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The Tatas have been like Godfathers to sports.
– Michael Ferreira, billiards champ
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FEB 26, 1996; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Duarah sets pole vault mark
R. Duarah of Telco set a new meet mark in the pole vault event
while V. Vinu also of Telco and N. Kalamalini of Titan Industries
became the fastest man and woman of the 58th annual athletic
championship of the Tata Sports Club which concluded at the
Shiv Chhatrapati sports city Mahalunge-Balewadi near here
today.
41 Arjuna awardees, 36 Asian Games medallists, 11 Padma Shris, 3 Dronacharya awardees, 6 World Championship winners, a pride of Commonwealth and Asian champs. And
still counting. It’s perhaps what Jamsetji Tata had in mind when he instructed his son Dorabji to “reserve large areas for football, hockey and parks” when planning the steel
township of Jamshedpur. A glimpse of some sporting encounters
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Tatas plan to set up an athletics
academy soon
The managing director of Tata Steel, B. Muthuraman said the
private sector steel major would set up an athletics academy, the
first of its kind in the country, by the end of this financial year.
Muthuraman made this announcement at a cakecutting
ceremony to celebrate new year at the J R D Tata sports complex
here on Thursday evening. Speaking on the occasion, the TISCO
MD said sports has become an important part of our society and
the proposed academy was a step towards Tata Steel’s
commitment in discharging its social responsibility. He expressed
the hope that the athletics academy would help promote sports as
well as produce good athletes in the future.
Expressing satisfaction over the major championships
organised successfully by Tata Steel in the year gone by,
Muthuraman assured sports lovers that Tata Steel would continue
to host mega sports events in the steel city to promote sports in
the country.
CRICKET
The victory march
ARCHERY
Taking aim
Meet the stars of the Tata Archery Academy
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Take a bow, Jayanta
Ganguly benefited
from Times
Shield: Rege
Times Shield deserves prime slot, says Raj Singh
Dungarpur; Tata Sports Club presented a special trophy
Young Indian archer Jayanta Talukdar’s upset title win in men’s
recurve section at the first-ever Archery World Cup held in
Porec, Croatia has made him the ‘rising star’ of a sport
dominated by the Koreans and Italians.
The 19-year-old went into the tournament—the first in a
series of four—as a rank outsider (No. 23 in the world) but
returns with the gold medal and a prize money of $1000 after
stunning Atlanta Olympics silver medallist Magnus Petersson
of Sweden 108-105 in the final.
Earlier on Saturday, Talukdar, who won the Asian Grand
Prix in Bangkok last February, accounted for World No. 1 and
Athens Olympics gold medallist, Marco Galiazzo of Italy, 109108 winning on the last arrow. The Guwahati-born, who has
now jumped to the fourth spot in latest world rankings, also
leads the World Cup rankings with 25 points. If the Tata Archery
Academy trainee can maintain his good show in at least two of
the remaining three World Cups coming up in Antalya (Turkey),
June 7-10, San Salvador (El Salvador), June 20-25 and Shanghai
(China), September 27-30, the Indian will figure in the top four
rankings and book a ticket for the World Cup final to be held in
Merida, Mexico on October 22.
Talukdar’s fine show is also a big boon for the Archery
Association of India as his first-place finish helped India to the
fourth place in the nation’s ranking with 45 points. The top-10
nations, determined by adding the points won by the top four
archers from a country, will win prizes ranging from $1000 to
$15,000 at the end of the fourth World Cup in Shanghai.
The only dampener in Porec was the absence of the
Koreans. The other top performers for India in Porec were
Reena Kumari (8th in women’s recurve), Jhanu Hansda (8th in
women’s compound) and Ravindhar Nenavath (13th in men’s
recurve). In the team events, which don’t count towards the
rankings, India won the silver medal in women’s compound
section.
