BBC reports on judge Tabassum Khan getting online threats after mob lynching conviction & NYT covers Delhi’s ‘fabled’ Gymkhana Club now ‘facing extinction under Mr Modi’s campaign’.
Sporting excellence requires more than passion. It demands infrastructure, coaching, discipline, exposure and continuity. Institutions like Gymkhana embody exactly this ecosystem.
As the members grow anxious about Delhi Gymkhana Club’s fate, they cling tightly to its rituals. The visits increased as the worry of losing the place multiplied with each passing day.
Gardeners, librarians, and waiters who depended on Delhi Gymkhana Club, which is now being described as ‘aiyashi ka adda’, say the eviction crisis has left them fearing unemployment.
The Delhi Gymkhana Club may symbolise old Lutyens privilege, but the Modi government’s real legacy is unprecedented concentration of wealth, crony capitalism and rising inequality in India.
Delhi High Court Tuesday denied interim relief to the Gymkhana Club against the Centre’s eviction notice, while recording the government’s assurance against use of force or coercion for eviction.
The L&DO had written 3 letters to club authorities in a span of nine months to clear ground rent to the tune of Rs 47.58 crore that the DGC owed to it, it is learnt.
It is sad and frustrating to see the massive talent exodus from ISRO. The reasons for this are not far to seek: lack of vision, bureaucratic rigidity and organisational inertia.
The lakeside hub in Sri Sathya Sai district aims to serve a fast-growing industrial corridor while helping startups, local entrepreneurs and skilled youth find jobs.
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.
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