Abhishek stays quite some kilometres away from Mumbai. But the place where he belongs to has given him the opportunity to play a sport that is rarely played in India. Brush with a squash court in his childhood with some seniors playing the game enthusiastically had inspired Abhishek to start …
Read More »“My Asian Games medal boosted the confidence of many Indian swimmers…..” Sandeep Sejwal
Sandeep Sejwal conquered the Indian breaststroke scene quite for sometime. In 2009, Sandeep won 2 silvers and I bronze in Asian Age Groups Swimming Championships in Tokyo while creating national record in 50m, 100m and 200m in breaststroke. Since then he kept on representing India in various tournaments. In 2014, …
Read More »Gilli Danda strikes from sepia to colour
“हमारे अंग्रेजी दोस्त माने या नहीं माने मैं तो यही कहूँगा की गुल्ली डंडा सब खेलो का राजा हैI ना लॉन की जरुरत, ना कोर्ट की, ना नेट की, ना थापी की…….” (My English friend might agree or not, but for me Gulli Danda is the king of all games. …
Read More »He rose and fell, but he remains; its The Tiger Effect
On the early hours of 29th May 2017, Florida police found a damaged Mercedes Benz standing across the right lane of a roadway with a man in the driver’s seat fast asleep at the wheels. Police found the man to be Tiger Woods, the Golf great, who was unaware of …
Read More »“It’s a real task for us to promote squash among young players….” Ashish Gupta
An electronic engineer by education, Mr Ashish Gupta is the Managing Director of Winmark Exhibitions based in Mumbai. But sport remains his passion and the love for the game of squash had helped him to be in the administrative department of Squash Racquet Association of Maharashtra (SRAM). A former player, …
Read More »Mallakhamb’s glory-the tale of Shivaji Park sans cricket
As we enter Shivaji Park, located in one of the prime locations of Mumbai and have been famous as the breeding ground of Sachin Tendulkar, we find hundreds of young Sachins and Kamblis and Amres nurturing their cricketing skills. Making our way by them, we reach a corner of the …
Read More »Kaustubh Khade proudly sails India in the sea of kayaking
“There is obviously the rush of big waves, the threat of being thrown out, but what I love most is the beauty of being 3-4 km away from land and seeing things you’ve never imagined. Flying fish or dolphins; the sea filling up with jellyfish; fishermen diving to bring up …
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