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Rajeev Bagga salutes World No 2 Saina Nehwal
Updated On: 17 July, 2010 07:29 AM IST | | Hemal Ashar
Deaf badminton champion Rajeev Bagga salutes India's World No 2 and recalls how he could never hear the applause during his playing days but was extremely emotional whenever he saw the tricolour being raised
Deaf badminton champion Rajeev Bagga salutes India's World No 2u00a0and recalls how he could neveru00a0hear theu00a0applause duringu00a0his playing days butu00a0was extremely emotional whenever he saw the tricolour being raised
Rajeev Bagga, former national badminton champion was known as the silent assassin when he used to play in India. Assassin because he was deadly on court as opponent's realised as they perished one by one and silent because Bagga is deaf, he inhabits a world quite different from other persons.
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