Podar’s Karan Will Represent India At World Youth Mind Games in Beijing
Mumbai: Fourteen-year old boys are usually boisterous with a capital B. They have a good eye for the ‘birds’ and the bees and of course love outdoor sport, preferably something which allows them to have contact with fellow fourteenyear olds. Karan Sharma, a standard X student of Lilavatibai Podar School in Mumbai is 14, but displays none of the above characteristics.
He loves playing games, but more of the cerebral variety. His straight, neatly cropped hair and reasonably thick glasses advertise that.
What they don’t is how good he is at mind games. Karan is one of the six participants to represent the country in Bridge at the World Youth Mind Games in Beijing from October 3 to 18. “At 14, the is the youngest ever to represent the country in the tournament meant for under-26 year olds,’’ informs father Vinay, also a noted bridge player who represented India in the World Youth Mind Games in Nottingham, England in 1989.
Like father like son they say and it is from Vinay that Karan picked up the nuances of the sport. “I started playing seriously about a year and a half ago and now I have fallen in love with it,’’ says Karan.
Karan is the sole representative from the city of Mumbai. The other five participants are from Chennai (3), Kolkata (1) and Delhi (1).
While Karan is gung-ho about his Beijing trip, the youngster is also aware that he will have to give studies a miss for about a month and that too in October, a time when the midsemesters are held.
“Yes, it’s a crucial period and studying will be impossible during the Games. But I’ll have to manage,’’ says Karan.
Apart from bridge, Karan also likes chess and football. “I love Ronaldinho and I think he played his cards smartly and moved to AC Milan,’’ he says, not realising that even while speaking about football, he’s going ga-ga over a pack of cards.
Didn’t we say, Karan’s good at mindgames.
Nitin Naik | TNN
Mumbai: Fourteen-year old boys are usually boisterous with a capital B. They have a good eye for the ‘birds’ and the bees and of course love outdoor sport, preferably something which allows them to have contact with fellow fourteenyear olds. Karan Sharma, a standard X student of Lilavatibai Podar School in Mumbai is 14, but displays none of the above characteristics.
He loves playing games, but more of the cerebral variety. His straight, neatly cropped hair and reasonably thick glasses advertise that.
What they don’t is how good he is at mind games. Karan is one of the six participants to represent the country in Bridge at the World Youth Mind Games in Beijing from October 3 to 18. “At 14, the is the youngest ever to represent the country in the tournament meant for under-26 year olds,’’ informs father Vinay, also a noted bridge player who represented India in the World Youth Mind Games in Nottingham, England in 1989.
Like father like son they say and it is from Vinay that Karan picked up the nuances of the sport. “I started playing seriously about a year and a half ago and now I have fallen in love with it,’’ says Karan.
Karan is the sole representative from the city of Mumbai. The other five participants are from Chennai (3), Kolkata (1) and Delhi (1).
While Karan is gung-ho about his Beijing trip, the youngster is also aware that he will have to give studies a miss for about a month and that too in October, a time when the midsemesters are held.
“Yes, it’s a crucial period and studying will be impossible during the Games. But I’ll have to manage,’’ says Karan.
Apart from bridge, Karan also likes chess and football. “I love Ronaldinho and I think he played his cards smartly and moved to AC Milan,’’ he says, not realising that even while speaking about football, he’s going ga-ga over a pack of cards.
Didn’t we say, Karan’s good at mindgames.
MIND BENDER: Karan Sharma, 14, is the the is the youngest ever to represent the country in the World Youth Mind Games meant for under-26 year olds.
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