For a few hours on Friday night Hindustan became Sindhustan even if the national language remains Hindi and not Sindhi. The entire country prayed for a Hyderabadi Olympian. She comes from the city of pearls but she had us dreaming of gold. We shuttled between uncontrolled euphoria and desperate anxiety as P V Sindhu slammed the shuttle. Instead of bad we were fixated on good-minton when the first set seemed to banish portents of defeat. Then a fly fell into our gazpacho when the tormenta from Spain made a tortilla of our golden dreams.
P V Sindhu may have won silver but she is now the gold standard for women in sports. Besides, Indian women are not just gold diggers because Read More
