ishwarlamba
July 19th, 2005, 09:33 AM
Hi,
Here is a story from Indian Express, sports section.
Also our Delhi chapter of JatLand, please contact and congratulate this rising jat star in person or phone
Regards
Ishwar Lamba
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: Prachi Tehlan
Lass of the rings
She began playing the game at the age of 13, following a craze that hit her school. That craze lived long, and turned into a passion.
Shailey Hingorani
New Delhi, July 18: Genius, they say, is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. No one would agree more than Prachi Tehlan of team Aparna Ghosh. The youngest player in the League, the 15-year-old basketball player from Delhi took part in the Trial National Basketball League that concluded last Wednesday.
A torn ligament stood in Prachi’s way to be a part of the Indian team going on a tour to China. A student of Montfort, Prachi began playing the game at the age of 13, following a craze that had hit her school. That craze lived long, and turned into a passion.
“Normally, I am a late-riser. But now, I get up early every morning to go for practice.” She is so much into the game that she has little time for anything else. “After playing all day, I am very tired. So much so, that I don’t have any energy or inclination to do anything else,” she says.
Prachi stands 5’10’’ tall, and it has certainly worked to her advantage. Prachi says, “Everybody knows that height in basketball is a definite plus point.”
She admits that the sport interferes with her studies sometimes. “Basketball sometimes comes in the way of my studies. The practice drains my energy out” So how does she manage? “I study a month or two before the exams and I take a complete break from basketball. And I do manage to do pretty well,” she says
Prachi has the good fortune of having understanding parents. “My parents have always encouraged me and understood my priorities, and have never put pressure of any kind on me.” She nevertheless admits that “my parents worry about my career occasionally.”
The young girl is not planning to take up the sport professionally, but hopes to get into St. Stephen’s or Lady Shri Ram College on the basis of her sports background.
Here is a story from Indian Express, sports section.
Also our Delhi chapter of JatLand, please contact and congratulate this rising jat star in person or phone
Regards
Ishwar Lamba
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: Prachi Tehlan
Lass of the rings
She began playing the game at the age of 13, following a craze that hit her school. That craze lived long, and turned into a passion.
Shailey Hingorani
New Delhi, July 18: Genius, they say, is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. No one would agree more than Prachi Tehlan of team Aparna Ghosh. The youngest player in the League, the 15-year-old basketball player from Delhi took part in the Trial National Basketball League that concluded last Wednesday.
A torn ligament stood in Prachi’s way to be a part of the Indian team going on a tour to China. A student of Montfort, Prachi began playing the game at the age of 13, following a craze that had hit her school. That craze lived long, and turned into a passion.
“Normally, I am a late-riser. But now, I get up early every morning to go for practice.” She is so much into the game that she has little time for anything else. “After playing all day, I am very tired. So much so, that I don’t have any energy or inclination to do anything else,” she says.
Prachi stands 5’10’’ tall, and it has certainly worked to her advantage. Prachi says, “Everybody knows that height in basketball is a definite plus point.”
She admits that the sport interferes with her studies sometimes. “Basketball sometimes comes in the way of my studies. The practice drains my energy out” So how does she manage? “I study a month or two before the exams and I take a complete break from basketball. And I do manage to do pretty well,” she says
Prachi has the good fortune of having understanding parents. “My parents have always encouraged me and understood my priorities, and have never put pressure of any kind on me.” She nevertheless admits that “my parents worry about my career occasionally.”
The young girl is not planning to take up the sport professionally, but hopes to get into St. Stephen’s or Lady Shri Ram College on the basis of her sports background.