Indian Basketball 37

The Supreme Court…. No it’s not in Delhi. It’s in every courtyard of every school of the country. Or at least that is what hoopsters in India would like you to believe.  For many of them, playing basketball is like being cast under a hypnotic spell from which there’s no escape. It’s wei wu wei of the […]

In a battle of supposed equals, Western Railway clashed with Indian Air Force in the last match of the day. This pool B match up was significant as both teams had previously beaten Maharashtra, and were unlikely to overcome the formidable Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) team (IAF, in fact, had already lost to IOB on […]

No Geethu, no problem. In their opening match in the 28th RMBT 2013, Southern Railway had little trouble dismantling the Maharashtra attack even in the absence of their iconic franchise face Geethu Anna Jose. Also not needed was Anitha Pauldurai, the other superstar in the side, who was content in cheering her team from the sidelines. In a clinical […]

  It is safe to say India is not known for its basketball, but with a population of over a billion people there surely would have come a time when an Indian would appear on America’s biggest stage, the NBA. Two players have appeared on the world stage in the last few years who have […]