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Reflections from my time in Ladakh[NOTE: I wrote this the 1st time I left Ladakh, not knowing I would return less than a week later. I decided against posting it until I…Ice Hockey in Ladakh, Part 8: Departure From LadakhWhen I left Ladakh for Delhi, I believed there was a good chance that I would be accompanying the team to Abu Dhabi as their coach, but…
Ice Hockey in Ladakh, Part 7: Training the Indian National Hockey TeamAt the end of the 4 th National Ice Hockey Championship, I had agreed to train the selected players that were to participate in the 2009…
Words of Wisdom & the Importance of Karma“Karma” In case it wasn’t obvious already, my previous post was a bit more personal and philosophical than its predecessors. I had toiled…
Ice Hockey in Ladakh, Part 6: Coaching at SECMOL/Founding “The Hockey Volunteer”You may or may not know, but my original motivation for coming all the way to Ladakh for hockey was to work with the students at SECMOL…
Ice Hockey in Ladakh, Part 5: The Red Coats are coming! Er, uh, I mean the Canadians are coming!This posting is in conformity with the rest of this blog, but the post is easily modifiable for a newspaper article. Pictures will not be…
Ice Hockey in Ladakh, Part 4: Indian Hockey DramaThe 4 th National Ice Hockey Championship was held in Leh because it’s possibly the most populous city in India that can sustain ice in the…
Ice Hockey in Ladakh, Part 3: Slap-shooting Idealism into PracticeThe reason why we rushed back from Chiktan to Leh was that we scheduled a hockey game against the top SECMOL team that had missed the…
Ice Hockey in Ladakh, Part 2: Kargil TournamentAs if the trek to Chiktan/Kargil wasn’t enough, day one of the Kargil Open: Ice Hockey and Skating Championship began with confusion. There…
Potent Potables and PotpourriSome random tid bits: On the hockey front: I am currently writing Hockey in Ladakh, Part 2, so expect that soon. I am also currently… 