The name Vijaya Nadar did not ring a bell and since her e-mail subject line said ‘Hello’, I instinctively wanted to delete the mail, thinking it was another spam mail. But my curiosity was aroused when I noticed that the author had obviously had only clicked on the Reply All option in one of...
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There is no escaping IPL. Believe me you, I have looked around for another subject to write about and failed. Even if I have largely ignored the cricket in IPL in anticipation of the ICC World Twenty20 that begins in the West Indies this week, there has been no escaping the drama featuring its...
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A few years ago, I was researching a story on why the South seems to produce champions in sport that demand physical fitness and mental skills as well. And, I had e-mailed badminton legend Prakash Padukone some questions. I chanced upon his e-mailed answer when I was looking for some information on World chess champion...
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For a moment, let’s forget IPL – not the cricket but the unseemly drama it has brought along — and spend time listening to living legend Leander Paes. In the audio clip that is appended, he speaks of how he was inspired to dream of winning an Olympic medal by the National jerseys that...
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There are huge risks involved in venturing into the unknown, drawing new, hungry audiences to a sport and, more importantly, new investors. For close to three years since the concept of the Indian Premier League was unleashed on an unsuspecting Indian public, it rode a high but events in the week gone by have...
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“You must practice being confident.” These words keep echoing in my ear, long after I heard them. And no, it wasn’t a Roger Federer or a Rafael Nadal who shared this motivational manta. Nor, for that matter, was it a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo This simple, but effective, mental strength lesson came...
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