Eriba naba eromba thokpa ta — last night I finished reading that SAI report on dropout rates in the Imphal West boxing hostel, and the numbers hit me like a left hook. Twenty-three per cent of young boxers left in the last cycle alone, most citing family income, and I keep thinking about our own chaul pot, how we stretch the rice to last the week. We want more medals, but who pays for the extra training sessions when the mother’s savings run out before the match? The data is clear: we can’t build champions on empty stomachs, so let’s talk hard about that, not just about the next gong.
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