Like her idol, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, she also plays in the middle and lower-middle order to lift the score during the death overs. Also, like Dhoni, she has chosen wicketkeeping as her priority. 22-year-old Richa Ghosh has etched her name in history through India’s victory
itness is a world where consistency, determination, discipline, and sacrifice play the most pivotal roles, but these qualities often don’t go with the restless, carefree spirit of teenage years. However, a 17-year-old girl from Howrah, West Bengal, has defied this stereotype by redefining what it means
He is known as the Father of Indian Boxing. Every time a greenhorn boxing enthusiast approached P.L. Roy aka Paresh Lal Roy, requesting him to take him as a trainee, Roy would ask, “So you want to learn boxing from me?” The moment, the boy
‘Lota’ and ‘macha’. These two untranslatable Bengali words have come to symbolise East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, arguably the two most venerable clubs on Kolkata’s equally venerable maidan. ‘Lota’ is essentially a small vessel meant to carry water. Ask any Mohun Bagan supporter, and they
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, India’s Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw. Though many in India’s sports community were hoping he would join the elite league of legends like Eric Lemming (Sweden), Jonni Myyrä (Finland), Jan Železný (Czech Republic), and
For many, Kolkata may be all about football and the Maidan, but the city’s history is inextricably linked to horses too. Properly groomed, world-class horses, no less, that were once used by the world’s first polo club in this very city. Apparently tailor made for
It was the year of 1940. Not just the year of 12th Summer Olympics at Helsinki, but also a year when Europe was preparing to go to war. India was then under British rule. Kolkata’s deputy accountant general Nagendranath Sen received news through his colonial
Veteran Maidan star Gautam Sarkar, nicknamed ‘Indian Beckenbauer’, is a former international footballer who captained both East Bengal and Mohun Bagan During the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Jugantar, then a leading Kolkata daily, sent me to Mexico as a special correspondent to cover the tournament. And
Remember that scene from Satyajit Ray’s famous Feluda movie, Joy Baba Felunath, where Jatayu puts up a brave face as Magan Laal Meghraj’s juggler Arjun hits one dagger after the other showing a dangerous jugglery game? Though on-screen all saw Kamu Mukherjee in the role of the dagger thrower,
More than 150 years ago around 1847, a club was found in the heart of British Kolkata that would go on to inspire horse lovers and horse racers of the world. Though horse racing in this second capital of British empire was popular even before