Author: K. Arumugam

Losing tournaments have been a routine shame for India. Indian hockey is replete with instances of losing allotted international tournaments for one reason or other. This has been sad part of Indian hockey. That’s why ...

Shifting CT: India pays for its collective sin Every National Sports Federation in India is headed by at least a Minister or a leading public figure. We are not happy about that but at least ...

SANTHI MARY, WIDOW OF TRIPLE OLYMPIAN VJ PETER: “My dear Peter. Am not alone. You have left many of your friends to take care of me”. My husband died 14 years ago. Yes, he won ...

Hockey India works on war-footing and bans two players On Saturday India had two important sittings. One, the parliament worked on an otherwise holiday to chart out a plan to end the fast of Corruption ...

Sympathy swells for VJ Peter’s widow after Nehru Society’s gesture The catalyst role played by the Delhi-based Nehru Hockey Society – which announced a Rs.2 lac purse to the needy widow of triple Olympian VJ ...

Some patterns are too familiar in Indian hockey that cannot escape one’s eyes. These keep repeating, never fade. For instance, like whenever a new coach is appointed one can easily predict whom the players he ...

Padamshree Pargat Singh harasses current star players, it should stop See who is harassing current Indian hockey stars? The five top players who skipped just two days of training to attend a press conference – ...

The ground just overlooks the skyscraper The Lalit hotel, a five-star luxury where Hockey India conducts all its business and also holds all its press conferences. But it is sure those high-fis would never know ...