Posts by: Shaunak Ghosh

Shaunak Ghosh -October 11, 2018

With as many as six representatives in the bronze medal winning Indian team at the 2018 Asian Games, and more than 100 trainees every day, North Delhi’s Majnu ka Tilla is slowly emerging to be the Sepak Takraw hub of India As the clock strikes six in the morning, when most of the Delhiites are […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -October 11, 2018

If India has given a record performance at the Asian Games this year, the credit should not go to sports bodies but to individual athletes 2018 was a monumental year for Indian sports. In the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, the Indian contingent clinched a record tally of 68 medals , thus registering their best […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -October 4, 2018

Patriot revisits the site inside Garhi Mandu forest, from where Arvind Kejriwal flagged off his mass replantation drive on September 7, and finds out the current state of 32,000 trees On September 7, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal planted a tree, as a part of his mega replantation programme in an area inside the Garhi […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -October 4, 2018

Patriot analyses if ISL’s new Fan Banna Padega campaign is an attempt to bring the audience watching other leagues, to watch the ISL, which is steadily falling in viewership numbers The Indian Super League (ISL) kicked off its fifth season on September 29 with a match between ATK and Kerala Blasters. However, Kolkata boy Sayan […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -September 27, 2018

Ancient martial arts like Kung Fu and Kalaripayattu are slowly gaining popularity in Delhi, as they offer self-defence amidst the growing incidence of physical assault in the NCR A group of students dressed in traditional Shaolin attire enters a room led by their Shifu (Master). Then they begin their grueling one-hour session of martial arts, […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -September 27, 2018

At an age where people lose all hope of living and are confined to one corner of the bed due to illness, Mann Kaur, 103, is winning medals in running in different events across the world Mann Kaur of Punjab recently won a gold medal at the World Masters Games in Malaga, Spain where she […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -September 20, 2018

With many national and international credentials to its name, Delhi is emerging as the premier city in the Indian bodybuilding scene In June this year, when the entire country was immersed in the football world cup fever, an Indian man conquered the world in Slovenia — Chitharesh Natesan won the ultimate prize in the World […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -September 20, 2018

Ahead of the new ISL season, here’s a look at why the Delhi Dynamos has never been able to perform according to expectations September 29 is a significant date in the calendar of all Indian football fans as it marks the commencement of the fifth season of the Indian Super League — one of the […]

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