Category: Vintage Column

I was delighted to receive New Years Greetings from Ashok Kumar who represented Indian Hockey offence with distinction. He was known for his stick work and dribbling. The card carried the photos of Dhyan Chand ...

It was in mid – 1955 that I was transferred from Gorakhpur to Nainital as Additional District Magistrate Incharge of Nainital District. During my long acquaintance with hockey I have never seen a place where ...

On the eve of independence I was transferred from Bulandshahar district that bordered on the Punjab to Deoria that bordered on Bihar. From Deoria I shifted to Kasia or Kushinagar, the last resting place of ...

Let us resume our account of the pilgrim’s progress; after a stay of nine months in Bijnor dotted with hockey matches and Mushairas – those were spacious times when official work was relieved by recreational ...

My first posting was as a Deputy Collector in Bijnore district of Uttar Pradesh. A suite of rooms in Stubbs Club became my abode. It opened on the Tennis Court. I had my first lessons ...

Let me introduce myself first in the context of a lifelong interest in Hockey. I started playing hockey at the age of seven (Unao in U.P. 1927) and continued it for forty years. To play ...