It’s a gold for India, again! Indian sportstars are on fire at the Tokyo Paralympics, and Javelin thrower Sumit Antil is proof of it. He broke the world record with a massive throw of 68.55m to win a gold medal.

by Global Indian | Aug 31, 2021

Avani Lekhara was paralysed from the waist down after an accident when she was 11. Unable to come to terms with her injuries, she would be angry and dejected. That is when her father began taking her to the JDA shooting range and she fell in love with the sport. The rest, as they say, is history.

by Global Indian | Aug 31, 2021

How BCCI burnished its image by taking from IPL and giving to Test cricket: Suveen Sinha

by Global Indian | Sep 3, 2021

(Suveen Sinha is a writer and author based in Delhi. This column first appeared in Business Standard on September 2, 2021) Three days after the Indian cricket team collapsed at Leeds, losing all 10 wickets for 78 in the first innings and the last eight for 63 in the...

Born in the tiny fishing hamlet of Kovalam on ECR, Murthy Megavan fell in love with surfing and went on to create a career in the sport. As a child, he would use a discarded wooden window to ride the waves.

by Global Indian | Sep 6, 2021

True mettle: On India’s parathletes – The Hindu

by Global Indian | Sep 7, 2021

(This column first appeared in The Hindu on September 6, 2021) India saw another fortnight of good tidings in sports from Tokyo. Close on the heels of the recent Olympics there, in which India claimed an overall tally of seven medals inclusive of a lone gold, the...