Yes, its all in the news channels, newspapers with headlines like "Aaj ka Arjun: Practice made him perfect", not mention "My dream to see India win an individual gold at the Games before I die has been fulfilled: Olympian Milkha Singh on Bindra’s feat". I believe he is the only one who has made India's 108 years old dream come true (olympic games are in progress).
This is what one of the leading newspaper of India said:
Abhinav Bindra looked surprisingly calm and composed on the podium when the Indian Tricolour went up and the national anthem was played at the shooting hall here on Monday. There was just that small wave of the hand, and a smile which was there and yet not there.
In contrast, the Chinese shooter Zhu Qinan, who won the silver medal, wept on the podium and shed buckets of tears later at the press conference. Bindra looked unfazed, untouched by it all. It did not seem as if he had done the impossible. It was, as if, impossible is nothing. But he has always been that way.
A golden eye has fetched him millions of rupees, life time train and air travel passes, a big bonanza gift from his dad.... "A 5 star hotel worth Rs 200 crores". State government after state government has announced rewards for him — states that have had no role in his success, like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Bihar. It’s as if there was a mad race to catch some of the Golden Boy’s reflected glory. The fact is that not just state governments, but the entire government system has had hardly any role in Abhinav’s win.
Now Question is does a gold medal in an event which occurs once in every four fetch you so much of fortune. And answer is definite YES, because you have fulfilled 108 years old dream of a country like India.
Believe me Abhinav has mastered the art of shooting using the air rifle, the technique of rifle, at what angle the rifle needs to be places on your shoulder, to hit the bullseye you need to control the rifle and not vice versa. All these and many more fetched the huge fortune for him.
After this news was out that india finally got a gold medal, one of my colleague busted out saying, olympic should be banned in india (all of were shocked, eyes were wide open, everybody has one word question reflecting on the face "WHY?") and reason being:
1. making career in sports you need to be financially strong (bank balance with infinite liquid cash).
2. even though you have that nag in you, still need recommendation, power, money to prosper in any sports in india.
3. a family gets into huge debits if one of the family member wants to get into sports.
4. People don't devote proper time in practicing, all they do is they prepare in last 1-2weeks before the actual tournament.
5. many more reasons..... the list is never ending.
Time of India newspaper has to say this: "He won because he was lucky to have a rich and generous father — in other words, had access to a private support structure like other successful Indian sportsmen who have triumphed not because of the system, but despite it." I think this statement does justify the five reasons mentioned above and what my colleague was arguing for.
Believe it or not, this colleague of mine was state champion in tennis and had spend lakhs of rupees but couldn't succeed and when asked about the reason why did you.... all the above mentioned reasons with more and more masala added to them were on the table.
Bottom line is whether you win a gold medal or a world cup or nothing, there is always a room at the top which a sports person should aim for.
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