Rohit Brijnath
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Rohit David Brijnath is a veteran India
n sports journalist. Early in his career, Brijnath was a key member of the now-defunct weekly magazine Sportsworld
, where he wrote alongside young journalists such as Mudar Patherya and Andy O'Brien. He has also worked for India Today
and has written a recurring sports column for the BBC News
website since 2004. He has also written for the Indian publication The Sportstar
. He currently resides in Singapore, where he writes for the Straits Times. He also has a column called 'Game Theory' in the Indian publication 'Mint'.
He has co-authored the biography of Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra titled 'The Shooting Star', published in 2011.
Indian commentator 'Harsha Bhogle
' has referred to him as the 'best Indian sportswriter by a long margin'.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n sports journalist. Early in his career, Brijnath was a key member of the now-defunct weekly magazine Sportsworld
Sportsworld (magazine)
Sportsworld is a defunct Indian sports magazine that was published by the Ananda Bazar group from the 1970s to the 1990s. Published in Calcutta, the magazine was one of the two major English-language sports magazines in India, But it was sold to other. the other being Sportstar, published by The...
, where he wrote alongside young journalists such as Mudar Patherya and Andy O'Brien. He has also worked for India Today
India Today
India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi...
and has written a recurring sports column for the BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
website since 2004. He has also written for the Indian publication The Sportstar
Sportstar
Sportstar is a weekly sports magazine published in India by the publishers of The Hindu. Its headquarters is in Chennai. The magazine covers sports in India. It also has an extended and lengthy coverage of cricket, the unofficial national sport of India...
. He currently resides in Singapore, where he writes for the Straits Times. He also has a column called 'Game Theory' in the Indian publication 'Mint'.
He has co-authored the biography of Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra titled 'The Shooting Star', published in 2011.
Indian commentator 'Harsha Bhogle
Harsha Bhogle
Harsha Bhogle is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He was born in a Marathi speaking family in Hyderabad.-Early life:...
' has referred to him as the 'best Indian sportswriter by a long margin'.