On the day after Nag Panchmi, married women dressed in colourful saris contest a ‘dangal’ (wrestling match ... compete against each other in ‘kushti’, it is a sight to behold.

Kushti is a sport with roots dating back 2,500 years in India. Today, wrestlers leave their hometowns as children to live and train at wrestling academies, called talims. The lifestyle at a talim ...