new delhi his parents decision to take the road less travelled has gone a long way in helping shooter gagan narang realise his olympic dream and the london games bronze winner now plans to take his prized medal on a countrywide tour to inspire the next generationi want my medal to travel across the country so that it inspires the coming generation narang said on thursdaythe ace marksman who clinched a bronze in the 10m air rifle event in fact wants his medal to be touched by the countrys 12 billion peopleit was while coming back from the royal artillery barracks to the games village after his moment of glory that the idea hit upon himi was coming back by bus after winning the medal i saw the olympics motto inspire a generation and thats when i thought about it olympics belongs to the country and i want to inspire the 29yearold shooter from hyderabad told reportersit is by now a well documented fact that the narangs years ago had to sell off a plot of land to help their son buy a riflethere was a time when my parents had to sell off a plot of land so that i can buy a rifle for competitive tournaments after that we stayed in a rented house for the next 15 years an emotional narang saidnarang was felicitated by the manav rachna international university where he is pursuing an mba degree for his exploits in londonhe was conferred the manav rachna kirti puraskar besides being awarded with rs 11 lakhafter winning innumerable medals on the world stage the only thing missing in narangs overflowing cupboard before the london games was an olympic medal and the triumph in the worlds biggest sporting event does give him a sense of achievementit feels complete the love and affection of the people its a humbling experience its a good feeling to be able to bring smiles on the faces of people said narangwhen kids come to me and say that i want to be like you older people coming and hugging me and saying that we are proud of you the blood and tears and hard work everything is worth itfor indian sports it marks a new era those who missed out narrowly in london will come back strongly in rio 2016 games narang saidthe pain of missing out on the finals in the beijing games has haunted narang for long and he was relieved to have overcome iti had the pain inside me i was fighting my own demons i am happy that i have put the demons to sleep forever narang who plans to start training in a few weeks time to prepare for the world cup in october saidhe said like cricket other sports should also strive to make a shift from classes to massesto compare olympic sport with cricket would not be fair years back cricket was a sport only for the classes and we will also have to