Boxing
The Second Season That Never Came: For India's Women Boxers, the Real Opponent Is the Calendar2026-10-25On the night of 24 November 2026, at Delhi's KD Jadhav Hall, Mary Kom beat...
The Services Payroll, 1,146 Scorecards and One Empty Column: The Real Selection Arithmetic of Indian Boxing2026-10-30The file from the national camp in Patiala had been open on my laptop for thr...
Behind the Split Decision: Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Fought at Selection Trials, Not on the Scorecard2026-10-26Hamburg, 2026. The bantamweight quarterfinal of the World Championships. Gaur...
41 Names, Three Chairs: The Ledger Indian Boxing Never Publishes2026-10-2641 Names, Three Chairs: The Ledger Indian Boxing Never Publishes Three chairs...
The Services Payroll, 1,146 Scorecards and One Empty Column: The Real Selection Arithmetic of Indian BoxingThe file from the national camp in Patiala had been open on my laptop for thr...
Behind the Split Decision: Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Fought at Selection Trials, Not on the ScorecardHamburg, 2026. The bantamweight quarterfinal of the World Championships. Gaur...
41 Names, Three Chairs: The Ledger Indian Boxing Never Publishes41 Names, Three Chairs: The Ledger Indian Boxing Never Publishes Three chairs...
The Quota Sold, the Season Didn't: Indian Boxing's Ledger After ParisI begin with the autopsy, because the verdict usually hides the incentives. S...
The Second Season That Never Came: For India's Women Boxers, the Real Opponent Is the CalendarOn the night of 24 November 2026, at Delhi's KD Jadhav Hall, Mary Kom beat...
India's Zero-Medal Boxing Question: Audit the Payroll, Not the PodiumOn a November morning in 2026 I was sitting inside Delhi's K.D. Jadhav Hall...
The Abolition of 49kg and the Arithmetic of Seven Slots: A Report from Patiala's Weigh-in CorridorThe corridor behind the SAI hall in Patiala is twelve feet wide and holds...
The Empty Hall's Ledger: Indian Boxing's Real Calendar Is Written in the Months Between QualifiersHook The lights at the SAI NIS hall in Patiala come on at half past six, and...
A 52kg Medal, a 50kg Career: The Selection Ledger of Indian BoxingThe evening Nikhat Zareen's hand was raised at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadi...
Paris's Empty Haul and the Scorecard Nobody Had a System to RewindAfter India's boxing campaign at the Paris Olympics ended, I did what I have...
Behind the Split Decision: Indian Boxing's Real Fight Is Fought at Selection Trials, Not on the ScorecardHamburg, 2026. The bantamweight quarterfinal of the World Championships. Gaur...
41 Names, Three Chairs: The Ledger Indian Boxing Never Publishes41 Names, Three Chairs: The Ledger Indian Boxing Never Publishes Three chairs...
The Quota Sold, the Season Didn't: Indian Boxing's Ledger After ParisI begin with the autopsy, because the verdict usually hides the incentives. S...
The Second Season That Never Came: For India's Women Boxers, the Real Opponent Is the CalendarOn the night of 24 November 2026, at Delhi's KD Jadhav Hall, Mary Kom beat...
India's Zero-Medal Boxing Question: Audit the Payroll, Not the PodiumOn a November morning in 2026 I was sitting inside Delhi's K.D. Jadhav Hall...
The Abolition of 49kg and the Arithmetic of Seven Slots: A Report from Patiala's Weigh-in CorridorThe corridor behind the SAI hall in Patiala is twelve feet wide and holds...
The Empty Hall's Ledger: Indian Boxing's Real Calendar Is Written in the Months Between QualifiersHook The lights at the SAI NIS hall in Patiala come on at half past six, and...
A 52kg Medal, a 50kg Career: The Selection Ledger of Indian BoxingThe evening Nikhat Zareen's hand was raised at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadi...
Paris's Empty Haul and the Scorecard Nobody Had a System to RewindAfter India's boxing campaign at the Paris Olympics ended, I did what I have...