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Kartik Karkera, one of Indias top marathoners, on the advantage of a Super Shoe

5 min readApr 29, 2026 07:15 AM IST (Right) Kartik Karkera during the 21st edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon; Sabastian Sawe holding up the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 after running the London Marathon in under two hours. (PTI/AP Photo)By Kartik KarkeraThe difference between an elite international athlete like Sabastian Sawe and an athlete like me is that he uses a prototype or development shoe made specifically for him by the brand (Adidas), which sponsors him. But I wear a pair of shoe that can be bought in the...

Indian ExpressApr 29

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As Bengal votes today, why BJP feels it has an advantage

Atal Behari Vajpayee once remarked, wistfully, to colleagues how painful it was for him that the BJP that had made strides in different parts of the country should hardly make any headway in West Bengal.Vajpayee’s words had a poignancy because Bengal was the home state of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who founded the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, the earlier avatar of the BJP, in 1951. And, what is more, Vajpayee who went on to become the Prime Minister, had cut his teeth in politics by working as a personal assistant of...

Indian ExpressApr 29

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