Boxing
Nikhat's 50kg: The Weight-Class Map Was Decided Before the Judges' Cards2026-10-23At the North Paris Arena, when Wu Yu's hand went up against Nikhat Zareen in...
The Paper Trail: Paris's Zero Was Written in Kilograms, Not in a Talent Deficit2026-10-23On a June morning at the national camp in Patiala, a start list was taped up...
Paris Zero and the LA28 Map: Which Weight Class Opens Indian Boxing's Ledger2026-10-23Six Indian bout sheets from Paris sit clipped together in my file, and one...
A Quota Won in Bangkok, a Quota Lost in Hisar: Indian Boxing's Ledger from Paris to Los Angeles2026-10-23June 2, 2026, Bangkok. The moment the 57kg semifinal at the second World...
Nikhat's 50kg: The Weight-Class Map Was Decided Before the Judges' CardsAt the North Paris Arena, when Wu Yu's hand went up against Nikhat Zareen in...
The Paper Trail: Paris's Zero Was Written in Kilograms, Not in a Talent DeficitOn a June morning at the national camp in Patiala, a start list was taped up...
Paris Zero and the LA28 Map: Which Weight Class Opens Indian Boxing's LedgerSix Indian bout sheets from Paris sit clipped together in my file, and one...
A Quota Won in Bangkok, a Quota Lost in Hisar: Indian Boxing's Ledger from Paris to Los AngelesJune 2, 2026, Bangkok. The moment the 57kg semifinal at the second World...
The Patiala Register: Eleven Names, Four Weights, and the Paper That Decides Who FightsAt the far end of the ground-floor corridor in the SAI NIS hostel in Patiala...
On Both Sides of the Scale: India's Weight-Class Roulette and the Empty LA28 CalendarThe corridor behind the SAI hall in Bhiwani smelled like bleach, and nobody w...
The Weight-In Queue and the Empty Column: Auditing Indian Boxing's Process from Paris Zero to the LA28 Quota MapIn the SAI NIS campus at Patiala, the weigh-in queue forms at seven in the...
Six Boxers, Zero Medals: Indian Boxing Didn't Lose in Paris — Somebody Closed Its Old RoadThere were six Indian names in the Paris Olympic boxing draw. By the first we...
From Paris Zero to LA28: India's Real Boxing Fight Is Being Fought on the Entry FormThe whiteboard outside the hall at NIS Patiala is the most honest document on...
Amman's Nine Quotas, Six Years Later: The Foundations That Never Made the BoardMarch 2026, Amman. The sanitizer queues outside the hall were getting longer...
India's Boxing Ledger Was Closed in Busto Arsizio, Not ParisOn the flight back from Paris my laptop had two numbers open — 9 and 6. India...
They Took Down the 49kg Board, and Eight Payrolls ShookAt 6:40 in the morning at the SAI NIS hall in Patiala, gloves were cracking o...
The Third Column: Indian Boxing's Real Transfer Window Is the NOC QueueThe same wooden bench at Saroornagar Indoor Stadium where, in 2026, I logged ...