Sushil hasn't changed

This guy Sushil Kumar is such a humble soul. I happened to bump into him today and he hasn’t changed one bit after the highs of a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics.
I had warned him a day after he won the bronze that life would never be the same for him. He was, in fact, finding it hard to believe when I told him the moment he lands at the IG airport he would get mobbed.
Almost a month after returning home, things are very much the same for Sushil. Celebrations, reunion with family and other wrestlers at Mahabali Satpal’s akharaa are over. It’s back to business for Sushil, who was at a TV studio as he was attending to the giant of yesteryears, Chandgi Ram.
I almost fainted when I saw Chandgi Ram, his imposing figure now needing crutches to walk. But he hasn’t lost the spark in his eyes. And to see Sushil attend on him was such a great sight of how the Olympic bronze medallist is still a humble soul.
I promised Sushil I will come to see him the akharaa where he is training for the CWG 2010 and Asian Games. “Zaroor aiyiyee,” he said. I asked him for his mobile number and he rattled it off in Hindi. Amazing how this boys remains as rustic as ever.
As someone who has put Babrola, Haryana on the map, I will always respect champions like him. He reaches out to the masses like nobody else does.