by Vikram Sharma | Jan 6, 2024
(January 6, 2024) Being born with a disability can shatter anyone. But not Prachi Yadav. Paralysed below the waist, she did not let her disability come in the way of realising her dreams. She took the challenges head-on and canoed her way to success, scripting one of...
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 6, 2021
“70 minute hain tumhare paas. Jao jaakar jee bhar kar khelo. Aage aane vaali zindagi mein kuch sahi ho ya na ho, ye 70 minute tumse koi nahi cheen sakta.” (You have 70 minutes, play your best. Even if nothing goes right in life after this, nobody can take...
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...
by Global Indian | Jul 30, 2021
(July 30, 2021; 5.30 pm) 2020 was a tough year for Lovlina Borgohain: First she couldn’t make it to the national camp due to her mother’s ill health and also had to help her father in the paddy fields. Secondly, she tested Covid positive hours before she was to board...
