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Happy Teacher's Day, Chandrayaan 2

India's first space mission in 1963 There are very few things that unite a country, while elected politicians do everything in their power to divide it. Till yesterday, I was convinced that was sport. What else can divide a country that speaks more languages than anyone can count and where cuisines change every 100 km or so? Movies and music can stake a claim, but the whole nation seldom hums the same song at the same time or is in the thrall of the same movie. So that leaves sport - the last man standing when it comes to hope and inspiration and integrity and dreams. Last week, the whole country united in celebrating PV Sindhu. 3 years back, in the 2016 Olympic finals, she held the entire country to ransom when she took on Carolina Marin and lost. She has struck silver many times but gold always eluded her. Then she struck gold. Like someone who spent years drilling for oil and finally hit up a gushing well where the oil never stops flowing. If you're d