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Coverage of Indian fencing and the broader project of building a domestic presence in a sport with no historical foothold in the country.

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  • · Continental and international results
  • · Hosting, infrastructure, and federation strategy
Two fencers lunging at each other on a piste in New Delhi, with India Gate, European architecture, and a Chinese pagoda illustrated in the background

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The Borrowed Blade: Sporting Statecraft and the Architecture of Belonging

Hosting the Asian Fencing Championships in Delhi won India no medals — but it bought entry into a closed, aristocratic sport that has never had to take the country seriously before.

No. 10 of 10 · Aditya Krishnan

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