Gold Medal Abhinav Bindra shot into fame when he won the gold medal in men’s 10m Air Rifle event in Beijing Olympic games. With it he became the first Indian to won an individual Olympic Gold medal and thus ended India’s 28 years old gold medal drought. Though he has won many international shooting events but his Olympic Gold medal has made the country proud. Early Life Born on September 28, 1982 to an affluent Sikh Khatri family of Dr. Apjit and Babli Bindra, Abhinav has many other achievements that can not be ignored. He used to practice 12-14 hours daily at his family owned shooting range near Chandigarh. With his participation in 2000′s Olympic games he became the youngest Indian to participate in Olympics. He could not qualify for the final as his position was 11th and only the top 8 compete in the final. He succeeded in qualifying to the final of 2004′s Olympic games as he had earned the third place with the score of 597 in the quarterfinal round. But he could not won any medal in the final because of his poor performance. He had scored only 97.s points which was much below the other competitors. Commonwealth Games He was the Gold medalist in Pairs event and Silver medalist in the individual event in 10m air rifle event in the 2002 Commonwealth Games played in Manchester. He had won gold medal in Pairs event and bronze in individual event in 2006′s Commonwealth Games played in Melbourne. But he could not participate in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha because of back injury and was under going treatment in Germany. In the final of the 10m air rifle event almost all his shots were perfect as he never scored below the 10.0. His last shot of 10.8 in the final earned him the gold as he was tied with Finland’s Hakkinen. Awards He has studied at Doon School, Dehradoon and St. Stephen School,Chandigarh. He has done his BBA degree form the University of Colorado,US. He earned his MBA(Masters in Business Administration) from the same university. Presently he holds the post of CEO of Abhinav Futuristics. Government of India had awarded him with the 2000′s Arjuna award. He was conferred with India’s highest sport award-Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2001.
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Cash for Vote Scam still haunting political parties
August 14th, 2008 
krishna Public Cash for vote scam is still haunting the ruling and opposition parities of India. Nuclear deal between Indian and USA has revealed many hidden truths of Indian politics. Though it was being expected that it will be very difficult for the government to achieve the ultimate goal as many of the IAEA board of governors and NSG counties had reservations against the Indo-US n-deal. But before it that Indian government could reach the IAEA board of governors it had to pass the first hurdle at home. UPA government had to prove its majority in the Parliament. Though Manmohan Singh led government has succeeded in proving its majority in Lok Sabha the political developments that happened during the testing time has left the Indian public astonished and disappointed. Sting Operation Every one was shocked to see the open display of money in the Parliament. Allegations made by BJP MPs against the SP leaders have indicated that a lot of money power was used to muster the required votes. But what is disappointing is that both of the parties are indulged in the blame game and nothing has happened that could clear the air of suspicion. BJP MPs had succeeded in filming the whole bribe incident in a sting operation with the help of a famous TV channel but it has not been still aired. From the present situation it looks that the renowned TV channel is under tremendous political pressure from both of the sides. Democratic Values Both of the parties are blaming that the video recordings have been tempered with or are a concocted evidence. Whatever the reality is it will take some time for the truth to surface but one thing is very clear that it will be a big issue in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections and UPA and its outside supporters will have to pay the price for it. UPA government has used every kind of means to stay in the power by projecting the n-deal as most desired for the bright future of India. It used even the support of criminal MPs to win the trust motion. Though it has won the trust motion but has lost the public who believed it. In recent elections we have seen that educated people have ceased to take much interest in the elections and such political revelation have further affected their belief in the democratic values.
