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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. […]

‘SUPREME COURTS’ Powered by The purest way to experience Varanasi is to take a boat ride across the Ganga at the crack of dawn, to hear the ringing of temple bells from the ghats by your side, the splashing of morning devotees into the holy river, to smell the incense in the air, to sip […]

[Originally published on NBA.COM, as part of its ‘Local Heroes’ series, around January 2017.] Never has a name been more apt. Vishesh. That’s Hindi for ‘Special’. When it comes to basketball, the special ones are those who hustle after every loose ball, dominate each possession and have an uncanny knack of always making the right play. […]