India Thrilled as 2 Medals End Rio Dry Run

 

India rejoiced as it picked up a bronze medal in wrestling and qualified for at least a silver in badminton at

 the Olympic Games in Rio after the country had almost resigned itself to its athletes returning home

 empty. But even as banner headlines, news anchors and Indians across the country exalted over the

 success of Pursarla V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, the country agonized over the question that haunts it at every Olympics - why does a nation of over a billion people perform so...