Who knew panja could turn into a nail-biting, thrilling sport? This pair stopped at nothing to take this childhood game to the next level.
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My elder son, all of eight years of age, was extremely enthusiastic about this article. Why? Because it’s about arm-wrestling, popularly known as panja, a game he loves to play. Little did we both know that arm wrestling is a competitive sport that attracts participants not just from various parts of India but also the world to its battleground.
Pro Panja League, an arm wrestling league conducted it’s very first tournament in February, 2020, just before the pandemic-induced lockdown began. The brain-child of Parvin Dabas and Preeti Jhnagiani, this tournament had more than 250 participants from 15 states across India. One of the unique features of this league is that men, women, and specially-abled participants are all on an equal…