I was overwhelmed with joy when Susan Polgar Tweeted
"Ok they agreed to draw, Anand remains the world champion! Congrats to
Vishy".
As I know he was playing for draw in the fourth tie break
because he had already won 2nd tie break and drew 1st and 3rd. Though I dont
know much about the technicalities of the game but winning the world
championship five times is really something to rejoice. It really is a proud
moment for India
and Indian sport.
Anand became International master at 15, Indian champion at 16,
won World Junior title at 17, became country's first grandmaster at 19, and was
awarded padmsree at 19. This speaks a volume about the man and caliber he has
at the age of 42.
Now comparisons are bound to happen because we live in India. Whenever
other sports achieve some great feat we directly start attacking cricket and start
behaving like a sensible Indian though it doesn’t last for more than a day.
I had recently watched his interview with Ayaz Menon, he is
calm composed man just like Rahul Dravid who believe in playing the game more
than just talking.
Different news channels have different head lines "Is Viswanathan
Anand the greatest
Individual sportsman"? Yes he is but just for one day.
We tend to over react at times and let the emotions flow beyond the limit.
One other news channels says "Should Viswanathan Anand
get the Baharat Ratna and not Sachin Tendulkar"? If he is strong contender
for Bharat Ratna then what about others? Dont you think Leander Paes is
acheiving great heights, MC Mery Kom is still making us proud. There are many
more in the line. So please give him due credit what he deserevs but without criticising
others. Seriously I was laughing when sports minister announced 10 lakhs rs the
moment he got the news. We value everything with money and that’s the problem.
So folks let us respect him what he has achieved and wish
him more luck to bring many more laurels to the country.
Jai Ho!!
Signing Off
Anil Anuragi
1 comment:
its great that he won 5th time
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