So, our Rio sojourn hasn't begun well. Shri Phelps has won more individual medals than India's collective tally at the last 10 Olympic, Commonwealth and Asian Games. I wish the Games had cricket, chess, kabaddi and kho kho. At least in cricket Virat could have led us to, kam se kam, a bronze.

Even in the lead up, dope scandals rocked our world — Narsingh Yadav claimed someone had spiked his food. Our shot putter's dreams were shot down. Then there was all this rooming nonsense — Leander Paes spent more time getting himself a single room then he did on the doubles court. Saina said sayonara to a ladies' medal.