While Abhinav Bindra made those among the billion Indians who get a chance to bother about Olympics (enough to check it on the news) proud, it saved the same billion from what could have been a huge embarrassment of a much publicized event. But then, several things may go unnoticed or just shadowed.

This report for instance which asserts on, but never quite gets noticed when it says:

"And Sports Minister M S Gill had the last word.

I congratulate all including myself. This will boost the confidence of all other participants," he stated.

(emphasis mine)

Let us congratulate ourselves for being Indians, shall we?