Many decades after his retirement, India’s OG tennis super-star Vijay Amritraj has received the title he truly deserves – Padma Bhushan. The citation accompanying the announcement says he won 16 singles titles, was the Davis Cup captain and put India on the international map. An extra line could have been added: As an influential voice on television – rubbing shoulders with US presidents, British royalty and also Hollywood circles – he continues to polish India’s image abroad. Much before “Incredible India” became a brand; Vijay, both on and off the court, was articulating to the world that there was more to his country than the usual snake charmers and yogis stereotyping. For the generations that feel that tennis started with Federer vs Nadal at the turn of the century and no Indian in the singles draw is a tennis norm, the Vijay story needs to be retold. Far ahead of the era he grew up in, Vijay was the crowd-puller at Slams and a magnet at after-match parties of the rich and famous. He, and …