Bull's Eye

On 11th of August 2008, a new page in the Indian history was opened and a new topic written in it, a 25 year old young lad the reason behind. Yes ABHINAV BINDRA a roaring Singh of Punjab has clinched GOLD in men's 10-meter air rifle event, fulfilling the wishes and prayers of billions of people and Independent Mother India getting her first ever Olympic Gold medal in any individual event. The shooting ace placed fourth in his entry to the final, shot off to fame with him hitting nearly the bull's eye at 10.8 (the maximum being 10.9). With Bindra equally placed with Henri till the last shot and needing 10.4 in his final shot to win the Gold, he shot a massive 10.8 which brought him into the limelight. His hardwork and determination have definitely made him go places. The Silver and bronze were bagged by Zhu Qinan of China and Henri Hakkinen of Finland respectively.

As he had said "I have worked hard for this. It was my day. I have always believed that I could do this and am happy to have done it. I have been in the sport for ten years, and I know that the difference between winning and losing is not much. I didn't do anything very different today" it was his day and he deserved to win and he won. He has made both his family and in turn his country proud. Hats off to him for his achievement.

This win has raised the hopes of India and it should definitely trigger the spirit in all those participating in the Beijing Olympics. On part of India, it should certainly give a face lift to all the sports and sportsperson instead of concentrating on a single sport.

Few Achievements of Abhinav Bindra:-
- At 15, being the youngest participant at the 1998 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze in the 2001 Munich World Cup with a new junior world record score of 597/600.
- In the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, competing in his pet Air rifle event, Bindra won Gold in the Pairs event and Silver in the individual event. During a purple patch, Bindra won six gold medals at various international meets in the European Circuit in 2001. He was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2001.
- On July 2006, Bindra became the first Indian shooter to win a World Championship gold in Zagreb betttering the previous record held by Dr.Karni Singh for winning Silver in 1962.

Interview with GOD

The GOD i am referring here is Ananya, 10 month old daughter of my sister. Who else can be described as GOD?

On 30th of July, i was supposed to work from Sholinganallur, so i had gone to Sholls office. And from there called up my sister to tell her that i would be coming home that evening. I spent nearly 2 hours in her home and that 2 hours i just couldnt take my eyes off her. The first 15 minutes she was very reluctant to even come near me(poochandi nenaichirapa), but the rest of the time she got into the play. Very active, kept me on the move for nearly half the time(making me move. saritharathila edatha pidachitta.), never sat in one place, the way she dodged her dad's hand just for listening to a serial's song, the way she used to struggle for separating the cap from the pen every time it was given to her, and the most beautiful of all the way she flashed her innocent smile and posed for all the photographs that i took which none could have matched. Simply enjoyed the full 2 hours watching the beauty.

My Possession - When i go out

The things mentioned below are just the ones which i generally like to possess while i go out... I make it a point not to forget these before i start somewhere...

1. Cellphone

As i had mentioned in my previous post, i am crazy about cellphones. Dont ask me why because even if you ask, i wont be in a position to answer as i dont know. From the time i have got my cellphone, i think i would have forgotten to take it along with me for a maximum of 4 or 5 times that too only recently while starting to office because of my laziness which in a way affected me indirectly.. But twice i took the pains of coming back home from office borrowing my friends bike just for the sake of taking back the mobile...

2. Watch
During my college days, one could see my watch tied to my wrist for a minimum of 15 - 20 hours a day even during my sleep, but the one i am wearing now being costlier i wear it only when i go out. And one thing to be noted here, this watch is not mine but my dad's which i suttified. So extra careful vera ethum illa...

3. Goggles
Style ma..... Well those who know me would have easily guessed it by now that i was talking about my spectacles. Simple reason because if i dont wear my glasses, enaku kannu theriyathu...

4. Purse
This, i have started lately only from my office days. There was a time when i didnt even like the idea of keeping a purse till i entered the arena of office campus. But somehow compulsion from many turned to possession. One could find a lot of things in my purse, waste papers, my license, debit card, visiting cards, photos and the most important of all MONEY...

5. Comb
irukara mudiya vachu style panna thaan... Actually speaking writing this word took me nearly 10 minutes of my time. Only the word seepu kept popping up in my mind. I nearly went to the extent of googling that i remember the word....
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