On ‘top of the world’ again, Viswanathan Anand is a father
Nihal Koshie
It’s going to be a rare April for world champion Viswanathan Anand as he has decided to stay away from chess for the rest of the month. The change of priority came at 6.35 am on Saturday, when wife Aruna delivered a boy. And to make it a family of ‘As’, the first-time parents have decided to call him Akhil.
“We haven’t told many people about Akhil’s arrival. We are on top of the world,” Aruna told The Indian Express today.
An ecstatic Anand, who has been in Chennai for the past two weeks, said “fatherhood has been a learning curve”. “I’ll have to learn a few new things pretty fast. I will enjoy doing all the baby things and being around Aruna and Akhil. We are a bit tired, partly because we have been so excited, but there is no joy that can match that of becoming parents. We have waited for this moment,” said Anand, who has been married for 15 years.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com
Lovely people…loving family.
Should have named him Bobby.
Akhil is a Hindi and Sanskrit word that means “entire”, “complete” or “universal”. Sanskrit fragmentation of the word yields: A (without) + Kh (sky or boundary) + L (agreed or liked).
Well I am sure the boy will give a new dawn(aruna) and unending happiness(Anand) for the couple and make their life complete.
Bobby means: Bo (Where is my tournament check?)+ b (Antisemite)+ b (Antisemite) + y (Why don’t resign? I am going to win anyway!)