Deshpande, a legendary guru and one of the sport’s foremost authorities, knows Mallakhamb better than perhaps anyone. Though he carries a deceptive slouch in his slight frame, the sprightly 60 ...

CHITRADURGA: This is another version of the great Indian rope trick: asanas and acrobatics mid-air, entwined in a hagga (rope). Malli Hagga, which literally mea ...

“I wish I had practiced sports when I was young. It is thrilling. I came to watch my friend’s son who is from Mumbai. It is the first time I have watched Malkhamb,” says Suhas Jadhav, a ...