A cluster of hockey sticks, one of them made of wood, lean against rows of books in the airy room of Pratap Chandra Kumar, teacher-in-charge of Gamhariya’s Government Upgraded Middle School. “Now their interest is not just in academics; hockey is also taking up a lot of their time,†said Kumar, referring to his 139 … Continue reading Here, hockey means hope of a better life
Today is International Women’s Day. We are very proud of all the girls involved in our projects in India. ‘If you educate a man, you educate a person. If you educate a woman, you educate a family’.
“In India, you learn to play on artificial turf when you are 16 or 18 years old, by which time you have developed a certain style that is not suitable for the surface. This is the area of development that India and certain other Asian countries missed after the 1980s or the 1990s,†says the … Continue reading Bovelander: “India needs a good programme to get back on top”
