Pride – the most respectable thing we have achieved this year is due to our brilliant women. The year 2016 was the year of Indian women who proved that they are not less than anyone in the world. Be it sports, entertainment, business, art or any other field, these women[Read More…]
Tag: Dipa Karmakar
Dipa Karmakar returns her BMW presented by Sachin Tendulkar
Dipa Karmakar became the talk of the town after her performance at the Rio Olympics 2016. The Indian gymnast, along with PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik was presented a BMW car by Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. However, due to the difficulties in maintenance, Dipa is all set to return[Read More…]
Indian women hockey players made to sit on train floor of Dhanbad-Allepey Express
In another example of classic ‘babudome’ in India, four women hockey players Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Sunita Lakra and Lilima Minz from Odisha were made to sit on the train floor while returning home from Rio Olympics while the other officials travelled in the business class bogey. Women activists[Read More…]
PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar conferred with Khel Ratna awards
For the first time four athletes including PV Sindhu (Badminton), Sakshi Malik (Wrestling), Dipa Karmakar (Gymnatics) and Jitu Rai (Shooting) were conferred with—India’s highest sporting honour—Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on Monday. In a star-studded ceremony, President Pranab Mukherjee gave medals, certificates and cash prize worth Rs. 7.5 lakh to[Read More…]
Despite the pain, sweat and tears, our women athletes shine in Rio
Wrestler Sakshi Malik trends at the top after clinching the bronze in the 58 kg category at the Rio Olympics. Qualifying for the repechage round, Malik managed to overturn a 0-5 loss to win 8-5. The 23-year-old is now the only woman to win a medal at the Games, and[Read More…]
Oops, I did it again- The Goel anthem at Rio
Well if you thought Salman Khan becoming the goodwill ambassador for India at Rio is the worst thing that could have happened then think again because, India’s international embarrassment, Vijay Goel has done it again. After taking Ms Shobha De’s twitter ‘advice’ very seriously, he has won a gold for[Read More…]
Don’t lose hope; here’s a list of athletes we can still count on at Rio
Even though India has not opened its medal account at the Rio Olympics and we have already witnessed the fall of some big athletes and teams, here’s a list of some other athletes we can count on. Dipa Karmakar: Dipa has risen to global fame after she executed the ‘Vault[Read More…]
Rio Olympics 2016: Day 2 round up
On second day of Rio Olympics, many great legends were in for shock as the Williams sisters lost their first ever women’s doubles match to Czech Republic players Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. The pair walked into the court with an unbeatable record of 15-0 in[Read More…]
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar chose Produnova—”Vault of Death” to outperform and win a medal
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar has become the first Indian to make a cut to individual vault finals since 1964. Karmakar, who hails from Tripura, finished at 8th position in the qualifying round. She secured 15.100 points in her first attempt—she did a Produnova, with the difficulty score of 7.000 and an[Read More…]