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it was a week full of surprises and Interactions with eminent personalities from different Spheres of life In a session with Rohan Machanda Bopanna during the recently concluded Keral Literature Festival at calicutkerala India.it was informative session in which Bopanna threw some light on the nitty gritties of Tennis and the vison of his own Academy based in Bengaluru karnataka.India. The advent of Grand Slam tennis event live broadcast fron the venue to our licving rooms inturn helped the sport immensely as its popularity rose to new heights. Now the tennis topseeds are familiar to us as any other celebrities.Bopanna stands out for his sheer quality driven doubles game.he was world No.1 in the ATP Mens Doubles Rankings for longtime and also won the 2017 French Open Mixed doubles title with his canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski At the time of his retirement he was at 67th position in the op 100 ATP Rankings as I pointed out during my Q & A session. Another celebrity was Ace Cricketer and Former Indian Skipper Mohammed Azharuddinin mow a politician at the Matrubhumi Festival concluded last week at kaknakakunnu Palace Thiruvananthapuram.He underlined the importance of occupying the crease to become a good test batsman and the importance of crowd support in the venue to bring out teh best performance. I got a chance see these cricketers in our own backyard.The Organisers deserve praise for the ensemble of celebrities which made the fest a memorabe Gala. I got a chance to meet Sona Mahapatra a renowned Hindi folk singer who hails from Odisha.