Sindhu's achievements must be lauded Lee Chong Wei has never won an Olympic or a World Championship Gold but his place is up there as one of the greatest badminton players of all times. The Gold may have eluded India’s badminton Superstar P.V. Sindhu once again but it has been a superlative performance by her nonetheless. It is a tough field out there and it takes a lot of talent, courage, perseverance and hard work to simply be out there and fight it out against the World’s best. In the Bollywood movie “3 Idiots”, we had the interesting Boman Irani character “Virus” who suggested that life is all about the number one game while nobody remembers who are the number twos. On the other hand was the underlying moral of this delightful film espoused by “Rancho”, the role played by Aamir Khan. That life is not just all about the number ones where the A graders are masters and C graders are slaves. It is so much more. Pursue excellence and success will chase you. So very true. In the last few years, there have been very few players who have been as consistent as P V Sindhu, the toast of our Nation. The lanky girl from Hyderabad has never failed to astonish us, giving us so many moments to rejoice and celebrate. She has won so many medals for India and achieved what very few have managed to do before. India must be proud of her success. Two World championship bronze medals in 2013 and 2014, an Olympic Silver in 2016 and two consecutive Silver medal finishes in World Championships 2017 and 2018, knocking out several great players on the way. What breath-taking performances from a champion player. Kudos to Sindhu who is a great fighter. At 23, Sindhu will have many more years of success and she must keep pursuing her quest for excellence. Her time to win greater glory and reach higher milestones under the sun will come. Till then, let us once again rejoice and celebrate another successful campaign by one of India’s most incredible athletes. The juggernaut rolls on.
warm regards, Sandeep Heble