Jayanta stunned Atlanta Olympics’ silver medallist Magnus
Petersson to win top honours
Tata Sports Club have won the Times Shield
Cricket Tournament a record 17 times. And the
name that figures prominently with the mention of
cricket at Tatas is that of Milind Rege. Rege it was
who instantly saw talent in the likes of Samir
Dighe, Jatin Paranjpe, Sairaj Bahutule, Paras
Mhambrey, Kiran More, Abey Kuruvilla, and more
recently Kiran Powar and Ajit Agarkar. See where
they have all gone now! While Kuruvilla is playing
for the nation, Agarkar is being considered a
future India prospect. Rege himself represented
Tatas during three separate decades; sixties,
seventies and eighties. He was also skipper of the
team for almost eight years and from 1984
onwards till now, he is the honorary secretary for
cricket at the Club. That apart, he is also Divisional
Manager (Corporate Communication) besides
being a Mumbai selector. In a long chat with Anant
Gaundalkar, Rege speaks on the tournament that
has been the perfect breeding ground for
youngsters who someday hope to hit the jackpot.
Excerpts:
How important is the Times Shield?
It is the greatest local tournament that one can
ever play in. It is the most prestigious tournament
in the entire country that any organisation aims to
win. It also provides a perfect platform for
youngsters to interact with past and present Test
stars. With proximity to Test cricketers, the
confidence level of the juniors automatically goes
up.
Any individual you can name where the Times
Shield has made a difference to him?
Of course. A classic example is that of current
sensation Saurav Ganguly.
“The Mumbai Cricket Association should
allot the Times Shield cricket tournament
a prominent slot in the year’s cricket
calendar and the Board of Control for
Cricket in India will back it to the hilt,”
said chief guest Raj Singh Dungarpur at
the awards ceremony of the Times Shield
cricket tournament at the C.K. Nayudu
hall, CCI, on Saturday.
Tata Sports Club, who have made it to
the Times Shield ‘A’ Division final 35 times
(approximately) and have the distinction of
claiming it for a record 17 times were
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IN THE SPIRIT OF SPORTSMANSHIP
CELEBRATE
FORGIVENESS;
KSHAMAVANI PARV
Ashwin. Kshamavani Day marks
the conclusion of the Maha Parv
of self-purification. Kshama is a
Sanskrit word. Its first letter ‘ksha’
embodies a knot. The second letter ‘ma’ means a ban, meaning
thereby that wielding a knot in
your heart for any jiva is banned.
Bear malice towards none. Harbour feelings of goodwill and
friendship for one and all. Abandon all passions like anger, egoism, hypocrisy and greed that hold
the soul to bondage. Passions attract karmic particles which get
fastened to the soul. Without eschewing passions lock, stock and
barrel, the attainment of the liberation, the supreme goal of our
life cannot be accomplished.
An eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth is beastly conduct,
whereas forgiveness for an offence
is divine. Subvert anger by forgiveness. Subdue pride by modesty
and overcome animosity, hatred
through love and compassion.
Horrible killings are globally taking place in the name of religion.
Jain tenets strongly forbid to observe any ideology that is biased
or ignorant.
Sandalwood perfumes even the
axe that hews it down. Burn it
and its perfume wafts all around.
Such is the enchanting beauty of
forgiveness in life. Forgiveness is
the attribute of the brave.
We need profound love to forgive but need more humility to
ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness
is the topmost virtue of self. It is
the best tradition of Jain Darshan.
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Indian archers (from left) Dola Banerjee, Deepika Kumari and Rimil Buriuly
OCT 19, 2010; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Deepika gets Rs 10 lakh
Commonwealth Games medal winning archers of Tata Archery Academy (TAA)
were today handed cash rewards for their achievements in the mega event at a
reception here.
Archers Deepika Kumar (two gold), Rahul Banerjee (one gold and one bronze)
and Jayanta Talukdar (two bronze) were given a warm welcome on their return
today with a large number of sportspersons and officials of TAA and Jharkhand
Archery Association receiving them.
The archers reached the steel city along with TAA coaches Purnima Mahto,
also the coach of Indian women archery team at CWG, and Dharmendra Tiwari.
Tata Steel vice-president (corporate services), Sanjiv Paul handed a cheque
of Rs 10 lakh to Deepika Kumari, Rs 6 lakh to Rahul Banerjee and Rs 2 lakh to
Jayanta Talukdar.
