Friday, August 22, 2008
GOLD N GLORY
The millimetre matters.Be it a 6mm wide shooting disc or .55mm wide bull's eye or the ever elusive 6mm thick Olympics medal, he knows it all.He is only 24, world champion in 10m air rifle and Beijing is his third Olympics.Far away from the heart of the games , out in an open country where its safe to fire at things,he stands on the podium kissing an eloquent piece of gold.The entire nation has erupted with joy.Who is he?"Hands on head, I can say that shooting is an extreme sport-you can't miss single shot in 70"says Abhinav Bindra after he became the first Indian to win an individual's gold in Olympics. Born on September 28,1982 in Dehradun,Bindra is quite often criticised for not delivering on the promise he showed as a child prodigy.Bindra studied at Doon School ,Dehradun and later at St.Stephens,Chandigarh.He earned his BBA degree from the University of Colorado.His parents Dr.Apjit and Babli Bindra are promoters of 'Hitech Group Of Companies' ,a group that has a annual turnover of more than USD 75million.Coming from an affluent family and with the luxury of a shooting range in his backyard,Bindra proved to be an early bird and at 15 he was the youngest participant at 1998's commonwealth games.Bindra's potential talent was first spotted by Lt.Col.J.S. Dhillon.After that Bindra has never looked back.His sporting career has been anything less than illustrious. He made a junior world record score of 597/600 in 2001 Munich World Cup and won Bronze and followed it up with a gold in 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games .He was conferred with Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2001. In the 2004 Athens Olympics ,despite breaking the Olympic record ,Bindra failed to get a medal.Perhaps the most defining moment of his sporting career was a gold in World Shooting Championships at Zagreb in 2006. For Bindra's parents, his fashion designer sister,and his current coach,Gabriela Buhlmann from Basel,Switzerland,it has been a life on a cloud nine after that majestic Monday.And for another 1 billion fans back home,its been a moment to savour.For Bindra,his world has to fall back to normal, sooner rather than later. 'Some things do not and should not change'sums it all.
GOLD N GLORY
The millimetre matters.Be it a 6mm wide shooting disc or .55mm wide bull's eye or the ever elusive 6mm thick Olympics medal, he knows it all.He is only 24, world champion in 10m air rifle and Beijing is his third Olympics.Far away from the heart of the games , out in an open country where its safe to fire at things,he stands on the podium kissing an eloquent piece of gold.The entire nation has erupted with joy.Who is he?"Hands on head, I can say that shooting is an extreme sport-you can't miss single shot in 70"says Abhinav Bindra after he became the first Indian to win an individual's gold in Olympics. Born on September 28,1982 in Dehradun,Bindra is quite often criticised for not delivering on the promise he showed as a child prodigy.Bindra studied at Doon School ,Dehradun and later at St.Stephens,Chandigarh.He earned his BBA degree from the University of Colorado.His parents Dr.Apjit and Babli Bindra are promoters of 'Hitech Group Of Companies' ,a group that has a annual turnover of more than USD 75million.Coming from an affluent family and with the luxury of a shooting range in his backyard,Bindra proved to be an early bird and at 15 he was the youngest participant at 1998's commonwealth games.Bindra's potential talent was first spotted by Lt.Col.J.S. Dhillon.After that Bindra has never looked back.His sporting career has been anything less than illustrious. He made a junior world record score of 597/600 in 2001 Munich World Cup and won Bronze and followed it up with a gold in 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games .He was conferred with Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2001. In the 2004 Athens Olympics ,despite breaking the Olympic record ,Bindra failed to get a medal.Perhaps the most defining moment of his sporting career was a gold in World Shooting Championships at Zagreb in 2006. For Bindra's parents, his fashion designer sister,and his current coach,Gabriela Buhlmann from Basel,Switzerland,it has been a life on a cloud nine after that majestic Monday.And for another 1 billion fans back home,its been a moment to savour.For Bindra,his world has to fall back to normal, sooner rather than later. 'Some things do not and should not change'sums it all.
GOLD N GLORY
The millimetre matters.Be it a 6mm wide shooting disc or .55mm wide bull's eye or the ever elusive 6mm thick Olympics medal, he knows it all.He is only 24, world champion in 10m air rifle and Beijing is his third Olympics.Far away from the heart of the games , out in an open country where its safe to fire at things,he stands on the podium kissing an eloquent piece of gold.The entire nation has erupted with joy.Who is he?"Hands on head, I can say that shooting is an extreme sport-you can't miss single shot in 70"says Abhinav Bindra after he became the first Indian to win an individual's gold in Olympics. Born on September 28,1982 in Dehradun,Bindra is quite often criticised for not delivering on the promise he showed as a child prodigy.Bindra studied at Doon School ,Dehradun and later at St.Stephens,Chandigarh.He earned his BBA degree from the University of Colorado.His parents Dr.Apjit and Babli Bindra are promoters of 'Hitech Group Of Companies' ,a group that has a annual turnover of more than USD 75million.Coming from an affluent family and with the luxury of a shooting range in his backyard,Bindra proved to be an early bird and at 15 he was the youngest participant at 1998's commonwealth games.Bindra's potential talent was first spotted by Lt.Col.J.S. Dhillon.After that Bindra has never looked back.His sporting career has been anything less than illustrious. He made a junior world record score of 597/600 in 2001 Munich World Cup and won Bronze and followed it up with a gold in 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games .He was conferred with Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2001. In the 2004 Athens Olympics ,despite breaking the Olympic record ,Bindra failed to get a medal.Perhaps the most defining moment of his sporting career was a gold in World Shooting Championships at Zagreb in 2006. For Bindra's parents, his fashion designer sister,and his current coach,Gabriela Buhlmann from Basel,Switzerland,it has been a life on a cloud nine after that majestic Monday.And for another 1 billion fans back home,its been a moment to savour.For Bindra,his world has to fall back to normal, sooner rather than later. 'Some things do not and should not change'sums it all.
