Rtr. M.A.M.Yasin Bijapuri, Rtr. V.Vivek Kumar Dadhich and Rtr.Sachin Bardia represented the Rotaract Club of Loyola College for a talk show organized by NDTV 24x7. Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, Karthik Chidambaram(member of AICC and son of Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram ), Khusboo Sundar(Actress and member of DMK ) were the panelists for the show which was aimed to discuss on the “Indian of the Year” in the field of sports and politics.
The venue of the talk show was in M.C.C.Hr.Sec.School. Students from Loyola College, M.C.C. , Stella Maris College, IIPM and a decent number of others formed the elite audience. Being true loyolites, we reached the venue by 7:10 pm only to find that the show will start in a ‘while’. After passing a considerable amount of time chatting, we were invited for refreshments. While nibbling my sandwich, I noticed a fair man who looked strikingly familiar. Then did I realize that the man was Vishy Anand himself ! Sitting beside him was actress Khusboo. I tried to be placid but couldn’t. I told Rtr. Sachin and some of my friends about this.
By 8:30 pm we sat over the benches. The show co-coordinator was quite adroit in making the audience look like a mixed ratio and he did the same with us. The show started by 8:45 pm and we were already in rapt attention.
Sensible questions were thrown open to the panel. There was one question on who should get an award of “Politician of the Year” and the expected happened. Karthik Chidambaram named Rahul Gandhi whereas Khusboo named . The best part was that they both validated their nominations too! In his talk, both Vishwanathan Anand and Karthik Chidambaram emphasized on the obsession of Cricket. Karthik even commented, “There is a lot more to sports beyond Cricket.”
A few questions on politics and corruption were asked by the viewers. One question was targeted to Vishy Anand’s plans to enter politics! He said, ‘Well.. um.. I’m focusing more on my game right now.. As for now.. There are no such plans.”
The show ended on a happy note immediately after which the viewers thronged for autographs and Kodak moments with the panelists. Karthik Chidambaram left soon while Vishy and Khusboo stayed for a while. We tried getting snaps with them. I managed to get an autograph from Vishy and Khusboo.
Overall, the show was quite enthralling and I can’t wait to see myself on T.V.!
-Rtr. Vivek Kumar Dadhich
No comments:
Post a Comment