HOCKEY TRICKS
Fine performances by Rimil Buriuly and
Dola Banerjee helped the Indian
women’s recurve team finish in the
World Cup archery (Stage IV) FITA
round in Shanghai on Thursday.
World champions Korea and Russia
came first and second, respectively.
The Indian team, which also included
rookie Pratima Boro, netted a score of
3974 points. The Koreans aggregated
4100 and Russians 4007.
The Indians will meet 14thranked
Kazakhstan in the first-round of the
team elimination on Saturday.
The 18-year-old Rimil, from Jamshedpur, was the toast of the team as she
totalled 1344 points to take the sixth
slot.
Junior international and a team silver medal winner at the 2008 youth
world championship in Turkey, Rimil
came into the senior side early this
year as the fourth member and travelled to Dominican Republic for the
first World Cup.
Rimil, a cadet of Tata Archery Academy, shot 334 points over the 70m distance to be placed second overall behind Korean Yun Ok-Hee (336).
The Korean achieved a world record
in the 60m with a score of 353, bettering her compatriot Kim Yu-Mi’s score of
351 set in 2004.
Dola was 11th overall with a score of
1331 and the Railway employee
emerged the fifth best in the 30m distance scoring 353.
NOV 30, 1997;
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AUG 31, 1996; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Tata scrape through
Forward Harbhajan Singh scored three goals as strong contender
Border Security Force (BSF) opened their campaign in style
trouncing SAIL XI Rourkela 7-2 in the league matches of the 4th Bhim
Sain hockey tournament here on Friday.
In other matches of the day, Tata Sports Club Mumbai
overpowered spirited Air India Academy 3-2.
MAY 31, 1998;
THE TIMES OF INDIA
Tata win
hockey title
Tata claim
Police Cup
Tata Sports Club won the
BHA's Bombay Provincial
Hockey Championship title
with a 2-0 win over Mumbai
Customs in the final at the
Mahindra stadium,
Churchgate, on Saturday.
Tata Sports Club lifted the IInd
Police Cup hockey tournament
when they beat Rashtriya
Chemicals and Fertilizers 3-1
in an engrossing final at the
Naigaum Police ground on
Saturday.
batsmen having scored 189 runs each
against Sungrace Mafatlal and Western
Railway respectively.
The best bowler award went to RCF’s
Nilesh Kulkarni. The leftarm spinner had
an amazing haul of five wickets for one
run off 10 overs against Mahindra and
Mahindra.
Mahindra and Mahindra won the award
for the fastest scoring team – 306 in 74.3
overs at an average of 4.12 runs per over –
in the match against Tata Sports Club, the
eventual champions.
APR 4, 2000; THE TIMES OF INDIA
It’s 18 Times for Tatas
Tata Sports Club scored one of their more
emphatic of 18 triumphs in the ‘A’ Division
Times Cricket Shield tournament when
trouncing Sun-Grace Mafatlal by an
innings and 63 runs soon after lunch on
the fourth and final day at the Wankhede
stadium on Monday.
Left-arm medium-pacer Sandeep
Dahad, the first innings wrecker, used
brain not brawn while claiming the wickets
of left-handers Hrishikesh Shende and
Rohan Gavaskar to have three in the
second. After Gavaskar had slammed him
for a straight four, Dahad bowled a fulllength ball, which the left-hander edged to
Agarkar at slip.
After that play became a little lighthearted, with the Tata regulars being
AUG 7, 2009; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Rimil, Dola help
India to 3rd place
presented with a special trophy for their
extraordinary achievement. Incidentally,
Tata’s claimed the 1996-97 title beating
SunGrace in the final. The function was
graced by former India captains Polly
Umrigar, G.S. Ramchand, Ajit Wadekar and
former Test cricketers Dilip Sardesai and
Balwinder Singh Sandhu, apart from
Mumbai’s uncrowned cricketing prince
Padmakar Shivalkar.
