Category: Opinion
Can University Sport stage a comeback in India?
A few days ago, I was invited by Confederation of Sports and Recreation Industry to chair and moderate a session on the impact of the CWG 2030 in Ahmedabad on…
India hits reset button for governance & coaching, but needs to look at other areas too
India has all but hit the reset button in its quest to become a sporting nation and figure in the top 10 of the Olympic Games table, even if it…
Heartless shredding of pace ace Jasprit Bumrah is uncalled for
It may be ‘normal’ for social media warriors to slam pace ace Jasprit Bumrah for not making himself available for a full Test series, comprising five contests against England. However,…
With no horses or athletes, Ghost Clubs dominate Equestrian landscape in India
Few would imagine that a vast majority of Equestrian Federation of India’s member-clubs could well be Ghost Clubs – with no athletes and horses on record. Each time the Equestrian…
Neeraj Chopra coach Klaus Bartonietz offers incredible lesson when moving on
There is an incredible lesson in Dr. Klaus Bartonietz acknowledging that he had done the best he could for Neeraj Chopra and sparking a search for a new coach for…
Athlete-Journalist relationships: From Sunday Club meetings to tracking social media handles now
Some of us sigh poignantly or smile in sheer nostalgia when recalling some conversations with sportsperson that we would take to our graves rather than share even as drawing room…
Why Indian shooting is in a mess
Indian shooting faces its moments of truth in the next 13 months. There has been many a slip between the proverbial cup and the lip in the last nine years. Why…
Why Indian football teams should not go to the Asian Games in Hangzhou
The race for an accreditation card and flight tickets to scenic Hangzhou, China, is on. For the Indian athletes, representing the nation in the Asian Games from September 23 to…
Bickering IOA officials need to put India ahead of all else
The tussle is out in the open. Or so it seems when you consider the fact that the Indian Olympic Association took the unprecedented step on Wednesday of putting out…
To Mahi, With Love
Where do I begin? How do I quantify more than a decade’s worth of love into digital pixels. My earliest memory of watching MS Dhoni is probably from around 2008…
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