by Vikram Sharma | Aug 28, 2023
(August 28, 2023) As a child, Shruti Vora’s weekends were action-packed. It mostly involved playing games on horse back at the Army riding school, Ballygunge in Kolkata. At the tender age of three, which is when she started learning the nuances of horse riding, she...
by Global Indian | Sep 1, 2021
(September 1, 2021) When Sumit Antil headed to Tokyo last month he was one of India’s top medal prospects. Currently ranked at World Number 1, Antil held the world record for javelin throw. What everyone did not expect was that he would go on to break his own record...
by Global Indian | Aug 9, 2021
(August 9, 2021; 7.15 pm) As the world watched with bated breath, India’s Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra, flexed his arm before he swung it in a deep arc to launch his javelin, in what can only be termed a monster throw. As it landed at 87.58 m, the audience erupted in...
by Global Indian | Aug 3, 2021
(August 3, 2021; 5.45 pm) In April this year, when the Indian women’s hockey team was training hard for their Olympics outing, disaster struck: six of the team members had tested positive for COVID-19 and were forced to go into isolation for two weeks. One of the six...