Monday, August 18, 2008
I WILL BE THE CHANGE
Why do we lack the courage to run our own race? Why are we bent upon practising what people before us practised? Why is it that we lack the will to act upon the right? As i walk into the kailash boys hostel, my mind is flooded with a stream of unanswered queries. I eagerly seek an answer.
These all queries of mine points towards one common menace hounding almost all professional institutes- RAGGING. Every fresher is hounded by a sense of authority from the seniors who very often make him lose his dignity every single day, not to mention the never ending physical abuses being hurled on them. This shame and pain amongst the freshers makes a world of their own, leading to frustration, thus shattering altogether the dreams they have nurtured for long. A lowered self esteem is there for all to notice. The entire positive energy of theirs is diverted away from academic and co-curricular performance. The ever-increasing assignments and project reports from the seniors do not offer any answers either. And perhaps the most unfortunate part is that the authorities, inspite of being aware of every part of it ,more often than not ,offer an ignorant hand. And as i pen it down all , here comes the mother of all queries –IS IT JUSTIFIED?
Before i move any further , let me make you see the situation from the point of view of the people who are on stage right now-THE SENIORS. Let me be very clear though. Even i can see that , the people who stamp their authority over their junior colleagues are not the devils on the streets or the beasts or the terrorists. For me they are just being taken away by a wave coming from miles behind, but never taking some time out to ride out of that wave and questioning its validity .For them they rag because they were ragged , they want respect because they were forced to respect .Even their dignity was hit at. Even their self-esteem was lowered .Even they were hurled physical abuses. And they are bent upon repeating whatever happened to them.Instead the pain which still resides in them should make them a part of that refreshing change which will discontinue this pattern.For me i will constantly work towards being a change and will honestly and sincerely contribute my bit towards it.
Let me put across a question to the conscience of every one of you who have your junior colleagues working under you. Do you want to be a part of something , which somewhere deep down in your hearts ,even you believe is not justified? Do you want to ride that wave which has washed away countless number of dreams? Do you want to inflict the same pain which still hasn’t melted out of your hearts? Try and seek the answers for these. The soul never lies , does it?
Why do we lack the courage to run our own race? Why are we bent upon practising what people before us practised? Why is it that we lack the will to act upon the right? As i walk into the kailash boys hostel, my mind is flooded with a stream of unanswered queries. I eagerly seek an answer.
These all queries of mine points towards one common menace hounding almost all professional institutes- RAGGING. Every fresher is hounded by a sense of authority from the seniors who very often make him lose his dignity every single day, not to mention the never ending physical abuses being hurled on them. This shame and pain amongst the freshers makes a world of their own, leading to frustration, thus shattering altogether the dreams they have nurtured for long. A lowered self esteem is there for all to notice. The entire positive energy of theirs is diverted away from academic and co-curricular performance. The ever-increasing assignments and project reports from the seniors do not offer any answers either. And perhaps the most unfortunate part is that the authorities, inspite of being aware of every part of it ,more often than not ,offer an ignorant hand. And as i pen it down all , here comes the mother of all queries –IS IT JUSTIFIED?
Before i move any further , let me make you see the situation from the point of view of the people who are on stage right now-THE SENIORS. Let me be very clear though. Even i can see that , the people who stamp their authority over their junior colleagues are not the devils on the streets or the beasts or the terrorists. For me they are just being taken away by a wave coming from miles behind, but never taking some time out to ride out of that wave and questioning its validity .For them they rag because they were ragged , they want respect because they were forced to respect .Even their dignity was hit at. Even their self-esteem was lowered .Even they were hurled physical abuses. And they are bent upon repeating whatever happened to them.Instead the pain which still resides in them should make them a part of that refreshing change which will discontinue this pattern.For me i will constantly work towards being a change and will honestly and sincerely contribute my bit towards it.
Let me put across a question to the conscience of every one of you who have your junior colleagues working under you. Do you want to be a part of something , which somewhere deep down in your hearts ,even you believe is not justified? Do you want to ride that wave which has washed away countless number of dreams? Do you want to inflict the same pain which still hasn’t melted out of your hearts? Try and seek the answers for these. The soul never lies , does it?
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