It has been the topmost thing on my mind to write upon but just cudn't get sum good time to put my thoughts together.
The 'rejection', for which i ditched an 'opportunity', made me pretty lackadaisical for sometime.
But before it, i faced 'the thing' ,which 1.1 billion other Indians also did and that was 'goosebumps of winning an OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL' . Sumthing my generation has felt for the first time (considering the fact that the last time 'it' happened was 28 years ago).
Mr. Bindra's feat is certainly a huge thing to have happened to our country's already fragile sporting (minus cricket of course) fraternity. Sumthing that will certainly inspire thousands. The first story starting at Beijing itself when another 'haryanwi' , pugilist AKHIL KUMAR after seeing Bindra, decides to aim nothing less than a gold. After beating world champion, Sergey Vodapoyanov of Russia,in pre-quaterfinals, Akhil says, "He (Sergey) is a world champion. It was a tough fight, but I am here to win gold. No silver, no bronze, but only the gold. There is nothing like being No.1 and I want to be No. 1,". Now he says that he wants a 'a piece of yellow metal' that is only his. In his own words, "Abhinav(Bindra) has just showed us the way and I want to follow in his footsteps".
None of us would want to forget the following famous picture.
All thanks and salutes to Mr. Bindra for blessing us with the best gift for the 62nd independence day.Not just the medal, but most importantly, the belief that 'anyone can aim and achieve the pinnacle', be it anything.
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