Varun Chakravarthy’s rise to becoming one of India’s most enigmatic spinners isn’t your typical “overnight success” story. If anything, it’s a masterclass in being incredibly stubborn. Most people would take three or four major rejections as a sign to pack it in, but Varun sat through forty of them. His journey is less about a…
A few days ago, the Assam government proposed to reduce Kaziranga National Park’s Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) from 10 km to just 1 km in the name of urban development. Now this proposal has raised an important and sensitive question for travellers and wildlife lovers: how can one of India’s most important wildlife parks and tiger…
Nikhat Zareen (Image credit: AIBA) PATIALA: Nikhat Zareen has declined the national federation, BFI’s offer to compete in the women’s 48kg category at next month’s senior World Cup in China, choosing instead to remain focused on her long-term ambitions in the 51kg division ahead of the Olympic qualification cycle and next year’s World Championships.It’s been…