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A personal conversation with Olympian Boxer, Shiva Thapa

Amidst all hassles, at one corner of the waiting lounge of Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati sat this young guy with a blue travel back. To an average individual he is just another passenger waiting for his flight, but a true sports enthusiast would identify him as the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Confederation Boxing Championship in 2013, the youngest Indian to qualify for London Olympics 2012 and one of the first Indians to get a World Series of Boxing Contract. And he is none other than, our very own Olympian Shiva Thapa. Contrary to his resume which induces the tag of being an Asian Champion and a silver medallist at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, Shiva is probably one humble athlete you will ever come across. He is very soft spoken and well articulated. Hence when this so called sports enthusiast or rather an unknown stranger approached him, he treated me more like a friend than a fan. This is the account of an in...