Lucknow boy pens book to make sports a movement
LUCKNOW: Lucknow boy Kanishka Pandey has penned down his research on sports in the form of a book, ‘Sports: A way of life’. Recently, the book was released by iconic sports person Pullela Gopi Chand at a function held in New Delhi.
“You can become a person to reckon with only if you play sports along with studying,” says Kanishka, a bureaucrat’s son and a budding researcher, who had his formal education up to Class 12 at St Francis’ College and played sports at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium.
This book explains how sports played a major role in holistic personality development of the players. Apart from such biographies of great distinguished players, efforts have been made to make it result oriented, said Kanishka who is also pursuing LLB from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi.
Kanishka says, “I have underlined the findings through this book to make sports a movement in the country.”
“In the book, I have also explained how to make sports attractive among children and how to motivate parents so that they encourage their children to actively participate in sporting activities. Sports help groom children into becoming well-rounded personalities ,” he said.
After completing his graduation from St Stephen’s College, Kanishka started preparing for civil services exam and despite the hard work, the result was not as expected. This disheartened Kanishka and lead to insomnia.
“It was during this time that my father reminded me of my days as a sportsman where I received applause irrespective of the fact whether I had won or lost. He reminded me that the applause was always for the fighting spirit which I showed,” says Kanishka, whose father Dr Ajai Shanker Pandey is a senior IAS officer of UP cadre.
He left bed, picked up a diary and started jotting down whatever thoughts came to his mind.
“I don't remember for how long I wrote and when exactly did I fall asleep but the following morning I realised that a 15 page synopsis of a book was ready. This is how the journey of the research took off,” Kanishka said.
To identify the values of sports, Kanishka went through biographies of sporting icons and peeped into the 15 years of his active association with badminton.
The book has also analysed the various events and challenges related to the personal life of the players, he said. The next stage of his research will focus on the relationship between sports and depression, he added.
You can become a person to reckon with only if you pursue sports along with studies. Sports groom children into wellrounded personalities KANISHKA PANDEY, author