MEERUT: Rudra Pratap Singh, 13, often surprises people watching TV with him. During a game of football or cricket, when a country’s team sings their national anthem, Rudra sings along in perfect unison.
A student of Class VIII, the teenager has already learnt the national anthems of 18 countries and plans to learn at least 100 by the time he is 21. “He wants to become a pilot when he grows up so he can visit foreign nations and learn their anthems. We first noticed his talent two years ago when, during a football match, the French anthem was being sung. Rudra suddenly stood up and began to sing along. Surprisingly, he knew each and every word and pronounced it with precision,”
