Somewhere along the way, play became a scheduled activity instead of something that just happened. It became a slot you could miss, a plan you had to stick to, an hour you paid for and better not waste.
The Washington Post reporters are measuring bodily responses and assessing triggers, zooming in on a neighbourhood where residents have formed a group, Pickleball Noise Relief.
For Delhi entrepreneurs, pickleball courts are inexpensive to set up and quick to monetise. Operators say monthly profits can easily reach Rs 5 lakh, if not more.
The fact that District 9 is open all day and night gives it an edge. ‘There has not been a single day, except on rainy ones, that we have not been booked solid,’ head of operations Amit Ajwani told ThePrint.
Forget clubs and lounges—Ahmedabad’s action now unfolds on blue-brown pickleball courts, lit up like cricket stadiums, with games running well past midnight.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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