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Surf’s up: A Beginner’s Guide to Surfing in India
Keen to get to the beach with your surfboard ? This guide has everything you need to know before you hit the waves in India. Have you ever stared enviously at surfers riding the ocean swells and...
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Record Breaking Swimmer Bhakti Sharma on Her Struggles, Victories and the...
Meet Bhakti Sharma, the 26-year-old open water swimmer who has already swum in all five ocean of the world. Here are some glimpses of her inspiring journey. “My mother is a swimmer. She started...
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How Maneesha Keer Went from Selling Fishes to Winning Gold Medals in Shooting...
It was not so long ago that Maneesha Keer would start her day by helping her father catch fish in Bhopal’s Upper Lake. Catching and selling fish is the main source of income for Maneesha and nine other...
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Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra wins Gold Medal, Breaks World Record Too!
Eighteen-year-old javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became India’s second ever person to win a gold medal at an IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) world championship event. The...
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This 18-Year-Old Fought Child Marriage to Finish Education & Become a...
Chanda was engaged when she was just a year-and-a-half old. This is how she conquered one hurdle after another to fulfil her dreams and is helping many others do the same. Chanda Jat, 18, belongs to...
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This Padma Shri Awardee is the First Woman in the World to Sky-Dive From the...
Shital Mahajan, the first woman in the world to have executed a sky-dive from the North and South Poles, has 5 World Records and 14 National Records to her name. Pune-based Shital Mahajan was...
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#ChasingTheGold: How OP Jaisha Went from Eating Mud for Survival to Competing...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India's sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App. From abject poverty to slumps in her...
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#ChasingTheGold: Meet Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, India’s Hope for a Gold in...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India’s sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App. For Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the...
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#ChasingTheGold: Meet Dipa Karmakar, the First Indian Gymnast to Qualify for...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India’s sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App. Tripura girl Dipa Karmakar has made...
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#ChasingTheGold: How Archer Deepika Kumari, the Daughter of a Rickshaw...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India’s sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App. Jharkhand archer Deepika Kumari's...
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#ChasingTheGold: Why India’s Current Men’s Hockey Team Could Revive Indian...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India’s sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App. The Indian men's hockey team's recent...
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Why Private Funding of Olympic Athletes Is Positive News for Indian Sports
In a country like India where infrastructure, education and health care are still pressing needs for most of the population, the budget for sports is limited. Facilities for sportsmen and women, good...
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TBI Blogs: How Wrestler Sakshi Malik Overcame Impossible Odds to Win India...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India’s sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App. Haryana wrestler, Sakshi Malik made...
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#ChasingTheGold: PV Sindhu Faces Okuhara Today. Here’s All You Need to Know...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India’s sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App. India's hope for a second medal at the...
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A Behind the Scenes Look at How Gopichand Prepared P V Sindhu to Win Big at Rio
As P V Sindhu storms into the women's badminton final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, here's a look behind the scenes at the training that went into making her a champion and the man responsible for it....
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From Injuries to Slumps in His Career, Here’s How Olympian Yogeshwar Dutt’s...
#ChasingTheGold: A series on the lesser known stories of India’s sporting stars, presented by The Better India in collaboration with Knappily, the Knowledge App A look at Haryana-born wrestler...
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From Waiter to Olympian: Meet Manish Rawat, the Unsung Hero Who Made India...
Rio Olympics 2016 gave India new sporting icons in Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik and P.V.Sindhu, but there were also several heartening stories of Indian players that went unnoticed in the race for...
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In Azamgarh, One Coach Nurtures the Dreams of 18 Girl Wrestlers to Help India...
A tiny village called Nibi in UP is nurturing the dreams of 18 young girls who, inspired by Sakshi Malik's bronze medal winning performance at the Rio Olympics, hope to bring laurels to India too some...
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TBI Blogs: This Wheelchair Tennis Player Hopes to Win Gold for India in 2020...
International wheelchair tennis player, Prathima Rao has her eyes set on the 2020 Paralympics to take place in Tokyo. The only thing holding her back is an old wheelchair. Bangalore-based Prathima Rao...
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Meet Blind Athlete Ankur Dhama, One of India’s Foremost Medal Hopes at the...
It is a little known fact that India’s first Olympic gold medal in an individual sport was actually won by one of India's para athletes, Devendra Jhajharia. Devendra is an amputee who won the javelin...
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