It takes the enterprise, networking, ambition, and thick skin and greed of a politician, a businessman or even a bureaucrat to build, manage and then monetise a sport in India.
One of the unintended and happy consequences of the 2010 Commonwealth Games is that it announces the rise of this new, professional, cosmopolitan Delhi as India's number one city.
To build excellence in any sport create domestic competition. In all great sporting nations, inter-state or inter-club rivalries are as passionate as between national teams at the Olympics.
Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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