Around one in six of the world's population is Indian. But for a nation of nearly one billion people, India has a surprisingly poor record when it comes to sport.
Cricket gets all the attention, while most other sports struggle for public and financial support.
At the Sydney Olympics, this huge country won a grand total of just one medal - a bronze in women's Weightlifting. Nevertheless, we're ploughing through the monsoon season in Bangalore to meet a new Indian sporting hero - even though he plays a minority sport. And at that sport's world championships next week, he will be one of the favourites. Away from the bustle of Bangalore's city centre, the quiet suburb of Kengeri houses India's national sports centre, and a man called Pullela Gopichand. Gopi won nationwide acclaim back in March, when he became only the second Indian to triumph at the All England Badminton Championships - known as the Wimbledon of the sport.