The National Sports University (NSU) had a rather curious beginning, in which I was indirectly involved. The year was 2014. Narendra Modi had just been sworn in as Prime Minister of India, the BJP had yet to establish a foothold in Manipur, and several ambitious party hopefuls were making a beeline to 7 Race Course Road to seek an audience with the “Big Man.” Around that time, a group of BJP leaders came to meet me at my house. The delegation was led by N. Rattan, popularly known as Kapu, a young leader who had earlier, in 2012, challenged future Chief Minister N. Biren Singh in the Heingang Assembly constituency.

He called me Oja (teacher) and said, “Please bring your enchanted typewriter.” So, I lugged out my old Olympia, which I had brought from New York in 1991 and on which I had thum

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