Suman Lata and Sonia
are in their mid-twenties and their parents are worried for their future in
their chosen sport, kabaddi. Their anxieties revolve around marriage proposals,
which have been fewer in the past year. This is Nada village near Narnaund town
in Haryana’s Hisar district, where sport is not just about the playing field,
but also the means to a government job. But the competition has seen a steady
increase over the past decade, when the state government almost doubled the
fun