What’s in a name? Pakistan boxer’s hate for ‘Narendra’

Boxe
Na e de
Be wal
ecalled
his
e cou te
with
a
Pakista i
oppo e t
at
the
2015
Wo ld
Milita y
Games,
whe e
he
had
defeated
him.

NEW
DELHI:
A
Pakista i
boxe
who
had
“sta ted
hati g”
the
ame
‘Na e d a’
afte
discove i g
that
his
I dia
oppo e t,
his
coach
a d
I dia’s
PM
all
sha ed
the
ame
d ew
laughs
as

Na e d a
Modi
i te acted
with
I dia’s
Commo wealth
Games
medallists
Su day.Boxe
Na e de
Be wal
ecalled
his
e cou te
with
a
Pakista i
oppo e t
at
the
2015
Wo ld
Milita y
Games,
whe e
he
had
defeated
him.
“Bhaija ,
aapka
aam
Na e de
hai,
aapke
coach
ka
aam
Na e de
hai,
aapke
P adha
Ma t i
ka
aam
Na e de
hai.
Mujhe
Na e de
aam
se
af at
ho
gayi
hai,”
Be wal
ecalled,
t igge i g
laughte
f om
Modi
a d
the
athletes.Modi
pa ticula ly
lauded
Lovli a
Bo gohai ,
silve
medallist
i
the
wome ‘s
75kg
boxi g
eve t,
fo
aisi g
a
map
issue
o
the
fi al
day
of
the
Glasgow
Games.
The
I dia
co ti ge t
had
go e
out
to
celeb ate
whe
she
had
oticed
that
a
map
of
I dia
at
the
estau a t
did
ot
show
the
No th-East.
Lovli a
said
she
b ought
the
e o
to
the
atte tio
of
the
estau a t
staff,
followi g
which
they
ag eed
to
co ect
it.

Modi
said
the
fact
that
she
oticed
a d
acted
o
it
eve
i
the
middle
of
celeb atio s
made
the
gestu e
sig ifica t
a d
o e
that
would
be
emembe ed
fo
a
lo g
time.Weightlifte
Mi abai
Cha u,
who
wo
gold
i
the
wome ‘s
48kg
catego y,
p ovided
o e
of
the
mo e
emotio al
mome ts.

Modi
asked
he
about
the
tea s
she
shed
o
the
podium
afte
he
victo y.She
said
the
medal
came
afte
fou
difficult
yea s
ma ked
by
i ju ies,
family
p oblems
a d
the
disappoi tme t
of
missi g
a
medal
at
the
Pa is
Olympics
by
just
o e
kilog am.
“Whe
ou
flag
goes
up
a d
ou
atio al
a them
plays,
we
ca ot
stop
ou selves,”
she
told
Modi,
explai i g
why
she
b oke
dow
o
the
podium.Modi
told
the
medallists
that
thei
pe fo ma ces
we e
capable
of
d awi g
fa
mo e
child e
towa ds
spo t
tha
campaig s
alo e.
“You
medal
i spi es
them
mo e
tha
a ythi g
we
could
say
by
goi g
to
schools,”
he
said.