Lord of the universe..

Now the turn has come to salute yet another genius - Vishwanathan Anand, the champion who is all smiles at all times. The person who has proved to the world that one can be a superstar and world champion in chess, without having to be rough, ill-mannered, overtly aggressive, and indulging in 'hate-speak' at all times. Whenever he is seen on TV or in the press, a smiling cheerful face is probably what strikes us the most..The ruffians that champion chess players ought to be is a belief, certainly a wrong one at that, that is unfortunately rooted deep in the psyche of many a chess-player - not fortunately in the part of the world where we hail from, but in many other parts of the world. Please see the related report in Times of India, and the blog post of Prem Panicker (from 'Smoke Signals'), from where I got this TOI link.

Let me salute the champion, one more time.. May there be many more laurels coming your way, Anand - we're proud of you..