by Global Indian | Jul 28, 2021
The island of Bermuda just became the world’s smallest country to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics. The history-making athlete was 33-year-old Flora Duffy who won the women’s triathlon in Tokyo in some style: the time gap between Duffy and the second-place...
by Global Indian | Jul 29, 2021
(Shreelakshmi Hariharan works with the Corporate Brand and Marketing team at Tata Sons. The column first appeared in Business Line on July 28, 2021) In 1930, the Aga Khan announced a prize for the first Indian to fly solo from India to England or vice versa. This...
by Global Indian | Jul 29, 2021
(This article first appeared in The Quint on July 25, 2021) Sanjay Sen fondly reminisces his dadi as he croons, ‘… kaise khelen jaiyo sawaan ma, kajaria badariya ghir aayi nandi…,’ – a Bhojpuri song he heard his grandmother sing often as a child in Laukuto...
by Global Indian | Jul 30, 2021
(Hannah Beech is New York Times’ Southeast Asia bureau chief. This piece first appeared in NYT’s July 29 edition.) China’s sports assembly line is designed for one purpose: churning out gold medals for the glory of the nation. Silver and bronze barely count. By...
by Global Indian | Jul 30, 2021
China’s sports assembly line is designed for one purpose: churning out gold medals for the glory of the nation. Here, silver and bronze medals barely count. This year, the country has sent as many as 413 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, its largest ever delegation....
