Indian Basketball Photojournalist
Indian Basketball Photojournalist
Originally published on June 4, 2024 A winter evening in Udaipur, Rajasthan saw a couple of lads furiously changing the scores manually on a scoreboard during the finals of India’s 72nd National Basketball Championship. No sooner had they tallied a…
Originally published on July 31, 2021 Some of India’s best basketball players hail from Tamil Nadu and Punjab. While the two states are over 2,000 km apart, there is a common thread unifying some of our basketball stars from these…
Originally published on May 31, 2021 Sleep eluded Sahaij Pratap Singh Sekhon in Manama, Bahrain. When you dream about playing for the Indian basketball team, you see yourself hitting game-winners, throwing down powerful dunks, pulling off ankle-breakers, making the tricolor,…
A number of oppressors and invaders charging into India have had to beat a hasty retreat, with their tails between their legs, by the ever-reliable defense of the brave Sikh warriors. Even when being outnumbered, these bravehearts made a mockery…
It all started with a ball and a ring. In the Mahabharata, Dronacharya became the guru of Pandavas and Kauravas after retrieving a ball and a ring from a well around which the young princes were playing. Guru Dronacharya’s training…
“With the 52nd pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Dallas Mavericks select Satnam Singh”, announced Mark Tatum, NBA Deputy Commissioner during the 2015 NBA Draft, and history was made for Indian basketball. India, the nation of a billion-plus, finally…
There’s a vast undercurrent of movement underway in Indian basketball, ready to sweep the country in the form of a basketball renaissance. The UBA Pro Basketball League Season 4 is set to tip off on 16th February, 2017 at the…
“Jaan Lagao!” (Play with Heart!) roared an exasperated Jagdeep Singh Bains as his team, Punjab, trailed against ONGC in the finals of Savio Cup invitational tournament in 2012. A leader who acts like a defibrillator for his team, his emotional…
“I’m very excited to go visit the camp again. I know I’ll be coming back a lot fitter after it.” – Jagdeep Watch a feature on Jagdeep at the UBA US Pro Performance Camp here. Jagdeep Bains is one of…