Chandigarh: 7th Edition of Sports Literary Festival PlayWrite starts at CII

Published on: 21 Apr 2024 at 09:08 AM

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Chandigarh, April 21

The seventh edition of the sports literary festival, PlayWrite, opened here at CII today, with noted sports journalist former Deputy Editor of The Hindu and Sportstar Vijay Lokapally delivering the keynote address.

Lokapally commended the growing trend among women to opt for sports and aspire for winning medals especially

when the facilities and infrastructure are improving in the country.

Vivek Atray, the co-founder of Playwrite, with Hardeep Chandpuri, remembered the late Novy Kapadia who mentored along with Lokapally to setup the platform for the celebrated sports achievers to come together and inspire the younger generation to make sports as a career.

Jitin Talwar, in his keynote speech said that many opportunities are opening for women in sports, which is a lifetime of learning to live in the moment, learn to accept defeat, and respect one’s opponents.

The first session, ‘Shooting for the Stars’ featured Avneet Sidhu, IPS, the AIG of Police and former Indian shooting champion from Punjab, as well as Olympian Shagun Chowdhary from Rajasthan, the first woman to qualify and represent India in the Olympics in Clay Pigeon Shooting, and holder of multiple Asian championship medals. .

Former sports journalist Saurabh Duggal skillfully brought out their struggles to excel in sports despite the patriarchal social pressures, initial hiccups and journey of ups and downs with lack of sporting facilities in shooting, yet parental support helped them grow.

the development of women Indian cricket team in 2003, and since then there had been no looking back with WPL 2024 marking the turning point in Indian women cricket, recalled Aditi.Aditi from Carmel Convent School as well as Mukta started their journey into sport with cricket

A young budding cricketer, Aditi from Carmel Convent School also joined the stage. She said that her parents have always supported her cricket endeavours. Cricket Started as a part of her fitness journey.

Dr Bali complimented all the sportswomen and expressed happiness that more and more women are entering the sports arena and in many ways outdoing men in their performances.

The Playwrite concluded with interesting session on Olympian Challenges moderated by Vivek Atray, with Radhica Sreeman, Manjusha Kanwar, Prabhjot Singh, and Vijay Lokapally.