Please guys always remember the date 11/08/2008. This is the date India was waiting for the last 112 years. After such a long wait its Abhinav Bindra from Chandigargh,who got India the elusive gold in an Individual event- 10 mtr air rifle event.
Since Olympics began in the year 1896 in Athens India has never won a gold in an Individual event while accumulating many gold medals in Hockey(I would like to mention here that Hockey is the national sport of India). Its a great irony that it was the first time Indian Hockey team could not qualify for the Olympics in 112 years and to make amends for the ignominy India underwent, Mr. Abhinav Bindra decides to win the Gold medal.
Why I am so excited about this Gold medal is that, it has given a ray of hope to a population of 1.3 billion Indians that we can make it big if we are focused and determined. What people may not be knowing about Abhinav Bindra was that this guy worked so hard to accomplish this dream for the country that he had built a shooting range inside his own house where he used to practice day in and day out.
India has always been frugal when it comes to producing role models for the country to follow. But this particular moment of glory would be sufficient to encourage many upcoming role models in the days to come. When Olympics were announced in China for the year 2008, India went in a mood of high hopes and no expectations. But this day could change the mood to high hopes and high expectations as Saina Nehwal (the 18 yr old shuttler ) has also reached the last eight after defeating world No.5. For me the feat achieved by Abhinav Bindra is similar to Vasseili Zaitsev (The hero of Soviet Union(watch the movie enemy at the gates)) who defeated the Germans in World War-II with his sharp shooting. Abhinav Bindra is the new face of hope,expectations,reliance and optimism for Indians in Olympics to come. It can translate to Indians conquering the Wimbledon and probably the Football World Cup some day. This is what Abhinav Bindra has led me to think, I hope it makes the same impact on the minds of others.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Black Tuesday for Indian Democracy.
I had made up my mind to write blogs a month back. I had also decided that I would write blogs which donot provide a window to my personal life(as many of my colleagues do) but which would provide a medium to junta to be aware about the issues which are of national interest or which would help people with some information they require. I may write some blogs sharing my personal experiences if my near and dear one's like them. But today I am embarking my journey towards blogging with this blog.
I was waiting for an opportune time to go ahead with my first blog and thought that it should send a positive message to the few who would read my blog. I waited for a month to finally end up writing this disparaging blog which is absolutely against my nature. I hope you guys would understand the stress and embaressment I would have experienced when Indian Democracy was ridiculed on our Idiot boxes.
"Fact is always stranger than Fiction"- It may sound a cliche but the drama that entire nation, and even the world at large witnessed, inside the so called sacred premises of "Indian parliament" on this historic confidence vote for the UPA Governement has besmirched the nation. It was in many ways known to the nation that the UPA would come out victorious in the confidence vote but what was not known is the means it would adopt to win this crucial vote. It was 4:10 pm on 22nd July 2008 when the proceedings inside the Parliament were going on abnormally(amidst lots of commotion) when these three god send(I am using these words because I wont use foul language in my blogs) MP's of BJP came out from nowhere with bags full of 1000 rupee note bundles as if they have won the lottery and would like to share them with their colleagues. Than started the game politicians play so well which is called the blame game. I had been grooved to my television set since morning as this drama was far more interesting than Ekta Kapoor's daily soaps. But viewing these scenes was similar to watching people having beef inside a temple. Please excuse me if I am using such metaphors, but I cant help it as people in India identify with an issue only if it has some communal sentiments attached to it. For me it was a mockery of Indian constitution and India as a whole. I went through a phase of Introspection and could not stop thinking who is responsible for all this and how is this going to stop? The answer to the former is ofcourse "We" but I would like all the people to find out the answer to the latter. I dont know how many people share the same feeling and how many people really have the time to think about the country. But its high time we do something about the way Indian Politics is being run. The smallest bit which we can start with is to vote for the right candidate and educate others around us to do the same. We are in a minority as far as education is concerned in this country(only 6% population in India goes for graduation courses) and hence majority of the responsibility lies with us. It would take time, infact a decade or two, but the more we delay the situation would be much harder to tackle. But I am positive that things would change and we would bring the change.
I was waiting for an opportune time to go ahead with my first blog and thought that it should send a positive message to the few who would read my blog. I waited for a month to finally end up writing this disparaging blog which is absolutely against my nature. I hope you guys would understand the stress and embaressment I would have experienced when Indian Democracy was ridiculed on our Idiot boxes.
"Fact is always stranger than Fiction"- It may sound a cliche but the drama that entire nation, and even the world at large witnessed, inside the so called sacred premises of "Indian parliament" on this historic confidence vote for the UPA Governement has besmirched the nation. It was in many ways known to the nation that the UPA would come out victorious in the confidence vote but what was not known is the means it would adopt to win this crucial vote. It was 4:10 pm on 22nd July 2008 when the proceedings inside the Parliament were going on abnormally(amidst lots of commotion) when these three god send(I am using these words because I wont use foul language in my blogs) MP's of BJP came out from nowhere with bags full of 1000 rupee note bundles as if they have won the lottery and would like to share them with their colleagues. Than started the game politicians play so well which is called the blame game. I had been grooved to my television set since morning as this drama was far more interesting than Ekta Kapoor's daily soaps. But viewing these scenes was similar to watching people having beef inside a temple. Please excuse me if I am using such metaphors, but I cant help it as people in India identify with an issue only if it has some communal sentiments attached to it. For me it was a mockery of Indian constitution and India as a whole. I went through a phase of Introspection and could not stop thinking who is responsible for all this and how is this going to stop? The answer to the former is ofcourse "We" but I would like all the people to find out the answer to the latter. I dont know how many people share the same feeling and how many people really have the time to think about the country. But its high time we do something about the way Indian Politics is being run. The smallest bit which we can start with is to vote for the right candidate and educate others around us to do the same. We are in a minority as far as education is concerned in this country(only 6% population in India goes for graduation courses) and hence majority of the responsibility lies with us. It would take time, infact a decade or two, but the more we delay the situation would be much harder to tackle. But I am positive that things would change and we would bring the change.
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