From February 23 to 26, the meadow-turned-arena in Gulmarg hosted the sixth edition of the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG), and while the usual heavyweights carved their familiar arcs across the slopes, something else, something quieter but far more electric, was unfolding. A new generation was arriving. They came with borrowed skis, southern accents, paramilitary…
On a wind-carved ridge above Gulmarg, where the snow gleams with the promise of ambition, three young Indian alpine skiers are carving more than lines into ice. They are carving a future. The three athletes in focus, Sahil Thakur, Syed Zain, and Faizan Ahmad Lone have a single mentor and a single dream. What binds…
Renowned Indian Ice skater Vishwaraj Rajen Jadeja overheard a conversation his coach Wim Nieuwenhuizen was having with someone in the Netherlands. That gentleman asked Wim, in Dutch, if Jadeja was talented. Wim replied: “No, he is not but is a Rajput. They don’t give up no matter what.” And that’s exactly what Jadeja has done…
