by Charu Thakur | Dec 23, 2023
(December 23, 2023) When most kids of his age were glued to cartoons on television, Shahan Ali Mohsin would watch motorsport racing. But his visit to the Indian Grand Prix changed it all for the teenager. Looking at the fast-speed cars, he knew he wanted to be on the...
by Charu Thakur | Sep 8, 2023
(September 8, 2023) It was the sound of the ball hitting the wall that made Anahat Singh fall in love with squash. As a youngster, she accompanied her elder sister Amira, who was one of the country’s top-rated under-19 players, for her squash matches. At the age of...
by Amrita Priya | Jun 4, 2023
Jun 4, 2023) Three years ago during the time of lockdown when shooter Tilottama Sen’s father had introduced the idea of shooting to her, she had thought he was talking about film shooting. He wanted the then eleven year old to stop ‘wasting time’ in mobile games and...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jan 13, 2023
(January 13, 2023) When mountaineer Avtar Singh Cheema first decided to be a part of the Indian Army mission to scale Mt Everest in 1965, many in his village came to see him off, thinking they wouldn’t meet him again. He went on to become the first Indian to...
by Namrata Srivastava | Nov 17, 2022
(November 17, 2022) As he stood back up after receiving his gold medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, the world could see his eyes glittering with tears. But even as billions of Indians celebrated his victory back home, the 19-year-old weightlifter Jeremy...
