India, Aug. 6 -- For someone who won his first international medal at the Commonwealth Games (CWG), Harsh Singh was somewhat startled by the reception at the Delhi airport upon his return from Glasgow a couple of days ago. Being showered with garlands and sweets, and hoisted aloft on the shoulders of well-wishers is not something the soft-spoken judoka is used to.

Did he like it or was he a touch overwhelmed?

"Mujhe medal laana pasand hai (I like winning medals)," Singh said. "After that, whatever comes along, I am okay with it."

That medal was a gold, the first by an Indian male judoka at the CWG coming minutes after Asmita Dey had broken Indian judo's gold drought at the Games.

For a sport that isn't exactly mainstream in India, thi...