India's Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu has been to multiple felicitation functions, sharing the stage with politicians now and may now have made a habit of being audience to their sometimes inaccurate or half-hearted acknowledgments. (CRPF ropes in PV Sindhu as its brand ambassador)At a function staged by Maharashtra Badminton Association where state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was in attendance, she found a novel idea being floated by the state sports minister Vinod Tawde. "We should award the prize we give to Olympic medal winners during their nationals' level. Coach Gopichand sitting besides her came to her rescue with a balanced view point without offending the minister. "Like Gopichand said we need not to go overboard and see that aspiration and inspiration do not get affected.

Source: India Today September 06, 2016 17:03 UTC