Has the greasepaint started to run?

Indian badminton, these days, is attracting attention. But the year 2018 has served a warning in that there has not been a single major title in singles. If this signal is not taken seriously by the authorities, the performances in the coming year could get worse.

THE HINDU PHOTO LIBRARY The pioneer: Prakash Padukone, on arrival in Bombay on March 26, 1980, after his triumph in the Allengland Championships. Admiring the handsome trophy is his fiancee Ujjwala Karkal.