With India’s First Gold, Suddenly a Billion People Notice the Olympics - NYTimes.com

On the streets of the nation’s capital, the mood was jubilant, and incredulous. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Malvika Singh Rana, a 24-year-old hardware engineer in central Delhi. At first when she heard Bindra had won a gold, “I thought he may be an nonresident Indian from Canada or United States,” she said. But when she realized he was truly an athlete from India, “I shouted, ‘Oh my God — an Indian has won the Olympic gold,’ ” she said.