Offroading in Behrampur/Gurgaon – Selected Shorts from Jun 2008
Pic: courtesy wikipedia.org A selection of videos from my offroading adventure with Pranshu Gupta (and his bad boy friends) in Behrampur – a hamlet on the outskirts of Gurgaon. Disclaimer: no animals...
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View ArticleThe day Sarah Fitz-Gerald visited our squash club
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James Gatlin, after winning the 100m race at the Diamond League in Doha American sprinter James Gatlin, who’s just coming off a doping-induced ban, talks about competing with the fastest man in the...
View ArticleBangalore to Hubli: from agony to ecstasy
Shriram Revankar (the adventurer with his mom at the end of his journey) [Editor's Note: My good friend and ex-colleague Shriram undertook an amazing trip last year. Shriram is a cyclist and a runner....
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Serious runners are crazy people. Serious squash players are no less crazy. The crazy squash player I am thinking about is my friend. Sanjay (now a Princeton, NJ resident) was my senior at BIT Mesra...
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View ArticleBarefooting in the snobbish sports
Golf and squash are uppity sports played by ‘gentlemen’. I say this despite being a squash aficionado. There’s one difference though. In one of the sports, you are guaranteed to sweat.. even if you had...
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