Basketball Diaries 5

  How far are you willing to go for your love of basketball? Many of us use the words “passion” and “sacrifice”, but do we truly understand what they mean? What does it really take to succeed in the field of basketball in India? 19-year-old Krittika Divadkar from Pune has represented the junior Indian national […]

  Ludhiana, Varanasi, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai. If you asked a basketball player in India to name the best places to play hoops, you’d likely hear the names of these cities mentioned first. It is here that , the greatest number of people play, the highest number of courts are available, many of the top Indian […]

My name is Shahid Bhat and I was born and raised in Midwestern United States to parents who had emigrated from Srinagar, Kashmir to work as physicians in Kansas City. My parents were the first in their families to leave home and venture into unfamiliar territory. As the neighborhood I grew up in had a […]

For me, it was all about good genes and nurture. My parents have represented three sports at the national level between them, namely, swimming, basketball and netball, apart from playing other sports for the city and their district. I have an elder brother who is also good at quite a few sports. In other words […]

“Hello mum, Yes I had brekkie, please don’t worry, I am looking after myself,” I exclaimed. “Brekkie?“, questioned mum. It had only been a few months ago when I’d first heard the term Brekkie here in Melbourne, short form for breakfast and now without giving it a second thought it was on the tip of […]