Ladies first. And nobody will grudge the Indian sportswomen from a variety of disciplines the limelight they drew on themselves and their ilk on what was a Super Sunday for the contingent at the Commonwealth Games.
All of India celebrated the super calm pistol shooting by Manu Bhaker, uninitiated in facing pressure of expectation. Just as it did the Varanasi weightlifter Punam Yadav’s intensity. At the end of a long day, most of India will have dropped everything it was doing to let Manika Batra and her team-matches warm the cockles of its hearts.