I feel othered by my own state: Uttarakhand's Asian C'ship silver-winner boxer Kavinder Bisht
He is just back from winning the biggest medal of his career but Indian boxer Kavinder Singh Bisht is still a slightly disappointed man. The reason: "I feel othered by my own state." The boxer won a 56kg category silver medal at the Asian Championship in Bangkok last week, fighting his final bout with an injury above his right eye which opened up to make it a bloody affair. Hailing from Uttarakhand, the 26-year-old Bisht told PTI that his state's "refusal to even acknowledge his performance" because... Читать дальше...