India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n sports journalist. Early in his career, Brijnath was a key member of the now-defunct weekly magazine ''
Sportsworld
''Sportsworld'' (also known as ''NBC SportsWorld'') is an American sports anthology television program which aired on NBC on Saturday afternoons from 1978 to 1994.
Format
The program presented a wide variety of lower-profile and offbeat sporting ...
'', where he wrote alongside young journalists such as Mudar Patherya and Andy O'Brien. He has also worked for ''
India Today
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'' and has written a recurring sports column for the
BBC News
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website since 2004. He has also written for the Indian publication The ''
Sportstar
''Sportstar'' is an Indian monthly Sports magazine, sports magazine published in India by the publishers of ''The Hindu''. Its headquarters is in Chennai.
History and profile
''Sportstar'' was established in 1978. The magazine covers interna ...
''. He currently resides in Singapore with his wife, where he writes for the Straits Times. He also has a column called 'Game Theory' in the Indian publication 'Mint'.
He has co-authored the biography of Indian shooter
Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Apjit Bindra is an Indian Olympic gold medallist, retired sport shooter, and businessman.A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold, published in 2011.
Indian commentator '
Harsha Bhogle
Harsha Bhogle (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He’s widely known as a "voice of cricket". Bhogle has cemented his reputation as being a personality in the global cricket broadcasting industry.
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' has referred to him as the 'best Indian sportswriter by a long margin'.