RE:Awesome
by jimmy amarnath on Sep 20, 2007 02:05 AM Permalink
I have the admiration for vishy and they way he has played all these years. But why the hell does he live in spain. Is he gonna relinquish his indian citizenship and become Spanish? If he does I think he will lose all his fan following.
RE:Awesome
by attacker on Sep 20, 2007 09:46 AM Permalink
jimmy u know the half story only... u need to read biography of anand to understand his struggle and all ur doubts get clear. i m telling u in short..
at the time when anand was rising, thr was no scope for chess in india... thr was no support frm indian govt, media, public or corporate world...
so he settled in spain for his chess career.. spain govt has a gr8 role in reaching to this position in chess for anand...
when anand first time become world champ, thr was more celebration in spain than india...
spain public and media has more support to anand than we indians.. we indians always fail behind in motivating our real life heroes...
inspite of all this.. anand has offered the citizenship of spain.. but he refused to accept..
and thus hes a proud son of both spain and india...
thr r lots of world class tournaments in european nations.. so living in india is not easy for anand.
whrever anand plays.. the tag of india is thr not spain.. anand is always recognised as indian...
we need to make india a better place, so that anand like players dont need to settled abroad...
