India chants ‘kabaddi, kabaddi…’

The Pro Kabaddi league is the most watched non-cricketing league in India. Patriot traces the rise of the tournament and the impact it has had on the sport Cricket is the most popular sport in India by a country mile. But can anyone guess which is the second most watched sport in the country? Neither […]

The other men in blue

The Indian wheelchair cricket team is on a roll with their recent victories over Bangladesh and Pakistan. Here’s a look at their rise to the top, and how they still need financial and moral support to grow On September 22nd this year, India defeated Pakistan by a mammoth margin of 89 runs after scoring a […]

ISL- bane or boon?

Patriot analyses whether the Indian Super League has been responsible for the rise of Indian football in the past number of years “Come on India, let’s football” – this is the slogan with which the Indian Super League was flagged off by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and IMG-Reliance in 2014, with the aim […]

Running past disability

From cleaning DTC buses to becoming the first Indian to win a gold at an international running event, Narayan Thakur shares his inspiring story, which also made its place in PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat Narayan Thakur was born with a serious condition called left side hemiparesis, a condition in which a person suffers a […]

Kick off, Kashmir!

As Real Kashmir FC becomes the first team from Jammu and Kashmir to play in the I-League, here’s a look at their rise to the top and what their success means for the violence-torn Valley In 2016, when Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was gunned down by the Indian Army, the whole Valley of Jammu […]

Getting a foot in the door

With football viewership growing by the day in India, Patriot analyses whether football can trump cricket as the top sport in the country That India is a cricket-crazy nation goes without saying. It is clear from the amount of hype and enthusiasm that is generated for every match involving the men in blue. “The craze […]

Dominating the ring

Bronze medallist at the 2018 wrestling world championships, Pooja Dhanda speaks to Patriot about the ups and downs of her career, and how she almost landed a role in Dangal On the night of October 23, when most of India was fast asleep, a girl from a small village near Hisar, Haryana made the nation […]

Delhi vs Mumbai

Though Tendulkar is still way ahead statistically, Virat Kohli’s recent achievements have been so extraordinary as to merit a comparison with the ‘God’ of cricket Mumbai and Delhi are two cities that have dominated the Indian cricket scenario like no other, since decades. While the former has produced legendary batsmen like Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin […]