NEW DELHI: At one point not so long ago, Adriyan Karmakar, now 20, found himself quietly drifting away from the sport that had been part of his life for as long as he could remember.The child who once gleefully collected empty shells from his father’s rifle practice began to feel the weight of monotony, especially…
Maheshwari Chauhan (ISSF Photo) NEW DELHI: Every Indian suffered heartbreak as just one point separated Maheshwari Chauhan from what would have been a historic Olympic bronze in the skeet mixed team event at the Paris Olympics last year. The razor-thin margin (43-44) against the Chinese counterpart continues to sting, long after the dust has settled….
Suruchi Singh (@OfficialNRAI on X) NEW DELHI: In the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Mohabbatein, Amitabh Bachchan’s character, Narayan Shankar, lays down three pillars of a gurukul: “Parampara, Pratishtha, Anushasan (Tradition, Prestige, Discipline)”.For Havildar Inder Singh, these weren’t just words, but the foundation he sought when scouting for a shooting academy for his daughter Suruchi Singh in…