Posts by: Shaunak Ghosh

Shaunak Ghosh -January 21, 2021

IIT Delhi got two podium finishes in the Formula Student Championship, becoming the first  Indian team  in history to do so A team of undergraduate students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has won prizes in two student virtual competitions. The team from Formula Racing, the student-led automobile club of IIT Delhi has won […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -January 14, 2021

The decision by Delhi University to drop 12 sporting categories from its list of eligible ECA sports without clear motives has left aspiring students in the lurch Rakesh Kumar (name changed) is a national softball champion. Considered a child prodigy, he has been participating in matches and winning medals since he was just 10 years […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -January 13, 2021

Residents of CR park face inflated water bills despite promises of 20,000 free litres per month from the AAP government Sandwip Ray, 52, is an engineer who lives with his 75-year-old mother in his two-storey house in C Block, Chittaranjan Park. His mother lives on the first floor, while Ray and his wife reside on […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -December 17, 2020

There has been a significant rise in pay and play footballing facilities across Delhi, Patriot finds out why Sombuddha Chaudhuri works as a software engineer in a reputed company in Gurugram. He has stayed away from his home in Kolkata for more than seven years. Naturally, he says he misses home a lot. “The thing […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -December 9, 2020

Football Delhi made history this week by announcing India’s First Virtual Football Talent Hunt. But is the idea of a virtual football trial feasible? Football Delhi (the governing body of football in Delhi) has recently announced the Football Delhi Young Stars Hunt, India’s first virtual football skill contest, that would enable participants (ages 6 to […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -December 2, 2020

The Indian Cricket team has looked wayward in the ODI series vs Australia due to lack of bowling options and the hangover of the IPL

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Shaunak Ghosh -November 25, 2020

The Delhi Half Marathon is being held on 29 November, in spite of the rise in Covid cases and recurring pollution, with hefty precautions. But runners are opposed to the idea Delhi is now witnessing a surge in Covid cases, with a record 38,501 active current cases. On average for the last 20 days, the […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -November 19, 2020

Patriot catches up with Ripu Daman Bevli, India’s foremost exponent of plogging – a sport that combines marathon running and picking up litter along the way Plogging is a combination of two words, formed from ‘jogging’ and ‘plocka upp’, which is Swedish for ‘pick up’. It refers to an emerging international trend, in which someone […]

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