Overview

• Manu Bhaker shared a video on Instagram of herself playing India’s national anthem on the violin to mark the country’s 79th Independence Day.
• In her caption she called the anthem “the tune closest to my heart” and voiced her aspiration to hear it on the podium as an Indian representative.
• The Instagram clip drew widespread media coverage and ignited social-media conversations around her patriotic gesture.
• Bhaker claimed bronze medals in the women’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team at the Paris 2024 Olympics, becoming India’s first woman shooter medallist and part of its first Olympic shooting team podium.
• Beyond the Olympics, her résumé spans World Championship golds, Commonwealth and Asian Games titles, and 20 ISSF World Cup medals.