didn't really expect India to win any Olympic gold in this Olympics; and am I happy to be proved wrong or what!!


Abhinav Bindra, a child prodigy, who began to start shooting at the age of 5, who had a shooting range built into his house as a gift by his father, was always destined for greatness. Also, this gesture by a father is an indication of the lack of facilities sportsperson have in India.

Lets forget the negatives. It's a day to savor for all Indians. So, lets go ahead and celebrate this day before we are disrupted by any bad news. Don't let anyone spoil this day for us. Let's hope for another medal, preferably a gold, and I'm sure it won't take as long as it took for this gold.


Well done Abhinav Bindra. We are proud of you.