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  2. Are you from Saina Nehwal’s country?

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    / May 21, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Dr Piyush Ranjan Rout   When I was studying in Rotterdam in The Netherlands a decade back, the story of BJP president Bangaru Laxman broke back home in India. Even in Europe, people knew about it as the BBC covered it and Indians became a butt of jokes. Even...

  3. Breathless, Kashyap takes your breath away

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    / May 18, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By T S Sudhir   Arvind Bhatt won the National badminton championship at Rohtak in Haryana this January. He defeated P Kashyap 21-13, 21-17  in the finals.  That’s what the records book will tell you. But there was another champion, though he remained uncrowned. Parupalli Kashyap. For him getting there required more...

  4. When will India discover a new sporting religion?

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    / May 11, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir When Saina Nehwal crashed to a shock defeat in the first round of the Indian Series Open in Delhi on April 27, a championship everyone had expected her to win, her father Dr Harvir Singh Nehwal told me that evening, “Mark my words, she will bounce...

  5. Saina will bounce back in Malaysia

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    / April 29, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Harvir Singh NehwalThe first round exit of Saina Nehwal at the Indian Open in Delhi was a shocker. She was shattered after the loss especially because she has defeated her opponent, Ai Goto from Japan, thrice before. When she spoke to me after the match, I told her she brought...
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  6. Badminton goes the tennis way

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    / April 19, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Jwala Gutta   The decision of the World Badminton Federation to introduce a new dress code for female players is not a bad idea. Personally it wouldn’t affect me that I have to wear skirts since I already play wearing skirts. But it would affect players who are not...

  7. India’s Swiss Miss

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    / March 23, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Harvir Singh Nehwal   The day Saina lost her quarter-finals match at the All-England was really very sad. She kept telling me “Papa, I am not happy. I have come here to win.” The next three days, she locked herself in her room and did a thorough post-mortem of...

  8. A fit Saina goes to All-England

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    / March 4, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Pullela Gopichand We leave for London on Saturday for the All-England championship in Birmingham, UK. Saina Nehwal has had a good preparation for five weeks continuously during which we have focused on getting her back to shape. She missed the Malaysia Open in January due to injury but played...

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