Indian Sports

Indian Sports – An Eternal Nightmare

I write this in the backdrop of the latest slump by Indian cricket, and the controversies involving two Indian athletes – Monica Devi and Sania Mirza – at the Beijing Olympics 2008.
Indian sports – not only cricket – has been like this only since we gained independence. I recently had a chat with some sportsmen [...]

Kishen Karve – The Lonely Hockey Warrior No More!

Kishen Karve – The Lonely Hockey Warrior No More!

Kishen Karve, the lonely Hockey warrior from Gujarat, is no more. He passed away recently, after being briefly ill in Ahmedabad at the age of 84. I had met him several times last year while trying to do my own research on why the Indian sports were lagging behind in most international meets. My aim [...]