Jatin Paranjpe of Tata Sports Club and
Sulakshan Kulkarni of Rashtriya Chemicals
and Fertilisers were adjudged the best
rested in the oppressive conditions and
the non-regulars taking over. Sun-Grace
opener Milind Tamhane used the
opportunity to slam a hundred (110, 146
balls 1 six, 15 fours) with well-timed back
foot cuts and drives. Also revelling was
Tata batsman Kiran Powar, who turned his
arm over for some ten overs of off-spin
(like brother Ramesh), claiming three
wickets – those of Tamhane, Amit Pagnis
and Vinod Kambli, all to fine catches in the
deep by substitute Abhijit Shetye, who is a
reserve keeper. The last one that ushered
in the win, was brilliant as he had to cup
the ball inches off the turf at long- off.
Milind Rege, the Tata cricket secretary,
said “ winning the Times Shield is a great
experience, nothing to beat it”.
FEB 14, 2006; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Sinimol signs off with a
gold in Pattaya
Sinimol Paulose won the gold medal in women's 1,500 metres to
help India end their campaign on a shining note in the Asian
indoor athletics championship in Pattaya, Thailand.
The Tata Athletics Academy cadet clocked four minutes, 18.29
seconds in the event to claim the only gold for the country in the
championship, which concluded at the Thai Beach resort on
Sunday.
AUG 29, 2009; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Where sports is a way of life
Rita Banerjee has a habit of walking, she does so everyday in the
evening. Around 5 pm, Rita hits the synthetic track at the J R D
Tata Stadium in Jamshedpur, built and maintained by Tata Steel,
and starts a brisk five-lap regimen.
Rita is not alone. There are others like her, ladies in sarees,
salwar-kameez and even jeans and T-shirt. All walk at their premeditated pace for pre-determined laps.
Even as Rita walks, Bagicha Singh, a former middle-distance
runner, Arjuna Award winner and an Asian champion, strolls by.
At times, she can even see Charles Borromeo, a Padma Shri
awardee and Asian Games gold medallist in 800m, keeping a
keen watch on her strides.
Rita is quite unmindful of the presence of these luminaries,
or for that matter, of the trainees of the Tata Athletics Academy,
as the would-be Olympians jog past on the same track, warming
up for the evening's grind. After all, Rita comes across them
every day, and feels it unnecessary to stop and admire the
talent of the future and the past, which is in abundance in the
Steel City.
Sports is a way of life here and Rita is just living up to it.
When B Muthuraman, managing director of Tata Steel, steps
up to receive the Rashtriya Khel Prothsahan award from
President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan on Saturday,
it will be just an official recognition for what has been known for
years: that for this corporate giant, sports is indeed a way of life.
FOOTBALL
APR 13, 2004; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Tough fight ahead
Eighteen TFA trainees will 'graduate' from the academy
today. Saumyajit Basu visited the Steel City to perform a
reality check on the boys whose stock in the Indian football
market is on the rise
“Hello, who, Deepak? ...Oh! you have a match then...I saw
him. He is not good enough...OK, find some time and come
over, Bye”
The soccer season is drawing to a close and the fifth
batch of the boys are about to graduate from the Tata
Football Academy. Chief coach Ranjan Chowdhury's
telephone is ringing off the hook. Clubs and agents are
requesting for campus interviews as the job market is hotting
up.
The only soccer academy worth its name, the TFA is
gearing up for the graduation ceremony scheduled for
Tuesday.
No other under-graduate group in the history of the TFA
has travelled so widely and earned accolades.
Choudhury, with a confident grin on his face, comes up
with a brief introduction of the group. “This may not be the
most talented bunch but there are many firsts that the group
has achieved. They have huge international exposure that
includes trophywinning outings in Ireland and Wales. Their
achievements in the British Isles are epoch-making though
due importance has not been given to them. There are also a
few boys from this batch who have earned call-ups to the
senior national camp. It’s definitely a matter of pride for us.”
The serious-looking Habibur Rehman Mondol of Basirhat,
chirpy Vimal Pariyar of Sodepur and “gentle giant”
Gourmangi of Meghalaya had their share of glory when
national coach Stephen Constantine asked them to join the
pre-World Cup camp at Kochi before India's match against
Oman last month. Vimal, however, is a year younger and
won’t be graduating this year. He injured his right knee in
Islamabad and may even need an operation. “This is a very
crucial period of their career. They need all the help and
guidance now which we try and provide. One wrong decision
may jeopardise their careers,” says director Satish Pillai, an
Asian silver medalist during India’s golden days in long jump.
