
I first met Viswanathan Anand and his wife Aruna in 2005,
when they had flown down from Spain for the charity work they regularly engage
in. This particular event was a fundraiser for children affected with cerebral
palsy, and Anand spent over six hours playing chess with nearly 100 people who
had bought passes. As she waited for him to finish, Aruna divided her time
between patiently answering media queries and cheerfully speaking to the
star-struck children and parents who would bene