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An abridged version of this profile first appeared in the Tadpoles magazine. That post that be accessed here. “STAR OF THE DAY!” screamed the sports section of Times of India in an article dated January 28, 2014. The previous evening, India had played Angola in the basketball finals of the Lusofonia International Games in Goa. […]

The story of 60-year-old Subhash Mahajan and the Sampoorna School, where he passes on his lifelong passion for basketball in India to thousands of kids in rural Karnataka. Subhash Mahajan looks out of the first floor window of his two-storey bungalow on the outskirts of Bangalore. The sun has barely risen from behind the many […]

Going by his game, he could be from the Himalayas. There’s icewater in his veins. The occasion was the 5th FIBA Asia Cup. The venue was Wuhan Sports Centre. The opponents were the mighty Chinese. 61st ranked India had never beaten 12th ranked China in any part of the world, let alone in its very […]

Our student contributor Adarsh Rao caught up with Sacramento Kings’ point guard Isaiah Thomas for an exclusive phone interview during his visit to India from 7th June to 14th June 2014. Isaiah conducted clinics in IES School, Mumbai on 10th June and Boys Higher Secondary School, Chennai on 11th June.  In this chat, Isaiah talks about being a […]

[An abridged version of this profile ‘Sahi is the Little John of Indian Basketball’ appeared in the youth online magazine tadpoles.in. It can be accessed here.] Some would say that his game reflects his personality: brash, energetic, in your face and always thoroughly entertaining. Talwinderjit Singh (‘TJ’) Sahi has lived and played on the edge. A […]