“Already seven boys have given their verbal commitment
to Mohun Bagan. A few will go to East Bengal as well. JCT,
Salgaocar, Churchill Brothers and the rest are also sending
us feelers. We have a 100 per cent placement record,” the
director quipped with a wink.
A look at the current list gives the impression that it has
better defenders than strikers. It is a phenomenon that is
both worrying as well as heartening.
Choudhury agreed: “This group definitely has better
defenders. If they don’t get carried away by their success
and new-found fame then Habibur, Gourmangi, Subhas,
Gurpreet, Subrata and Subhashis, among others, will be
assets to the senior India team in near future."
There may not be a genuine goal poacher in the group,
but Jerry Zirsanga and Malswama have dazzled in the box
whenever they have represented the country. The two were
named in the U-17 Asian all-star team.
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JUN 4, 1932;
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Jainism is self-originated. No
Tirthankar founded it. It has,
however, produced Tirthankars.
Jinology does not perceive the existence of God. It acknowledges
the self as atman.
Jinas have elucidated Daslakshan Dharma or the 10 noble
virtues of the soul, namely, forgiveness, humility, sincerity, purity, truthfulness, self-restraint,
penance, charity, non-possession
and celibacy. These intrinsic
characteristics of the self are vigorously practiced and reverently
venerated during Daslakshan
Maha Parv which falls thrice a
year.
It commences with Kshama
Dharma and also concludes with
Kshamavani Parv on the first day
of the dark half of the month of
JAN 3, 2004; THE TIMES OF INDIA
Splendid TFA are worthy winners
It was like a classic ambush. Even as prizes were being
distributed, Tata Football Academy (TFA) striker Lalanpuia
and sweeper Warundeep Singh gathered all their friends.
Seconds more and they pounced on their coach Ranjan
Chowdhury, held him high and tossed him up. Up he went
and came down and up again...
Only a month back, during the Durand Cup, everyone
had disparaged TFA and only Ranjan had stood by his boys.
On this chilly Monday, it was redemption and repayment
time. TFA upstaged Bengal Mumbai Football Club (BMFC) 20 to lift the 16th Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial football
tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium. The two strikers –
Lalanpuia (24th) and Vimal Pariyar (62nd) - delivered the
goals.
There were reasons for the uproarious chanting in the
TFA dressing room not getting confined to the four walls.
Their display was scintillating and mature, its warmth
balancing the sudden fall in the temperature to the delight
of the fans.
Take Pariyar for instance. He sidestepped Jaspreet Singh
and laid the goal for Lalanpuia on a platter. And how would
one describe his own strike? Amidst a jungle of legs, he
simply flew to bang in Satish Kumar's deflection off rival
keeper Ehthesam Ahmed.
Then there was Warundeep, calm as a Himalayan hermit,
and the omnipresent Lester Fernandes. Lester's high BHP
engine enabled him to rove around and support almost
everyone. BMFC never had any clue to TFA's pace; TFA
keeper Shilton Pal never faced any serious threat. There
could not have been any other winner on Monday. Simply.
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Time to redefine the TFA model
In a decade and more of its existence, the Tata Football
Academy has produced a number of players of high pedigree.
But none of the calibre of Carlton Chapman. The midfielder
grew from strength to strength and even went on to lead the
country. But not since his halcyon days has the academy done
itself proud.
For some strange reason, the TFA, the only full-fledged
academy, in every sense of the term, has not been able to
break the kind of path it envisaged when it was launched.
Initially, apart from grooming the youngsters, the TFA had to
provide an opportunity for them to display their talent. In
effect, to put into practice what they had learnt at the
academy. But then with not much competition in and around
Jamshedpur where the TFA is based, that was a bit of problem.
Tata officials even started a new tournament in the "steel
city" - JRD Tata Memorial Cup - in a bid to offset this problem.
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