Category: Rising Stars

Posted in Covid 19 Updates, virtually rising

MY LIFE IN THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS

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By- Samyukta Narayanan

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It’s now the 19th day of lockdown since the Day the Earth Stood Still, life at home is falling into something resembling a routine, sporting events and travel plans are being called off, while hand sanitizer is flying off the shelves.

It is somewhat challenging to channel either of those things during a global pandemic in which you are also trying to stay mentally and physically healthy, and try as best you can to keep optimistic while the world around you seems so utterly dark.

My day starts with waking up at 12 or 12:30 pm I freshen up and eat my breakfast then I start with watching something on Netflix it could be a movie or any series then if I am feeling sleepy I sleep or I continue using Netflix or YouTube. Then about 2 or 2:30 pm I eat lunch and again after about an hour I go back to sleep I love sleeping it’s like sleeping is a meditation for me since this pandemic I’m sleeping a lot. Then I work out a for like 30 mins to stay fit and healthy eat some fruits or drink some shakes then do my assignments. This is my daily routine.

At this period of time, it’s really difficult to be optimistic but we have to. I sometimes go to the market to buy some stuff and it feels like I’m some kind of daredevil going out like this alone outside where nobody’s out like as usual. I really feel sad because I can’t go outside to play badminton in the evening before this pandemic I used to play badminton daily and I really miss it.

Sometimes I feel really trapped in my house because I can’t go outside. Every person is going through this phase. As we got to stay home police stations, hospital, journalist’s and reports didn’t get that they are still going outside and doing their jobs to keeps us safe and keeping us updated hats off to all of them who are still working.

This is a period in which we are getting a lot of time to self-analyse, to start doing something like a hobby as I’m seeing in every Instagram stories that everyone has become a chef making momo, cakes etc or you can do something that you were doing when you were in school and after completing your school you don’t have that much time now is the time when you can change something about yourself this is a precious time so use it properly. I hope everything will be fine soon.

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Virtual talent

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By Padma Dolma

Indeed it is hard for the ones who goes outside almost everyday and hardly stays at home, with a situation like COVID-19 everyone must stay at their homes. And people like Acoustic Ladakh has created a platform for those who are blessed with vocal and instrumental talents. Acoustic Ladakh is a Leh based guitar shop. They have created a platform on Instagram for the young talented people with vocal and instrumental skills to participate and win prizes like a guitar, a ukulele and a full life service for them & etc https://instagram.com/acoustiveladakh?igshid=odw392i4e4ua

Making the students of Ladakh who are stuck in their education cities like Jammu, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bangluru,etc fascinating and making their quarantine more fun without their families around to stick together. This initiative is a great move to keeping the quarantine spirit filled with positive attitude and making them occupied and also making them not wanting to go outside as well to keep themselves safe from the virus.

Image by IG account: Acoustic Ladakh
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NIKHIL BAGS GOLD IN KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY GAMES

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By Rahul Baghel

Nikhil Saini is 19 years old and the current youngest champion in under-21 boys category. Belonging to Patiala (Punjab), Nikhil is now the best class level champion in making India proud of his achievements. He started table tennis in 2010. He has 4 national medals, won Gold medal in All India University Games and recently he won Gold Medal in Khelo India University Games.

Nikhil’s father, Vijay Kumar Saini, works for the Municipal Corporation and his mother, Rajni Saini, homemaker, can proudly say that their son is the current champion in Table Tennis under-21 category. He trains at Elite Table Tennis Academy in Patiala under coach Varinder Kumar Gulati.

Gyann Loaded team interacted with Nikhil to have an insight in his life and this is how it went.

How has your game changed over the years?

There has been a lot of change. The sport of table tennis itself has had a lot of change. There were faster bats earlier and the balls were faster. Earlier there used to be only forehand players. Now you need to play both forehand and backhand. I have to be updated with the new techniques and keep my game in line with the new age. I think,especially, between 2010 to 2012, I had a big transition problem to get updated with the new system.


Do you change your mental strategies according to a specific player?

Yes very much. Because everybody is different. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. So I cannot have the same strategy. I might have some strategies which are the same but those will be my strategies. What I want to do with my game is that I need to play my forehand. I need to go hard on my forehand, which is my game. This goes on with everybody else. But it will change according to player on how I build up to get to that forehand or where exactly do I want to place the ball. So those kind of things are always variable.


Do you have memories of anything of that sort happening?

In the National Championship final, I played Vikrant Kumar. Normally his backhand is stronger than mine, that is where he takes me down. But I started to challenge him with my backhand. He didn’t know where to play and I won the match. By the time he could realize what he could do more, I was just giving more and more pressure. Even though the backhand wasn’t my strongest point, I still believed that this was the only way I could beat him because the other way around, he would beat me. His probability of beating me was more. So this was my only chance and that was what I took.

What goes through your mind when you have just lost a point?

It depends. There are so many emotions, there are so many thoughts that go through your mind during a match. It depends on when you have lost the point. What happened before. What happened after. But the best thing would be if you are in the zone. No thoughts. You lose a point, you win a point, you are there playing the next point. I try not to be negative, at least from my body language so that the opponent doesn’t get too easily confident.


How much of the advantage your height gives you?

It’s both ways. Because being tall near the table, I need to bend a lot. And I feel cramped. Claustrophobic. So I need to always take a distance. I need to take space, but at the same time, the ball doesn’t go out of my reach as I am tall and the table is small. So it’s both of an advantage and disadvantage.


When the coach gives you instructions, how much of the information do you go on to implement?

You need to try to do it 100 percent if you trust the coach. It’s always better to have someone in that corner who you trust than someone you don’t and then you play along.