Female 9

[An abridged version of this profile ‘Her Classroom A Basketball Court’ appeared in the youth online magazine tadpoles.in. It can be accessed here.] Running can be of two sorts. You can run away from something: hide under the sheets and wait for the opportunity to pass. You can also run towards: chasing those impossible visions, […]

Pallavi Sharma, 6’8, from Kolkata has received a 100% full scholarship from Hakuoh University & High School to stay, study and play basketball in Japan. For the next one year, she will be training at the high school, and then has a chance to play in the college circuit from 2 April 2017 – 31 March 2021. […]

[This profile was originally published in the online youth magazine tadpoles.in. The original post and video can be accessed here.] Raspreet Sidhu remembers the prophetic words of Arnold Henry whenever she enters the court: Your limits are somewhere up there, waiting for you to reach beyond. Sidhu, a key member of the Indian women basketball team, […]

This profile was originally published in Tadpoles magazine and can be accessed here.  “Humaari bitiya basketball nahi khelegi” (our little girl won’t play basketball), Basant Singh Yadav said categorically, when he heard of his second daughter’s curious new affliction. “Kyun nahi, use pasand hai” (why not, she loves it!) retorted Anita Devi, the better half. […]

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 […]