Anand is now 'VISHWANATH

1983 Cricket world cup finals...Indian celebrations reached skyscrapers. 2007 20-20 world cup....Indians were euphoric and their delight was just out of proportions. 2008 The Bonn World Chess Championship.....Anand makes the Cut ....but India is celebrating laxman's 200 knock against Oz!! eh?that's pity!

Well for now,Anand-The King of the Indian chess is now the Master of world by winning all the three formats in which chess is played at the ace level -The Knockout , The Tournament and The Match play .Sadly, this Indian origin sport has got the enlightenment only in the late 1980's when the chess wizard won the first World Junior Championship for India.Anand was the Speed breaker tothe then Dominants of chess, the ‘The Russians’ through his aggressive and fast gaming style. His Image has reached the paramount with his achievements and has made chess more exciting in 1990's and there has been a horn of plenty Grandmasters in India since then.

Anand,Rathode,Bindra,karthikeyan have shown what India can be in other disciplines too, in this present time where cricket is been looked up as a religion(this is w.r.t the famous quote “if cricket is a religion, then sachin is the God of cricket").The endorsers who always looked at cricket as their only option, have got their alternative with the Anand’s success which is good for the game because chess, like all other sports in India except cricket, is short on funds. Sponsorships and ad assignments will help young grandmasters, like Harika and Koneru Humpy to raise their game.

Badminton and tennis have shown occasional scintillations. For a country like India, which is an emerging global power ,showing a very poor track record in the sports is shameful. Govt should look up in setting a proper infrastructure in grooming kids right 4m their early stages and turning them into Mark phelps of India or may b Ian thorpe.sometimes it deeply hurts when we hear the news like the Hon'ble Sports minister asking a dumb question "who are u" to the great players of India like Gopichand .When Australia or Japan ,which are just half or even lesser populated than India can make their mark in the Sports arena, y not India? Definitely not insurmountable.

It is important that India builds on these successes in different sports. After all, Success breeds success.It is Time for the Indians to look up for other sports ....India is definitely not all about Cricket. Probably there should be a day in d near future where a common sport lover would discuss "ah! That was indeed a witty move and a perfect use of the pawn....Check!".

Congrats Anand for all wat u achieved ....u r indeed The VISHWANATH!!